Installing Asciinema on OpenBSD

Asciinema is a free and open-source tool used for recording and sharing terminal sessions. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Asciinema on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

• OpenBSD installed on your machine.
• The root user access or superuser privileges on your machine.

Installation

Step 1: Enable Doas

Doas is not installed by default on OpenBSD. We need to enable it to install packages. Login as the root user and edit the /etc/doas.conf file.

# vi /etc/doas.conf

Add the following line in the file and save it.

permit nopass keepenv :wheel

Step 2: Install Asciinema-Server

Now we will install Asciinema-server using the packages. Open the Terminal and type the following command.

# doas pkg_add asciinema-server

Step 3: Enable and start the asciinema server

Now we will enable and start the asciinema server as the daemon.

# rcctl enable asciinema-server
# rcctl start asciinema-server

Step 4: Check the status

To make sure that the asciinema-server is running or not, use the following command.

# rcctl status asciinema-server

The output should be something like the following.

asciinema-server(ok)

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and enabled the Asciinema server on OpenBSD. You can share your Asciinema recordings with the world by uploading it to the Asciinema.org site.

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