Simple-URL-Shortener is an open source URL shortening application that allows you to create custom shortened URLs for your website. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process for Simple-URL-Shortener on Void Linux.
Before you begin, ensure that you have the following:
To install Simple-URL-Shortener on Void Linux, you need to install some dependencies first. To do so, open the terminal window and run the following command:
sudo xbps-install -S mariadb mariadb-client mariadb-server nginx git
The above command will install the necessary packages required for Simple-URL-Shortener to function properly.
After installing the necessary dependencies, you need to set up the MariaDB database server. To do so, run the following commands:
sudo mysql_install_db
sudo mysql_secure_installation
The first command will initialize the MariaDB database server, while the second command will secure the installation by setting a root password, removing anonymous users, and disallowing remote root login.
Next, you need to install Simple-URL-Shortener. To do so, run the following commands:
cd /usr/share/nginx
sudo git clone https://github.com/azlux/simple-url-shortener.git
cd simple-url-shortener
sudo sh installer.sh
The above commands will download the Simple-URL-Shortener repository from GitHub and install it on your system.
After the installation is complete, you need to configure the application. To do so, open the following file in your favorite text editor:
sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
Then replace the contents of the file with the following code:
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server;
root /usr/share/nginx/simple-url-shortener/public;
index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
server_name your.domain.com;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
}
}
Remember to replace 'your.domain.com' with your actual domain name.
After configuring Simple-URL-Shortener, you need to start the MariaDB and Nginx services. To do so, run the following commands:
sudo service mariadb start
sudo service nginx start
You can now access Simple-URL-Shortener by navigating to http://your.domain.com in your web browser. The default login credentials are:
After logging in, you can start creating shortened URLs for your website.
That's it! You have successfully installed Simple-URL-Shortener on Void Linux.
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