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How to Install Hiawatha on NixOS Latest

Hiawatha is a secure and lightweight webserver that is regularly updated to provide the best performance and security to its users. Here’s a step-by-step guide to install Hiawatha on NixOS latest.

1. Open your terminal or command prompt.

2. Update your system with the following command:

$ sudo nixos-rebuild switch

3. Install Hiawatha using the following command:

$ sudo nix-env --install hiawatha

4. After installing, edit the Hiawatha configuration file hiawatha.conf located at /etc/hiawatha/hiawatha.conf:

$ sudo nano /etc/hiawatha/hiawatha.conf

5. Configure your website and its root directory inside the VirtualHost section, for example:

VirtualHost {
     Hostname = www.example.com
     WebsiteRoot = /home/user/example
}

6. Save the configuration file using Ctrl+O and exit nano using Ctrl+X.

7. Start the Hiawatha webserver:

$ sudo service hiawatha start

8. You can verify if Hiawatha is running by typing the following command:

$ sudo service hiawatha status

9. To access your website, open your web browser and type the following address: http://localhost/ or http://[your_ip_address].

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Hiawatha on NixOS latest version.

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