Getting our very own Darkhttpd server running on our Alpine Linux virtual machine.
Welcome back to another tutorial from our Alpine Linux explorations tutorial series.
This time we are going to get our very own Darkhttpd server running on our Alpine Linux virtual machine.
?We need to complete several steps to get it working correctly.
?1. We need to power on our Alpine Linux virtual machine from the Oracle Virtual Box Manager.
2. Once our Alpine Linux virtual machine execution environment has fully booted we are ready to begin the process – system ready.
3. We need to open the Linux Terminal.
4. We need to switch to the root user to run the necessary commands to install the Darkhttpd server correctly.?
5. We first need to update our Alpine Linux virtual machine execution environment. First, run the command ‘apk update’.
6. We then need to run the command ‘apk upgrade’.
7. Now the Alpine Linux virtual machine execution environment is fully updated.?
8. We need to run the command ‘reboot’.
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9. Now we need to log back in, open the Linux Terminal again and switch to the root account. Now we can add the Darkhttpd web server packages.
First, we run the Linux terminal command “apk search darkhttpd”.
?10. We can now install the server packages by running the command “apk add darkhttpd” to fully install the Darkhttpd web server on our Alpine Linux Virtual machine execution environment.
?11. We also need to create the homepage to be later able to test the working state of our newly added Darkhttpd server.
?12. In order to fully activate our newly installed Darkhttpd server we need to run the Linux terminal command “rc-service darkhttpd start”.
13. Now we can see that the Darkhttpd server is fully active and running on our Alpine Linux virtual machine execution environment.?
14. We should also add the newly installed Darkhttpd server to autostart during the boot up of the virtual machine. For this very purpose, we need to run the Linux Terminal command “rc-update add darkhttpd default”.
15. We can now shut down the Alpine Linux Virtual machine execution environment using the Linux terminal command “poweroff”.
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?Well, that was most enjoyable. See you in the next one! #linux