kurz

Kurz is yet another URL shortener.

• built as a Go API
• web front end provided
• multiple shortening strategies. provided:
  • 32-bits hexa string, leading 0s omitted
  • base36
  • manual selection
• vanity domain support
• usage statistics

Installing

1. Download the Kurz server to $GOPATH/bin

   go get code.osinet.fr/fgm/kurz/cmd/kurzd
   

2. Download the Kurz client to $GOPATH/bin

   go get code.osinet.fr/fgm/kurz/cmd/kurz
   

3. Configure a MySQL database for Kurz, say osinet_kurz

4. Load the Kurz schema to the database:

   mysql -u<user> -p<password> osinet_kurz -e "source data/schema.sql;"
   

5. Create the Kurz configuration

   mkdir ~/.kurz
   cp <kurz dir>/cmd/kurzd/dist.config.yml ~/.kurz/config.yml
   vi ~/.kurz/config.yml
   1. Edit the configuration and save it. 
   1. Discover the server syntax:
   

   bash kurzd help

   
   
   # Runnning the Kurz server
   
   

   bash

kurzd

# Operating the Kurz server
## Backing up

bash kurzd export config > some_config_backup_file.yml kurzd export content > some_content_backup_file.yml ```

This will need some automation, like cron, to trigger backups and ensure backups rotation, as well as removal on uninstall.

Logging

Kurzd logs to stdout, so any production deployment will need to set up logs acquisition and storage, with rotation, and remove them on uninstall. This is normally part of a SystemD - or equivalent - service configuration.

Uninstalling

1. Drop the Kurz database

   mysql -u<user> -p<password> -e "drop database osinet_kurz;"
   

2. If the database used a specific user/password, remove them from the database server

3. Remove the Kurz configuration

   rm ~/.kurz/config.yml
   

4. Remove Kurz binaries (assuming an single-component $GOPATH)

   rm $GOPATH/bin/kurz*