kittn

a gemini server that servers all your content from a single executable

usage

for everyday usage, you usually won't want to re-build the kittn binaries - you might not even have crystal installed, for example.

to use without compiling, first install the kittn-server and kittn-pack binaries to your path, and set up a config like the one in the example folder.

then, run ./pack.sh, which make a copy of the kittn-server in your current directory, and add your content to it.

you can now run ./kittn-server and acess your server at gemini://localhost!

usage - building

first, set up a config like the one in the example folder.

then, run ./build.sh to pack the executable, which does the following

shards build --release # builds binaries
./bin/kittn-pack # packs content into executable
mv bin/kittn-server . # moves server to current dir
cat header.bin >>kittn-server # appends kittn header to server executable
cat body.bin >>kittn-server # appens kittn body to server executable
rm header.bin # remove header & body files
rm body.bin

you can then run the kittn-server binary, anywhere you want (just remember to copy the cert and key!)

fully single file mode (tls cert packing)

by default, kittn-server will look for a kittn.yaml file at runtime, which should contain a path to your SSL cert and key.

however, you can instead pack your SSL cert and key into the server binary itself at build-time, by making your kittn.yaml config the following:

build:
  path: "webroot"
  no_external_conf: true
  certs:
    pack: true
    key: "key.der"
    cert: "cert.der"

note that the key and cert must be in .der format.