lk/networking/servers/agate.md

Make sure your dns is in order. My domain name is belgradecats.tk, so put your own in there.

Install agate by placing the binary somewhere or (on Arch):

yay -S agate

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sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/gemini/{certs,gemini}

sudo useradd gemini -d /usr/share/gemini

sudo chown -R gemini:gemini /usr/share/gemini

sudo su gemini

cd

echo 'Hello Gemworld!' > gemini/index.gmi

cd /usr/share/gemini/certs

openssl req -new -subj "/CN=belgradecats.tk" -x509 -newkey ec pkeyopt ec_paramgen_curve:prime256v1 -days 3000 -nodes -out cert.pem keyout key.pem

Make a service file.

sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/agate.service

[Unit]
Description=agate
After=network.target

[Service]
User=gemini
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/agate -s --content /usr/share/gemini/gemini --key /usr/share/gemini/certs/key.pem --cert /usr/share/gemini/certs/cert.pem --hostname belgradecats.tk --lang en-GB

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl enable --now agate