Althttpd

This page describes setting up althttpd as a service using OpenRC, one of the several available "init" systems in the Unix ecosystem.

Create the file /etc/init.d/althttpd with content like this:

#!/sbin/openrc-run
name=$RC_SVCNAME
description="The althttpd web server"
command=/usr/local/bin/althttpd
command_args="-root /home/www
              -port 80
              -logfile /logs/http.log
              -tls-port 443
              -certdir /etc/letsencrypt/live/main"
command_background=true
pidfile="/run/${RC_SVCNAME}.pid"
depend() {
  need net
}

Adjust the flags to suit your system, noting that paths for some of althttpd's path-valued flags must be resolvable from within the chroot jail, e.g. -logfile /logs/http.log in the above example really means /home/www/logs/http.log. Contrariwise, the -root, -cert, and -pkey flags are resolved before entering the chroot jail.

To register that as an OpenRC service, do:

rc-update add althttpd default

To start it immediately (rather than waiting until the next reboot):

rc-service althttpd start

That's all there is to it.