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Installation via package managers (RHEL/Fedora)

Ferron 3 has official packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Fedora, and derivatives. Below are the instructions on how to install Ferron 3 on RHEL or Fedora via a package manager.

Installation steps

1. Add Ferron’s repository

To add Ferron’s repository, run the following commands:

# Install packages required for adding a new repository
sudo yum install yum-utils

# Add a new RPM package repository
sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://rpm.ferron.sh/ferron.repo

2. Install Ferron

To install Ferron 3, run the following command:

sudo yum install ferron3
Note

Keep Ferron up to date by running sudo yum update ferron3.

3. Enable and start the service

To enable and start the Ferron service, run the following commands:

sudo systemctl enable ferron
sudo systemctl start ferron

4. Access the web server

By default, Ferron serves content from the /var/www/ferron directory. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost to check if the server is running and serving the default index.html file.

If you see a “Ferron is installed successfully!” message on the page, the web server is installed successfully and is up and running.

Tip

If you cannot access the server from another machine, ensure your firewall allows incoming connections on port 80 (or whichever port you configured). If port 80 is already in use, change the listen port in /etc/ferron/ferron.conf and reload the service.

File structure

Ferron 3 installed via the package for RHEL/Fedora has the following file structure:

  • /usr/sbin/ferron - Ferron web server
  • /usr/sbin/ferron-kdl2ferron - Ferron configuration conversion tool
  • /usr/sbin/ferron-passwd - Ferron user password generation tool
  • /usr/sbin/ferron-precompress - Ferron static files precompression tool
  • /usr/sbin/ferron-serve - Ferron zero-configuration static file serving
  • /var/log/ferron/access.log - Ferron access log in Combined Log Format
  • /var/log/ferron/error.log - Ferron error log
  • /var/www/ferron - Ferron’s web root
  • /etc/ferron/ferron.conf - Ferron configuration

Managing the Ferron service

Stopping the service

To stop the Ferron service, run:

sudo systemctl stop ferron

Restarting the service

To restart the service:

sudo systemctl restart ferron

Reloading the configuration

To reload the configuration without restarting the service:

sudo systemctl reload ferron