Honk installation on Alpine Linux

_honk_setup.sh

# install the required dependencies
doas apk update
doas apk add build-base mercurial go sqlite sqlite-libs sqlite-dev

# build honk
cd ~
hg clone https://humungus.tedunangst.com/r/honk && cd honk && make

# create dir to store honk and its data in
doas mkdir /var/honk
doas chown -R alpine:nobody /var/honk   # we'll take temporary ownership to make setup easier

# move honk in to its new home :)
cp ~/honk/honk /var/honk/honk && cp -r ~/honk/views/ /var/honk/views/

# init honk
# follow the prompts:
# username: (the username you want)
# password: (the password you want)
# listenaddr: (tcp or unix: 127.0.0.1:31337, /var/www/honk.sock, etc.) - I used 127.0.0.1:8080
# servername: (public DNS name: honk.example.com)
cp /var/honk
./honk init

# install caddy
doas apk add caddy

# edit caddyfile and replace with my caddyfile
# (i use nano but you can use whatever)
doas nano /etc/caddy/Caddyfile

# create an openrc unit for honk
# paste in my openrc unit
doas nano /etc/init.d/honk
doas chmod +x /etc/init.d/honk

# set permissions on /var/honk accordingly
doas chown -R nobody:nobody /var/honk

# start everything and check it works
doas rc-service honk start && doas rc-service caddy start
# navigate to your domain and check that you get a very purple page :)

# persist honk and caddy across reboots
doas rc-update add caddy && doas rc-update add honk

Caddyfile

# Insert your domain below
example.com

reverse_proxy :8080

honk

#!/sbin/openrc-run

honk_dir="/var/honk" # or wherever
command="/var/honk/honk" # full path to honk binary, should be chmod +x by the go compiler
command_background=true
pidfile="/run/${RC_SVCNAME}.pid"
command_user="nobody:nobody"
command_args="-datadir ${honk_dir} -viewdir ${honk_dir}"