Hostname Larry

Little node server for generating ascii figlet font Larry 3D.

Mostly used to generate motd message of server hostname.

Run

Install node package:

npm install

Run http server:

node index.js

Examples

Generate Larry 3D ascii response from message:

curl localhost:3000/ascii\?message\=hello%20world

Generate motd executable with message and save to file:

curl localhost:3000/motd\?message\=hello%20world > 20-hostname

Systemd service

Example systemd config for running http server.

[Unit]
Description=Http server for running homename-larry

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/opt/hostname-larry
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node index.js
Restart=always
# Restart service after 10 seconds if node service crashes
RestartSec=10
# Output to syslog
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=hostname-larry

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target