Installation #

Go install #

go install github.com/fasthttpd/fasthttpd/cmd/fasthttpd@latest

Download binary #

Download binary from release.

VERSION=0.5.1 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64; \
  curl -fsSL "https://github.com/fasthttpd/fasthttpd/releases/download/v${VERSION}/fasthttpd_${VERSION}_${GOOS}_${GOARCH}.tar.gz" | \
  tar xz fasthttpd && \
  sudo mv fasthttpd /usr/sbin

GOOS supports linux darwin windows
GOARCH supports amd64 arm64 386

Homebrew #

brew tap fasthttpd/fasthttpd
brew install fasthttpd

Using yum or apt #

Download deb or rpm from release, and then execute apt install or yum install.

VERSION=0.5.1 ARCH=amd64; \
  curl -fsSL -O "https://github.com/fasthttpd/fasthttpd/releases/download/v${VERSION}/fasthttpd_${VERSION}_${ARCH}.deb"
sudo apt install "./fasthttpd_${VERSION}_${ARCH}.deb"

Docker #

Default configuration path is /etc/fasthttpd/config.yaml.
Default log directory is /var/log/fasthttpd.
FastHttpd is automatically started by systemd.

See https://hub.docker.com/r/fasthttpd/fasthttpd

Exposing external port #

docker run --rm -p 8080:80 fasthttpd/fasthttpd

Serve static content #

docker run --rm -p 8080:80 -v $(pwd)/public:/usr/share/fasthttpd/html fasthttpd/fasthttpd

Specify config.yaml #

docker run --rm -p 8080:80 -v your.config.yaml:/etc/fasthttpd/config.yaml fasthttpd/fasthttpd