How to Install Shlink URL Shortener on Ubuntu 18.04 Server

LinuxBabe
1 min readSep 25, 2019

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Shlink is an open-source self-hosted URL shortener, which allows you to shorten URLs and serve them under your own short domain. Using your own URL shortner service instead of third-party service like bit.ly can increase brand awareness. This tutorial will be showing you how to install Shlink on Ubuntu 18.04 with Apache or Nginx web server.

Shlink Features

  • Visit stats: Track all the visits to your short URLs, including stats like location, browser or referrer.
  • Email tracking: Generate a 1px transparent image that can be used to track emails.
  • Third party integrations: Easily make third party tools use shlink to shorten URLs by using a single-request API endpoint.
  • Custom Slugs: Make your shortened URLs use a custom slug to easily identify campaigns.
  • QR codes: Generate QR codes on the fly pointing to your short URLs
  • Previews: Get previews in image format for any short URL

Read full tutorial here: https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/install-shlink-url-shortner-ubuntu-18-04

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