How To Install hitch on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install hitch on Debian 11. hitch is scalable TLS proxy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hitch on Debian 11.

What is hitch

hitch is:

Hitch is a libev-based high performance SSL/TLS proxy, used for terminating HTTPS traffic in front of origin servers.

Hitch features:

  • ALPN/NPN for HTTP/2
  • Support for TLS1.2 and TLS1.3 and legacy TLS 1.0/1.1
  • SNI, with and without wildcard certificates
  • Automatic OCSP stapling support
  • Client certificate authentication
  • PROXY protocol to signal client IP/port to backend
  • Supports UNIX domain socket connections to origin
  • Safe for large installations: performant up to 15 000 listening sockets and 500 000 certificates
  • Support for seamless run-time configuration reloads of certificates and listen endpoints

There are three methods to install hitch on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hitch Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hitch using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hitch

Install hitch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hitch using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hitch

Install hitch Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install hitch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hitch

How To Uninstall hitch on Debian 11

To uninstall only the hitch package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hitch

Uninstall hitch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hitch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hitch

Remove hitch Configurations and Data

To remove hitch configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hitch

Remove hitch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hitch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hitch

Dependencies

hitch have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hitch package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.