Wastebin is an open-source pastebin alternative that is written in PHP. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Wastebin on Clear Linux Latest.
Before installing Wastebin, we need to install Apache, PHP and MariaDB packages. Open the terminal and run the following command.
sudo swupd bundle-add web-server php mariadb
Restart the Apache server and enable it to start on boot by running the following command.
sudo systemctl restart httpd && sudo systemctl enable httpd
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that is required to install Wastebin. Run the following command to install Composer on your Clear Linux Latest server.
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
Navigate to the directory where you want to install Wastebin and clone it from the GitHub repository.
git clone https://github.com/matze/wastebin.git
Navigate to the wastebin directory and install the dependencies by running the following command.
cd wastebin
composer install
Create a new database and user for Wastebin in MariaDB by running the following commands.
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE wastebin;
CREATE USER 'wastebinuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wastebin.* TO 'wastebinuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Copy the sample configuration file to the main configuration file by running the following command.
cp config.example.php config.php
Edit the configuration file and set the database details.
nano config.php
Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file for Wastebin by creating a new file.
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/wastebin.conf
Add the following lines to the configuration file.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName wastebin.example.com
DocumentRoot /path/to/wastebin
<Directory /path/to/wastebin>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/wastebin_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/wastebin_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace wastebin.example.com and /path/to/wastebin with your server details.
Restart the Apache server by running the following command.
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Open your web browser and go to http://wastebin.example.com (replace wastebin.example.com with your server's hostname). You should see the Wastebin homepage.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Wastebin on your Clear Linux Latest server!
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