Dpaste is a free and open source pastebin web application that allows its users to store and share code snippets online. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Dpaste on EndeavourOS.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Before we can install Dpaste, we need to install some dependencies. Open the terminal on your EndeavourOS and run the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo pacman -Sy python python-pip python-virtualenv nginx uwsgi uwsgi-plugin-python
Once the dependencies are installed, we can now clone the Dpaste source code from the official Github repository. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/bartTC/dpaste.git
Next, we need to create a virtual environment to install the required Python packages for Dpaste. You can do this by running the following command:
cd dpaste
virtualenv .env
Once the virtual environment is created, activate it using the following command:
source .env/bin/activate
Now that we have activated the virtual environment, let's install the required Python packages. We can do this by running the following command:
pip install -r requirements.txt
To configure Dpaste, we need to copy the sample configuration file and edit it as needed.
cp dpaste/settings/local.sample.py dpaste/settings/local.py
nano dpaste/settings/local.py
In this file, you can change various settings like the database, email settings, allowed hosts, etc.
To launch Dpaste as a daemonized process, we need to create a systemd service.
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/dpaste.service
Add the following contents to this file:
[Unit]
Description=Dpaste
After=network.target
[Service]
User=www-data
Group=www-data
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/dpaste
Environment="PATH=/path/to/dpaste/.env/bin"
ExecStart=/path/to/dpaste/.env/bin/uwsgi --ini dpaste.ini
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Then save and exit the file.
Finally, we need to enable and start the newly created systemd service:
sudo systemctl enable dpaste.service
sudo systemctl start dpaste.service
To access the Dpaste web interface, we need to configure NGINX. We can create a new configuration file using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/dpaste
Add the following contents to this file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name yourdomain.com;
access_log /var/log/nginx/dpaste_access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/dpaste_error.log;
location / {
include uwsgi_params;
uwsgi_pass unix:/run/uwsgi/dpaste.socket;
}
}
Save and exit the file, then create a symbolic link to it:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/dpaste /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/dpaste
Finally, restart the NGINX service:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Congratulations! You have now successfully installed Dpaste on EndeavourOS and are ready to start sharing code snippets online. Enjoy!
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