Hastebin is an open-source, free, and lightweight web-based tool that allows you to easily share code/text snippets with others. If you are using FreeBSD Latest, you may want to install Hastebin on your system to share code securely and efficiently. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the step-by-step instructions on how to install Hastebin on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we begin, you need to make sure that your FreeBSD Latest system is up-to-date by running the following command:
pkg update && pkg upgrade
You also need to have root or the sudo user privileges to complete this tutorial.
Hastebin is built on top of Node.js. Thus, you need to install Node.js and NPM (Node.js Package Manager) before you can install Hastebin.
To install Node.js on FreeBSD Latest, use the following command:
pkg install node
Once Node.js is installed, verify the installation by running the following command:
node -v
The output should display the Node.js version you have installed.
Hastebin is hosted on GitHub, and to download it you need to install Git:
pkg install git
Now that you have installed Git, you can clone Hastebin’s repository:
git clone https://github.com/seejohnrun/haste-server.git
Navigate to the cloned repository directory, and run the following command to install the required dependencies:
cd haste-server
npm install
Once the installation is completed, you can start Hastebin by running the following command:
npm start
This will start Hastebin on port 7777. If you want to change the port number, you can do so by modifying the configuration file named config.js.
To have Hastebin start automatically whenever the system starts up, you can create a service unit file using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/hastebin.service
Add the following content to the file:
[Unit]
Description=Hastebin
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node /path/to/haste-server/bin/haste.js -p 7777
Restart=always
User=hastebin
Group=hastebin
Environment=NODE_ENV=production
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Save and close the file.
Now you need to create the hastebin user and group by running the following commands:
sudo pw groupadd -n hastebin
sudo pw useradd -n hastebin -g hastebin -s /usr/sbin/nologin -c "Hastebin service account"
Reload the systemd daemon to reflect the latest changes:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Finally, start the Hastebin service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start hastebin
To check the status of the service, use the following command:
sudo systemctl status hastebin
If everything is configured correctly, the output should show that the Hastebin service is running.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Hastebin on FreeBSD Latest. You learned how to install Node.js, clone the Hastebin repository, install Hastebin dependencies, and configure Hastebin as a service. With this knowledge, you can now use Hastebin to share code/text snippets with others securely and efficiently.
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