Paste is a PHP-based pastebin software that allows you to share code snippets and text with others. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Paste on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we start with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
To download the latest version of Paste from Github, we need to install Git and Composer first. Run the following command as the root user to install Git and Composer:
pkg install git composer
Once you have installed Git and Composer, use the following command to download the latest version of Paste:
git clone https://github.com/jordansamuel/PASTE.git /usr/local/www/paste
After the download is completed, go to the Paste directory:
cd /usr/local/www/paste
Next, run the following command to install the required dependencies:
composer install --no-dev
Now, we need to create a database for the Paste application. Run the following command to open the MySQL prompt:
mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password when prompted. Once you are in the MySQL prompt, create a new database and user for Paste:
CREATE DATABASE paste;
CREATE USER 'pasteuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON paste.* TO 'pasteuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Note: Remember to replace 'password' with a strong password.
Now, we need to configure the Paste application. Copy the sample configuration file using the following command:
cp .env.example .env
Next, open the '.env' file using any text editor of your choice:
nano .env
Modify the following variables according to your environment:
APP_NAME=Paste Name
APP_URL=http://localhost:8000
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=paste
DB_USERNAME=pasteuser
DB_PASSWORD=password
Note: Remember to replace 'password' with the strong password you set earlier.
Save and close the file.
Next, we need to generate an application key by running the following command:
php artisan key:generate
After that, set the required permissions for the storage and bootstrap/cache directories:
chmod -R 775 storage
chmod -R 775 bootstrap/cache
chown -R www:www storage
chown -R www:www bootstrap/cache
The last step is to configure your web server to serve the Paste application.
If you are using Apache, add the following virtual host configuration to your Apache configuration file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName paste.example.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/paste/public/
<Directory /usr/local/www/paste/public>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/paste_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/paste_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
After that, restart your Apache server:
service apache24 restart
If you are using Nginx, add the following server block to your Nginx configuration file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name paste.example.com;
root /usr/local/www/paste/public;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
}
error_log /var/log/nginx/paste_error.log;
access_log /var/log/nginx/paste_access.log;
}
Save and close the file.
After that, restart your Nginx server:
service nginx restart
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Paste on FreeBSD Latest. You can now access the Paste application by visiting your domain or IP address in a web browser.
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