Short{Paste} is a simple and powerful URL shortener that allows you to create custom short URLs for your website. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Short{Paste} on your Manjaro system from the GitHub repository.
Before we begin, you need to make sure that all the required dependencies are installed. You can install them by running the following commands in your terminal:
sudo pacman -S git
sudo pacman -S php
sudo pacman -S composer
sudo pacman -S mariadb
sudo pacman -S nginx
Now that we have installed all the required dependencies, we can proceed with cloning the Short{Paste} repository from GitHub. To do that, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/adyanth/shortpaste.git
After cloning the repository, move to the shortpaste directory and install the required dependencies using Composer. You can do that by running the following commands:
cd shortpaste
composer install
Now, we need to create a database for Short{Paste} to store the data. To do that, log in to the MySQL/MariaDB server using the mysql command and execute the following SQL commands:
CREATE DATABASE shortpaste;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON shortpaste.* TO 'shortpaste'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Remember to replace password with a strong password of your choice.
Next, we need to configure the Nginx server to serve Short{Paste} properly. To do that, create a new file called shortpaste in the /etc/nginx/sites-available directory using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/shortpaste
Inside the file, paste the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
server_name yourdomain.com; # Replace yourdomain.com with your domain name
root /path/to/shortpaste/public;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
}
}
Don't forget to replace yourdomain.com and /path/to/shortpaste/public with your actual domain name and project path.
Save the file (Ctrl + X, Y, Enter) and exit the editor.
Next, enable the site by creating a symbolic link to the /etc/nginx/sites-enabled directory:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/shortpaste /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Finally, restart the Nginx server to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
The last step is to set up the Short{Paste} configuration file. To do that, create a new file called .env in the project's root directory using the following command:
nano .env
Inside the file, paste the following content:
APP_NAME=ShortPaste
APP_ENV=production
APP_KEY=base64:N9Om9Jl3qJM3KjDHvMTXP/oLUIn44fO5JjKmR5v5r5o=
APP_DEBUG=false
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=shortpaste
DB_USERNAME=shortpaste
DB_PASSWORD=password
CACHE_DRIVER=redis
SESSION_DRIVER=redis
QUEUE_DRIVER=redis
REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
REDIS_PASSWORD=null
REDIS_PORT=6379
Remember to replace password with the password you specified in Step 4.
Save the file and exit the editor.
The last thing we need to do before using Short{Paste} is to run the migrations. This will create the necessary tables in the database. To do that, run the following command:
php artisan migrate --seed
You should see a message that says "Migration completed successfully".
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Short{Paste} on your Manjaro system from the GitHub repository. You can now start using it as a URL shortener.
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