How to Install PurritoBin on FreeBSD Latest

PurritoBin is a simple and fast pastebin web application that allows users to upload, store and share code snippets. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PurritoBin on FreeBSD latest version.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you must ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

  • A FreeBSD Latest server, configured with a non-root sudo user or logged in as the root user.
  • Apache webserver installed and running on your system.
  • PHP 7.2 or above installed on your system.

Step 1: Installing Required Packages

The first step is to install the required packages for PurritoBin. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo pkg install git php72 php72-pdo_sqlite php72-pdo_mysql php72-curl

Once the packages are installed, we can proceed with the next step.

Step 2: Clone PurritoBin

The next step is to clone the PurritoBin repository from Github. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo git clone https://github.com/PurritoBin/PurritoBin /usr/local/www/apache24/data/purritobin

This command will clone the repository to the /usr/local/www/apache24/data/purritobin directory.

Step 3: Configure PurritoBin

The next step is to configure PurritoBin. To do this, navigate to the config directory inside the purritobin directory:

cd /usr/local/www/apache24/data/purritobin/config

Copy config.php.example to config.php:

cp config.php.example config.php

Next, edit config.php and update the following variables:

  • PURRITO_URL: The URL where you will access PurritoBin.
  • PURRITO_EXPIRE: The number of days before a paste gets expired.
  • DB_TYPE: The database type. In our case, it will be SQLite.
  • DB_FILE: The path to the SQLite database file.

To use SQLite, set DB_TYPE to sqlite and set DB_FILE to the path of your SQLite database file. For example:

define('DB_TYPE', 'sqlite');
define('DB_FILE', '/usr/local/www/apache24/data/purritobin/data/purritobin.sqlite');

Once you have configured the config.php file, you can proceed with the next step.

Step 4: Set Permissions

The next step is to set the correct permissions to the necessary directories. To do this, run the following command:

sudo chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/apache24/data/purritobin/
sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/local/www/apache24/data/purritobin/

Step 5: Create the SQLite Database

The next step is to create an SQLite database for PurritoBin. To do this, navigate to the data directory and run the following command:

cd /usr/local/www/apache24/data/purritobin/data
touch purritobin.sqlite

This command will create an empty SQLite database file.

Step 6: Set Up Apache

The final step is to configure Apache to serve PurritoBin. To do this, navigate to the /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/ directory and create a new file called purritobin.conf:

sudo nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/purritobin.conf

Add the following content to the file:

Alias /purritobin /usr/local/www/apache24/data/purritobin/public
<Directory /usr/local/www/apache24/data/purritobin/public>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Save the file and exit.

Finally, restart Apache to make the changes take effect:

sudo service apache24 restart

Step 7: Access PurritoBin

PurritoBin is now installed and configured on your FreeBSD Latest server. To access PurritoBin, open a web browser and navigate to the URL you set in the PURRITO_URL variable in the config.php file. For example, if you set PURRITO_URL to http://example.com/purritobin, then you would navigate to http://example.com/purritobin in your web browser.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed PurritoBin on your FreeBSD Latest server! You can now upload, store and share code snippets using PurritoBin.