How to Install PurritoBin on MXLinux Latest

Introduction

PurritoBin is a self-hosted pastebin solution that is designed to be lightweight and easy to install. This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to install PurritoBin on your MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, make sure your system meets the following requirements:

MXLinux Latest is installed and up-to-date
A web server with PHP 7.2 or higher installed
Git is installed

Step 1 - Install Required Dependencies

To install PurritoBin on MXLinux Latest, we need to install some dependencies first. Open the terminal and run the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 php mysql-server php-mysql git

Step 2 - Clone the PurritoBin Repository

Once the dependencies are installed, it’s time to clone the PurritoBin repository. To do this, navigate to the directory where you would like to install PurritoBin and execute the following command:

cd /var/www/html/
sudo git clone https://github.com/PurritoBin/PurritoBin.git

Step 3 - Configure Apache2

After cloning the repository, you need to configure the Apache2 web server to serve the PurritoBin application. To do this, create a new configuration file for PurritoBin by running the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/purritobin.conf

Paste the following code into the configuration file and save it:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your-domain.com
ServerAlias www.your-domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/PurritoBin/public
<Directory /var/www/html/PurritoBin>
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Note: Replace your-domain.com with your own domain name or server IP address.

Next, enable this configuration file by running the following command:

sudo a2ensite purritobin

Finally, restart the Apache2 web server:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 4 - Create MySQL Database

Before proceeding, you need to create a new MySQL database for PurritoBin. Log into the MySQL shell with the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p

When prompted for the MySQL root password, provide the password and press Enter.

Next, create a new MySQL database, user, and grant privileges to the user with the following commands:

CREATE DATABASE purritobin;
CREATE USER 'purritobinuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON purritobin.* TO 'purritobinuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Note: Replace password with a strong password.

Step 5 - Configure PurritoBin

Next, configure the PurritoBin application by copying the .env.example file to a new file named .env:

cd /var/www/html/PurritoBin/
cp .env.example .env

Next, open the .env file with nano:

nano .env

Edit the following fields:

APP_URL=http://your-domain.com

DB_DATABASE=purritobin
DB_USERNAME=purritobinuser
DB_PASSWORD=password

Note: Replace your-domain.com, password, purritobin, and purritobinuser with your own values.

Finally, generate a new application key by running the following command:

php artisan key:generate

Step 6 - Run Database Migrations

With the application key generated, it's time to run the database migrations that will create the necessary database tables for PurritoBin:

php artisan migrate

Step 7 - Set File Permissions

To ensure that files can be uploaded and stored by PurritoBin, you need to set the correct file permissions. Change ownership of the storage and public directories to the www-data user:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/PurritoBin/{storage,public}

Next, give the www-data user permissions to write to the storage directory:

sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/PurritoBin/storage

Step 8 - Access PurritoBin

Now that PurritoBin is installed and configured, you can access it in your web browser by navigating to http://your-domain.com.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered how to install PurritoBin on MXLinux Latest. With PurritoBin now running, you can easily host your own private pastebin solution.