Install Hastebin on Ubuntu 20.04

Introduction

Haste, also known as Hastebin, is an open-source server like Pastebin. This tutorial explains how to install Hastebin on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Prerequisites

• Deploy a fully-updated Vultr Ubuntu 20.04 server.

• Install NVM and the latest Node.JS.

Install Hastebin Server

1. SSH to your server as root.

2. Clone the haste-server repository from GitHub.

   # git clone https://github.com/seejohnrun/haste-server.git
   

3. Change to the haste-server directory.

   # cd haste-server
   

4. Install the required packages with npm.

   # npm install
   
   # npm update
   

5. Hastebin defaults to port 7777. Please change it to HTTP port 80.

   Edit config.js.

   # nano config.js
   

   Change this line from 7777 to 80:

   "port": "7777",
   

   When finished, it should look like this:

   "port": "80",
   

   Save and exit the file.

Install PM2

PM2 is a process manager for Node.JS applications. PM2 monitors and restarts your application if it goes offline.

1. Install PM2.

   # npm install pm2 -g
   

2. Start your Hastebin server.

   # pm2 start server.js
   

3. Save your PM2 configuration, and ask it to run at startup.

   # pm2 save
   
   # pm2 startup
   

Test the Hastebin Server

Navigate to your server's IP address in a browser to load an empty page, ready for you to paste code.

More Information

• Hastebin settings and options

• PM2 documentation