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diff --git a/live/blog/a/pastebin_alt_with_privatebin.html b/live/blog/a/pastebin_alt_with_privatebin.html index a511a41..85f05cf 100644 --- a/live/blog/a/pastebin_alt_with_privatebin.html +++ b/live/blog/a/pastebin_alt_with_privatebin.html @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ <li><a href="#ssl-certificate">SSL certificate</a></li> </ul> </li> +<li><a href="#usage">Usage</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#privatebin">PrivateBin</a><ul> @@ -218,20 +219,20 @@ extension=mysqli </code></pre> <p>Create a new user and database as described in <a href="#create-usersdatabases">MariaDB: Create users/databases</a>.</p> <h3 id="configuration_1">Configuration<a class="headerlink" href="#configuration_1" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3> -<p>The default configuration file is self explanatory, it is located at <code>/etc/webapps/yourls/config.php</code>.</p> -<p>Set the user/database YOURLS will use and either create a cookie or get one from <a href="http://yourls.org/cookie">URL provided</a>. It is important to change the <code>$yours_user_passwords</code> variable, YOURLS will hash the passwords on login so it is not stored in plaintext. Password hashing can be disabled with:</p> +<p>The default configuration file is self explanatory, it is located at <code>/etc/webapps/yourls/config.php</code>. Make sure to correctly set the user/database YOURLS will use and either create a cookie or get one from <a href="http://yourls.org/cookie">URL provided</a>.</p> +<p>It is important to change the <code>$yours_user_passwords</code> variable, YOURLS will hash the passwords on login so it is not stored in plaintext. Password hashing can be disabled with:</p> <pre><code class="language-php">define( 'YOURLS_NO_HASH_PASSWORD', true ); </code></pre> <p>I also changed the “shortening method” to <code>62</code> to include more characters:</p> <pre><code class="language-php">define( 'YOURLS_URL_CONVERT', 62 ); </code></pre> -<p>Lastly, the <code>$yourls_reserved_URL</code> variable will need more blacklisted words depending on the use-case. <code>YOURLS_SITE</code> needs to match whatever is set in <code>nginx</code>.</p> +<p>The <code>$yourls_reserved_URL</code> variable will need more blacklisted words depending on the use-case. Make sure the <code>YOURLS_PRIVATE</code> variable is set to <code>true</code> (default) if the service will be exposed to the public.</p> <h3 id="nginx_1">Nginx<a class="headerlink" href="#nginx_1" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3> <p>Create a <code>yourls.conf</code> at the usual <code>sites-<available/enabled></code> path for <code>nginx</code>:</p> <pre><code class="language-nginx">server { listen 80; root /usr/share/webapps/yourls/; - server_name short.yourdomain.com; + server_name short.example.com; index index.php; location / { @@ -251,6 +252,15 @@ extension=mysqli <p>Restart the <code>nginx</code> service for changes to take effect:</p> <pre><code class="language-sh">systemctl restart nginx.service </code></pre> +<h3 id="usage">Usage<a class="headerlink" href="#usage" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3> +<p>The admin area is located at <code>https://short.example.com/admin/</code>, login with any of the configured users set with the <code>$yours_user_passwords</code> in the config. Activate plugins by going to the “Manage Plugins” page (located at the top left) and clicking in the respective “Activate” button by hovering the “Actin” column, as shown below:</p> +<figure id="__yafg-figure-1"> +<img alt="YOURLS: Activate plugin" src="https://static.luevano.xyz/images/b/yourls/yourls_activate_plugin.png" title="YOURLS: Activate plugin"> +<figcaption>YOURLS: Activate plugin</figcaption> +</figure> +<p>I personally activated the “Random ShortURLs” and “Allow Hyphens in Short URLs”. Once the “Random ShortURLs” plugin is activated it can be configured by going to the “Random ShortURLs Settings” page (located at the top left, right below “Manage Plugins”), only config available is “Random Keyword Length”.</p> +<p>The main admin area can be used to manually shorten any link provided, by using the automatic shortening or by providing a custom short URL.</p> +<p>Finally, the “Tools” page (located at the top left) conains the <code>signature</code> token, used for <a href="https://yourls.org/docs/guide/advanced/passwordless-api">YOURLS: Passwordless API</a> as well as useful bookmarklets for URL shortening while browsing.</p> <h2 id="privatebin">PrivateBin<a class="headerlink" href="#privatebin" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2> <p><a href="https://privatebin.info/">PrivateBin</a> is a minimalist self-hosted alternative to <a href="https://pastebin.com/">pastebin</a>.</p> <p>Install from the AUR with <code>yay</code>:</p> @@ -300,7 +310,7 @@ opt[12] = true ; PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT <pre><code class="language-nginx">server { listen 80; root //usr/share/webapps/privatebin/; - server_name bin.yourdomain.com; + server_name bin.example.com; index index.php; if ($pastebin_badagent) { @@ -344,7 +354,7 @@ opt[12] = true ; PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT <div class="article-info"> <p>By David LuĂ©vano</p> <p>Created: Sun, Aug 20, 2023 @ 09:46 UTC</p> - <p>Modified: Sun, Aug 20, 2023 @ 09:56 UTC</p> + <p>Modified: Sun, Aug 20, 2023 @ 10:28 UTC</p> <div class="article-tags"> <p>Tags: <a href="https://blog.luevano.xyz/tag/@code.html">code</a>, <a href="https://blog.luevano.xyz/tag/@english.html">english</a>, <a href="https://blog.luevano.xyz/tag/@server.html">server</a>, <a href="https://blog.luevano.xyz/tag/@tools.html">tools</a>, <a href="https://blog.luevano.xyz/tag/@tutorial.html">tutorial</a> </p> |