Installation

Requirements

• PHP 8.1+
• MySQL 5.7+ / MariaDB 10.3+
• Composer

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1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Heyuri/heyuri-pasta.git /var/www/sites/yoursite/heyuri-pasta
cd /var/www/sites/yoursite/heyuri-pasta

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2. Install dependencies

composer install --no-dev

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3. Configure

Edit private/config.ini with your database credentials, site name, and public URL:

[site]
name = My Pasta Site

[database]
database_name     = pasta
database_user     = pasta_user
database_password = yourpassword
database_host     = localhost
database_port     = 3306

[server]
url      = "/"
home_url = "/"

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4. Create the MySQL database and user

CREATE DATABASE pasta CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
CREATE USER 'pasta_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pasta.* TO 'pasta_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

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5. Run the installer

Creates the tables and a default admin account (admin / admin).

php private/install.php

Log in at ?route=moderateRoute and change the default password immediately via the Account page in [Moderate].

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6. Set ownership and permissions

Replace youruser with your deploy user and www-data with your web server group.

chown -R youruser:www-data /var/www/sites/yoursite/heyuri-pasta

# Directories: owner rwx, group rx, others nothing
find /var/www/sites/yoursite/heyuri-pasta -type d -exec chmod 750 {} \;

# Files: owner rw, group r, others nothing
find /var/www/sites/yoursite/heyuri-pasta -type f -exec chmod 640 {} \;

# private/ needs group write so PHP can append to audit.log
chmod 770 /var/www/sites/yoursite/heyuri-pasta/private

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7. Block web access to private/

Nginx — add inside your server {} block:

location ^~ /private/ {
    deny all;
    return 404;
}

Apache — create private/.htaccess and add to its contents:

Require all denied

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8. Set up the expiry cron job

Pastes with a TTL are pruned every 5 minutes. Run crontab -e and add:

*/5 * * * * php /var/www/sites/yoursite/heyuri-pasta/private/cron/pruneExpiredPastes.php >> /var/www/sites/yoursite/heyuri-pasta/private/prune.log 2>&1