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+---
+title: Pastebin
+author:
+  - wizzdom
+tags:
+  - aperture
+  - nomad
+  - docker
+---
+
+# Pastebin - `wizzdom`
+
+Redbrick currently uses [Privatebin](https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin) as a paste utility accessible at [paste.redbrick.dcu.ie](https://paste.redbrick.dcu.ie) and [paste.rb.dcu.ie](https://paste.rb.dcu.ie)
+
+## Privatebin
+
+The Privatebin instance is deployed with [nomad](nomad.md) on [`aperture`](../hardware/aperture/index.md). Its configuration is available [here](https://github.com/redbrick/nomad/blob/master/jobs/services/privatebin.hcl). Privatebin doesn't support full configuration via environment variables but instead uses a `conf.php` file. This is passed in using [nomad templates](https://developer.hashicorp.com/nomad/docs/job-specification/template).
+
+All sensitive variables are stored in the [`consul`](consul.md) KV store. 
+
+The main points are as follows:
+
+- configure URL shortener ([`shlink`](shlink.md))
+
+```php
+urlshortener = "https://s.rb.dcu.ie/rest/v1/short-urls/shorten?apiKey={{ key "privatebin/shlink/api" }}&format=txt&longUrl="
+```
+
+- enable file upload, set file size limit and enable compression
+
+```php
+fileupload = true
+sizelimit = 10485760
+compression = "zlib"
+```
+
+- Connect to PostgreSQL database
+
+```php
+[model]
+class = Database
+[model_options]
+dsn = "pgsql:host=postgres.service.consul;dbname={{ key "privatebin/db/name" }}"
+tbl = "privatebin_"     ; table prefix
+usr = "{{ key "privatebin/db/user" }}"
+pwd = "{{ key "privatebin/db/password" }}"
+opt[12] = true    ; PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT ; use persistent connections - default
+```