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pb is a lightweight pastebin and url shortener built using flask <http://flask.pocoo.org/>_.

There is currently no known general-purpose public pb deployment. See #246 <https://github.com/ptpb/pb/issues/246>_ for details.

• full paste and short-url CRUD
• private pastes
• tweakable syntax highlighting
• terminal recording playback
• markup rendering

• python >= 3.6
• mongodb >= 3.2
• docker >= 17.04

pb comes with a Dockerfile and docker-compose.yaml to start development environments easily. Refer to relevant documentation for how to install docker and docker-compose.

start pb with::

docker-compose up

pb will be listening on http://localhost:10002

ptpb.pw (the reference deployment) uses ptpb-deploy <https://github.com/ptpb/ptpb-deploy>_, which includes TLS termination, automatic x509 certificate rotation, and response caching.

For a simpler deployment, the included Dockerfile and docker-compose.yaml can be used verbatim, and are easy to read/study.

Other best practices include:

• not using a shared/system python, when this is shared with packages other than pb

  • using site-packages is fine/preferred inside a container or isolated filesystem, otherwise use venv <https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html>_

  • if you need/want a version of python other than what your distribution packages, pyenv <https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv>_ is a good option

• not using debian or centos

  • these provide severely outdated packages, and require additional work to compensate for this