Hastebin Pastebin

Key Features

• Lightning-fast paste creation with immediate URL generation via Haste Server's streamlined interface
• Automatic syntax highlighting for 150+ programming languages including JavaScript, Python, Go, and Rust
• Built-in keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+S to save, Ctrl+N for new paste) for rapid workflow integration
• Redis-powered automatic paste expiration after 30 days to prevent storage bloat
• RESTful API support for programmatic paste creation and retrieval
• Command-line integration allowing direct piping of files and command output
• Raw text viewing mode for easy copy-paste operations without formatting
• Duplicate paste detection through Redis key management to optimize storage

Common Use Cases

• 1Development teams sharing code snippets during pair programming and code reviews
• 2Educational environments where instructors need to quickly share code examples with students
• 3Internal corporate pastebin for sharing configuration files and scripts without external dependencies
• 4DevOps teams sharing deployment scripts and configuration snippets during incident response
• 5Open source projects providing a branded pastebin for community code sharing
• 6Homelab enthusiasts running a personal pastebin for cross-device text and code synchronization
• 7Organizations requiring GDPR compliance with full control over paste data storage and retention

Prerequisites

• Docker and Docker Compose installed with at least 1GB available RAM for Redis operations
• Port 7777 available for the Haste Server web interface and API access
• Basic understanding of Redis data structures for troubleshooting storage issues
• Approximately 512MB RAM allocated for Redis to handle concurrent paste operations effectively
• Network access configured if planning to use the CLI haste-client tool from remote machines
• Understanding of paste expiration policies to communicate data retention to users

docker-compose.yml

1services: 
2  hastebin: 
3    image: ghcr.io/toptal/haste-server:latest
4    container_name: hastebin
5    environment: 
6      - STORAGE_TYPE=redis
7      - STORAGE_HOST=redis
8      - STORAGE_PORT=6379
9      - STORAGE_EXPIRE_SECONDS=2592000
10    ports: 
11      - "7777:7777"
12    depends_on: 
13      - redis
14    networks: 
15      - hastebin-network
16    restart: unless-stopped
17
18  redis: 
19    image: redis:7-alpine
20    container_name: hastebin-redis
21    volumes: 
22      - redis-data:/data
23    networks: 
24      - hastebin-network
25    restart: unless-stopped
26
27volumes: 
28  redis-data: 
29
30networks: 
31  hastebin-network: 
32    driver: bridge

.env Template

1# Hastebin
2# Default expiration: 30 days

Usage Notes

Individual Services(2 services)

Copy individual services to mix and match with your existing compose files.

hastebin:
  image: ghcr.io/toptal/haste-server:latest
  container_name: hastebin
  environment:
    - STORAGE_TYPE=redis
    - STORAGE_HOST=redis
    - STORAGE_PORT=6379
    - STORAGE_EXPIRE_SECONDS=2592000
  ports:
    - "7777:7777"
  depends_on:
    - redis
  networks:
    - hastebin-network
  restart: unless-stopped

redis:
  image: redis:7-alpine
  container_name: hastebin-redis
  volumes:
    - redis-data:/data
  networks:
    - hastebin-network
  restart: unless-stopped

Quick Start

1# 1. Create the compose file
2cat > docker-compose.yml << 'EOF'
3services:
4  hastebin:
5    image: ghcr.io/toptal/haste-server:latest
6    container_name: hastebin
7    environment:
8      - STORAGE_TYPE=redis
9      - STORAGE_HOST=redis
10      - STORAGE_PORT=6379
11      - STORAGE_EXPIRE_SECONDS=2592000
12    ports:
13      - "7777:7777"
14    depends_on:
15      - redis
16    networks:
17      - hastebin-network
18    restart: unless-stopped
19
20  redis:
21    image: redis:7-alpine
22    container_name: hastebin-redis
23    volumes:
24      - redis-data:/data
25    networks:
26      - hastebin-network
27    restart: unless-stopped
28
29volumes:
30  redis-data:
31
32networks:
33  hastebin-network:
34    driver: bridge
35EOF
36
37# 2. Create the .env file
38cat > .env << 'EOF'
39# Hastebin
40# Default expiration: 30 days
41EOF
42
43# 3. Start the services
44docker compose up -d
45
46# 4. View logs
47docker compose logs -f

One-Liner

Run this command to download and set up the recipe in one step:

1curl -fsSL https://docker.recipes/api/recipes/hastebin-pastebin/run | bash

Troubleshooting