PrivateBin Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

PrivateBin hosting on xCloud lets you deploy PrivateBin and share expiring, encrypted text and code from your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned PrivateBin 2.0.6 container with persistent storage and an HTTPS reverse proxy. Pastes are encrypted in the browser, the server stores only ciphertext, and there are no application accounts or administrator passwords to manage before your first paste.

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What is PrivateBin?

PrivateBin is a minimalist, open source online pastebin where, in upstream's words, the server has zero knowledge of stored data. Content is encrypted and decrypted in the browser with 256-bit AES in Galois Counter mode, and you can add a password, an expiry or burn-after-reading to a paste. It is a fork of ZeroBin. A self-hosted PrivateBin is an alternative to a public pastebin such as Pastebin. Upstream is clear that users must still trust the administrator not to inject malicious code, so it has to be used over HTTPS.

On xCloud the template runs PrivateBin 2.0.6 as one read-only Nginx and PHP-FPM container, pinned by digest, with encrypted paste records on the privatebin_data volume. There are no accounts, no wizard and no generated credentials. File uploads are off, and paste bodies are limited to upstream's default of 10 MB.

About this app

Version xCloud installs: 2.0.6
Official website: privatebin.info
Source code: github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin

PrivateBin is a third-party project. xCloud is not affiliated with or endorsed by its maintainers. Names and logos belong to their owners.

From Sign-Up to a Live PrivateBin In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting PrivateBin normally means a container, persistent storage, a domain and a certificate before you share a single paste. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick PrivateBin from the OneClick catalog. Choose a site title and domain — there are no PrivateBin-specific fields or generated credentials.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned PrivateBin 2.0.6 image, mount privatebin_data at /srv/data, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Paste And Share
Open your HTTPS URL, enter text or code, choose expiration and format, and optionally enable discussion, burn-after-reading or a password. Share the complete link through a private channel.

Everything PrivateBin Does, On Your Own Server

PrivateBin runs in full here — the browser-side encryption upstream ships, with ciphertext on infrastructure you control.

Browser-Side Encryption
Content is encrypted and decrypted in the browser before it ever reaches the server, which stores only ciphertext.
Burn After Reading
Make a paste readable exactly once, handled inside PrivateBin itself with no second service to run.
Optional Password Protection
Add a password on top of the complete link for pastes that need an extra layer, so a found link alone cannot open them.
Expiry And Discussion Threads
Set an expiration window and optionally allow threaded discussion on a paste, both built into the core project.
HTTPS From The Start
Served on your own domain with a certificate issued and renewed for you, not on a shared subdomain.
One Volume For Encrypted Records
Encrypted paste records persist on a single named volume that survives a restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Encrypted Pastebin 24/7

Managed hosting for PrivateBin, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

PrivateBin 2.0.6 deployed instantly
Upstream image pinned by digest
No app credentials to manage
App origin bound to localhost
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With PrivateBin

Share a credential once
Create a paste with burn-after-reading and send the complete link, so the first reader sees it and the server then discards it.
Pass code or logs to a colleague
Paste a snippet with syntax formatting and an expiry, and share the link through a private channel.
Keep paste content off a public service
Store only ciphertext on a server you control, with the key in the link's URL fragment that browsers never send to the server.
Add a password for sensitive pastes
Require a password on top of the link, shared through a separate channel, so a leaked link alone cannot be read.

PrivateBin vs Alternatives

Pastebin: A hosted public paste service. A PrivateBin alternative to Pastebin encrypts the paste in the browser, so the server you run stores only ciphertext and expiry metadata.
Yopass: Yopass has its own OneClick page. In a PrivateBin vs Yopass comparison, PrivateBin is a full pastebin with formats, discussion threads and burn-after-reading, rather than a single-purpose secret sharer.
MicroBin: MicroBin has its own OneClick page. PrivateBin encrypts every paste in the browser before upload and stores only ciphertext, with expiry, discussion and burn-after-reading built in.
Opengist: Opengist has its own OneClick page. It keeps code snippets as Git-backed gists with accounts, whereas PrivateBin has no accounts and focuses on expiring encrypted pastes.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for PrivateBin. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Higher paste volume and longer retention.

$59.99per month

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

PrivateBin alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. PrivateBin itself is free under the Zlib/libpng licence.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

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Ready To Own Your Pastebin?

PrivateBin on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is PrivateBin free?

Yes. PrivateBin is released under the Zlib/libpng licence, which costs nothing to use. The only bill is the Cloud VPS serving your pastes, and disk use depends mostly on how many you keep and for how long.

How much RAM does PrivateBin need?

The manifest asks for 256 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 1 GB of disk, which suits one small Nginx and PHP-FPM container. The 6 GB plan is far above that, so the same server can run other apps beside it.

Can you self-host PrivateBin with Docker?

Yes, and this template is PrivateBin Docker hosting without the setup: the upstream 2.0.6 image pinned by digest as one read-only container on localhost, behind xCloud HTTPS, with /srv/data on a persistent named volume that keeps your records across restarts.

Is PrivateBin really zero knowledge?

The server stores only ciphertext, but upstream notes users must trust the administrator not to inject malicious code, since a compromised server could serve modified JavaScript that captures plaintext or keys. Zero knowledge describes storage, not the end of server trust.

Where is the PrivateBin decryption key stored?

In the URL fragment after the # sign. Browsers never send that fragment to the server, so anyone with an unprotected complete link can decrypt the paste and anyone without it cannot. Share the whole link, not just the address.

Can I password-protect a PrivateBin paste?

Yes. PrivateBin supports an optional password in addition to the complete link, which stops someone who merely finds the link from reading the paste. Send the link and the password through separate private channels, so a single leak is not enough.

Does this PrivateBin install support file uploads?

No. The template keeps upstream's default configuration with file uploads disabled and document and comment payloads limited to 10 MB. Raising those limits would need coordinated changes outside this template, so plan for text and code.

How do I back up PrivateBin?

Back up the complete privatebin_data volume at /srv/data, which holds encrypted paste records. Backups keep ciphertext only, so a restored paste needs its complete link and any password. Match backup retention to paste expiry, so expired content is not kept in old snapshots.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade PrivateBin?

The install stays on PrivateBin 2.0.6 until you adopt a newer template version. Back up privatebin_data first, read the PrivateBin and image release notes, and recreate the container without deleting the volume. Nothing upgrades the app automatically.

Is there a PrivateBin cloud service I can use?

This page is your own PrivateBin cloud: a dedicated Cloud VPS running the open-source pastebin on your domain, with ciphertext on a volume you control. Nobody else's pastes share it, and there are no accounts to manage.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.