====== Information ======
* MyBB ((https://mybb.com/))
* [[information:realm_of_espionage|Realm of Espionage]]
* https://forums.realmofespionage.xyz
===== Prerequisites =====
* [[linux:distros:server:opensuse_tumbleweed_server|openSUSE Tumbleweed (Server)]]
* [[servers:linux:nginx_php_php-fpm|nginx + PHP + PHP-FPM]]
* [[servers:linux:nginx:lets_encrypt|Certbot (Let's Encrypt)]]
* [[servers:linux:mariadb|MariaDB]]
====== Dependencies ======
* https://docs.mybb.com/1.8/install/requirements/
* https://docs.mybb.com/1.8/install/anonymous-statistics/
sudo zypper install php8-gd php8-mbstring php8-mysql
====== Download Source ======
* https://github.com/mybb/mybb/commits/feature/
* https://github.com/mybb/mybb/branches
sudo git clone --branch 'feature' --depth '1' --recurse-submodules 'https://github.com/mybb/mybb.git' '/srv/www/forum' && sudo chown -R 'wwwrun':'www' '/srv/www/forum' && sudo chmod -R '0755' '/srv/www/forum'
====== Database ======
sudo mariadb
CREATE DATABASE mybb;
CREATE USER 'mybb'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'x';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mybb.* to 'mybb'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;EXIT;
====== nginx + PHP-FPM Configuration ======
===== PHP-FPM Socket =====
sudo -e '/etc/php8/fpm/php-fpm.d/forum.conf' && sudo systemctl restart 'php-fpm'
[forum]
user = "wwwrun"
group = "www"
listen = "/run/php-fpm/forum.sock"
listen.owner = "wwwrun"
listen.group = "www"
listen.mode = "0662"
pm = "ondemand"
pm.max_children = "4"
pm.process_idle_timeout = "30"
php_value[log_errors] = "0"
php_value[error_reporting] = "~E_ALL"
php_value[display_errors] = "0"
php_value[display_startup_errors] = "0"
php_value[html_errors] = "0"
php_value[session.save_path] = "/var/lib/php8/sessions"
php_value[date.timezone] = "America/New_York"
; End
===== FastCGI =====
sudo -e '/etc/nginx/default.d/forum.conf'
location '~' '\.(php|phar)(/.*)?$' {
fastcgi_split_path_info '^(.+\.(?:php|phar))(/.*)$';
fastcgi_intercept_errors 'on';
fastcgi_index 'index.php';
include 'fastcgi_params';
fastcgi_param 'SCRIPT_FILENAME' '$document_root$fastcgi_script_name';
fastcgi_param 'PATH_INFO' '$fastcgi_path_info';
fastcgi_param 'HTTPS' 'on';
fastcgi_pass 'unix:/run/php-fpm/forum.sock';
}
# End
===== Server Block ======
* https://docs.mybb.com/1.8/administration/configuring-search-engine-friendly-URLs/
sudo -e '/etc/nginx/vhosts.d/forum.conf' && sudo systemctl reload 'nginx'
server {
listen '443' 'ssl';
http2 'on';
server_name 'forums.realmofespionage.xyz';
root '/srv/www/forum';
index 'index.php';
include '/etc/nginx/default.d/forum.conf';
include '/etc/nginx/default.d/headers.conf';
# access_log '/var/log/nginx/forum-access.log';
# error_log '/var/log/nginx/forum-error.log';
location '/' {
rewrite '^/forum-([0-9]+)\.html$' '/forumdisplay.php?fid=$1';
rewrite '^/forum-([0-9]+)-page-([0-9]+)\.html$' '/forumdisplay.php?fid=$1&page=$2';
rewrite '^/thread-([0-9]+)\.html$' '/showthread.php?tid=$1';
rewrite '^/thread-([0-9]+)-page-([0-9]+)\.html$' '/showthread.php?tid=$1&page=$2';
rewrite '^/thread-([0-9]+)-lastpost\.html$' '/showthread.php?tid=$1&action=lastpost';
rewrite '^/thread-([0-9]+)-nextnewest\.html$' '/showthread.php?tid=$1&action=nextnewest';
rewrite '^/thread-([0-9]+)-nextoldest\.html$' '/showthread.php?tid=$1&action=nextoldest';
rewrite '^/thread-([0-9]+)-newpost\.html$' '/showthread.php?tid=$1&action=newpost';
rewrite '^/thread-([0-9]+)-post-([0-9]+)\.html$' '/showthread.php?tid=$1&pid=$2';
rewrite '^/post-([0-9]+)\.html$' '/showthread.php?pid=$1';
rewrite '^/announcement-([0-9]+)\.html$' '/announcements.php?aid=$1';
rewrite '^/user-([0-9]+)\.html$' '/member.php?action=profile&uid=$1';
rewrite '^/calendar-([0-9]+)\.html$' '/calendar.php?calendar=$1';
rewrite '^/calendar-([0-9]+)-year-([0-9]+)\.html$' '/calendar.php?action=yearview&calendar=$1&year=$2';
rewrite '^/calendar-([0-9]+)-year-([0-9]+)-month-([0-9]+)\.html$' '/calendar.php?calendar=$1&year=$2&month=$3';
rewrite '^/calendar-([0-9]+)-year-([0-9]+)-month-([0-9]+)-day-([0-9]+)\.html$' '/calendar.php?action=dayview&calendar=$1&year=$2&month=$3&day=$4';
rewrite '^/calendar-([0-9]+)-week-(n?[0-9]+)\.html$' '/calendar.php?action=weekview&calendar=$1&week=$2';
rewrite '^/event-([0-9]+)\.html$' '/calendar.php?action=event&eid=$1';
}
}
# End
====== Initial Setup ======
* Database Engine: ''MySQL Improved''
* Database Server Hostname: ''localhost''
* Table Encoding: ''4-Byte UTF-8 Unicode''
* https://forums.realmofespionage.xyz
====== Configuration ======
===== Board Online / Offline =====
* Board Closed: ''[x]'' Yes
These forums are being built behind-the-scenes, check back later!
In the meantime, check out my wiki: RoE | Wiki
===== Login and Registration =====
* Disable Registrations: ''[x]'' Yes
===== TODO =====
* Friendly Redirection Pages: Off
===== config.php =====
****
sudo -e '/srv/www/forum/inc/config.php' && sudo chown -v 'wwwrun':'www' '/srv/www/forum/inc/config.php'
====== Services ======
===== Updater =====
==== Service ====
sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/forum-up.service'
[Service]
User=wwwrun
Group=www
Type=oneshot
WorkingDirectory=/tmp
ExecStart='/usr/bin/git' -C '/srv/www/forum' reset --hard 'origin/feature'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/git' -C '/srv/www/forum' pull origin 'feature' --rebase
# End
==== Timer ====
* Daily ''05:00:00 AM''
sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/forum-up.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'forum-up.timer' --now && sudo systemctl start 'forum-up' && sudo systemctl status 'forum-up' -l
[Unit]
Description=MyBB Git Updater
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 05:00:00
Persistent=true
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
# End
===== Backup =====
==== Files ====
=== Service ===
mkdir -p ~/'backups' && sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/forum-fb.service' && sudo sed -i 's/CHANGEME/'$USER'/g' '/etc/systemd/system/forum-fb.service'
[Service]
Type=oneshot
WorkingDirectory=/srv/www/forum
ExecStart='/usr/bin/bash' -c '"/usr/bin/tar" -czf "/home/CHANGEME/backups/mybb-files-auto-"$$(date +%%Y-%%m-%%d)".tar.gz" -C "/srv/www" "forum"'
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'
# End
=== Timer ===
* Monthly (6th) ''05:15:00 AM''
sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/forum-fb.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'forum-fb.timer' --now
[Unit]
Description=MyBB Files Backup
[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-06 05:15:00
Persistent=true
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
# End
sudo systemctl start 'forum-fb' && sudo systemctl status 'forum-fb' -l
==== Database ====
=== Database Auth ===
sudo mkdir -p '/srv/lib/mysql/auth' && sudo -e '/srv/lib/mysql/auth/mybb' && sudo chown 'mysql':'mysql' '/srv/lib/mysql/auth/mybb' && sudo chmod '0600' '/srv/lib/mysql/auth/mybb'
[mariadb-dump]
user=mybb
password=x
# End
=== Service ===
mkdir -p ~/'backups' && sudo mkdir -p '/srv/lib/mysql/tmp' && sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/forum-db.service' && sudo sed -i 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' '/etc/systemd/system/forum-db.service'
[Service]
Group=mysql
Type=oneshot
WorkingDirectory=/srv/lib/mysql
ExecStart='/usr/bin/bash' -c '"/usr/bin/mariadb-dump" --defaults-extra-file="/srv/lib/mysql/auth/mybb" --single-transaction --quick "mybb" -r "/home/CHANGEME/backups/mybb-database-auto-"$$(date +%%Y-%%m-%%d)".sql"'
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'
# End
=== Timer ===
* Monthly (6th) ''05:10:00 AM''
sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/forum-db.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'forum-db.timer' --now && sudo systemctl start 'forum-db' && sudo systemctl status 'forum-db' -l
[Unit]
Description=mybb Database Backup
After=mariadb.service
[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-06 05:10:00
Persistent=true
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
# End
===== Maintenance =====
==== Service ====
sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/forum-m.service'
[Service]
User=wwwrun
Group=www
Type=oneshot
WorkingDirectory=/srv/www/forum
ExecStart='/usr/bin/git' -C '/srv/www/forum' gc --aggressive --prune='all'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/git' -C '/srv/www/forum' fsck --full --strict
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'
# End
==== Timer ====
* Monthly (6th) ''05:30:00 AM''
sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/forum-m.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'forum-m.timer' --now
[Unit]
Description=MyBB Maintenance
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-06 05:30:00
Persistent=true
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
# End
sudo systemctl start 'forum-m' && sudo systemctl status 'forum-m' -l
====== Backup ======
===== Files =====
****
sudo tar -czf ~/'mybb-files-manual-'$(date +%Y-%m-%d)'.tar.gz' -C '/srv/www' 'forum'
===== Database =====
****
sudo mariadb-dump --single-transaction --quick 'mybb' -r ~/'mybb-database-manual-'$(date +%Y-%m-%d)'.sql'
===== scp =====
scp espionage724@192.168.1.152:~/'mybb-files-'*'.tar.gz' ~/'Downloads'
scp espionage724@192.168.1.152:~/'mybb-database-'*'.sql' ~/'Downloads'
====== Restore ======
===== scp =====
scp ~/'Downloads/mybb-files-'*'.tar.gz' espionage724@192.168.1.152:~
scp ~/'Downloads/mybb'*'.sql' espionage724@192.168.1.152:~
===== Stop nginx =====
****
sudo systemctl stop 'nginx'
===== Remove Existing Files =====
****
ls ~/'mybb-files-'*'.tar.gz' && sudo rm -Rf '/srv/www/forum'
===== Restore Files =====
****
sudo tar -xzf ~/'mybb-files-'*'.tar.gz' -C '/srv/www' 'forum' && sudo chown -R 'wwwrun':'www' '/srv/www/forum' && sudo chmod -R '0755' '/srv/www/forum'
===== Restore Database =====
* [[#database|Initial set-up]]
sudo mariadb --execute='DROP DATABASE mybb;'
sudo mariadb --execute='CREATE DATABASE mybb;'
sudo mariadb 'mybb' < ~/'mybb'*'.sql'
===== Git Fix =====
* :!: Set email for ''user.email''
sudo su 'wwwrun' -s '/bin/bash'
cd '/tmp' && rm -Rf '/srv/www/forum/.git'
git -C '/srv/www/forum' init --initial-branch='feature'
git -C '/srv/www/forum' add '.'
git -C '/srv/www/forum' config 'user.email' 'espionage724@x'
git -C '/srv/www/forum' commit --message='x'
git -C '/srv/www/forum' remote add 'origin' 'https://github.com/mybb/mybb.git'
git -C '/srv/www/forum' pull --depth '1' --recurse-submodules 'origin' 'feature' --rebase
git -C '/srv/www/forum' reset --hard 'origin/feature'
git -C '/srv/www/forum' gc --aggressive --prune='all'
git -C '/srv/www/forum' fsck --full --strict
exit
===== Start nginx =====
****
sudo systemctl start 'nginx'
===== Clean-up =====
****
rm -fv ~/'mybb-files-'*'.tar.gz' ~/'mybb'*'.sql'