Information

Prerequisites

Dependencies

https://manual.joomla.org/docs/next/get-started/technical-requirements/

Git

https://www.git-scm.com/download/win
Last tested: Git-2.48.1-64-bit.exe

Git from the command line and also from 3rd-party software

MariaDB Server

https://mariadb.org/download/
Last tested: mariadb-11.7.2-winx64.msi

No Development components or Third party tools
Use UTF8 as default server's character set
[x] Enable Networking

Node.js

https://nodejs.org/en/download
Last tested: node-v22.14.0-x64.msi

Node.js runtime, npm package manager, Add to PATH (corepack manager and Online documentation not required)
Tools for Native Modules not required (leave “Automatically install the tools” unchecked)
TODO: NodeJS install notes

Download Source

https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commits/5.3-dev/

"%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" clone --branch "5.3-dev" --depth "1" --recurse-submodules "https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms.git" "%SystemDrive%\www\main"

"explorer.exe" "%SystemDrive%\www\main"

Database

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" -p

CREATE DATABASE joomla_db;

CREATE USER 'joomla'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'x';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON joomla_db.* to 'joomla'@'localhost';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

EXIT

Environment

PHP

"notepad.exe" "%SystemDrive%\www\php\main.ini"

[PHP]
; Modules
extension_dir = ".\ext"
extension = "gd"
extension = "intl"
extension = "ldap"
extension = "mysqli"
extension = "openssl"
extension = "sodium"
zend_extension = "opcache"

; Settings
post_max_size = "5M"
upload_max_filesize = "5M"
error_reporting = "E_ERROR"
display_errors = "Off"

[Date]
date.timezone = "America/New_York"

; End

"php.exe" -c "%SystemDrive%\www\php\main.ini" -m

Dependencies

Composer

https://github.com/composer/composer/releases
Latest composer.phar in www\ext folder

MKDIR "%SystemDrive%\www\ext"

"%SystemDrive%\www\ext\composer.phar"

CD "%SystemDrive%\www\main" && "php.exe" -c "%SystemDrive%\www\php\main.ini" "%SystemDrive%\www\ext\composer.phar" install --no-dev

Node.js

CD "%SystemDrive%\www\main" && "%ProgramFiles%\nodejs\node.exe" "%ProgramFiles%\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" --prefix "%SystemDrive%\www\main" "ci" --verbose

nginx + PHP-CGI Configuration

PHP-CGI

"notepad.exe" "%SystemDrive%\www\nginx\default.d\main.conf"

# PHP-CGI
location ~ \.(php)(/.*)?$ {
    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.(?:php))(/.*)$;
    fastcgi_intercept_errors "on";
    fastcgi_index "index.php";
    include "C:/www/nginx/conf/fastcgi_params";
    fastcgi_param "SCRIPT_FILENAME" $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    fastcgi_param "PATH_INFO" $fastcgi_path_info;
    fastcgi_param "HTTPS" "on";
    fastcgi_pass "127.0.0.1:9001";
}

# End

Server Block

"notepad.exe" "%SystemDrive%\www\nginx\vhosts.d\main.conf"

server {
    listen "443" "ssl";
    http2 "on";
    server_name "realmofespionage.xyz";
    root "C:/www/main";
    index "index.php";

    include C:/www/nginx/default.d/main.conf;
    include C:/www/nginx/default.d/headers.conf;

    client_max_body_size "5M";

#    add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src "self"; script-src "self" "unsafe-inline" "unsafe-eval"; style-src "self" "unsafe-inline"" always;

#    access_log  logs/main-access.log;
#    error_log  logs/main-error.log;

# Install dir post-install block
#
#    location "/install" {
#        location ~* \.(php)$ {
#            deny "all";
#        }
#    }

    location /api/ {
	try_files $uri $uri/ /api/index.php?$args;
    }

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~* /(images|cache|media|logs|tmp)/.*\.(php|pl|py|jsp|asp|sh|cgi)$ {
        return 403;
        error_page 403 /403_error.html;
    }

    location ~* \.(ico|pdf|flv)$ {
        expires 1y;
    }

    location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|swf|xml|txt)$ {
        expires 14d;
    }
 
}

# End

"%SystemDrive%\www\scripts\nginx\Reload.bat"

Scripts

MKDIR "%SystemDrive%\www\scripts\main"

"explorer.exe" "%SystemDrive%\www\scripts\main"

PHP-CGI

"notepad.exe" "%SystemDrive%\www\scripts\main\PHP-CGI.bat"

SET "PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS=0"
SET "PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN=1"

START "Main PHP-CGI" "php-cgi.exe" -b "127.0.0.1:9001" -c "%SystemDrive%\www\php\main.ini" -q

:: End

"%SystemDrive%\www\scripts\main\PHP-CGI.bat"

Update

https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commits/5.3-dev/

"notepad.exe" "%SystemDrive%\www\scripts\main\Update.bat"

@echo off

"%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" -C "%SystemDrive%\www\main" reset --hard
"%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" -C "%SystemDrive%\www\main" pull origin "5.3-dev" --rebase

"%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" -C "%SystemDrive%\www\main" gc --aggressive --prune="all"
"%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" -C "%SystemDrive%\www\main" fsck --full --strict

"php.exe" -c "%SystemDrive%\www\php\main.ini" "%SystemDrive%\www\ext\composer.phar" install --no-dev --working-dir="%SystemDrive%\www\main"

"%ProgramFiles%\nodejs\node.exe" "%ProgramFiles%\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" --prefix "%SystemDrive%\www\main" "ci"

:: End

"%SystemDrive%\www\scripts\main\Update.bat"

Shortcuts

Desktop

"%SystemDrive%\www\scripts\main\Update.bat"

Main Update

Autostart

"explorer.exe" "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp"

"%SystemDrive%\www\scripts\main\PHP-CGI.bat"

Main PHP-CGI

Initial Setup

https://realmofespionage.xyz

Settings

2025/01/17: WIP
Linux config

Purity III Template

Downloads
Last tested: t3-system-plugin_3.2.2.zip and purity-iii-template_2.1.1.zip

System Dashboard

Templates → Site Template Styles
Set purity_III - Default to Default

Theme Settings

General → Show T3 Logo: Off

Theme → Logo Type: Text
Theme → Site Name: Realm of Espionage

Navigation → Megamenu Configuration → Animation: Fading
Navigation → Megamenu Configuration → Duration: 300

Add-ons → Off-canvas Sidebar → Enable: Off

Assignment → Toggle Selection

Copyright

Last tested: 2024/02/01 on Joomla 5.1.0-dev, T3 Framework 3.2.0, and Purity III 2.1.0

Logo

wget -O '/tmp/cc-by-sa-40.png' 'https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-sa/4.0/80x15.png' && sudo mv '/tmp/cc-by-sa-40.png' '/var/www/main/images/cc-by-sa-40.png' && sudo chown 'nginx':'nginx' '/var/www/main/images/cc-by-sa-40.png' && sudo restorecon -F -I -R '/var/www/main/images/cc-by-sa-40.png' && sync

Text

Place text within the <section class=“t3-copyright”> section underneath the Bootstrap by Twitter and Font Awesome mentions
Remove Bootstrap by Twitter and Font Awesome mentions

sudo -e '/var/www/main/templates/purity_iii/tpls/blocks/footer.php' && sudo chown 'nginx':'nginx' '/var/www/main/templates/purity_iii/tpls/blocks/footer.php'

          <small>
            <img src="https://realmofespionage.xyz/images/cc-by-sa-40.png" width="80" height="15" /> All content and data available on Realm of Espionage is available under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International</a> license.
          </small>

Custom CSS

This shrinks the footer height, and places it back at the bottom of the screen instead of floating half-way up the page when little content exists (source 1, source 2)
Also replaces ThemeMagic for Brand Primary Color, Footer Background, and Footer Text Color

Last tested: 2024/02/01 on Joomla 5.1.0-dev, T3 Framework 3.2.0, and Purity III 2.1.0

sudo -e '/var/www/main/templates/purity_iii/css/custom.css' && sudo chown 'nginx':'nginx' '/var/www/main/templates/purity_iii/css/custom.css'

html,

body {
  height: 100%;
}

a {
  color: #3D8BFF;
}

a:hover {
  color: #196BE4;
}

.t3-mainnav {
  background-color: #3D8BFF;
}

.logo a {
  background: none;
}

.logo a:hover {
  background: #196BE4;
}

.t3-wrapper {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 100%;
}

.t3-footer {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  background-color: #484848;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

.t3-copyright {
  padding-top: 20px;
  padding-bottom: 0px;
}

Articles

Home

The line-breaks are intentional and are there to make how it displays look nicer
Add links to RoE | Wiki and CC BY-SA 4.0 license

 
 

Welcome! Realm of Espionage is a personal project composed of various services. All services on RoE are free and open-source, self-hosted, and configured with strict security in-mind. My most prominent project currently is RoE | Wiki, a DokuWiki instance that holds my notes on all sorts of operating system, client, and server deployments, free for anyone to view and redistribute under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

 

This domain serves as a landing page and provides links to my most-used profiles and projects. To view them, use the navigation bar (desktop) or the ≡ hamburger icon (mobile) at the top of the screen.

Menus

Main menu headers are: System Links → URL → # to allow tapping as-expected on mobile
Icon sizes are 24×24
Menu entries should be named normally before saving for a proper alias, and then add a space on the title afterwards to make it look better with the icon

Global Configuration

Site Meta Description

Realm of Espionage is a personal project composed of various self-hosted services. All services are hosted in-house under secure conditions, and notes are provided for all services under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 license.

Content Rights

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Articles

System → Global Configuration → Articles

Show Title: Hide
Show Category: Hide
Show Author: Hide
Show Publish Date: Hide
Show Navigation: Hide
Show Print: Hide
Show Email: Hide
Show Hits: Hide

Menus → Main Menu → Home → Link Type → Display in Menu: No
Menus → Main Menu → Home → Page Display → Show Page Heading: Hide

Branch Update

5.2 → 5.3

"%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" -C "%SystemDrive%\www\main" switch -t -c "5.3-dev"

"%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" -C "%SystemDrive%\www\main" branch

"%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" -C "%SystemDrive%\www\main" reset --hard

"%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" -C "%SystemDrive%\www\main" pull origin "5.3-dev" --rebase

Database

Backup

CD "%UserProfile%\Downloads"

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb-dump.exe" -u "root" -p --opt -r "joomla.sql" "joomla_db"

Restore

Initial set-up

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" -p "joomla_db" < "%UserProfile%\Downloads\joomla.sql"

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" -p --execute="GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON joomla_db.* to 'joomla'@'localhost';"

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" -p --execute="DROP DATABASE joomla_db"

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" -p --execute="CREATE DATABASE joomla_db"

¹⁾

https://www.joomla.org

Table of Contents

Information

Prerequisites

Dependencies

Git

MariaDB Server

Node.js

Download Source

Database

Environment

PHP

Dependencies

Composer

Node.js

nginx + PHP-CGI Configuration

PHP-CGI

Server Block

Scripts

PHP-CGI

Update

Shortcuts

Desktop

Autostart

Initial Setup

Settings

Purity III Template

System Dashboard

Theme Settings

Footer

Copyright

Logo

Text

Custom CSS

Articles

Home

Menus

Global Configuration

Site Meta Description

Content Rights

Articles

Menu

Branch Update

Database

Backup

Restore