• Joomla ¹⁾
• 5.2-dev ²⁾
• Realm of Espionage
• https://realmofespionage.xyz

• Windows 10
• nginx + PHP + PHP-CGI
• Certbot (Let's Encrypt)

• Purity III ThemeMagic is not available with Joomla 4.x (source)

• 2024/06/27: WIP

• https://docs.joomla.org/Special:MyLanguage/J5.x:Setting_Up_Your_Local_Environment
• https://manual.joomla.org/docs/next/get-started/technical-requirements/
• https://docs.joomla.org/J5.x:Optional_Technical_Requirements

• https://www.git-scm.com/download/win
• Last tested: Git-2.45.2-64-bit.exe

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

• https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/windows/
• Last tested: mysql-installer-community-8.0.37.0.msi

• https://github.com/webyog/sqlyog-community/wiki/Downloads
• Last tested: SQLyog-13.2.1-0.x64Community.exe

• https://getcomposer.org/download/
• Last tested version: v2.7.7

• https://nodejs.org/en/download/prebuilt-installer (Current)
• Last tested: node-v22.3.0-x64.msi

git clone --branch "5.2-dev" --depth "1" --recurse-submodules "https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms.git" "C:\www\main"

explorer "C:\www\main"

• https://docs.joomla.org/Special:MyLanguage/J5.x:Setting_Up_Your_Local_Environment

notepad++ "%SystemDrive%\www\php\main-php.ini"

[PHP]
extension_dir = ".\ext"
extension="gd"
extension="sodium"
extension="ldap"
extension="mysqli"
extension="openssl"

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

; Fedora php.ini Defaults
php_value[session.save_handler] = "files"
php_value[session.save_path] = "/var/lib/php/session"

; General
php_value[max_execution_time] = "200"
php_value[memory_limit] = "512M"
php_value[post_max_size] = "30M"
php_value[upload_max_filesize] = "30M"
php_value[post_max_size] = "30M"
php_value[max_file_uploads] = "100"
php_value[upload_tmp_dir] = "/tmp"

CD "%SystemDrive%\php-"*"-nts-Win32-vs16-x64\" && "php.exe" -c "%SystemDrive%\www\php\main-php.ini" "%ProgramData%\ComposerSetup\bin\composer.phar" install --working-dir="%SystemDrive%\www\main"

CD "%SystemDrive%\www\main\" && npm ci && npm audit fix

CD "%ProgramFiles%\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin\" && mysql --user="root" --password

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

CREATE DATABASE joomla_db;

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

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

EXIT

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

# PHP-CGI
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 127.0.0.1:9001;
}

• 2023/09/12: CSPs disabled; TODO: Re-figure out CSPs
• Nginx - Joomla! Documentation

notepad++ "%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 "30M";

#    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;

    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;
    }
 
}

"%UserProfile%\Desktop\nginx Reload.bat"

• https://realmofespionage.xyz
• If Joomla gives a 500 error, it's likely the sessions folder not having the right permissions, see permissions

• Purity III

• Downloads
• Install T3 Framework and Purity III from that downloads page

• Templates → Site Template Styles
• Set purity_III - Default to Default

• 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

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

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

• 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>

• 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;
}

• 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.

 

• 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

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.

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

• 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

• 2023/09/12: TODO: SELinux prevents various actions with npm; is it even needed?

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/main-up.service'

[Service]
User=nginx
Group=nginx
Type=oneshot
WorkingDirectory=/var/www/main
Environment="COMPOSER_CACHE_DIR=/dev/null"
ExecStart='/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/main' pull origin '5.1-dev'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/composer' install
#ExecStart='/usr/bin/npm' ci --logs-max='0'
#ExecStart='/usr/bin/npm' audit fix --audit-level='none' --logs-max='0'
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'

• Every day at 02:00:00

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/main-up.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'main-up.timer' --now

[Unit]
Description=Joomla Git Updater
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 02:00:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/main-m.service'

[Service]
User=nginx
Group=nginx
Type=oneshot
ExecStart='/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/main' gc --aggressive --prune='all'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/main' fsck --full --strict
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'

• 01 day of every month at 02:20:00

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/main-m.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'main-m.timer' --now

[Unit]
Description=Joomla Maintenance
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-01 02:20:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

mkdir -p ~/'backups' && sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/main-fb.service' && sudo sed -i 's/CHANGEME/'$USER'/g' '/etc/systemd/system/main-fb.service'

[Service]
Type=oneshot
WorkingDirectory=/var/www
ExecStart='/usr/bin/bash' -c '"/usr/bin/tar" -czf "/home/CHANGEME/backups/joomla-files-auto-"$$(date +%%Y-%%m-%%d)".tar.gz" "main"'
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'

• 01 day of every month at 02:35:00

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/main-fb.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'main-fb.timer' --now && sudo systemctl start 'main-fb' && sudo systemctl status 'main-fb' -l

[Unit]
Description=Joomla Files Backup

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-01 02:35:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

sudo mkdir -p '/var/lib/mysql/auth' && sudo -e '/var/lib/mysql/auth/joomla' && sudo chown -R 'mysql':'mysql' '/var/lib/mysql/auth/joomla' && sudo chmod '600' '/var/lib/mysql/auth/joomla' && sync

[mariadb-dump]
user=joomla
password=x

mkdir -p ~/'backups' && sudo mkdir -p '/var/lib/mysql/tmp' && sudo chown -R 'mysql':'mysql' '/var/lib/mysql/tmp' && sudo chmod '600' '/var/lib/mysql/tmp' && sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/main-db.service' && sudo sed -i 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' '/etc/systemd/system/main-db.service'

[Service]
Type=oneshot
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/mysql/tmp
ExecStartPre='/usr/bin/mariadb-dump' --defaults-extra-file='/var/lib/mysql/auth/joomla' --single-transaction 'joomla_db' -r '/var/lib/mysql/tmp/joomla.sql'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/gzip' -f '/var/lib/mysql/tmp/joomla.sql'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/bash' -c '"/usr/bin/mv" "/var/lib/mysql/tmp/joomla.sql.gz" "/home/CHANGEME/backups/joomla-database-auto-"$$(date +%%Y-%%m-%%d)".sql.gz"'
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'

• Every day at 02:45:00

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/main-db.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'main-db.timer' --now && sudo systemctl start 'main-db' && sudo systemctl status 'main-db' -l

[Unit]
Description=Joomla Database Backup
After=mariadb.service

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 02:45:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

• Create backup archive on server and transfer to client computer

sudo systemctl stop nginx php-fpm

cd '/var/www' && sudo tar -cvzf ~/'joomla-files-manual-'$(date +%Y-%m-%d)'.tar.gz' 'main' && cd ~ && sync

sudo mariadb-dump --defaults-extra-file='/var/lib/mysql/auth/joomla' --single-transaction 'joomla_db' -r ~/'joomla-database-manual-'$(date +%Y-%m-%d)'.sql' && sync

sudo systemctl start nginx php-fpm

scp espionage724@192.168.1.152:~/'joomla-files-'*'.tar.gz' espionage724@192.168.1.152:~/'joomla-database-'*'.sql' ~/'Downloads' && sync

• This is only needed if restoring an automated database backup ³⁾

gunzip ~/'Downloads/joomla-database-'*'.sql.gz'

scp ~/'Downloads/joomla-files-'*'.tar.gz' ~/'Downloads/joomla-database-'*'.sql' espionage724@192.168.1.152:~

rm -f ~/'Downloads/joomla-files-'*'.tar.gz' ~/'Downloads/joomla-database-'*'.sql' && sync

sudo systemctl stop nginx php-fpm

cd '/var/www' && sudo tar -xvzf ~/'joomla-files-'*'.tar.gz' 'main' && sudo semanage fcontext --add --type 'httpd_sys_rw_content_t' '/var/www/main(/.*)?' && sudo restorecon -F -I -R '/var/www/main' && sudo chown -R 'nginx':'nginx' '/var/www/main' && cd ~ && sync

sudo mariadb

DROP DATABASE joomla_db;

FLUSH TABLES;

EXIT

sudo mariadb

CREATE DATABASE joomla_db;

EXIT

sudo mariadb 'joomla_db' < ~/'joomla-database-'*'.sql' && sync

sudo mariadb

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

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

EXIT

sudo systemctl start nginx php-fpm

• Verify that Joomla works before running

rm ~/'joomla-files-'*'.tar.gz' ~/'joomla-database-'*'.sql' && sync

notepad++ "%UserProfile%\Desktop\Main php-cgi.bat"

CD "C:\php-"*"-nts-Win32-vs16-x64\"

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-php.ini"

"%UserProfile%\Desktop\Main php-cgi.bat"