servers:linux:nginx:joomla
Table of Contents
Information
- Joomla 1)
Prerequisites
Dependencies
sudo dnf install composer nodejs php-ldap php-mysqlnd php-mbstring php-gd php-sodium
Download Source
5.3-dev
3)
sudo git clone --branch '5.3-dev' --depth '1' --recurse-submodules 'https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms.git' '/var/www/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' && sync
Environment
Composer
sudo su 'nginx' -s '/bin/bash'
cd '/var/www/main' && composer install
Node.js
sudo su 'nginx' -s '/bin/bash'
cd '/var/www/main' && npm ci && npm audit fix && sync
Databases
mariadb -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
nginx + PHP-FPM Configuration
PHP-FPM Socket
sudo -e '/etc/php-fpm.d/main.conf' && sudo systemctl restart 'php-fpm'
[main] ; User/Group user = nginx group = nginx ; Socket listen = /run/php-fpm/main.sock listen.acl_users = nginx listen.allowed_clients = 127.0.0.1 ; Process Management pm = ondemand pm.max_children = 4 pm.process_idle_timeout = 30 ; Fedora php.ini Defaults php_value[session.save_handler] = "files" php_value[session.save_path] = "/var/lib/php/session" ; General php_value[date.timezone] = "America/New_York" 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" ; End
FastCGI
sudo -e '/etc/nginx/default.d/main.conf'
# PHP-FPM 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_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/main.sock; }
Server Block
- 2023/09/12: CSPs disabled; TODO: Re-figure out CSPs
sudo -e '/etc/nginx/vhosts.d/main.conf' && sudo systemctl restart 'nginx' && sync
server { listen '443' 'ssl'; http2 'on'; server_name 'realmofespionage.xyz'; root '/var/www/main'; index 'index.php'; include '/etc/nginx/default.d/main.conf'; include '/etc/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 /var/log/nginx/main-access.log; # error_log /var/log/nginx/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; } }
Initial Setup
- If Joomla gives a 500 error, it's likely the
sessions
folder not having the right permissions, see nginx - Permissions
Settings
Purity III Template
Install
- Download Purity III Template and T3 System Plugin ( not 20 MB+ quickstarts; not
Purity III for Joomla 5
)
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
Footer
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 theBootstrap by Twitter
andFont Awesome
mentions - Remove
Bootstrap by Twitter
andFont 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
- 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
- Toggle Editor for raw-HTML paste
<p><br>Welcome! Realm of Espionage is <a href="https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/user:espionage724" target="_blank" rel="noopener">my</a> creative space online, and the umbrella name I provide my services under. RoE is entirely self-hosted, in-house, with free and open-source software, and fully-documented in my unique notes style on <a href="https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RoE | Wiki</a>, my encyclopedia of technical notes and no-nonsense automation.</p> <p> </p> <p>This domain serves as a landing page and provides links to the services I offer, some of my online profiles, and projects showcase. To view them, use the navigation bar (desktop) or the ≡ hamburger icon (mobile) at the top of the screen.</p> <!-- End -->
Temp
<p> </p> <p>(website is under construction and there aren't any links in the nav bar yet; my <a href="https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/">wiki</a> is far-more interesting! <a href="https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/user:espionage724">webmaster info</a>, <a href="https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/servers:linux:nginx:joomla" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dev notes</a>)</p> <!-- End -->
Offline Message
This site is being built behind-the-scenes, check back later! <br /> In the meantime, check out my wiki: <a href="https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/">RoE | Wiki</a>
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 my creative space, and the umbrella name I provide my services under. RoE is self-hosted, with free and open-source software, and fully-documented in my unique notes style on "RoE | Wiki", my encyclopedia of technical notes and no-nonsense automation
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 Hits: Hide
Menu
- Menus → Main Menu → Home → Link Type → Display in Menu: No
- Menus → Main Menu → Home → Page Display → Show Page Heading: Hide
Services
Updater
Service
- 2023/09/12: TODO: SELinux prevents various actions with
npm
; is it needed? 5.3-dev
branch
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 '5.3-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'
Timer
- 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
Maintenance
Service
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'
Timer
01
day of every month at02:20:00
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
Backup
Files
Service
- The extra
ExecStart
is an additional backup location that expects vsftpd - fstab
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-"$$(date +%%Y-%%m-%%d)".tar.gz" "main"' #ExecStart='/usr/bin/bash' -c '"/usr/bin/tar" -czf "/var/ftp/nas1/Servers/Scheduled Backups/joomla-files-auto-"$$(date +%%Y-%%m-%%d)".tar.gz" "main"' ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'
Timer
01
day of every month at02:35:00
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
Database
Database Auth
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
Service
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'
Timer
- 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
Backup
- Create backup archive on server and transfer to client computer
Server
Stop Services
sudo systemctl stop nginx php-fpm
Backup Folder
cd '/var/www' && sudo tar -cvzf ~/'joomla-files-manual-'$(date +%Y-%m-%d)'.tar.gz' 'main' && cd ~ && sync
Backup Database
- TODO: Looks redundant to use the
auth
file andsudo
sudo mariadb-dump --defaults-extra-file='/var/lib/mysql/auth/joomla' --single-transaction 'joomla_db' -r ~/'joomla-database-manual-'$(date +%Y-%m-%d)'.sql' && sync
Start Services
sudo systemctl start nginx php-fpm
Client
Transfer Files To Client
scp espionage724@192.168.1.152:~/'joomla-files-'*'.tar.gz' espionage724@192.168.1.152:~/'joomla-database-'*'.sql' ~/'Downloads' && sync
Restore
Client
Uncompress Database
- This is only needed if restoring an automated database backup 4)
gunzip ~/'Downloads/joomla-database-'*'.sql.gz'
Transfer Files To Server
scp ~/'Downloads/joomla-files-'*'.tar.gz' ~/'Downloads/joomla-database-'*'.sql' espionage724@192.168.1.152:~
Remove Files
rm -f ~/'Downloads/joomla-files-'*'.tar.gz' ~/'Downloads/joomla-database-'*'.sql' && sync
Server
Stop Services
sudo systemctl stop nginx php-fpm
Restore Joomla Folder
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
Database
x
is path to ajoomla_db
.sql
database dump
mariadb --user='root' --password --execute='DROP DATABASE joomla_db'
mariadb --user='root' --password --execute='CREATE DATABASE joomla_db'
mariadb --user='root' --password 'joomla_db' < x
Reapply Permissions
mariadb -u 'root' -p
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON joomla_db.* to 'joomla'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT
Start Services
sudo systemctl start nginx php-fpm
Remove Backups
- Verify that Joomla works before running
rm ~/'joomla-files-'*'.tar.gz' ~/'joomla-database-'*'.sql' && sync
4)
manual doesn't gzip
/usr/local/www/wiki/data/pages/servers/linux/nginx/joomla.txt · Last modified: by Sean Rhone