servers:linux:nginx:mybb

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Information

Prerequisites

Dependencies

sudo apt install php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-mysql

Download Source

https://github.com/mybb/mybb/commits/feature/

sudo git clone --branch 'feature' --depth '1' --recurse-submodules 'https://github.com/mybb/mybb.git' '/var/www/forum' && sudo chown -R 'www-data':'www-data' '/var/www/forum' && sudo chmod -R '0755' '/var/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/php/8.4/fpm/pool.d/forum.conf' && sudo systemctl restart 'php8.4-fpm'

[forum]

; User/Group
user = "www-data"
group = "www-data"

; Socket
listen = "/run/php/forum.sock"
listen.owner = "www-data"
listen.group = "www-data"
listen.mode = "0662"

; Process Management
pm = "ondemand"
pm.max_children = "4"
pm.process_idle_timeout = "30"

; Logging
php_value[log_errors] = "0"
php_value[error_reporting] = "~E_ALL"

; General
php_value[date.timezone] = "America/New_York"

; End

FastCGI

sudo -e '/etc/nginx/snippets/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/forum.sock';

}

# End

Server Block

https://docs.mybb.com/1.8/administration/configuring-search-engine-friendly-URLs/

sudo -e '/etc/nginx/sites-available/forum.conf'

server {

 listen '443' 'ssl';
 http2 'on';
 server_name 'forums.realmofespionage.xyz';
 root '/var/www/forum';
 index 'index.php';

 include '/etc/nginx/snippets/forum.conf';
 include '/etc/nginx/snippets/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

sudo ln -s -f '/etc/nginx/sites-available/forum.conf' '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/forum.conf' && sudo systemctl reload 'nginx'

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!
<br />
In the meantime, check out my wiki: <a href="https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/">RoE | Wiki</a>

Login and Registration

Disable Registrations: [x] Yes

config.php

sudo -u 'www-data' -e '/var/www/forum/inc/config.php'

Scripts

Git Fix

Set email for user.email

sudo mkdir -p '/etc/nginx/scripts/forum' && sudo -e '/etc/nginx/scripts/forum/git-fix.sh' && sudo chmod '0500' '/etc/nginx/scripts/forum/git-fix.sh' && sudo chown 'www-data':'www-data' '/etc/nginx/scripts/forum/git-fix.sh'

#!/bin/bash

cd '/tmp'

'/usr/bin/rm' -Rf '/var/www/forum/.git'
'/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/forum' init --initial-branch='feature'
'/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/forum' add '.'

########################################
'/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/forum' config 'user.email' 'espionage724@x'
########################################

'/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/forum' commit --message='x'

'/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/forum' remote add 'origin' 'https://github.com/mybb/mybb.git'
'/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/forum' pull --depth '1' --recurse-submodules 'origin' 'feature' --rebase

'/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/forum' reset --hard 'origin/feature'
'/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/forum' gc --aggressive --prune='all'
'/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/forum' fsck --full --strict

# End

sudo -u 'www-data' '/etc/nginx/scripts/forum/git-fix.sh'

Services

Updater

Service

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

[Service]
User=www-data
Group=www-data
Type=oneshot

WorkingDirectory=/var/www/forum

ExecStart='/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/forum' reset --hard 'origin/feature'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/forum' pull origin 'feature' --rebase

ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'

# 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

ExecStart='/usr/bin/bash' -c '"/usr/bin/tar" -czf "/home/CHANGEME/backups/mybb-files-auto-"$$(date +%%Y-%%m-%%d)".tar.gz" -C "/var/www" "forum"'

ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'

# End

Timer

01 day of every month at 05:15:00

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=*-*-01 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 '/var/lib/mysql/auth' && sudo -e '/var/lib/mysql/auth/mybb' && sudo chown 'mysql':'mysql' '/var/lib/mysql/auth/mybb' && sudo chmod '0600' '/var/lib/mysql/auth/mybb'

[mariadb-dump]
user=mybb
password=x

# End

Service

mkdir -p ~/'backups' && sudo mkdir -p '/var/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

ExecStart='/usr/bin/bash' -c '"/usr/bin/mariadb-dump" --defaults-extra-file="/var/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

01 day of every month at 05:10:00

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=*-*-01 05:10:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

# End

Maintenance

Service

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

[Service]
User=www-data
Group=www
Type=oneshot

ExecStart='/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/forum' reset --hard
ExecStart='/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/forum' gc --aggressive --prune='all'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/git' -C '/var/www/forum' fsck --full --strict

ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'

# End

Timer

01 day of every month at 05:30:00

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=*-*-01 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 '/var/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 '/var/www/forum'

Restore Files

sudo tar -xzf ~/'mybb-files-'*'.tar.gz' -C '/var/www' 'forum' && sudo chown -R 'www-data':'www' '/var/www/forum' && sudo chmod -R '0755' '/var/www/forum'

Git Fix

Set email for user.email

sudo su 'www-data' -s '/bin/bash'

rm -Rf '/var/www/forum/.git'

git -C '/var/www/forum' init --initial-branch='feature'

git -C '/var/www/forum' add '.'

git -C '/var/www/forum' config 'user.email' 'espionage724@x'

git -C '/var/www/forum' commit --message='x'

git -C '/var/www/forum' remote add 'origin' 'https://github.com/mybb/mybb.git'

git -C '/var/www/forum' pull --depth '1' --recurse-submodules 'origin' 'feature' --rebase

git -C '/var/www/forum' reset --hard 'origin/feature'

git -C '/var/www/forum' gc --aggressive --prune='all'

git -C '/var/www/forum' fsck --full --strict

exit

Restore Database

Initial set-up

sudo mariadb --execute='DROP DATABASE mybb;'

sudo mariadb --execute='CREATE DATABASE mybb;'

sudo mariadb 'mybb' < ~/'mybb'*'.sql'

Start nginx

sudo systemctl start 'nginx'

Clean-up

rm -fv ~/'mybb-files-'*'.tar.gz' ~/'mybb'*'.sql'

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Table of Contents

Information

Prerequisites

Dependencies

Download Source

Database

nginx + PHP-FPM Configuration

PHP-FPM Socket

FastCGI

Server Block

Initial Setup

Configuration

Board Online / Offline

Login and Registration

config.php

Scripts

Git Fix

Services

Updater

Service

Timer

Backup

Files

Service

Timer

Database

Database Auth

Service

Timer

Maintenance

Service

Timer

Backup

Files

Database

scp

Restore

scp

Stop nginx

Remove Existing Files

Restore Files

Git Fix

Restore Database

Start nginx

Clean-up