phpBB§
To run the phpBB bulletin board using Unit:
Install Unit with a PHP language module.
Install and configure phpBB’s prerequisites.
Install phpBB’s core files. Here, we install it at
/path/to/app/
; use a real path in your configuration.Run the following command so Unit can access the application directory:
# chown -R unit:unit /path/to/app/
Note
The
unit:unit
user-group pair is available only with official packages, Docker images, and some third-party repos. Otherwise, account names may differ; run the ps aux | grep unitd command to be sure.For further details, including permissions, see the security checklist.
Next, prepare the app configuration for Unit (use real values for
share
androot
):{ "listeners": { "*:80": { "pass": "routes" } }, "routes": [ { "match": { "uri": [ "/cache/*", "/common.php*", "/config.php*", "/config/*", "/db/migration/data/*", "/files/*", "/images/avatars/upload/*", "/includes/*", "/store/*" ] }, "action": { "return": 404 } }, { "match": { "uri": [ "/", "*.php", "*.php/*" ] }, "action": { "pass": "applications/phpbb/direct" } }, { "action": { "share": "/path/to/app$uri", "fallback": { "pass": "applications/phpbb/index" } } } ], "applications": { "phpbb": { "type": "php", "targets": { "direct": { "root": "/path/to/app/" }, "index": { "root": "/path/to/app/", "script": "app.php" } } } } }
Note
The difference between the
pass
targets is their usage of thescript
setting:The
direct
target runs the.php
script from the URI or defaults toindex.php
if the URI omits it.The
index
target specifies thescript
that Unit runs for any URIs the target receives.
Upload the updated configuration. Assuming the JSON above was added to
config.json
:# curl -X PUT --data-binary @config.json --unix-socket \ /path/to/control.unit.sock http://localhost/config/
Note
The control socket path may vary; run unitd -h or see Startup and Shutdown for details.
After a successful update, your app should be available on the listener’s IP address and port:
Browse to
/install/app.php
to complete your installation. Having done that, delete theinstall/
subdirectory to mitigate security risks:$ rm -rf /path/to/app/install/