phpBB Appliance

Community Forum Solution

phpBB is used by millions, making it the most used Open Source forum solution in the world. phpBB incorporates a professional-quality modular design, high security, multiple-language interface and an extensive administration panel, which allows the customization of even the most intricate features.

Current version: 2009.10-2 (changelog)

Download:

162MB VM (sig)

167MB ISO (sig) (manifest)

Launch to cloud:

TurnKey Hub (Amazon EC2 - Simplified)

This appliance includes all the standard features in TurnKey Core, and on top of that:

SSL support out of the box.
PHPMyAdmin administration frontend for MySQL (listening on port 12322 - uses SSL).
Postfix MTA (bound to localhost) to allow sending of email (e.g., password recovery, notifications).
The phpBB database password will be regenerated during installation (security)
Webmin modules for configuring Apache2, PHP and MySQL.
phpBB configurations
- phpBB board enabled by default
- Uploading of avatars is supported, and enabled by default
- Automatically install security updates directly from debian stable (security)
- Exemplary forum configuration, including welcome post displaying default login credentials

Note, that if there are no forums (e.g., you delete the example forum) you may not be able to access the moderator control panel. See this thread for details.

Default credentials:

Webmin, SSH, MySQL, phpMyAdmin: username root, no password
- user sets password during installation
phpBB:
- username admin, password turnkey