TurnKey Linux Virtual Appliance Library

phpBB

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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.

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Run from browser:

Deploy Phpbb on Amazon EC2

@ GitHub:

Issues
Stable version: 14.1 (changelog)

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

  • phpBB configurations:
    • Installed from package management. See /var/www for links to file paths.
    • Uploading of avatars is supported, and enabled by default.
    • Setup an example forum, including welcome post displaying default login credentials.
  • SSL support out of the box.
  • Adminer 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).
  • Webmin modules for configuring Apache2, PHP and MySQL.
  • Note, you may not be able to access the moderator control panel if you delete all forums (e.g., the example forum). See this thread for details.
phpBB welcome page
phpBB administration panel
Web management interface: Apache LAMP configuration
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Usage details & Logging in for Administration

No default passwords: For security reasons there are no default passwords. All passwords are set at system initialization time.

Ignore SSL browser warning: browsers don't like self-signed SSL certificates, but this is the only kind that can be generated automatically without paying a commercial Certificate Authority.

Username for phpbb:

Login as username admin

Web - point your browser at either:

  1. http://12.34.56.789/ - not encrypted so no browser warning
  2. https://12.34.56.789/ - encrypted with self-signed SSL certificate

Username for database administration:

Login as MySQL username root at

  1. https://12.34.56.789:12322/ - Adminer database management web app
  2. MySQL command line tool: 
    $ mysql --user root --password
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql>

Username for OS system administration:

Login as root except on AWS marketplace which uses username admin.

  1. Point your browser to:
  2. Login with SSH client: 
    ssh root@12.34.56.789

    Special case for AWS marketplace:

    ssh admin@12.34.56.789

* Replace 12.34.56.789 with a valid IP or hostname.