I'm trying to install phpBB (3.2.7) on my CentOS 7 VPS with Nginx, and I keep getting alternately these errors:
- 403 - Forbidden
- The Nginx default page saying the web server is functioning, but 404 upon trying to access
http://1.2.3.4/install
(required for installing phpBB) - 502 bad gateway (current predicament)
Below is my /etc/nginx/nginx.cfg
:
user nginx nginx;
events {
worker_connections 1024;
}
http {
include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
# Compression - requires gzip and gzip static modules.
gzip on;
gzip_static on;
gzip_vary on;
gzip_http_version 1.1;
gzip_min_length 700;
# Compression levels over 6 do not give an appreciable improvement
# in compression ratio, but take more resources.
gzip_comp_level 6;
# IE 6 and lower do not support gzip with Vary correctly.
gzip_disable "msie6";
# Before nginx 0.7.63:
#gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.";
# Catch-all server for requests to invalid hosts.
# Also catches vulnerability scanners probing IP addresses.
server {
# default specifies that this block is to be used when
# no other block matches.
listen 80 default;
server_name bogus;
return 444;
root /var/empty;
}
# NOTE: uncommenting this section causes the program to print to console:
#'nginx: [warn] conflicting server name "1.2.3.4" on 0.0.0.0:80, ignored'
# Typing in my VPS IP results in 414 - URI Too Large
# http://1.2.3.4/1.2.3.4/1.2.3.4/1.2.3.4 ...
# If you have domains with and without www prefix,
# redirect one to the other.
#server {
# # Default port is 80.
# listen 80;
# server_name 1.2.3.4;
# A trick from http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls#Taxing_Rewrites:
# return 301 1.2.3.4$request_uri;
#}
# The actual board domain.
server {
listen [::]:80;
listen 80;
server_name 1.2.3.4;
root /var/www/html/mydomain.com/phpBB-3.2.7;
location / {
# phpBB uses index.htm
index index.php index.html index.htm;
try_files $uri $uri/ @rewriteapp;
}
location @rewriteapp {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /app.php/$1 last;
}
# Deny access to internal phpbb files.
location ~ /(config\.php|common\.php|cache|files|images/avatars/upload|includes|(?<!ext/)phpbb|store|vendor) {
deny all;
# deny was ignored before 0.8.40 for connections over IPv6.
# Use internal directive to prohibit access on older versions.
internal;
}
# Pass the php scripts to fastcgi server specified in upstream declaration.
location ~ \.php(/|$) {
# Unmodified fastcgi_params from nginx distribution.
include fastcgi_params;
# Necessary for php.
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $realpath_root;
try_files $uri $uri/ /app.php$is_args$args;
fastcgi_pass php;
}
# Correctly pass scripts for installer
location /install/ {
# phpBB uses index.htm
try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite_installapp;
# Pass the php scripts to fastcgi server specified in upstream declaration.
location ~ \.php(/|$) {
# Unmodified fastcgi_params from nginx distribution.
include fastcgi_params;
# Necessary for php.
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $realpath_root;
try_files $uri $uri/ /install/app.php$is_args$args;
fastcgi_pass php;
}
}
location @rewrite_installapp {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /install/app.php/$1 last;
}
# Deny access to version control system directories.
location ~ /\.svn|/\.git {
deny all;
internal;
}
}
# If running php as fastcgi, specify php upstream.
upstream php {
server 127.0.0.1:9000;
}
}
Other info:
Changed the following lines in
/etc/php.ini
:max_execution_time = 180 max_input_time = 60 memory_limit = 256M upload_max_filesize = 64M
I'm using a static IP because I'm waiting for my domains to be transferred from my previous hosting company. I assume I can place the VPS' static IP (e.g. 1.2.3.4) in place of the actual domain and replace it with the domain after it has been transferred?