Setting up Forums

iBot

Hello,

I am new here and was looking out for some help on setting up forum software on a vps. I've been using panel but recently I am not feeling comfortable using it anymore. So I thought, why not just give the cli a try?

I use Invision Power boards(3.4) and would like to know what webserver would do best natively. I do know that IPB requires php-dom,php-gd & stuff but I am confused on which php type to be used. Would like to be advised on installing everything required from scratch and basic-security. And yea, I do not use server dns because I use cloudflare and for the mail, there's only outgoing, rest is managed by google-mail.

System Specs:
OS: Centos OS 6 (Would 5.x be advised?)
RAM: 1GB, HDD: 30GB

Thank you.

Ruchirablog

Nginx will be better if you can find the url rewrites of IPB. Here is a nginx autoinstaller or use the Centmin mod

awson

nginx with php5-fpm. You can install Debian and use LowEndScript: https://github.com/Xeoncross/lowendscript

iBot

@ruchirablog
Thanks but most of the modules in the auto-installer are outdated.

@awson
I don't want to switch operating system, have been using centos for quite a while, complete makeover is real time killer.

Ruchirablog

@iBot said:
ruchirablog
Thanks but most of the modules in the auto-installer are outdated.

Only the base install modules are outdated. You can upgrade PHP and Nginx to any version after installation

EarthVPN

You may refer to below tutorial.

http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2011/install-nginx-php-fpm-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/

KBVE

If you find the url rewrites for nginx that would be epic PM me it

blue

I run IPB myself and I'd highly recommend nginx + php5-fpm + php5-xcache (don't forget to enable it in IPB config, too).

Been using it with no problems, and it's lightning fast.

I'm sure there's plenty of stuff out there that will get you up and running, compiling nginx is very straightforward too.