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NGINX

Beforehand be sure to determine weather the web server will be using MySQL (ie. MariaDB) or PostgreSQL.

Begin by installing NGINX, PHP and other required utilities.

# pikaur -S composer curl minify nginx php-fpm sassc wget

Install all of the required PHP extensions.

# pikaur -S php-gd php-geoip php-imagic php-intl php-memcache php-pgsql php-sqlite php-sodium xdebug

Next create the environment for the web server.

# sudo mkdir -p /nginx/conf.d /nginx/https /nginx/logs /nginx/sql /nginx/ssl /nginx/vhosts.d

 

# sudo chmod -R 770 /nginx

 

# sudo chmod 750 /nginx/sql

 

# sudo gpasswd -a username http

PostgreSQL

Using postgresql as a back-end will require the following setup and configuration.

# pikaur -S postgresql

 

# sudo chown postgres:postgres /nginx/sql

 

# sudo gpasswd -a username postgres

Swap over to the postgresql user account.

# sudo -iu postgres

Run the database initialization.

# initdb --locale en_US.UTF-8 -E UTF8 -D '/nginx/sql/data'

Return to the normal user account.

# exit

Modify the systemd service file to reflect the new data directory.

# sudo systemctl edit postgresql.service

 

filename: postgresql.service

Environment=PGROOT=/nginx/sql PIDFile=/nginx/sql/postmaster.pid

Start and enable the systemd service.

# sudo systemctl enable --now postgresql.service

Swap back over to the postgresql user account.

# sudo -iu postgres

Create a new postgres user account.

# createuser -P --interactive Enter name of role to add: username Enter password for new role: ******** Enter it again: ******** Shall the new role be a superuser? (y/n) n Shall the new role be allowed to create databases? (y/n) y Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles? (y/n) n

MariaDB

Using mariadb as a back-end will require the following setup and configuration.

# pikaur -S mariadb

 

# sudo chown mysql:mysql /nginx/sql

Give the current logged in user access.

# sudo gpasswd -a username mysql

Create and initialize the data directory.

# mariadb-install-db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/nginx/sql

 

# sudoedit /etc/my.cnf.d/server.cnf

 

filename: /etc/my.cnf.d/server.cnf

[mysqld] datadir=/nginx/sql

Finally enable the MySQL service.

# sudo systemctl enable --now mariadb.service