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#Server configuration
*Example virtual host configurations for popular web servers*

- [Apache](#apache)[](.html)
- [LightHttpd](#lighthttpd) (empty)[](.html)
- [Nginx](#nginx)[](.html)

## Prerequisites
* Shaarli is installed in a directory readable/writeable by the user
* the correct read/write permissions have been granted to the web server _user and/or group_
* for HTTPS / SSL:
 * a key pair (public, private) and a certificate have been generated
 * the appropriate server SSL extension is installed and active

Related guides:
* [How to Create Self-Signed SSL Certificates with OpenSSL](http://www.xenocafe.com/tutorials/linux/centos/openssl/self_signed_certificates/index.php)[](.html)
* [How do I create my own Certificate Authority?](https://workaround.org/certificate-authority)[](.html)

## Apache
### Minimal
```apache
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName   shaarli.my-domain.org
    DocumentRoot /absolute/path/to/shaarli/
</VirtualHost>
```
### Debug - Log all the things!
This configuration will log both Apache and PHP errors, which may prove useful to identify server configuration errors.

See:
* [Apache/PHP - error log per VirtualHost](http://stackoverflow.com/q/176) (StackOverflow)[](.html)
* [PHP: php_value vs php_admin_value and the use of php_flag explained](PHP: php_value vs php_admin_value and the use of php_flag explained)[](.html)

```apache
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName   shaarli.my-domain.org
    DocumentRoot /absolute/path/to/shaarli/

    LogLevel  warn
    ErrorLog  /var/log/apache2/shaarli-error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/shaarli-access.log combined

    php_flag  log_errors on
    php_flag  display_errors on
    php_value error_reporting 2147483647
    php_value error_log /var/log/apache2/shaarli-php-error.log
</VirtualHost>
```

### Standard - Keep access and error logs
```apache
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName   shaarli.my-domain.org
    DocumentRoot /absolute/path/to/shaarli/

    LogLevel  warn
    ErrorLog  /var/log/apache2/shaarli-error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/shaarli-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
```

### Paranoid - Redirect HTTP (:80) to HTTPS (:443)
See [Server-side TLS](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Server_Side_TLS#Apache) (Mozilla).[](.html)

```apache
<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName   shaarli.my-domain.org
    DocumentRoot /absolute/path/to/shaarli/

    SSLEngine             on
    SSLCertificateFile    /absolute/path/to/the/website/certificate.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /absolute/path/to/the/website/key.key

    <Directory /absolute/path/to/shaarli/>
        AllowOverride All
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>

    LogLevel  warn
    ErrorLog  /var/log/apache2/shaarli-error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/shaarli-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName   shaarli.my-domain.org
    Redirect 301 / https://shaarli.my-domain.org

    LogLevel  warn
    ErrorLog  /var/log/apache2/shaarli-error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/shaarli-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
```

## LightHttpd

## Nginx
### Foreword
Nginx does not natively interpret PHP scripts; to this effect, we will run a [FastCGI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastCGI) service, to which Nginx's FastCGI module will proxy all requests to PHP resources.[](.html)

Required packages:
- [nginx](http://nginx.org)[](.html)
- [php-fpm](http://php-fpm.org) - PHP FastCGI Process Manager[](.html)

Official documentation:
- [Beginner's guide](http://nginx.org/en/docs/beginners_guide.html)[](.html)
- [ngx_http_fastcgi_module](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_fastcgi_module.html)[](.html)
- [Pitfalls](http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls)[](.html)

Community resources:
- [Server-side TLS (Nginx)](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Server_Side_TLS#Nginx) (Mozilla)[](.html)
- [PHP configuration examples](http://kbeezie.com/nginx-configuration-examples/) (Karl Blessing)[](.html)

### Common setup
Once Nginx and PHP-FPM are installed, we need to ensure:
- Nginx and PHP-FPM are running using the _same user and group_
- both these user and group have
    - `read` permissions for Shaarli resources
    - `execute` permissions for Shaarli directories _AND_ their parent directories

On a production server:
- `user:group` will likely be `http:http`, `www:www` or `www-data:www-data`
- files will be located under `/var/www`, `/var/http` or `/usr/share/nginx`

On a development server:
- files may be located in a user's home directory
- in this case, make sure both Nginx and PHP-FPM are running as the local user/group!

For all following examples, a development configuration will be used:
- `user:group = john:users`,

which corresponds to the following service configuration:

```ini
; /etc/php/php-fpm.conf
user = john
group = users

[...][](.html)
listen.owner = john
listen.group = users
```

```nginx
# /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
user john users;

http {
    [...][](.html)
}
```

### Minimal
_WARNING: Use for development only!_ 

```nginx
user john users;
worker_processes  1;
events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}

http {
    include            mime.types;
    default_type       application/octet-stream;
    keepalive_timeout  20;

    index index.html index.php;

    server {
        listen       80;
        server_name  localhost;
        root         /home/john/web;

        access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log;
        error_log   /var/log/nginx/error.log;

        location /shaarli/ {
            access_log  /var/log/nginx/shaarli.access.log;
            error_log   /var/log/nginx/shaarli.error.log;
        }

        location ~ (index)\.php$ {
            fastcgi_pass   unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
            fastcgi_index  index.php;
            include        fastcgi.conf;
        }
    }
}
```

### Modular
The previous setup is sufficient for development purposes, but has several major caveats:
- every content that does not match the PHP rule will be sent to client browsers:
    - dotfiles - in our case, `.htaccess`
    - temporary files, e.g. Vim or Emacs files: `index.php~`
- asset / static resource caching is not optimized
- if serving several PHP sites, there will be a lot of duplication: `location /shaarli/`, `location /mysite/`, etc.

To solve this, we will split Nginx configuration in several parts, that will be included when needed:

```nginx
# /etc/nginx/deny.conf
location ~ /\. {
    # deny access to dotfiles
    access_log off;
    log_not_found off;
    deny all;
}

location ~ ~$ {
    # deny access to temp editor files, e.g. "script.php~"
    access_log off;
    log_not_found off;
    deny all;
}
```

```nginx
# /etc/nginx/php.conf
location ~ (index)\.php$ {
    # proxy PHP requests to PHP-FPM
    fastcgi_pass   unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
    fastcgi_index  index.php;
    include        fastcgi.conf;
}
```

```nginx
# /etc/nginx/static_assets.conf
location ~* \.(?:ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png)$ {
    expires    max;
    add_header Pragma public;
    add_header Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
}
```

```nginx
# /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
[...][](.html)

http {
    [...][](.html)

    root        /home/john/web;
    access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log;
    error_log   /var/log/nginx/error.log;

    server {
        # virtual host for a first domain
        listen       80;
        server_name  my.first.domain.org;

        location /shaarli/ {
            access_log  /var/log/nginx/shaarli.access.log;
            error_log   /var/log/nginx/shaarli.error.log;
        }

        include deny.conf;
        include static_assets.conf;
        include php.conf;
    }

    server {
        # virtual host for a second domain
        listen       80;
        server_name  second.domain.com;

        location /minigal/ {
            access_log  /var/log/nginx/minigal.access.log;
            error_log   /var/log/nginx/minigal.error.log;
        }

        include deny.conf;
        include static_assets.conf;
        include php.conf;
    }
}
```

### Redirect HTTP to HTTPS
Assuming you have generated a (self-signed) key and certificate, and they are located under `/home/john/ssl/localhost.{key,crt}`, it is pretty straightforward to set an HTTP (:80) to HTTPS (:443) redirection to force SSL/TLS usage.

```nginx
# /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
[...][](.html)

http {
    [...][](.html)

    index index.html index.php;

    root        /home/john/web;
    access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log;
    error_log   /var/log/nginx/error.log;

    server {
        listen       80;
        server_name  localhost;

        return 301 https://localhost$request_uri;
    }

    server {
        listen       443 ssl;
        server_name  localhost;

        ssl_certificate      /home/john/ssl/localhost.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key  /home/john/ssl/localhost.key;

        location /shaarli/ {
            access_log  /var/log/nginx/shaarli.access.log;
            error_log   /var/log/nginx/shaarli.error.log;
        }

        include deny.conf;
        include static_assets.conf;
        include php.conf;
    }
}
```