# How to Install phpBB with LEMP on Rocky Linux 10 > URL: https://www.atlantic.net/vps-hosting/how-to-install-phpbb-with-lemp-on-rocky-linux-10/ | Published: 2021-11-02 | Updated: 2025-10-25 | Author: Hitesh Jethva phpBB is a free, open-source, web-based flat-forum bulletin board software solution used by many popular discussion forums on the Internet. phpBB stands for “**PHP Bulletin Board**.” It supports all major database engines including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SQLite. It offers hundreds of style and image packages, allowing you to create and customize a very unique forum in minutes. In this post, we will show you how to install phpBB with LEMP on Rocky Linux 10. ## Step 1 – Install LEMP Stack First, you will need to install the EPEL repository on your server. You can install it using the following command: ``` dnf install epel-release -y ``` Next, install the Nginx server with the following command: ``` dnf install nginx -y ``` After installing Nginx, start and enable the Nginx service with the following command: ``` systemctl start nginx systemctl enable nginx ``` Next, it is recommended to install the latest version of MariaDB on your server. To do so, first reset the MariaDB default repository and enable the latest repository: ``` dnf module reset mariadb dnf module enable mariadb:10.5 ``` Next, install the MariaDB server with the following command: ``` dnf install mariadb-server -y ``` Once MariaDB is installed, start and enable the MariaDB service with the following command: ``` systemctl start mariadb systemctl enable mariadb ``` Next, install the PHP, PHP-FPM, and other packages with the following command: ``` dnf php php-fpm php-curl php-xml php-zip php-mysqlnd php-intl php-gd php-json php-ldap php-mbstring php-opcache unzip -y ``` Once all the packages are installed, edit the php.ini file and make some changes: ``` nano /etc/php.ini ``` Change the following values: ``` max_execution_time = 180 max_input_time = 90 memory_limit = 256M upload_max_filesize = 64M ``` Save and close the file, then edit the PHP-FPM configuration file: ``` nano /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf ``` Change the user and group from apache to Nginx: ``` user = nginx group = nginx ``` Save and close the file then start the PHP-FPM service and enable it to start at system reboot: ``` systemctl start php-fpm systemctl enable php-fpm ``` ## Step 2 – Create a Database for phpBB Next, you will need to create a database and user for phpBB. First, log in to the MariaDB shell with the following command: ``` mysql ``` Once you are logged in, create a database and user with the following command: ``` CREATE DATABASE phpbb; CREATE USER 'phpbbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; ``` Next, grant all the privileges to the phpbb database with the following command: ``` GRANT ALL ON phpbb.* TO 'phpbbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION; ``` Next, flush the privileges to apply the changes: ``` FLUSH PRIVILEGES; ``` Next, exit from the MariaDB shell with the following command: ``` EXIT; ``` ## Step 3 – Install phpBB First, download the latest version of phpBB with the following command: ``` wget https://download.phpbb.com/pub/release/3.3/3.3.15/phpBB-3.3.15.zip ``` Once the download is completed, unzip the downloaded file with the following command: ``` unzip phpBB-3.3.15.zip ``` Next, move the extracted directory to the Nginx web root directory: ``` mv phpBB3 /var/www/html/phpbb ``` Next, set proper permissions and ownership with the following command: ``` chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/html/phpbb chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/phpbb chown -R nginx:nginx /var/lib/php/session ``` ## Step 4 – Configure Nginx for phpBB Next, you will need to create an Nginx virtual host configuration file to host phpBB on the Internet. ``` nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/phpbb.conf ``` Add the following lines: ``` server { listen 80; server_name phpbb.example.com; root /var/www/html/phpbb; index index.php index.html index.htm; access_log /var/log/nginx/phpbb-access.log; error_log /var/log/nginx/phpbb-error.log; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ @rewriteapp; # Pass the php scripts to FastCGI server specified in upstream declaration. location ~ \.php(/|$) { include fastcgi.conf; fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/www.sock; 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_intercept_errors on; } # Deny access to internal phpbb files. location ~ /(config\.php|common\.php|cache|files|images/avatars/upload|includes|(?