BookStack, the open source documentation and knowledge-base platform, preinstalled for AWS with nginx, PHP 8.3 and MariaDB. Per instance administrator and database credentials are generated on first boot. Backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.
## BookStack by cloudimg
BookStack is the popular free open source platform for organising and storing documentation and knowledge. Content is arranged as Shelves, Books, Chapters and Pages, with a powerful WYSIWYG and Markdown editor, full-text search, page revisions and history, built-in diagrams.net drawing, roles and granular permissions, and a full REST API. This Amazon Machine Image delivers BookStack fully installed and configured, so a complete knowledge base is running within minutes of launch. The current release available is BookStack 26.05.
## Application Stack
The image runs BookStack, a Laravel application, on PHP 8.3 with OPcache, served by nginx with php-fpm. MariaDB provides the database. Database migrations are already applied, so customers land directly on the sign-in page.
## Secure First Boot
On the first boot of every instance a one shot service generates a fresh Laravel application key, a fresh MariaDB password and a fresh administrator password, unique to that instance, and writes the administrator email and password to a root only file. The instance's own address is set as the application URL automatically. No shared or default credentials ship in the image.
## Ready To Use
The BookStack code tree, web server and database are all configured, with application files, uploads and the database on dedicated, independently resizable storage volumes. Browse to the instance address, sign in as the administrator, and start creating shelves, books and pages.
## cloudimg Support
cloudimg provides 24/7 technical support for this image, covering BookStack deployment, upgrades, performance tuning, LDAP and SAML single sign-on, email and storage configuration, REST API integration and database administration.