Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
NamelessMC on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Azure
Gaming
NamelessMC, the open source community website and forum platform that gives a game server or club a public site, a threaded forum and a full member system behind one login.
Overview
NamelessMC is a free, open source community website platform: a content management system with a built in discussion forum, member registration and profiles, groups and a granular permission system. Out of the box it provides a public front page, a threaded forum with categories, replies, reactions and moderation tools, a staff control panel for users, groups and permissions, a page and navigation editor, and a template system you can restyle. It is best known in game server communities, where an optional integration links in game accounts to website accounts, but the integration is entirely optional and configured after launch, so the platform runs perfectly well as a general purpose community site and forum on its own.
Why the cloudimg image
cloudimg delivers NamelessMC fully installed on a hardened, fully patched nginx, PHP 8.3 and MariaDB stack, secure by default. The installation wizard is completed at build time over the loopback interface and permanently closed, so nobody can claim the site by reaching a public installer first. The web server does not bind port 80 at all until first boot has run: each VM mints its own administrator password and database password into a root only file, rewrites the configuration for its own address, regenerates the site identifier and clears any inherited sessions before a single request is served. No credential is shared between deployments, the database is bound to the loopback interface only, every image is paired with a step by step deployment guide, and every subscription includes 24/7 cloudimg support.
Common uses
- A community website and forum for a game server, with optional in game account linking configured after launch
- A general purpose discussion forum with member profiles, groups, reactions and moderation tools
- A club or small organisation site with pages, news and a members area behind a single login
See it running
Real screenshots taken while testing this image against its deployment guide.
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