phpBB on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS by cloudimg

## phpBB on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

phpBB is the classic, most widely deployed free and open source flat forum bulletin board software, used to run community forums of every size around the world. Members register, start topics, reply and quote, send private messages and search the board, while administrators manage forums, users, permissions, styles and extensions from a full featured Admin Control Panel. Built and maintained by cloudimg on a hardened, fully patched Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base, with phpBB 3.3 served by nginx and PHP 8.3 FPM and a bundled local MariaDB server so the appliance is complete on its own.

The phpBB database is installed and ready, with a default forum and a welcome topic already in place, and a unique administrator password is generated on the first boot of every VM. phpBB ships no default login, and the cloudimg image goes further: the founder admin account is created with a per VM secret and no known or blank credential authenticates. Browse to the board on port 80 with the password from /root/phpbb-credentials.txt, then manage forums, users, permissions, styles and extensions from the Admin Control Panel.

The bundled MariaDB listens only on the loopback interface (127.0.0.1:3306) and is never exposed to the network. A single dedicated managed data disk carries both the MariaDB database and phpBB's writable cache, store, attachments and avatar uploads. phpBB's own recommended nginx rules deny direct web access to internal paths. An unauthenticated /healthz endpoint is provided for load balancer probes. For production, front port 80 with your own domain and TLS and set that address as the board URL in the Admin Control Panel.

phpBB is free and open source software licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2. phpBB is a registered trademark of phpBB Limited; this image is provided by cloudimg and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by phpBB Limited.