Phpbb3 integration

1

Hello,
I’ve installed a phpbb forum on the same server as freedombox.
How can I integrate it into freedombox ?
Thanks for help,
regards, Gérard

2

Hi @gerori,

There is a customization section in the FreedomBox manual which covers this. This board also contains some discussion threads to this effect.

The level of integration I’m referring to would be:

  • You run phpbb on FreedomBox
  • You can create a link and icon for your FreedomBox web UI page that will take a user to the phpbb forum

There may be other degrees of integration you are thinking of, but certainly you can add phpbb to your FreedomBox user facing interface while you continue running phpbb on your FreedomBox.

3

Hi Joseph,
Thanks for the link ! :slight_smile:
I really enjoy using phpbb forums, so I installed one on the same server as FB. I thought about adding a link in the FB interface.
Thanks for the info :wink:
Regards, Gérard.

4

Is phpbb a package distributed by Debian? There is not a forum app in FreedomBox today, but you could make a case for its inclusion into FreedomBox if this is part of Debian.

5

No, unfortunately, phpbb is not a package distributed by Debian.
https://www.phpbb.com/

6

It’s fine to run it with FreedomBox. I don’t see any problem. Your need to handle some functions yourself that FreedomBox would otherwise handle, but there’s nothing stopping you here.

  • you have already installed and configured it
  • you set up internal and external networking using cockpit firewall interface
  • you can customize the FreedomBox UI for it
  • you can do backup with the application of your choice

It will be excellent.