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Version: 9.x

Nginx

Follow instructions below to set up Bacula-Web with Nginx instead of Apache www.

info

Following instructions are for Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat).

If you are using another Debian distribution, you may need to adapt some paths and/or the name of package(s).

Install nginx & PHP-FPM​

Download latest package lists

$ sudo apt-get update

Install Nginx and PHP-FPM

$ sudo apt-get install nginx php-fpm

Configure PHP-FPM​

Modify PHP-FPM configuration

$ sudo vim /etc/php/8.3/fpm/php.ini
    
cgi.fix_pathinfo=0
date.timezeone = Europe/Zurich

Restart PHP-FPM service

$ sudo systemctl php8.3-fpm restart

Configure Nginx​

Define a new virtual server configuration like below.

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name bacula-web.domain.com;
    index index.php;

    error_log /var/log/nginx/bacula-web.error.log;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/bacula-web.access.log;

    root /var/www/bacula-web/public;

    location / {
        try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php {
        try_files $uri =404;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9123;
    }
}
warning

Since v8.6.0, the root path must be set to the public subdirectory.

prior v8.6.0
root /var/www/bacula-web;
using v8.6.0 and above
root /var/www/bacula-web/public;

Test your configuration

$ sudo nginx -t && echo "Nginx is ok"

Restart Nginx to apply configuration changes

$ sudo systemctl restart nginx

You can now proceed with any of the installation method below