MaximilianKohler

Xenforo forum setup guide

This is a collection of all the information I came across while setting up my own Xenforo forum (migrating from Reddit subs). I'll keep it updated as I learn more.

Table of contents

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• Why move from Reddit to a forum?
• Why Xenforo (XF)?

dedanirungu

Freeradius Installation with Virtual Servers and Multiple Databases per Customer

This tutorial is on how to install Freeradius and connect it to MariaDB. It also covers setting Billing System and creating virtual server with multiple databases each per customer and with own ports.

• 1. Update and Install UFW
• 2. Install Mariadb
• 3. Install Freeradius
• 4. Load Sample Data

• 4.1 CREATE PACKAGES

bitaller

if you just want to stop the automatic-update but you still want to be able to install updates yourself by launching the Windows update manually, you just need to apply a group-policy: run: gpedit.msc, computer configuration, administrative templates, windows components, windows update, configure automatic updates - set to disabled.

or apply:

AveYo

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Pitch Black Theme preset by AveYo, AccentPalette idea by /u/Egg-Tricky
; for Ctrl+Alt+Del, Logon, Taskbar, Start Menu, Action Center (10 & 11)
; revised 2022-06-16: show active taskbar button in accent color

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent]
"AccentColorMenu"=dword:aa000000      ; Window borders and titlebar
"StartColorMenu"=dword:aa202020       ; Modals in UWP ex. Apply new refresh rate in 10

goregrish

server {
    listen              80;
    server_name         www.mydomain.com mydomain.com;
    return              301 https://mydomain.com$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen              443 ssl;
    server_name         www.mydomain.com;
    # managed by Certbot stuff

goregrish

user nginx nginx;

worker_processes auto; #some last versions calculate it automatically

# number of file descriptors used for nginx
# the limit for the maximum FDs on the server is usually set by the OS.
# if you don't set FD's then OS settings will be used which is by default 2000
worker_rlimit_nofile 100000;

# only log critical errors

goregrish

Nginx ngx_http_secure_link_module and PHP

Three example nginx locations and the PHP required for mp4 secure_links.

before: https://https://mydomain.com/data/videos/file.mp4
after : https://mydomain.com/data/videos/file.mp4?md5=Vtzs2WCnCqRsE47EH6U6pQ&expires=1617601227

make sure the secret password you use match in both lines below

$remote_addr secretword << in nginx config section

TheAshwanik

##
Install and configure freeradius to use mariadb database (also for managing freeradius, we install daloRADIUS web interface).
===
1- Install and setup mariadb
To install mariadb, we create mariadb repository file and install required packages. here we install mariadb 10.5:

# vim /etc/yum.repos.d/mariadb.repo
then put the following content in it:

[mariadb]

altmind

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge\FlipAhead]
"FPEnabled"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge\Main]
"ShowSearchSuggestionsGlobal"=dword:00000000
"DoNotTrack"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge\ServiceUI]

trongtinh1212

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
;USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
;USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!


;Improves system responsiveness and network speed.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile]
"SystemResponsiveness"=dword:00000001