Installing phpSysInfo on nixOS latest

phpSysInfo is an open source PHP script that displays information about your system such as hardware, software, and network information. In this tutorial, we will guide you through installing phpSysInfo on a nixOS latest machine.

Step 1: Update nixOS

Before installing any new software, it's always a good idea to make sure your system is up-to-date:

sudo nixos-rebuild switch

This command will update your nixOS system to the latest version.

Step 2: Install necessary packages

Next, we need to install a few packages that phpSysInfo depends on:

sudo nix-env -i php-fpm nginx sqlite php7 php7-xml php7-gd

These packages include the web server (nginx), the scripting language (php), and a few other dependencies.

Step 3: Download phpSysInfo

Now we can download the latest version of phpSysInfo from the official website:

sudo wget https://github.com/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo/archive/master.zip

This command will download the latest version of phpSysInfo in ZIP format.

Step 4: Extract the files

Unzip the downloaded file to a directory where your web server can access it:

sudo unzip master.zip -d /var/www/phpsysinfo

This command will extract the contents of the ZIP file to /var/www/phpsysinfo, which is a directory that nginx can access.

Step 5: Configure nginx

Create a new nginx configuration file for phpSysInfo:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/phpsysinfo

Copy and paste the following configuration into the file:

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    server_name _;

    root /var/www;

    index index.php;

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

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm7.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Save and exit the file. Then, create a symlink to enable the new configuration:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/phpsysinfo /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Finally, restart nginx to apply changes:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 6: Configure php-fpm

Edit the php-fpm configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

Change the user and group settings to match your system user and group:

user = your_username
group = your_groupname

Save and exit the file. Then, restart php-fpm to apply changes:

sudo systemctl restart php-fpm7

Step 7: Access phpSysInfo page

Finally, you can access your phpSysInfo page by entering the following URL into your web browser:

http://your_server_ip/phpsysinfo

If everything was installed and configured correctly, you should see detailed information about your system!

Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured phpSysInfo on a nixOS latest machine!