@title Configuration Guide
@group config

This document contains basic configuration instructions for Phabricator.

= Prerequisites =

This document assumes you've already installed all the components you need.
If you haven't, see @{article:Installation Guide}.

The next steps are:

  - Configure your webserver (Apache, nginx, or lighttpd).
  - Access Phabricator with your browser.
  - Follow the instructions to complete setup.

= Webserver: Configuring Apache =

NOTE: Follow these instructions to use Apache. To use nginx or lighttpd, scroll
down to their sections.

Get Apache running and verify it's serving a test page. Consult the Apache
documentation for help. Make sure `mod_php` and `mod_rewrite` are enabled,
and `mod_ssl` if you intend to set up SSL.

If you haven't already, set up a domain name to point to the host you're
installing on. You can either install Phabricator on a subdomain (like
phabricator.example.com) or an entire domain, but you can not install it in
some subdirectory of an existing website. Navigate to whatever domain you're
going to use and make sure Apache serves you something to verify that DNS
is correctly configured.

NOTE: The domain must contain a dot ('.'), i.e. not be just a bare name like
'http://example/'. Some web browsers will not set cookies otherwise.

Now create a VirtualHost entry for Phabricator. It should look something like
this:

  name=httpd.conf
  <VirtualHost *>
    # Change this to the domain which points to your host.
    ServerName phabricator.example.com

    # Change this to the path where you put 'phabricator' when you checked it
    # out from GitHub when following the Installation Guide.
    #
    # Make sure you include "/webroot" at the end!
    DocumentRoot /path/to/phabricator/webroot

    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$          /index.php?__path__=$1  [B,L,QSA]
  </VirtualHost>

If Apache isn't currently configured to serve documents out of the directory
where you put Phabricator, you may also need to add `<Directory />` section. The
syntax for this section depends on which version of Apache you're running.
(If you don't know, you can usually figure this out by running `httpd -v`.)
For Apache versions older than 2.4, use this:

  name="Apache Older Than 2.4"
  <Directory "/path/to/phabricator/webroot">
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
  </Directory>

For Apache versions 2.4 and newer, use this:

  name="Apache 2.4 and Newer"
  <Directory "/path/to/phabricator/webroot">
    Require all granted
  </Directory>

After making your edits, restart Apache, then continue to "Setup" below.

= Webserver: Configuring nginx =

NOTE: Follow these instructions to use nginx. To use Apache or lighttpd, scroll
to their sections.

For nginx, use a configuration like this:

  name=nginx.conf
  server {
    server_name phabricator.example.com;
    root        /path/to/phabricator/webroot;

    location / {
      index index.php;
      rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?__path__=/$1 last;
    }

    location /index.php {
      fastcgi_pass   localhost:9000;
      fastcgi_index   index.php;

      #required if PHP was built with --enable-force-cgi-redirect
      fastcgi_param  REDIRECT_STATUS    200;

      #variables to make the $_SERVER populate in PHP
      fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME    $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
      fastcgi_param  QUERY_STRING       $query_string;
      fastcgi_param  REQUEST_METHOD     $request_method;
      fastcgi_param  CONTENT_TYPE       $content_type;
      fastcgi_param  CONTENT_LENGTH     $content_length;

      fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_NAME        $fastcgi_script_name;

      fastcgi_param  GATEWAY_INTERFACE  CGI/1.1;
      fastcgi_param  SERVER_SOFTWARE    nginx/$nginx_version;

      fastcgi_param  REMOTE_ADDR        $remote_addr;
    }
  }

Restart nginx after making your edits, then continue to "Setup" below.

= Webserver: Configuring lighttpd =

NOTE: Follow these instructions to use lighttpd. To use Apache or niginx, scroll
up to their sections.

For lighttpd, add a section like this to your lighttpd.conf:

  $HTTP["host"] =~ "phabricator(\.example\.com)?" {
      server.document-root = "/path/to/phabricator/webroot"
      url.rewrite-once = (
          # This simulates QSA ("query string append") mode in apache
          "^(/[^?]*)\?(.*)" => "/index.php?__path__=$1&$2",
          "^(/.*)$" => "/index.php?__path__=$1",
      )
  }

You should also ensure the following modules are listed in your
server.modules list:

  mod_fastcgi
  mod_rewrite

Finally, you should run the following commands to enable php support:

  $ sudo apt-get install php5-cgi  # for ubuntu; other distros should be similar
  $ sudo lighty-enable-mod fastcgi-php

Restart lighttpd after making your edits, then continue below.

= Setup =

Now, navigate to whichever subdomain you set up. You should see instructions to
continue setup. The rest of this document contains additional instructions for
specific setup steps.

When you resolve any issues and see the welcome screen, enter credentials to
create your initial administrator account. After you log in, you'll want to
configure how other users will be able to log in or register -- until you do,
no one else will be able to sign up or log in. For more information, see
@{article:Configuring Accounts and Registration}.

= Storage: Configuring MySQL =

During setup, you'll need to configure MySQL. To do this, get MySQL running and
verify you can connect to it. Consult the MySQL documentation for help. When
MySQL works, you need to load the Phabricator schemata into it. To do this, run:

  phabricator/ $ ./bin/storage upgrade

If your configuration uses an unprivileged user to connect to the database, you
may have to override the default user so the schema changes can be applied with
root or some other admin user:

  phabricator/ $ ./bin/storage upgrade --user <user> --password <password>

You can avoid the prompt the script issues by passing the `--force` flag (for
example, if you are scripting the upgrade process).

  phabricator/ $ ./bin/storage upgrade --force

NOTE: When you update Phabricator, run `storage upgrade` again to apply any
new updates.

= Next Steps =

Continue by:

  - setting up your admin account and login/registration with
    @{article:Configuring Accounts and Registration}; or
  - understanding advanced configuration topics with
    @{article:Configuration User Guide: Advanced Configuration}; or
  - configuring an alternate file domain with
    @{article:Configuring a File Domain}; or
  - configuring a preamble script to set up the environment properly behind a
    load balancer, or adjust rate limiting with
    @{article:Configuring a Preamble Script}; or
  - configuring where uploaded files and attachments will be stored with
    @{article:Configuring File Storage}; or
  - configuring Phabricator so it can send mail with
    @{article:Configuring Outbound Email}; or
  - configuring inbound mail with @{article:Configuring Inbound Email}; or
  - importing repositories with @{article:Diffusion User Guide}; or
  - learning about daemons with @{article:Managing Daemons with phd}; or
  - learning about notification with
    @{article:Notifications User Guide: Setup and Configuration}; or
  - configuring backups with
    @{article:Configuring Backups and Performing Migrations}; or
  - contributing to Phabricator with @{article:Contributor Introduction}.
