Installing on a Linux Distribution NGINX

Created on 2021/03/31, nginx, Ubuntu, linux


After a fresh install of a Linux distribution we will see all the steps that will help you run Pydio on a LINUX/Nginx environnement. All the command lines where used on Ubuntu but you have the same thing pretty much on every Linux Distriution so dont forget to adapt it to your configuration if required

I advise you to read everything even if you are not using the same configuration, it can help you figure out issues with your installation.


  • PHP : check with this command line if you have any php installed php -vif it shows you a line with a php version and that php version is not php-7.0 or above, what you can do is remove php using apt remove php* & apt purge php* after that use apt autoremove. Now if you re-use php -vit should show you no version of PHP.
  • Apache2 : as usual use apache2 -v if it shows you any version of apache use apt remove apache* & apt purge apache* and then apt autoremove, now re-check it using apache2 -v.

Dont forget to use SUDO if you're not on root user.


1. Main Packages
  • PHP : to install PHP use apt install php-7.0.
  • NGINX : to install Nginx use apt install nginx.
  • Mysql : you can install MariaDB using apt install mariadb-server.
2. Additional Packages (Required)
  • PHP-Mysql : PHP-Mysql allows php to execute sql, to install this one use apt install php-mysql.
  • PHP-FPM : PHP-FPM is needed when you're using NginX because it doesn't contain native PHP Processing, to install PHP-FPM apt install php-fpm. After that open this file with any text editor /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.iniand uncomment this line cgi.fix_pathinfo=0.

For this Part you should go below to Virtual Hosts if you have no idea about how it works Don't forget to configure Nginx so that he can use PHP, to do so you need to add the following line :

Open with a text editor your Pydio's sites-available conf file located in /etc/nginx/sites-available/ then, You can either uncomment the lines if they are in the file (should be if you used the default one as a template) that will be marked :

    location ~ \.php$ {
    #   include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;                                  THERE'S THIS ONE to uncomment
    #   # With php7.0-cgi alone:
    #   fastcgi_pass;
    #   # With php7.0-fpm:
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;                         THIS ONE to UNCOMMENT
        try_files $uri =404;                                                THIS ONE to UNCOMMENT   
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;   THIS ONE to UNCOMMENT
        include fastcgi_params;                                             THIS ONE 

    # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
    # concurs with nginx's one
    #location ~ /\.ht {                                                     YOU CAN ALSO UNCOMMENT THIS ONE
    #   deny all;                                                           and THIS ONE 
    #}                                                                      and THIS ONE

Otherwise you can add them as the following :

location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/pydio-fpm.sock; (it's your php socket the name can be different)

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;

You can use nginx -tto look if the syntax is correct.

You can also configure PHP to support larger files edit with a text editor /etc/php.7.0/fpm/php.ini

file_uploads = On
post_max_size = 20G
upload_max_filesize = 20G
max_file_uploads = 20000
output_buffering = Off

and edit those values to what suits ur usage.

Those Additonal Packages are required to have a working server, but if you know other alternatives you can use them.

3. Install Pydio

Dont forget to create a Database for Pydio mysql -uroot -p and when you're logged in use CREATE DATABASE <databasename>;. Give it privileges with GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON <databasename>.* TO <username>@<server> IDENTIFIED BY '<password>' ;.

Then to install Pydio you have multiple ways check them right HERE.

4. Virtual Hosts Nginx

This part is important if you're going to use Virutal Hosts.

First you need to give the rights to your Pydio sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/YourPydio it can also be www-data:www-data, then sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www.

Now you have to create your config file, you can copy the default one to use it as a template cp /etc/nginx/sites-available/default /etc/nginx/sites-available/YourPydio.

now open this file with any text editor /etc/nginx/sites-available/YourPydio and change the following lines :

server {
        listen 80 default_server; (remove 'default_server' because you're going to have multiple ones)
        listen [::]:80 default_server;(same as ABOVE)

        root /var/www/html; (change it to your Pydio's webserver location webroot /pydio/core/src/core )

        index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html; (add index.php allowing the index to also be a php page)

        server_name _; (you can give it a server name such as (you can put both entries))

        location / {
                try_files $uri $uri/ =404;

location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;

Now create a link to sites-enabled : sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/YourPydio /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ Use nginx -tto verify syntax errors.

What he have here is just an example you're free to modify it as you want

5. Security

For security you have a lot of choices so identify your needs and refer to guides that can give you details about it, with Pydio you already have security but you can add a lair to your WebServer, "better be safe than sorry". You can add SSL and such.


If there's something that wasn't clear or that you may have missed you can check guides such as :

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