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Sym8 on Nginx

A complete guide to running Sym8 on a VPS using Debian 13 “Trixie”, Nginx, PHP-FPM, MariaDB and Let’s Encrypt.

Built and tested on Debian 13 with Nginx, PHP-FPM and MariaDB.

Install all components

Full documentation on how to install Sym8 on a VPS with Debian 13, Nginx, PHP-FPM, MariaDB and Let’s Encrypt.

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Configure the components

Here you’ll learn, among other things, how to set up a vHost, transfer rewrite rules from .htaccess to Nginx, add MIME types, and configure upload limits.

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Troubleshooting and solutions

Find out here what the most common errors mean and how to fix them.

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