---
title: Grav
---

> [Official Documentation](https://learn.getgrav.org/17)
{.is-info}

## Requirements
`# apt install nginx php php-fpm php-gd php-apcu php-yaml php-zip php-xml php-mbstring php-curl unzip`  

### Download grav  
Make sure the directory you want to use is owned by your webserver user. (www-data on debian)  
`# chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www`  

**With included admin client**
`sudo -u www-data wget https://getgrav.org/download/core/grav-admin/1.7.32`  

## Nginx config
```
server {
    server_name DOMAIN_NAME;

    # Security / XSS Mitigation Headers
    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
    add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";
    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains";

    listen *:443 ssl http2; #set ipv6 address
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/acme-sh/DOMAIN_NAME/key.pem;
    ssl_certificate /etc/acme-sh/DOMAIN_NAME/cert.pem;

    index index.html index.php;

    ## Begin - Server Info
    root /var/www/grav-admin;
    ## End - Server Info

    ## Begin - Index
    # for subfolders, simply adjust:
    # `location /subfolder {`
    # and the rewrite to use `/subfolder/index.php`
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }
    ## End - Index

    ## Begin - Security
    # deny all direct access for these folders
    location ~* /(\.git|cache|bin|logs|backup|tests)/.*$ { return 403; }
    # deny running scripts inside core system folders
    location ~* /(system|vendor)/.*\.(txt|xml|md|html|json|yaml|yml|php|pl|py|cgi|twig|sh|bat)$ { return 403; }
    # deny running scripts inside user folder
    location ~* /user/.*\.(txt|md|json|yaml|yml|php|pl|py|cgi|twig|sh|bat)$ { return 403; }
    # deny access to specific files in the root folder
    location ~ /(LICENSE\.txt|composer\.lock|composer\.json|nginx\.conf|web\.config|htaccess\.txt|\.htaccess) { return 403; }
    ## End - Security

    ## Begin - PHP
    location ~ \.php$ {
        # Choose either a socket or TCP/IP address
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
        # fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock; #legacy
        # fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;

        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/$fastcgi_script_name;
    }
    ## End - PHP
}

server {
    if ($host = DOMAIN_NAME) {
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    }
    listen *:80; #set ipv6 address
    server_name DOMAIN_NAME;
    return 404;
}
```