Exponential Platform Nexus 1.1.0.x is Platform v3 — 7x Netgen Media Site Variant

Exponential Platform Nexus v3 is the 7x fork and customisation of the Netgen Media Site blueprint for eZ Platform 3.3 OSS. It runs on Symfony 5.4 LTS, PHP 8.0+ (tested on PHP 8.5), and includes the 7x se7enxweb/site-bundle 2.x fork that replaces netgen/site-bundle via Composer's replace directive, and the ExponentialMediaInstaller with SQLite composite primary key workaround for correct content versioning on SQLite databases.

This repository is the starting skeleton for all Nexus-branded Exponential Platform v3 projects. Read this file and doc/sevenx/INSTALL.md before starting.

Project Notice

"This project is not associated with the original eZ Publish software or its original developer, eZ Systems. It is an independent, 7x-driven continuation and customisation."

This skeleton is developed and maintained by 7x (se7enx.com) and is used as the canonical starting point for client projects built on Exponential Platform v3 OSS with the Netgen Media Site technology stack.

Project Status

Active — branch 1.1.0.x is the current development line for Platform v3.

The Nexus v3 skeleton targets:

Symfony 5.4 LTS kernel
PHP 8.0+ (PHP 8.5 is the tested and recommended runtime)
eZ Platform 3.3 Open Source Edition (via se7enxweb/ezplatform-kernel ~1.3)
Netgen Layouts 1.4.x with eZ Platform Site API integration
Netgen Media Site content model and demo data

Ongoing work focuses on:

PHP 8.0 / 8.1 / 8.2 / 8.5 full compatibility across all dependencies
SQLite zero-config development database (including composite PK workaround via ExponentialMediaInstaller::fixSqliteCompositePrimaryKeys())
Dependency upgrades across Composer and Yarn ecosystems

Who is 7x

7x is the North American corporation driving the continued development, support, hosting, and community growth of Exponential Platform and related open source projects. 7x has supported Exponential Platform customers for over 24 years (previously as Brookins Consulting).

7x offers:

Commercial support subscriptions for Exponential Platform deployments
Hosting on the Exponential Platform cloud infrastructure (exponential.earth)
Custom development, migrations, upgrades, and training
Community stewardship via share.exponential.earth

What is Exponential Platform Nexus v3?

Exponential Platform Nexus v3 is a Symfony 5.4 LTS application skeleton combining:

eZ Platform 3.3 Open Source Edition — the Symfony-native content management platform providing the content repository, REST API v2, GraphQL, and the eZ Platform Admin UI
Netgen Media Site — a production-grade blueprint skeleton with demo content model, Netgen Layouts, Netgen Content Browser, Netgen Information Collection, and the full Netgen toolkit for eZ Platform
7x Customisations — the se7enxweb/site-bundle 2.x fork (replacing netgen/site-bundle via Composer replace directive) and the ExponentialMediaInstaller::fixSqliteCompositePrimaryKeys() SQLite workaround for correct content versioning support

The skeleton is distributed via the se7enxweb/exponential-platform-nexus GitHub repository and is composed using the se7enxweb/oss Composer metapackage.

Technology Stack

Component	Value
Language	PHP 8.0+ (PHP 8.5 recommended)
Framework	Symfony 5.4 LTS
CMS Core	eZ Platform 3.3 Open Source Edition
ORM / DBAL	Doctrine ORM + DBAL 3.x
Template Engine	Twig 3.x
Frontend Build	Webpack Encore + Yarn 1.x + Node.js 18 or 20
Page Builder	Netgen Layouts 1.4.x
Search	Legacy search (default) · Solr 8.x (optional)
HTTP Cache	Symfony HttpCache (default) · Varnish 6/7 (optional)
App Cache	Filesystem (default) · Redis 6+ (optional)
Database	SQLite 3.35+ (dev default) · MySQL 8.0+ · MariaDB 10.3+ · PostgreSQL 14+
API	REST API v2 · GraphQL (schema auto-generated)
Admin UI	eZ Platform v3 Admin UI (`/adminui/`) · ngAdmin (`/ngadminui/`) · Legacy Admin (`/legacy_admin/`)
Dependency Mgmt	Composer 2.x · Yarn 1.x
Metapackage	`se7enxweb/oss ~3.3.0`

Requirements

PHP 8.0+ (PHP 8.5 recommended, tested on PHP 8.5.5)
PHP extensions: gd, curl, json, xsl, xml, intl, mbstring, ctype, iconv, pdo_sqlite or pdo_mysql or pdo_pgsql
Composer 2.x
Node.js 18 or 20 (via nvm recommended)
Yarn 1.22.x (via corepack after nvm use 18 or nvm use 20)
A web server: Apache 2.4 or Nginx 1.18+ (or Symfony CLI for development)
A database: SQLite 3.35+ (dev), MySQL 8.0+, MariaDB 10.3+, or PostgreSQL 14+

Full Requirements Summary

Component	Minimum	Recommended
PHP	8.0	8.5
Composer	2.x	latest 2.x
Node.js	18	18 LTS or 20 LTS (via nvm)
Yarn	1.x	1.22.22 (corepack)
MySQL	8.0	8.0+ (utf8mb4)
MariaDB	10.3	10.6+
PostgreSQL	14	16+
SQLite	3.35	3.39+ (dev/testing)
Redis	6.0	7.x (optional)
Solr	8.x	8.11.x (optional)
Varnish	6.0	7.1+ (optional)
Apache	2.4	2.4 (event + PHP-FPM)
Nginx	1.18	1.24+

Quick Start

# 1. Clone the project
git clone [email protected]:se7enxweb/exponential-platform-nexus.git
cd exponential-platform-nexus
git checkout 1.1.0.x

# 2. Install PHP dependencies
COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1 composer install

# 3. Configure environment (SQLite zero-config default — no server needed)
cp .env .env.local
# Edit .env.local: set APP_SECRET, and set DATABASE_URL for SQLite or MySQL/PostgreSQL

# 4. Install the demo database (creates var/data_dev.db automatically for SQLite dev)
php bin/console exponential:install exponential-media --no-interaction

# 5. Fix permissions for the SQLite file (web server must be able to write it)
chmod 660 var/data_dev.db
chown $USER:www-data var/data_dev.db   # replace www-data with your FPM user

# 6. Activate Node.js 18 (or 20)
source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && nvm use 18
corepack enable

# 7. Install Node dependencies
yarn install

# 8. Build site frontend assets (CSS/JS)
yarn build:prod

# 9. Publish Symfony bundle assets
php bin/console assets:install --symlink --relative public

# 10. Build the eZ Platform Admin UI assets
yarn ez   # builds eZ/Ibexa admin UI assets

# 11. Generate GraphQL schema
php bin/console ibexa:graphql:generate-schema

# 12. Clear the cache
php bin/console cache:clear

# 13. Start the Symfony CLI dev server
symfony server:start

After install, the following URLs are live:

URL	Description
`https://127.0.0.1:8000/`	Default siteaccess (public front end)
`https://127.0.0.1:8000/adminui/`	eZ Platform v3 Admin UI
`https://127.0.0.1:8000/ngadminui/`	Netgen Admin UI
`https://127.0.0.1:8000/legacy_admin/`	Legacy eZ Publish Admin
`https://127.0.0.1:8000/api/ezp/v2/`	REST API v2
`https://127.0.0.1:8000/graphql`	GraphQL endpoint
`https://127.0.0.1:8000/adminui/nglayouts/admin`	Netgen Layouts admin

Default credentials: admin / publish — change immediately after first login.

See doc/sevenx/INSTALL.md for the complete step-by-step installation and operations guide.

Main Features

Full eZ Platform 3.3 OSS content repository (content classes, versions, translations, locations)
Netgen Layouts 1.4.x page builder with eZ Platform and eZ Platform Site API integration
Netgen Content Browser for content selection in layouts
Netgen Information Collection (contact forms, data collection)
Netgen eZ Platform Site API (high-performance content read API, custom twigGetAttribute)
Netgen Tags field type (taxonomy/tagging)
RichText field type with XSL/AlloyEditor support
REST API v2
GraphQL API (auto-generated from content model)
eZ Platform v3 Admin UI (at /adminui/)
Netgen Admin UI (at /ngadminui/)
Legacy eZ Publish Admin UI (at /legacy_admin/)
Netgen Layouts Admin UI (at /adminui/nglayouts/admin)
Webpack Encore frontend build pipeline (Node.js 18 or 20, Yarn 1.x)
SQLite zero-config database (default for development)
MySQL 8.0+ / MariaDB 10.3+ / PostgreSQL 14+ for production
Multi-siteaccess support
Solr search engine support (optional)
Varnish HTTP cache support (optional)
Redis application cache support (optional)
Sentry error tracking integration
Kaliop Migration Bundle for content migrations
Google reCAPTCHA v3 integration
se7enxweb/mediata-ezpage-fieldtype-bundle (eZPage field type)

Installation

git clone [email protected]:se7enxweb/exponential-platform-nexus.git
cd exponential-platform-nexus
git checkout 1.1.0.x

See doc/sevenx/INSTALL.md for the complete installation and operations guide covering:

Requirements (PHP 8.0+, Node.js 18/20, etc.)
Environment configuration (.env.local reference)
Database setup (SQLite, MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL)
The se7enxweb/site-bundle 2.x fork — what it does and why
SQLite composite PK workaround (fixSqliteCompositePrimaryKeys())
Web server setup (Apache 2.4, Nginx, Symfony CLI)
File & directory permissions
Frontend asset build (Webpack Encore / Yarn — Node.js 18 or 20 required)
Admin UI asset build (yarn ez)
GraphQL schema generation
Search index initialisation
Cache management
Day-to-day operations (start / stop / restart / deploy)
Production deployment checklist
Cron job setup
Solr search engine integration (optional)
Varnish HTTP cache integration (optional)
Troubleshooting
Database conversion (SQLite ↔ MySQL ↔ PostgreSQL)

Key CLI Commands Reference

Symfony Core

php bin/console list                                          # list all commands
php bin/console cache:clear                                   # clear dev cache
php bin/console cache:clear --env=prod                        # clear prod cache
php bin/console cache:warmup --env=prod                       # warm up prod cache
php bin/console assets:install --symlink --relative public    # publish bundle assets
php bin/console debug:router                                  # list all routes
php bin/console debug:container                               # list all services
php bin/console debug:config ezpublish                        # dump eZ config

Platform v3

php bin/console exponential:install exponential-media --no-interaction  # install demo DB
php bin/console exponential:reindex                                      # reindex search
php bin/console ibexa:cron:run                                           # run cron (alias: ezplatform:cron:run)
php bin/console ibexa:graphql:generate-schema                            # regenerate GraphQL schema
php bin/console liip:imagine:cache:remove                                # clear image variation cache
php bin/console fos:httpcache:invalidate:path / --all                    # purge HTTP cache

Doctrine / Migrations

php bin/console doctrine:migration:migrate --allow-no-migration   # run migrations
php bin/console doctrine:migration:status                         # migration status
php bin/console doctrine:schema:validate                          # validate schema

Frontend / Asset Build (Node.js 18 or 20 required)

# Always activate Node.js 18 (or 20) first
source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && nvm use 18
corepack enable

# Site frontend
yarn build:prod     # build site CSS/JS for production (minified)
yarn build:dev      # build site CSS/JS with source maps
yarn watch          # watch mode — auto-rebuild site assets on change

# Admin UI (eZ Platform / Ibexa admin UI assets)
yarn ez             # builds eZ/Ibexa admin UI assets (production)

# Dependencies
yarn install        # install / sync all Node dependencies

Database Conversion

See doc/sevenx/INSTALL.md — Section 22: Database Conversion for the full command reference covering all conversion paths, tool install instructions, .env.local DSN updates, and the post-conversion checklist.

Supported engines and conversion paths:

From	To	Tool
MySQL / MariaDB	SQLite	`mysql2sqlite` (MIT)
PostgreSQL	SQLite	`pgloader` (BSD-like)
SQLite	MySQL / MariaDB	`sqlite3-to-mysql` (MIT)
SQLite	PostgreSQL	`pgloader` (BSD-like)
MySQL / MariaDB	PostgreSQL	`pgloader` (BSD-like)
PostgreSQL	MySQL / MariaDB	`pgloader` + CSV export
Oracle	PostgreSQL	`ora2pg` (GPL v3) — then use any path above

Access Points

After a fresh install with the Symfony CLI dev server (symfony server:start), all of the following URLs are live. Replace https://127.0.0.1:8000 with your actual domain in production.

URL matching in v3 uses URIElement: 1 siteaccess matching — the first URI path segment selects the siteaccess. The default siteaccess (fh_eng) is served at the root /.

URL	Description
`https://127.0.0.1:8000/`	Default siteaccess public front end
`https://127.0.0.1:8000/adminui/`	eZ Platform v3 Admin UI — login: `admin` / `publish`
`https://127.0.0.1:8000/ngadminui/`	Netgen Admin UI
`https://127.0.0.1:8000/legacy_admin/`	Legacy eZ Publish Admin
`https://127.0.0.1:8000/api/ezp/v2/`	REST API v2
`https://127.0.0.1:8000/graphql`	GraphQL endpoint
`https://127.0.0.1:8000/adminui/nglayouts/admin`	Netgen Layouts admin interface
`https://127.0.0.1:8000/adminui/nglayouts/app`	Netgen Layouts iframe editor

Default credentials: admin / publish — change immediately after first login.

Issue Tracker

Bugs, improvements and feature requests: https://github.com/se7enxweb/exponential-platform-nexus/issues

Security issues: please report responsibly via email to [email protected]

Where to Get More Help

Resource	URL
Platform Website	platform.exponential.earth
Documentation Hub	doc.exponential.earth
Community Forums	share.exponential.earth
GitHub Organisation	github.com/se7enxweb
This Repository	github.com/se7enxweb/exponential-platform-nexus
DXP Metapackage	github.com/se7enxweb/oss
Issue Tracker	Issues
Telegram Chat	t.me/exponentialcms
7x Corporate	se7enx.com
Support Subscriptions	support.exponential.earth

How to Contribute

Fork se7enxweb/exponential-platform-nexus on GitHub
Clone your fork and create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/my-improvement
Install the dev stack per doc/sevenx/INSTALL.md
Make your changes and test thoroughly
Push your branch and open a Pull Request against 1.1.0.x

When contributing fixes that touch the se7enxweb/site-bundle fork, changes must be committed to the fork repository first, then the updated composer.lock committed here.

Copyright

License

This source code is available under the following licenses:

A — GNU General Public License, version 2 Copyleft open source license with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. See: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Additional Documentation

7x Installation & Operations Guide — start here for all installation, configuration, and operations details
Netgen Install Instructions — upstream Netgen Media Site install guide
Frontend Setup — webpack/yarn frontend asset guide
Search Suggestions — search configuration
Apache vhost example
Nginx vhost example

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Platform v3

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