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@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Requirements
* Curl, GD, PDO, MySQLi, hash, xml, zip and OpenSSL extensions
* The POSIX module of PHP needs to be activated (e.g. [RHEL, CentOS](http://www.bigsoft.co.uk/blog/index.php/2014/12/08/posix-php-commands-not-working-under-centos-7) have disabled it)
* some form of email server or email gateway such that PHP mail() works
* Mysql 5.5.3+ or an equivalant alternative for MySQL (MariaDB, Percona Server etc.)
* Mysql 5.5.3+ or an equivalent alternative for MySQL (MariaDB, Percona Server etc.)
* the ability to schedule jobs with cron (Linux/Mac) or Scheduled Tasks (Windows) (Note: other options are presented in Section 7 of this document.)
* Installation into a top-level domain or sub-domain (without a directory/path component in the URL) is preferred. Directory paths will not be as convenient to use and have not been thoroughly tested.
* If your hosting provider doesn't allow Unix shell access, you might have trouble getting everything to work.
@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Clone the addon repository (separately):
If you copy the directory tree to your webserver, make sure that you also copy .htaccess - as "dot" files are often hidden and aren't normally copied.
If you want to use the development version of Friendica you can switch to the devel branch in the repository by running
If you want to use the development version of Friendica you can switch to the develop branch in the repository by running
git checkout develop
bin/composer.phar install
@ -108,19 +108,19 @@ If you need to specify a port for the connection to the database, you can do so
*If* the manual installation fails for any reason, check the following:
* Does "config/local.ini.php" exist? If not, edit config/local-sample.ini.php and change the system settings.
* Rename to `config/local.ini.php`.
* Does "config/local.config.php" exist? If not, edit config/local-sample.config.php and change the system settings.
* Rename to `config/local.config.php`.
* Is the database is populated? If not, import the contents of `database.sql` with phpmyadmin or the mysql command line.
At this point visit your website again, and register your personal account.
Registration errors should all be recoverable automatically.
If you get any *critical* failure at this point, it generally indicates the database was not installed correctly.
You might wish to move/rename `config/local.ini.php` to another name and empty (called 'dropping') the database tables, so that you can start fresh.
You might wish to move/rename `config/local.config.php` to another name and empty (called 'dropping') the database tables, so that you can start fresh.
### Option B: Run the automatic install script
You have the following options to automatically install Friendica:
- creating a prepared config file (f.e. `prepared.ini.php`)
- creating a prepared config file (f.e. `prepared.config.php`)
- using environment variables (f.e. `MYSQL_HOST`)
- using options (f.e. `--dbhost <host>`)
@ -136,17 +136,17 @@ If you wish to include all optional checks, use `-a` like this statement:
*If* the automatic installation fails for any reason, check the following:
* Does `config/local.ini.php` already exist? If yes, the automatic installation won't start
* Are the options in the `config/local.ini.php` correct? If not, edit them directly.
* Does `config/local.config.php` already exist? If yes, the automatic installation won't start
* Are the options in the `config/local.config.php` correct? If not, edit them directly.
* Is the empty MySQL-database created? If not, create it.
#### B.1: Config file
You can use a prepared config file like [local-sample.ini.php](config/local-sample.ini.php).
You can use a prepared config file like [local-sample.config.php](config/local-sample.config.php).
Navigate to the main Friendica directory and execute the following command:
bin/console autoinstall -f <prepared.ini.php>
bin/console autoinstall -f <prepared.config.php>
#### B.2: Environment variables
@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ You can use the options during installation too and skip some of the environment
**Database credentials**
if you don't use the option `--savedb` during installation, the DB credentials will **not** be saved in the `config/local.ini.php`.
if you don't use the option `--savedb` during installation, the DB credentials will **not** be saved in the `config/local.config.php`.
- `MYSQL_HOST` The host of the mysql/mariadb database
- `MYSQL_PORT` The port of the mysql/mariadb database
@ -170,13 +170,13 @@ if you don't use the option `--savedb` during installation, the DB credentials w
**Friendica settings**
This variables wont be used at normal Friendica runtime.
Instead, they get saved into `config/local.ini.php`.
Instead, they get saved into `config/local.config.php`.
- `FRIENDICA_URL_PATH` The URL path of Friendica (f.e. '/friendica')
- `FRIENDICA_PHP_PATH` The path of the PHP binary
- `FRIENDICA_ADMIN_MAIL` The admin email address of Friendica (this email will be used for admin access)
- `FRIENDICA_TZ` The timezone of Friendica
- `FRIENDICA_LANG` The langauge of Friendica
- `FRIENDICA_LANG` The language of Friendica
Navigate to the main Friendica directory and execute the following command:
@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Navigate to the main Friendica directory and execute the following command:
#### B.3: Execution options
All options will be saved in the `config/local.ini.php` and are overruling the associated environment variables.
All options will be saved in the `config/local.config.php` and are overruling the associated environment variables.
- `-H|--dbhost <host>` The host of the mysql/mariadb database (env `MYSQL_HOST`)
- `-p|--dbport <port>` The port of the mysql/mariadb database (env `MYSQL_PORT`)
@ -256,5 +256,5 @@ Bad things will happen.
Let there be a hardware failure, a corrupted database or whatever you can think of.
So once the installation of your Friendica node is done, you should make yourself a backup plan.
The most important file is the `config/local.ini.php` file.
The most important file is the `config/local.config.php` file.
As it stores all your data, you should also have a recent dump of your Friendica database at hand, should you have to recover your node.