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@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Hardware
Software
-+ Fresh installation of Debian 9 (Stretch) on your mini-pc
-+ Router with open ports 80 and 443 for your Debian
++ Fresh installation of Debian 9 (Stretch)
++ Router with open ports 80 and 443 for your Hub
## The basic steps (quick overview)
@@ -39,10 +39,12 @@ Software
- mkdir -p /var/www
- cd /var/www
- git clone https://github.com/redmatrix/hubzilla.git html
- - cp .homeinstall/hubzilla-config.txt.template .homeinstall/hubzilla-config.txt
- - nano .homeinstall/hubzilla-config.txt
+ - cd /html/.homeinstall
+ - cp hubzilla-config.txt.template hubzilla-config.txt
+ - nano hubzilla-config.txt
- Read the comments carefully
- Enter your values: db pass, domain, values for dyn DNS
+ - Make sure your your external drive (for backups) is mounted
- hubzilla-setup.sh as root
- ... wait, wait, wait until the script is finised
- reboot
@@ -56,16 +58,19 @@ Software
### Recommended: USB Drive for Backups
-The installation will create a daily backup.
-
-If the backup process does not find an external device than the backup goes to
-the internal disk.
+The installation will create a daily backup written to an external drive.
The USB drive must be compatible with the filesystems
- ext4 (if you do not want to encrypt the USB)
- LUKS + ext4 (if you want to encrypt the USB)
+The backup includes
+
+- Hubzilla DB
+- Hubzilla installation /var/www/html
+- Certificates for letsencrypt
+
## Preparations Software
### Install Debian Linux on the Mini-PC
@@ -107,12 +112,9 @@ You can use subdomains as well
my.cooldomain.org
-There are two way to get a domain
-
-- buy a domain, or
-- register a free subdomain
+There are two way to get a domain...
-### Method 1: Buy an own Domain
+### Method 1: Buy a Domain
...for example buy at selfHOST.de
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ The cost are around 10,- € once and 1,50 € per month (2017).
### Method 2 Register a (free) Subdomain
-...for example register at freeDNS
+...for example register at freedns.afraid.org
Follow the instructions in .homeinstall/hubzilla-config.txt.
@@ -162,6 +164,8 @@ Change the file "hubzilla-config.txt". Read the instructions there carefully and
nano hubzilla-config.txt
+Make sure your external drive (for backups) is plugged in and can be mounted as configured in "hubzilla-config.txt". Otherwise the daily backups will not work.
+
Run the script
./hubzilla-setup.sh
@@ -185,6 +189,13 @@ Leave db type "MySQL" untouched.
Follow the instructions in the next pages.
+After the daily script was executed at 05:30 (am)
+
+- look at var/www/html/hubzilla-daily.log
+- check your backup on the external drive
+- optionally view the daily log under yourdomain.org/admin/logs/
+ - set the logfile to var/www/html/hubzilla-daily.log
+
## Note for the Rasperry
The script was tested with an Raspberry 3 under Raspian (Debian 9.3, 2017-11-29-raspbian-stretch.img).