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+# Hubzilla at Home next to your Router
+
+Run hubzilla-setup.sh for an unattended installation of hubzilla.
+
+The script is known to work with Debian stable (Jessie).
+
+# Step-by-Step Overwiew
+
+## Preconditions
+
+Hardware
+
++ Internet connection and router at home
++ Mini-pc connected to your router
++ USB drive for backups
+
+Software
+
++ Fresh installation of Debian on your mini-pc
++ Router with open ports 80 and 443 for your Debian
+
+## The basic steps
+
++ Register your own domain (for example at selfHOST) or a free subdomain (for example at freeDNS)
++ Clone hubzilla to /var/www/html
++ Copy hubzilla-config.txt and hubzilla-setup.sh to your Debian (future hub)
++ Edit hubzilla-config.txt. Enter your values there: db pass, domain, values for dyn DNS
++ Run hubzilla-setup.sh as root ... wait, wait, wait until the script is finised
++ Open your domain with a browser and step throught the initial configuration of hubzilla.
+
+# Step-by-Step in Detail
+
+## Preparations Hardware
+
+### Mini-PC
+
+### 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 USB drive must be compatible with an encrpyted filesystem LUKS + ext4.
+
+## Preparations Software
+
+### Install Debian Linux on the Mini-PC
+
+Download the stable Debian at https://www.debian.org/
+
+Create bootable USB drive with Debian on it. You could use the programm
+unetbootin, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin
+
+Switch of your mini pc, plug in your USB drive and start the mini pc from the
+stick. Install Debian. Follow the instructions of the installation.
+
+### Configure your Router
+
+Open the ports 80 and 443 on your router for your Debian
+
+## Preparations Dynamic IP Address
+
+Your Hubzilla must be reachable by a domain that you can type in your browser
+
+    cooldomain.org
+
+You can use subdomains as well
+
+    my.cooldomain.org
+
+There are two way to get a domain
+
+- buy a domain (recommended) or
+- register a free subdomain
+
+### Method 1: Get yourself an own Domain (recommended)
+
+### Method 2 Register a (free) Subdomain
+
+Register a free subdomain for example at
+
+- freeDNS
+- selfHOST
+
+WATCH THIS: A free subdomain is not the prefered way to get a domain name. Why?
+
+Let's encrpyt issues a limited number of certificates each
+day. Possibly other users of this domain will try to issue a certificate
+at the same day as you do. So make sure you choose a domain with as less subdomains as
+possible.
+
+## Install Hubzilla on your Debian
+
+Login to your debian
+(Provided your username is "you" and the name of the mini pc is "debian". You
+could take the IP address instead of "debian")
+
+    ssh -X you@debian
+
+Change to root user
+
+    su -l
+
+Install git
+
+    apt-get install git
+
+Make the directory for apache and change diretory to it
+
+    mkdir /var/www
+    cd /var/www/
+
+Clone hubzilla from git ("git pull" will update it later)
+
+    git clone https://github.com/redmatrix/hubzilla html
+
+Change to the install script
+
+    cd html/.homeinstall/
+
+Change the file "hubzilla-config.txt". Enter your values there.
+
+    nano hubzilla-config.txt
+
+Run the script
+
+     ./hubzilla-setup.sh
+
+Wait... The script should not finish with an error message.
+
+In a webbrowser open your domain.
+Expected: A test page of hubzilla is shown. All checks there shoulg be
+successfull. Go on...
+Expected: A page for the Hubzilla server configuration shows up.
+
+Leave db server name "127.0.0.1" and port "0" untouched.
+
+Enter
+
+- DB user name = hubzilla
+- DB pass word = This is the password you entered in "hubzilla-config.txt"
+- DB name = hubzilla
+
+Leave db type "MySQL" untouched.
+
+Follow the instructions in the next pages.
+
+# The Script explained
+
+This chapter shows you
+
+- What the script does exactly
+- Explanations on technical details. May be this will encourage you to play with bash scripts?
+