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Run hubzilla-setup.sh for an unattended installation of hubzilla.
-The script is known to work with Debian stable (Jessie).
+The script is known to work with Debian 8.3 stable (Jessie)
+
++ Home-PC (Debian-8.3.0-amd64)
++ DigitalOcean droplet (Debian 8.3 x64 / 512 MB Memory / 20 GB Disk / NYC3)
# Step-by-Step Overwiew
@@ -19,13 +22,20 @@ Software
+ Fresh installation of Debian on your mini-pc
+ Router with open ports 80 and 443 for your Debian
-## The basic steps
+## The basic steps (quick overview)
+ 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
++ Log on to your new debian (server)
+ - apt-get install git
+ - mkdir -p /var/www/html
+ - cd /var/www/html
+ - git clone https://github.com/redmatrix/hubzilla.git .
+ - cp .homeinstall/hubzilla-config.txt.template .homeinstall/hubzilla-config.txt
+ - nano .homeinstall/hubzilla-config.txt
+ - Enter your values there: db pass, domain, values for dyn DNS
+ - hubzilla-setup.sh as root
+ - ... wait, wait, wait until the script is finised
+ - reboot
+ Open your domain with a browser and step throught the initial configuration of hubzilla.
# Step-by-Step in Detail
@@ -76,6 +86,8 @@ There are two way to get a domain
### Method 1: Get yourself an own Domain (recommended)
+...for example at selfHOST.de
+
### Method 2 Register a (free) Subdomain
Register a free subdomain for example at
@@ -118,8 +130,12 @@ Clone hubzilla from git ("git pull" will update it later)
Change to the install script
cd html/.homeinstall/
+
+Copy the template file
+
+ cp hubzilla-config.txt.template hubzilla-config.txt
-Change the file "hubzilla-config.txt". Enter your values there.
+Change the file "hubzilla-config.txt". Read the instructions there and enter your values.
nano hubzilla-config.txt
@@ -146,10 +162,3 @@ 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?
-