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diff --git a/install/INSTALL.txt b/install/INSTALL.txt index f5edf009f..d042f34ec 100644 --- a/install/INSTALL.txt +++ b/install/INSTALL.txt @@ -42,10 +42,16 @@ site for the first time, please use the SSL ("https://") URL if SSL is available. This will avoid problems later. The installation routine will not allow you to use a non browser-valid certificate. -This restriction is incorporated because public posts from you may for example -contain references to images on your own hub. If your certificate is not known -by the internet browser of users they get a warning message complaining about -the invalid certificate. +This restriction is incorporated because public posts from you may contain +references to images on your own hub. Other members viewing their stream on +other hubs will get warnings if your certificate is not trusted by their web +browser. This will confuse many people because this is a decentralised network +and they will get the warning about your hub while viewing their own hub and may +think their own hub has an issue. These warnings are very technical and scary to +some folks, many of whom will not know how to proceed except to follow the browser +advice. This is disruptive to the community. That said, we recognise the issues +surrounding the current certificate infrastructure and agree there are many +problems, but that doesn't change the requirement. Free "browser-valid" certificates are available from providers such as StartSSL. @@ -57,9 +63,11 @@ use SSL, your webserver must not listen on port 443 at all. 1. Requirements - Apache with mod-rewrite enabled and "AllowOverride All" so you can use a - local .htaccess file + local .htaccess file. Some folks have successfully used nginx and lighttpd. + Example config scripts are available for these platforms in doc/install. + Apache and nginx have the most support. - - PHP 5.3+. The later the better. + - PHP 5.3+. 5.4 or 5.5 is highly recommended. The later the better. - PHP *command line* access with register_argc_argv set to true in the php.ini file - and with no hosting provider restrictions on the use of @@ -70,7 +78,7 @@ use SSL, your webserver must not listen on port 443 at all. - some form of email server or email gateway such that PHP mail() works - - Mysql 5.x or MariaDB + - Mysql 5.x or MariaDB or postgres database server. - ability to schedule jobs with cron. @@ -115,15 +123,17 @@ use SSL, your webserver must not listen on port 443 at all. cd mywebsite - - Then you should clone the addon repository (separately) + - Then you should clone the addon repository (separately). We'll give this repository + a nickname of 'matrix'. You can pull in other redmatrix addon repositories by + giving them different nicknames. - git clone https://github.com/friendica/red-addons.git addon + util/add_addon_repo https://github.com/friendica/red-addons.git matrix - - For keeping the addon tree updated, you should be on you addon tree and - issue a git pull + - For keeping the addon tree updated, you should be on your top level website + directory and issue an update command for that repository. - cd mywebsite/addon - git pull + cd mywebsite + util/update_addon_repo matrix 3. Create an empty database and note the access details (hostname, username, |