The following software packages are *required* for this software to
run correctly.
-- PHP 5.5+ For newer versions, some functions that are used may be
- disabled by default, such as the pcntl_* family. See the
- section on 'Queues and daemons' for more information.
-- MariaDB 5+ GNU Social uses, by default, a MariaDB server for data
- storage. Versions 5.x and 10.x have both reportedly
- worked well. It is also possible to run MySQL 5.5+.
-- Web server Apache, lighttpd and nginx will all work. CGI mode is
- recommended and also some variant of 'suexec' (or a
- proper setup php-fpm pool)
- NOTE: mod_rewrite or its equivalent is extremely useful.
+- PHP 5.6+ PHP7.x is also supported.
+- MariaDB 5+ MariaDB 10.x is also supported.
+- Web server Apache, lighttpd and nginx will all work, see sample
+ configuration files in the web root. Please use PHP-FPM
+ and configure mod_rewrite (or equivalent) for an optimal
+ experience.
Your PHP installation must include the following PHP extensions for a
functional setup of GNU Social:
- php5-mysqlnd The native driver for PHP5 MariaDB connections. If you
use MySQL, 'php5-mysql' or 'php5-mysqli' may be enough.
-Or, for PHP7, some or all of these will be necessary. PHP7 support is still
-experimental and not necessarily working:
+Or, for PHP7, some or all of these will be necessary. PHP7 works and on
+the development servers we are successful running PHP7.2. This is a good
+list of PHP modules you will want installed with PHP7:
php7.0-bcmath
php7.0-curl
php7.0-exif
php7.0-gd
php7.0-intl
php7.0-mbstring
- php7.0-mysqlnd
+ php7.0-mysql
php7.0-opcache
php7.0-readline
php7.0-xmlwriter
-The above package names are for Debian based systems. In the case of
-Arch Linux, PHP is compiled with support for most extensions but they
-require manual enabling in the relevant php.ini file (mostly php5-gmp).
+NOTE: In Arch Linux, at least PHP5 requires manual enabling in the
+relevant php.ini for some modules, most notably 'gmp'.
Better performance
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- opcache Improves performance a _lot_. Included in PHP, must be
enabled manually in php.ini for most distributions. Find
and set at least: opcache.enable=1
-- mailparse Efficient parsing of email requires this extension.
- Submission by email or SMS-over-email uses this.
-- sphinx A client for the sphinx server, an alternative to MySQL
- or Postgresql fulltext search. You will also need a
- Sphinx server to serve the search queries.
- gettext For multiple languages. Default on many PHP installs;
will be emulated if not present.
- exif For thumbnails to be properly oriented.
-You may also experience better performance from your site if you configure
-a PHP cache/accelerator. Most distributions come with "opcache" support.
-Enable it in your php.ini where it is documented together with its settings.
-
Installation
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that user's default group instead. As a last resort, you can create
a new group like "gnusocial" and add the Web server's user to the group.
-4. You should also take this moment to make your 'avatar' and 'file' sub-
- directories writeable by the Web server. The _insecure_ way to do
- this is:
-
- chmod a+w /var/www/gnusocial/avatar
- chmod a+w /var/www/gnusocial/file
-
- You can also make the avatar, and file directories just writable by
- the Web server group, as noted above.
-
-5. Create a database to hold your site data. Something like this
+4. Create a database to hold your site data. Something like this
should work (you will be prompted for your database password):
mysqladmin -u "root" -p create social
a tool like phpMyAdmin to create a database. Check your hosting
service's documentation for how to create a new MariaDB database.)
-6. Create a new database account that GNU Social will use to access the
+5. Create a new database account that GNU Social will use to access the
database. If you have shell access, this will probably work from the
MariaDB shell:
to your preferred new database username and password. You may want to
test logging in to MariaDB as this new user.
-7. In a browser, navigate to the GNU Social install script; something like:
+6. In a browser, navigate to the GNU Social install script; something like:
https://social.example.net/install.php
install program will configure your site and install the initial,
almost-empty database.
-8. You should now be able to navigate to your social site's main directory
+7. You should now be able to navigate to your social site's main directory
and see the "Public Timeline", which will probably be empty. You can
now register new user, post some notices, edit your profile, etc.
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