Merge pull request #3397 from tobiasd/20170427-robots

[friendica.git] / INSTALL.txt

diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index 08bd41c8d3903bd564d2086f5960fafd00916331..81dfdfd27219a02febeb1afe15686909317435e4 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -32,17 +32,16 @@ link if your cert is self-signed).
        - Apache with mod-rewrite enabled and "Options All" so you can use a 
 local .htaccess file
 
-       - PHP 5.2+. The later the better. PHP 5.3 is required for communications 
-with the Diaspora network and improved security.
+       - PHP 5.4+.
 
                - PHP *command line* access with register_argc_argv set to true in the 
 php.ini file [or see 'poormancron' in section 8]
 
-               - curl, gd (with at least jpeg support), mysql, mbstring, mcrypt, and openssl extensions
+               - curl, gd (with at least jpeg support), mysql, mbstring and openssl extensions
 
                - some form of email server or email gateway such that PHP mail() works
 
-       - Mysql 5.x
+       - Mysql 5.5.3+ or an equivalant alternative for MySQL (MariaDB, Percona Server etc.)
 
        - ability to schedule jobs with cron (Linux/Mac) or Scheduled Tasks
 (Windows) [Note: other options are presented in Section 8 of this document]
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ you wish to communicate with the Diaspora network.
 password, database name).
 
     - Friendica needs the permission to create and delete fields and tables in its own database.
-
+    - Please check the additional notes if running on MySQ 5.7.17 or newer
 
 4. If you know in advance that it will be impossible for the web server to 
 write or create files in your web directory, create an empty file called 
@@ -292,3 +291,21 @@ This is obvious as soon as you notice that the friendica-cron uses proc_open to
 execute php-scripts that also use proc_open, but it took me quite some time to
 find that out. I hope this saves some time for other people using suhosin with
 function blacklists.
+
+########################################################################
+Unable to create all mysql tables on MySQL 5.7.17 or newer
+#######################################################################
+
+If the setup fails to create all the database tables and/or manual
+creation from the command line fails, with this error: 
+
+ERROR 1067 (42000) at line XX: Invalid default value for 'created' 
+
+You need to adjust your my.cnf and add the following setting under 
+the [mysqld] section : 
+
+sql_mode = '';
+
+After that, restart mysql and try again. 
+
+