- 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, xml 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]
3. Create an empty database and note the access details (hostname, username,
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
.htconfig.php and make it writable by the web server.
5. Visit your website with a web browser and follow the instructions. Please
-note any error messages and correct these before continuing. If you are using
-SSL with a known signature authority (recommended), use the https: link to your
-website. If you are using a self-signed cert or no cert, use the http: link.
+note any error messages and correct these before continuing.
+
+If you are using SSL with a known signature authority (recommended), use the
+https: link to your website. If you are using a self-signed cert or no cert,
+use the http: link.
+
+If you need to specify a port for the connection to the database, you can do
+so in the host name setting for the database.
6. *If* the automated installation fails for any reason, check the following:
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-8. Set up a cron job or scheduled task to run the poller once every 5-10
+8. Set up a cron job or scheduled task to run the worker once every 5-10
minutes to pick up the recent "public" postings of your friends. Example:
- cd /base/directory; /path/to/php include/poller.php
+ cd /base/directory; /path/to/php scripts/worker.php
Change "/base/directory", and "/path/to/php" as appropriate for your situation.
If you are using a Linux server, run "crontab -e" and add a line like the
one shown, substituting for your unique paths and settings:
-*/10 * * * * cd /home/myname/mywebsite; /usr/bin/php include/poller.php
+*/10 * * * * cd /home/myname/mywebsite; /usr/bin/php scripts/worker.php
You can generally find the location of PHP by executing "which php". If you
have troubles with this section please contact your hosting provider for
and save your changes.
+9. (Recommended) Set up a backup plan
+
+Bad things will happen. Let there be a hardware failure, a corrupted
+database or whatever you can think of. So once the installation of your
+Friendica node is done, you should make yoursef a backup plan.
+
+The most important file is the `.htconfig.php` file in the base directory.
+As it stores all your data, you should also have a recent dump of your
+Friendica database at hand, should you have to recover your node.
+
+10. (Optional) Reverse-proxying and HTTPS
+
+Friendica looks for some well-known HTTP headers indicating a reverse-proxy
+terminating an HTTPS connection. While the standard from RFC 7239 specifies
+the use of the `Forwaded` header.
+
+ Forwarded: for=192.0.2.1; proto=https; by=192.0.2.2
+
+Friendica also supports a number on non-standard headers in common use.
+
+
+ X-Forwarded-Proto: https
+
+ Front-End-Https: on
+
+ X-Forwarded-Ssl: on
+
+It is however preferable to use the standard approach if configuring a new server.
-
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If things don't work...
*/10 * * * * cd /var/www/friendica/friendica/ && sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php
-d suhosin.executor.func.blacklist=none -d suhosin.executor.eval.blacklist=none
--f include/poller.php
+-f scripts/worker.php
This worked well for simple test cases, but the friendica-cron still failed with
a fatal error:
suhosin[22962]: ALERT - function within blacklist called: proc_open() (attacker
'REMOTE_ADDR not set', file '/var/www/friendica/friendica/boot.php', line 1341)
-After a while I noticed, that include/poller.php calls further php script via
+After a while I noticed, that scripts/worker.php calls further php script via
proc_open. These scripts themselves also use proc_open and fail, because they
are NOT called with -d suhosin.executor.func.blacklist=none.
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.
+
+
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