Merge pull request #12000 from tobiasd/20221015-vagrant

[friendica.git] / doc / Install.md

diff --git a/doc/Install.md b/doc/Install.md
index 61c102e98e6e267043518e9a1f4df77ab31d2e48..b109113ef9b4e9e9cb73f6e83293003742d91130 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/Install.md
+++ b/doc/Install.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Due to the large variety of operating systems and PHP platforms in existence we
 * Apache with mod-rewrite enabled and "Options All" so you can use a local `.htaccess` file
 * PHP 7.3+ (PHP8 is not fully supported yet)
   * PHP *command line* access with register_argc_argv set to true in the php.ini file
-  * Curl, GD, PDO, mbstrings, MySQLi, hash, xml, zip and OpenSSL extensions
+  * Curl, GD, GMP, PDO, mbstrings, MySQLi, hash, xml, zip and OpenSSL extensions
   * The POSIX module of PHP needs to be activated (e.g. [RHEL, CentOS](http://www.bigsoft.co.uk/blog/index.php/2014/12/08/posix-php-commands-not-working-under-centos-7) have disabled it)
   * Some form of email server or email gateway such that PHP mail() works.
     If you cannot set up your own email server, you can use the [phpmailer](https://github.com/friendica/friendica-addons/tree/develop/phpmailer) addon and use a remote SMTP server.
@@ -102,7 +102,18 @@ If you encounter a bug, please let us know.
 
 ### Create a database
 
-Create an empty database and note the access details (hostname, username, password, database name).
+Create an empty database and note the access details (hostname, username, password, database name). 
+Generate a strong password, then enter mysql with:
+
+    mysql
+    
+Then use the following script using the password you just generated:
+
+    CREATE DATABASE friendicadb;
+    CREATE USER 'friendica'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<<your mysql password here>>';
+    GRANT ALL ON friendicadb.* TO 'friendica'@'localhost';
+    FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+    EXIT;
 
 Friendica needs the permission to create and delete fields and tables in its own database.
 
@@ -471,7 +482,7 @@ You tried to upload an image up to 100kB and it failed.
 
 You may not have the ownership or file mode set correctly if you are using the file system storage backend.
 
-Change the backend to database. If this solves it, that that is was needs to be fixed.
+Change the backend to database. If this solves it, that is what needs to be fixed.
 
 ### Error uploading large files