X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL.txt;h=4a88ac841748f75b180ea19831b2062b0c5b3184;hb=6367439e8a189452c4e28e06f0bad29ce0d6b219;hp=81dfdfd27219a02febeb1afe15686909317435e4;hpb=ee293f2ce28270e1f8e05ce38991977d41e40c27;p=friendica.git diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt index 81dfdfd272..4a88ac8417 100644 --- a/INSTALL.txt +++ b/INSTALL.txt @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ local .htaccess file - 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 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 @@ -71,9 +71,14 @@ 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: @@ -135,7 +140,17 @@ $a->config['system']['addon'] = 'js_upload,poormancron'; and save your changes. -9. (Optional) Reverse-proxying and HTTPS +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