X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL.txt;h=592d3f5557919597e7526299f692ca3943209789;hb=fec2f8fd8259db66d5dcf700e8e855acad596d1b;hp=81dfdfd27219a02febeb1afe15686909317435e4;hpb=49527b70d34cfc899b8ba1a3876a14bb11ed9e8a;p=friendica.git diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt index 81dfdfd272..592d3f5557 100644 --- a/INSTALL.txt +++ b/INSTALL.txt @@ -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