StatusNet

2012-05-11T10:56:17Z

Zico: /* Installing StatusNet */

== What is StatusNet? ==

StatusNet is the open source microblogging platform that helps you share and connect in real-time within your own domain.

With StatusNet you can encourage collaboration, build and engage your community, and be in command of your brand.

== Set up StatusNet on Alpine Linux ==

This document will be a quick c/p guide to setup StatusNet on Alpine linux. What we will setup is the following:

* Lighttpd with PHP
* PCRE
* Mysql
* StatusNet

== Install lighttpd and PHP ==
{{:Setting Up Lighttpd With FastCGI}}

== MySql and pcre ==

{{Cmd|apk add pcre}}

{{Cmd|apk add mysql mysql-client php-mysql php-mysqli}}

== Configuring MySql ==

{{Cmd|<nowiki>/usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
/etc/init.d/mysql start && rc-update add mysql default
/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'password'</nowiki>}}

'''Create the StatusNet database'''

{{Cmd|mysql -u root -p}}

{{Cmd|<nowiki>CREATE DATABASE statusnet;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON statusnet.* TO "root";
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT</nowiki>}}

== Installing StatusNet ==

'''Install StatusNet'''

Make webapps folder

{{Cmd|mkdir /usr/share/webapps/ -p}}

Download

{{Cmd|cd /usr/share/webapps/
wget http://status.net/statusnet-1.0.1.tar.gz}}

Unpack

{{Cmd|tar zxvf statusnet-1.0.1.tar.gz}}

Creating httaccess file

{{Cmd|cp /usr/share/webapps/statusnet-1.0.1/htaccess.sample .htaccess}}

Change Folder Persmissions

{{Cmd|chmod a+w /var/www/localhost/htdocs/statusnet/avatar/
chmod a+w /var/www/localhost/htdocs/statusnet/background/
chmod a+w /var/www/localhost/htdocs/statusnet/file/
}}

Make Symlink to the StatusNet folder

{{Cmd|ln -s /usr/share/webapps/statusnet-1.0.1/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/statusnet}}

== Configuring StatusNet ==

Browse to: http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/statusnet/install.php and Install StatusNet completing the information as appropriate from the web browser.

StatusNet Installation steps:

Install StatusNet

* Site settings

:* Site name
::''The name of your site''

:* Fancy URLsenable
:: disable
::''Fancy URL support detection failed, disabling this option. Make sure you renamed htaccess.sample to .htaccess.''

* Database settings

:* Hostname: '''localhost'''
::''Database hostname''

:* TypeMySQL
::''Database type''

:* Name: '''statusnet'''
::''Database name''

:* DB username: '''root'''
::''Database username''

:* DB password: '''password'''
::''Database password (optional)''

* Administrator settings

:* Administrator nickname
::''Nickname for the initial StatusNet user (administrator)''

:* Administrator password
::''Password for the initial StatusNet user (administrator)''

:* Confirm passwordAdministrator e-mail
::''Optional email address for the initial StatusNet user (administrator)''

* Subscribe to announcements

* Release and security feed from update@status.net (recommended)

After click on '''Submit''' button, you will see:

Install StatusNet

Starting installation...
Checking database...
Changing to database...
Running database script...
Adding SMS carrier data to database...
Adding notice source data to database...
Adding foreign service data to database...
Writing config file...
Could not set up subscription to update@status.net.
An initial user with the administrator role has been created.
StatusNet has been installed at http://10.69.64.11/statusnet
DONE! You can visit your '''new StatusNet site''' (login as 'danieloc'). If this is your first StatusNet install, you may want to poke around our Getting Started guide.

You have StatusNet microblogin working, to access go to http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/statusnet and enjoy!

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