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- Patch #82228 by pcwick, webchick, gopherspidey et al: corrected the installation instructions.

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// $Id$
CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
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CREATE THE MySQL DATABASE
--------------------------
* Introduction
* Installation and configuration:
- Database and user creation
- Drupal schema loading
This step is only necessary if you don't already have a database set-up (e.g. by
your host). In the following examples, 'username' is an example MySQL user which
has the CREATE and GRANT privileges. Use the appropriate user name for your
system.
INTRODUCTION
------------
First, you must create a new database for your Drupal site (here, 'databasename'
is the name of the new database):
This file describes how to create a MySQL database for Drupal.
mysqladmin -u username -p create databasename
If you control your databases through a web-based control panel,
check its documentation, as the following instructions are for the
command line only.
MySQL will prompt for the 'username' database password and then create the
initial database files. Next you must login and set the access database rights:
INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION
------------------------------
mysql -u username -p
1. CREATE THE DRUPAL DATABASE
Again, you will be asked for the 'username' database password. At the MySQL
prompt, enter following command:
This step is only necessary if you don't already have a database
set-up (e.g. by your host). In the following examples, 'dba_user' is
an example MySQL user which has the CREATE and GRANT privileges. Use
the appropriate user name for your system.
GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE
TEMPORARY TABLES, LOCK TABLES
ON databasename.*
TO 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
First, you must create a new database for your Drupal site
(here, 'databasename' is the name of the new database):
where
mysqladmin -u dba_user -p create databasename
'databasename' is the name of your database
'username@localhost' is the username of your MySQL account
'password' is the password required for that username
MySQL will prompt for the 'dba_user' database password and then create
the initial database files. Next you must login and set the access
database rights:
Note: Unless your database user has all of the privileges listed above, you will
not be able to run Drupal.
mysql -u dba_user -p
If successful, MySQL will reply with:
Again, you will be asked for the 'dba_user' database password.
At the MySQL prompt, enter following command:
Query OK, 0 rows affected
GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX,
ALTER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, LOCK TABLES
ON databasename.*
TO 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
where
'databasename' is the name of your database
'username@localhost' is the username of your MySQL account
'password' is the password required for that username
Note: Unless your database user has all of the privileges listed
above, you will not be able to run Drupal.
If successful, MySQL will reply with:
Query OK, 0 rows affected
To activate the new permissions, enter the following command:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
2. LOAD THE DRUPAL DATABASE SCHEMA
Once you have a database, you must load the required tables into it.
Depending on the version of MySQL you are using, you must use the
file 'database.4.0.mysql' (for MySQL 4.0 or lower) or
'database.4.1.mysql' (for MySQL 4.1 or higher). Both files are
located in Drupal's database directory.
If you use a web-based control panel, you should be able to upload
the appropriate file and run it directly as SQL commands.
From the command line, use (again, replacing 'username' and
'databasename' with your MySQL username and database name):
for MySQL 4.0 or lower:
mysql -u username -p databasename < database/database.4.0.mysql
for MySQL 4.1 or higher:
mysql -u username -p databasename < database/database.4.1.mysql
To activate the new permissions, enter the following command:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
INSTALL.pgsql.txt
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// $Id$
CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
---------------------
* Introduction
* Installation and configuration:
- Database and user creation
- Drupal schema loading
INTRODUCTION
------------
This file describes how to create a PostgreSQL database for Drupal.
If you control your databases through a web-based control panel,
check its documentation, as the following instructions are for the
command line only.
INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION
CREATE THE PostgreSQL DATABASE
------------------------------
Note that the database must be created with UTF-8 (Unicode) encoding.
1. CREATE DATABASE USER
This step is only necessary if you don't already have a user setup
(e.g. by your host) or you want to create new user for use with Drupal
only. The following command creates a new user named "username" and
asks for a password for that user:
This step is only necessary if you don't already have a user setup (e.g.
by your host) or you want to create new user for use with Drupal only. The
following command creates a new user named "username" and asks for a
password for that user:
createuser --pwprompt --encrypted --no-adduser --no-createdb username
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2. CREATE THE DRUPAL DATABASE
This step is only necessary if you don't already have a database
setup (e.g. by your host) or you want to create new database for
use with Drupal only. The following command creates a new database
named "databasename", which is owned by previously created "username":
This step is only necessary if you don't already have a database setup (e.g.
by your host) or you want to create new database for use with Drupal only.
The following command creates a new database named "databasename", which is
owned by previously created "username":
createdb --encoding=UNICODE --owner=username databasename
If everything works correctly, you'll see a "CREATE DATABASE" notice.
Note that the database must be created with UTF-8 (Unicode) encoding.
3. LOAD THE DRUPAL DATABASE SCHEMA
Once the database has been created, load the required tables into it:
psql -q -f database/database.pgsql databasename username
If everything works correctly, you won't see any messages.
INSTALL.txt
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CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
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* Changes
* Requirements
* Optional requirements
* Installation
- Drupal administration
- Customizing your theme(s)
* Drupal administration
* Customizing your theme(s)
* Multisite Configuration
* More Information
CHANGES
-------
As of Drupal 5.0 installation has been automated by an install script. It is no
longer necessary to manually edit the "settings.php" file, and database tables
are created automatically.
REQUIREMENTS
------------
Drupal requires a web server, PHP4 (4.3.3 or greater) or PHP5
(http://www.php.net/) and either MySQL (http://www.mysql.com/)
or PostgreSQL (http://www.postgresql.org/). Your database user
will also need sufficient privileges to run Drupal. Please
check the INSTALL.mysql.txt and INSTALL.pgsql.txt for more
detailed information.
(http://www.php.net/) and either MySQL (http://www.mysql.com/) or PostgreSQL
(http://www.postgresql.org/). The Apache web server and MySQL database are
recommended; other web server and database combinations such as IIS and
PostgreSQL have been tested to a lesser extent. When using MySQL, version 4.1
or greater is recommended to assure you can safely transfer the database.
For more detailed information about Drupal requirements, see "Requirements"
(http://drupal.org/requirements) in the Drupal Handbook.
NOTE: the Apache web server and MySQL database are recommended;
other web server and database combinations such as IIS and PostgreSQL
are possible but tested to a lesser extent.
Guidelines for setting up a server environment with a variety of operating
systems and in special cases are available in the Drupal handbook
(http://drupal.org/node/260)
OPTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
---------------------
- To use XML-based services such as the Blogger API, Jabber, and RSS
syndication, you will need PHP's XML extension. This extension is
enabled by default.
syndication, you will need PHP's XML extension. This extension is enabled by
default.
- If you want support for clean URLs, you'll need mod_rewrite and
the ability to use local .htaccess files. (More information can
be found in the Drupal handbook on drupal.org.)
- If you want support for clean URLs, you'll need mod_rewrite and the ability
to use local .htaccess files.
INSTALLATION
------------
1. DOWNLOAD DRUPAL
You can obtain the latest Drupal release from http://drupal.org/.
The files are in .tar.gz format and can be extracted using most
compression tools. On a typical Unix command line, use:
You can obtain the latest Drupal release from http://drupal.org/. The files
are in .tar.gz format and can be extracted using most compression tools. On a
typical Unix command line, use:
wget http://drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-x.x.x.tar.gz
tar -zxvf drupal-x.x.x.tar.gz
This will create a new directory drupal-x.x.x/ containing all
Drupal files and directories. Move the contents of that directory
into a directory within your web server's document root or your
public HTML directory:
This will create a new directory drupal-x.x.x/ containing all Drupal files
and directories. Move the contents of that directory into a directory within
your web server's document root or your public HTML directory:
mv drupal-x.x.x/* drupal-x.x.x/.htaccess /var/www/html
2. CREATE AND PREPARE THE DRUPAL DATABASE
Before you proceed to the next step you should know:
- "username" - the username for connecting to the database
- "password" - the password for that username
- "databasename" - the name of the database
Depending on the database of your choice, please read either
INSTALL.mysql.txt (for MySQL) or INSTALL.pgsql.txt (for PostgreSQL).
3. CONNECTING DRUPAL
The default configuration can be found in the
'sites/default/settings.php' file within your Drupal installation.
Before you can run Drupal, you must set the database URL. Open the
configuration file and edit the $db_url line to match the database
defined in the previous step:
$db_url = "mysql://username:password@localhost/databasename";
If you use PostgreSQL, change "mysql" to "pgsql" in the above line.
In addition, a single Drupal installation can host several
Drupal-powered sites, each with its own individual configuration.
If you don't need multiple Drupal sites, skip to the next section.
Additional site configurations are created in subdirectories within
the 'sites' directory. Each subdirectory must have a 'settings.php'
file which specifies the configuration settings. The easiest way to
create additional sites is to copy the 'default' directory and modify
the 'settings.php' file as appropriate. The new directory name is
constructed from the site's URL. The configuration for www.example.com
could be in 'sites/example.com/settings.php' (note that 'www.' should
be omitted if users can access your site at http://example.com/).
Sites do not each have to have a different domain. You can use
subdomains and subdirectories for Drupal sites also. For example,
example.com, sub.example.com, and sub.example.com/site3 can all be
defined as independent Drupal sites. The setup for a configuration
such as this would look like the following:
sites/default/settings.php
sites/example.com/settings.php
sites/sub.example.com/settings.php
sites/sub.example.com.site3/settings.php
When searching for a site configuration (for example
www.sub.example.com/site3), Drupal will search for configuration
files in the following order, using the first configuration it finds:
sites/www.sub.example.com.site3/settings.php
sites/sub.example.com.site3/settings.php
sites/example.com.site3/settings.php
sites/www.sub.example.com/settings.php
sites/sub.example.com/settings.php
sites/example.com/settings.php
sites/default/settings.php
If you are installing on a non-standard port, the port number is
treated as the deepest subdomain. For example: http://www.example.com:8080/
could be loaded from sites/8080.www.example.com/. The port number
will be removed according to the pattern above if no port-specific
configuration is found, just like a real subdomain.
NOTE: for more information about multiple virtual hosts or the
configuration settings, consult the Drupal handbook at drupal.org.
4. INSTALLING MODULES AND THEMES
Drupal ships with a number of default modules and themes in the
'modules' and 'themes' directories, respectively. You can download
additional modules and themes from http://drupal.org/project.
The recommended place to put new modules and themes is in the 'sites'
directory. To make a module or theme available to all sites, simply
place it under the sites/all/modules directory or sites/all/themes
directory. To make it available to only one site, place it in the
sites/sub.example.com/modules or sites/sub.example.com/themes directory.
For example, to make module_a and theme_a available to all sites, but
module_b and theme_b available only to sub.example.com, the setup
would look like this:
sites/all/:
themes/theme_a
modules/module_a
sites/sub.example.com/:
settings.php
themes/theme_b
modules/module_b
NOTE: for more information about multiple virtual hosts or the
configuration settings, consult the Drupal handbook at
http://drupal.org/handbook.
5. CONFIGURE DRUPAL
You should consider creating a "files" subdirectory in your Drupal
installation directory. This subdirectory stores files such as
custom logos, user avatars, and other media associated with your
new site. The sub-directory requires "read and write" permission
by the Drupal server process. You can change the name of this
subdirectory at "Administer > Settings > File system settings".
SECURITY NOTICE: Certain Apache configurations can be vulnerable
to a security exploit allowing arbitrary code execution. Drupal
will attempt to automatically create a .htaccess file in your
"files" directory to protect you. If you already have a .htaccess
file in that location, please add the following lines:
SetHandler Drupal_Security_Do_Not_Remove_See_SA_2006_006
Options None
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine off
</IfModule>
You can now launch your browser and point it to your Drupal site.
Create an account and login. The first account will automatically
become the main administrator account with total control.
6. CRON TASKS
Many Drupal modules (such as the search functionality) have periodic
tasks that must be triggered by a cron job. To activate these tasks,
call the cron page by visiting http://www.example.com/cron.php --
this will pass control to the modules and the modules will decide if
and what they must do.
Most systems support the crontab utility for scheduling tasks like
this. The following example crontab line will activate the cron
tasks automatically on the hour:
2. CREATE THE DRUPAL DATABASE
Drupal requires access to a database in order to be installed. Your database
user will need sufficient privileges to run Drupal. Additional information
about privileges, and instructions to create a database using the command
line are avaialable in INSTALL.mysql.txt (for MySQL) or INSTALL.pgsql.txt
(for PostgreSQL).
To create a database using PHPMyAdmin or a web-based control panel consult
the documentation or ask your webhost service provider.
Take note of the username, password, database name and hostname as you
create the database. You will enter these items in the install script.
3. RUN THE INSTALL SCRIPT
The install script will set the base URL, connect Drupal to the database, and
create tables in the database.
To run the install script point your browser to the base url of your website
(i.e. http://www.example.com). You will be presented with the "Database
Configuration" page.
4. CONFIGURE DRUPAL
When the install script succeeds, you will be directed to the "Welcome" page.
In "step one" click "create the first account" which will become the main
administrator account with total control. Login as the administrator and
complete the initial configuration steps on the "Welcome" page.
Consider creating a "files" subdirectory in your Drupal installation
directory. This subdirectory stores files such as custom logos, user avatars,
and other media associated with your new site. The sub-directory requires
"read and write" permission by the Drupal server process. You can change
the name of this subdirectory at "administer > site configuration > file
system".
5. CRON TASKS
Many Drupal modules (such as the search functionality) have periodic tasks
that must be triggered by a cron job. To activate these tasks, call the cron
page by visiting http://www.example.com/cron.php --this will pass control to
the modules and the modules will decide if and what they must do.
Most systems support the crontab utility for scheduling tasks like this. The
following example crontab line will activate the cron tasks automatically on
the hour:
0 * * * * wget -O - -q http://www.example.com/cron.php
More information about the cron scripts are available in the admin
help pages and in the Drupal handbook at drupal.org. Example
scripts can be found in the scripts/ directory.
More information about the cron scripts are available in the admin help pages
and in the Drupal handbook at drupal.org. Example scripts can be found in the
scripts/ directory.
DRUPAL ADMINISTRATION
---------------------
Upon a new installation, your Drupal website defaults to a very basic
configuration with only a few active modules, one theme, and minimal
user access rights.
A new installation of Drupal defaults to a very basic configuration with only a
few active modules and minimal user access rights.
Use your administration panel to enable and configure services. For example:
Use your administration panel to enable and configure services. For
example, set some general settings for your site with "Administer >
Settings". Enable modules via "Administer > Modules". User permissions
can be set with "Administer > Users > Configure > Permissions".
General Settings administer > site configuration > site information
Enable Modules administer > site configuration > modules
Set User Permissions administer > users management > access control
Configure Themes administer > site building > themes
For more information on configuration options, read the
instructions which accompany the different configuration settings and
consult the various help pages available in the administration panel.
For more information on configuration options, read the instructions which
accompany the different configuration settings and consult the various help
pages available in the administration panel.
Community-contributed modules and themes are available at http://drupal.org/.
CUSTOMIZING YOUR THEME(S)
-------------------------
Now that your server is running, you will want to customize the look
of your site. Several sample themes are included in the Drupal
installation and more can be downloaded from drupal.org.
Simple customization of your theme can be done using only CSS. Further
changes require understanding the phptemplate engine that is now part
of Drupal. See http://drupal.org/handbook/customization to find out more.
Now that your installation is running, you will want to customize the look of
your site. Several sample themes are included and more can be downloaded from
drupal.org.
Simple customization of your theme can be done using only CSS. Further changes
require understanding the phptemplate engine that is now part of Drupal. See
http://drupal.org/handbook/customization to find out more.
MULTISITE CONFIGURATION
-----------------------
A single Drupal installation can host several Drupal-powered sites, each with
its own individual configuration.
Additional site configurations are created in subdirectories within the 'sites'
directory. Each subdirectory must have a 'settings.php' file which specifies the
configuration settings. The easiest way to create additional sites is to copy
the 'default' directory and modify the 'settings.php' file as appropriate. The
new directory name is constructed from the site's URL. The configuration for
www.example.com could be in 'sites/example.com/settings.php' (note that 'www.'
should be omitted if users can access your site at http://example.com/).
Sites do not have to have a different domain. You can also use subdomains and
subdirectories for Drupal sites. For example, example.com, sub.example.com,
and sub.example.com/site3 can all be defined as independent Drupal sites. The
setup for a configuration such as this would look like the following:
sites/default/settings.php
sites/example.com/settings.php
sites/sub.example.com/settings.php
sites/sub.example.com.site3/settings.php
When searching for a site configuration (for example www.sub.example.com/site3),
Drupal will search for configuration files in the following order, using the
first configuration it finds:
sites/www.sub.example.com.site3/settings.php
sites/sub.example.com.site3/settings.php
sites/example.com.site3/settings.php
sites/www.sub.example.com/settings.php
sites/sub.example.com/settings.php
sites/example.com/settings.php
sites/default/settings.php
If you are installing on a non-standard port, the port number is treated as the
deepest subdomain. For example: http://www.example.com:8080/ could be loaded
from sites/8080.www.example.com/. The port number will be removed according to
the pattern above if no port-specific configuration is found, just like a real
subdomain.
Each site configuration can have its own site-specific modules and themes in
addition to those installed in the standard 'modules'and 'themes' directories.
To use site-specific modules or themes, simply create a 'modules' or 'themes'
directory within the site configuration directory. For example, if
sub.example.com has a custom theme and a custom module that should not be
accessible to other sites, the setup would look like this:
sites/sub.example.com/:
settings.php
themes/custom_theme
modules/custom_module
NOTE: for more information about multiple virtual hosts or the configuration
settings, consult the Drupal handbook at drupal.org.
MORE INFORMATION
----------------
For platform specific configuration issues and other installation and
administration assistance, please consult the Drupal handbook at
http://drupal.org/handbook. You can view the wide range of other
support options available at http://drupal.org/support.
http://drupal.org/handbook. You can view the wide range of other support options
available at http://drupal.org/support.
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