Template:Installation/Preparation/CentOS: Difference between revisions

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Install packages

As root run:

yum install tar make automake gcc gcc-c++ git net-tools cmake libcurl-devel libxml2-devel libffi-devel libxslt-devel wget redis ImageMagick nodejs

Activate Redis

CentOS does not enable and start services automatically, so you need to do this manually. As root run:

systemctl enable redis
systemctl start redis

Install the database

If you do not have it installed already,

Creating a user for diaspora*

As root run:

adduser diaspora
chmod 755 /home/diaspora
su - diaspora
cd ~

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 === Install packages ===
-Download and install the latest epel release. <!--rpm from http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/{{#var:version}}/x86_64/
+As root run:
-at the time of this article, the latest was {{#switch: {{#var:version}}|6=6.8|7=7.8}}.--> As root run:
 {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
+{{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|6|
 yum install epel-release
+|}}{{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|8|{{#ifeq: {{#var:mode}}|development|
+yum install dnf-plugins-core
+yum config-manager --set-enabled PowerTools
+|}}|}}
+yum install tar make automake gcc gcc-c++ git net-tools cmake {{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|6||libcurl-devel <nowiki/>}}{{#ifeq: {{#var:mode}}|development|libidn-devel <nowiki/>|}}libxml2-devel libffi-devel libxslt-devel wget {{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|6||redis <nowiki/>}}ImageMagick nodejs {{#switch: {{#var:DB}}|mariadb=mariadb-devel|postgres={{#switch: {{#var:version}}|7=postgresql-devel|8=libpq-devel}}}}
 |lang=bash}}
-Then as root run:
+=== {{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|6|Install|Activate}} Redis ===
+{{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|6|
+To get Redis >=2.8 in CentOS 6, you need an external repository. This enables additional repositories with all its implications. As root run:
 {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
-yum install tar make automake gcc gcc-c++ git net-tools libcurl-devel libxml2-devel libffi-devel libxslt-devel wget redis ImageMagick nodejs {{#switch: {{#var:DB}}|mariadb=mariadb-devel|postgres=postgresql-devel}}
+rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm
 |lang=bash}}
+Activate the <tt>[remi]</tt> repository by setting <code>enabled=1</code> for the corresponding section in <tt>/etc/yum.repos.d/remi.repo</tt>.
+<!-- '''Careful''': This enables additional repositories with all its implications. If you wish, you may disable these repositories to avoid undesired packages and versions to be pulled in. You can do this by setting <code>enabled=0</code> for all repos in the files <tt>/etc/yum.repos.d/remi*.repo</tt> except for the <code>[remi]</code> repository, whose setting you amend with <code>includepkgs=redis</code>.-->
-=== Activate Redis ===
+To install and activate Redis, as root run:
+{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
+yum install redis
+chkconfig --level 3 redis on
+service redis start
+|lang=bash}}
+|
 CentOS does not enable and start services automatically, so you need to do this manually. As root run:
 {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
-{{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|6|
+systemctl enable redis
-chkconfig --level 3 redis on
-service redis start
-|systemctl enable redis
 systemctl start redis
-}}|lang=bash}}
+|lang=bash}}
+}}
 === Install the database ===
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 | {{#switch: {{#var:DB}}
    | postgres=
-     CentOS 6 ships with an unsupported PostgreSQL version. Please [https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/YUM_Installation follow this guide] and install at least PostgreSQL 9.1.
+     CentOS 6 ships with an unsupported PostgreSQL version. Please [https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/YUM_Installation follow this guide] and install at least PostgreSQL 9.1, including the <code>postgresql<version>-devel</code> package.
-Afterwards, you need to change the default authentication method by finding these lines in the file <code>/var/lib/pgsql/<version>/data/pg_hba.conf</code> and replacing <code>ident</code> with <code>md5</code>.
+Afterwards, as root you need to change the default authentication method by finding these lines in the file <code>/var/lib/pgsql/<version>/data/pg_hba.conf</code> and replacing <code>ident</code> with <code>md5</code>.
 {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
 # IPv4 local connections:
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 host    all             all             ::1/128                 ident
 }}
-Restart PostgreSQL afterwards.
+Restart PostgreSQL.
+  | mysql=
+    CentOS 6 ships with an unsupported MySQL version. Thus, you need to install the latest stable MySQL version by using the [https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-yum-repo-quick-guide/en/#repo-qg-yum-fresh-install MySQL yum repo quick guide].
+After installation, the server needs to be enabled and started. As root run:
+{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
+chkconfig --level 3 mysqld on
+service mysqld start
+|lang=bash}}
    }}
 |
 If you do not have it installed already, {{#switch: {{#var:DB}}
 | mysql=
-[https://www.linode.com/docs/databases/mysql/how-to-install-mysql-on-centos-7 this installation guide] may help. CentOS does not offer MySQL officially.
+[https://www.linode.com/docs/databases/mysql/how-to-install-mysql-on-centos-7 this installation guide] may help. CentOS 7 does not offer MySQL officially.
 | postgres=
 run as root:
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 [https://mariadb.com/blog/installing-mariadb-10-centos-7-rhel-7 follow this guide].
 }}
+}}
+{{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|6|
+=== Install curl ===
+We need a curl >=7.32 from an external repository for diaspora* to work properly. This enables additional repositories with all its implications. As root run:
+{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
+rpm -Uvh http://www.city-fan.org/ftp/contrib/yum-repo/city-fan.org-release-1-13.rhel6.noarch.rpm
+yum install curl libcurl-devel
+|lang=bash}}
+<!--'''Careful''': This enables additional repositories. If you wish, you may disable these repositories to avoid undesired packages and versions to be pulled in. You can do this by setting <code>enabled=0</code> for all repos in the file <tt>/etc/yum.repos.d/city-fan.org.repo</tt>.-->
 }}