Template:Installation/Preparation/CentOS: Difference between revisions

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Install packages

Download and install the latest epel release. As root run:

yum install epel-release

Then 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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-yum install tar make automake gcc gcc-c++ git net-tools {{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|6||libcurl-devel <nowiki/>}}libxml2-devel libffi-devel libxslt-devel wget {{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|6||redis <nowiki/>}}ImageMagick nodejs {{#switch: {{#var:DB}}|mariadb=mariadb-devel|postgres={{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|6||postgresql-devel}}}}
+yum install tar make automake gcc gcc-c++ git net-tools cmake {{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|6||libcurl-devel <nowiki/>}}libxml2-devel libffi-devel libxslt-devel wget {{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|6||redis <nowiki/>}}ImageMagick nodejs {{#switch: {{#var:DB}}|mariadb=mariadb-devel|postgres={{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|6||postgresql-devel}}}}
 |lang=bash}}
 === {{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|6|Install|Activate}} Redis ===
 {{#ifeq: {{#var:version}}|6|
-To get Redis >=2.8 in CentOS 6, you need an external repository. As root run ('''Careful''': This enables additional repositories with all its implications.):
+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|
 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>.-->
-As root run:
+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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 Restart PostgreSQL.
    | mysql=
-     CentOS 6 ships with an unsupported MySQL version. Thus, we need to include the [https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/yum/ MySQL yum repo] to get the latest stable MySQL version. To do so, run as root:
+     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].
-{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
+After installation, the server needs to be enabled and started. As root run:
-rpm -Uvh https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql57-community-release-el6-8.noarch.rpm
-|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 files <tt>/etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community*.repo</tt>.
-Install required packages as root and activate the server:
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-yum --enablerepo=mysql57-community install mysql-devel mysql-server
 chkconfig --level 3 mysqld on
 service mysqld start
 |lang=bash}}
-Afterwards, harden your MySQL installation using the <tt>mysql_secure_installation</tt> command as root.
    }}
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 === Install curl ===
-We need a curl >=7.32 for diaspora* to work properly. As root run:
+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>.
+<!--'''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>.-->
-Afterwards, as root run:
-{{#tag:syntaxhighlight|
-yum --enablerepo=city-fan.org install curl libcurl-devel
-|lang=bash}}
 }}