Categories: friendica,apache

tweaking apache configuration for friendica

rootname@VPShosting:/var/www/html# sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default-le-ssl.conf

search for the line:
ctrl+W -> DocumentRoot /var/www/html

add the code snippet:

    <Directory /var/www/html>
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>

save the file "000-default-le-ssl.conf":
ctrl+X -> Y -> hit ENTER

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
	# The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
	# the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
	# redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
	# specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
	# match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
	# value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
	# However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
	#ServerName www.example.com
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
	DocumentRoot /var/www/html
    <Directory /var/www/html>
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
	# Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
	# error, crit, alert, emerg.
	# It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
	# modules, e.g.
	#LogLevel info ssl:warn
	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
	# For most configuration files from conf-available/, which are
	# enabled or disabled at a global level, it is possible to
	# include a line for only one particular virtual host. For example the
	# following line enables the CGI configuration for this host only
	# after it has been globally disabled with "a2disconf".
	#Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf
ServerName mydoman.com
SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/mydoman.com/fullchain.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/mydoman.com/privkey.pem
Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

rootname@ubuntu:~# touch php.error.log

tweaking basic settings:

rootname@VPShosting:/var/www/html# sudo nano /etc/php/8.1/apache2/php.ini

search for the following lines [ctrl+w] and modify the values:

search and modify the line :
ctrl+W -> memory_limit =
modify to:
memory_limit = 256M

search and modify the line :
ctrl+W -> upload_max_filesize =
modify to:
upload_max_filesize = 100M

search and modify the line :
ctrl+W -> max_execution_time =
modify to:
max_execution_time = 300

search and modify the line :
ctrl+W -> max_input_vars =
modify to:
max_input_vars = 1500

activate php.error.log
search:
ctrl+W -> log_errors
unquote and and modify so it reads:
log_errors = On
; Default Value: Off
; Development Value: On
; Production Value: On

search:
ctrl+W -> error_log
unquote and and modify so it reads:
; Log errors to specified file. PHP's default behavior is to leave this value
; empty.
; https://php.net/error-log
; Example:
error_log = /var/www/html/php.error.log
; Log errors to syslog (Event Log on Windows).
; error_log = syslog

save the file "php.ini":
ctrl+X -> Y -> hit ENTER

rootname@VPShosting:/var/www/html# systemctl restart apache2
rootname@VPShosting:/var/www/html# systemctl status apache2

rootname@ubuntu:~# reboot
user@localPC:~$ log into your VPShosting again
rootname@ubuntu:~# nano /var/www/html/php.error.log

Congrats!
With this you have completed via SSH on the console all the installation steps necessary, now it's time to browse to your friendica web page and actually install and activate your node:

Go to your website and have a look at the short installation routine of friendica itself.

#debian #linux #friendica #fediVerse #fediTutorial

Categories: friendica,VPS,github

friendica installation on the VPS hosting
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Up to this point we basically performed a standard LAMP installation on a ubuntu 22.04 LTS VPS hosting.

The following steps concern the actual friendica server installation.

creating the directory for friendica and the user www-data

¡IMPORTANT!
The following command and setting should only be used if you are on a clean brand new ubuntu VPS setup as it will or at least might meddle with your already existing web page setups as @tom s politely pointed out:
"This would damage a lot of (server) installations out there. Do not do this in /var/www, if you are not really sure, what you're doing."
rootname@VPShosting:~# sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www
rootname@VPShosting:~# cd /var/www

rootname@VPShosting:~/var/www# sudo -u www-data bash
www-data@VPShosting:~$
(confirmation check if this is where console changes to www-data@VPShosting:~#)

www-data@VPShosting:~$ mv html html.bak
The new /html folder will be created when we clone the gitHub stable branch of friendica in the next step.

www-data@VPShosting:~$ git clone https://github.com/friendica/friendica.git -b stable html

www-data@VPShosting:~$ cd html
www-data@VPShosting:~/html$ bin/composer.phar install --no-dev
(is this the point the SSL install went wrong?)
https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-1265-2ea9-912d-3cc762780991

www-data@VPShosting:~/html$ mkdir -p view/smarty3
www-data@VPShosting:~/html$ chmod 775 view/smarty3

www-data@VPShosting:~/html$ git clone https://github.com/friendica/friendica-addons.git -b stable addon

www-data@VPShosting:~/html$ cp .htaccess-dist .htaccess

www-data@VPShosting:~/html$ exit
rootname@VPShosting:~/var/www/html#

#debian #linux #friendica #fediVerse #fediTutorial

…ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ jesuisatire bitPickup

2023-10-17 15:34:41

As of now I skipped this step as I do have already a DB with password and name on the original installation I will have to migrate to this new VPS.

v.02
@Tutorial
@Friendica Developers and @Friendica Admins.

#howTo change a single #friendica domain #debian #ubuntu 2022.04lts VPS #hosting setup into a single IP multi domain VPS server.

This tutorial builds on the install and/or move friendica to ubuntu 22.04 LTS VPS server howTo with the intention to change the main setup into a domain name-based virtual hosting.

The folder name in the VPS folder structure in /var/www/for the domains can be choosen as you like, for example:

• /var/www/domaincom/
  All apache tutorials found in a quick search do choose the domain or subdomain name including the respective dot's like this:
• /var/www/domain.com/

Both options are possible for a correct working environment.
@Ⓜ3️⃣3️⃣ 🌌 pointed out that for automatization scripts it's usefull to keep that consistent and there for to use FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) as part of the path.
Never the less, to keep the concepts of domain URL's and folder names seperate and to prevent the notion that the domain name syntax is mandatory we will stick with simple folder names in this #tutorial.

The naming of the .conf files in /etc/apache2/sites-available/ refer to the actual domain names and their settings. Even tho these .conf file names also could be chosen probably at will, as the definitions about the actual domains refereed are given inside those files, we'll stick to the real sub/domain names in this case as it's quite reasonable and logical to do so.

We will address the details for a step by step change from a single VPS single IP domain hosting to a multiple name-based single IP virtual hosting in answers to this topic:

• Inicial VPS domain hosting served at:
  /var/www/html/
• Name-based virtual hosting domain VPS where several domains are served by one IP, leaving /html in place if a client request doesn’t match any other sites, like proposed in this digitalOcean tutorial:
  /var/www/html/ as fall back option
  /var/www/domaincom/index.html
/var/www/subdomaincom/index.html
/var/www/domainorg/ original friendica installation
  /var/www/subdomainorg/index.html

Any comments hints and observations are really appreciated!
#admin #fediAdmin

EDITion | EN

2025-02-25 23:16:52

v.0x Creating several friendica instances as sub/domains on one VPS with one IP

backup thread for previous versions of this howTo

@helpers@forum.friendi.ca

Server specs and friendica version used:
VPS server | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
PHP Version 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.14
4 Core CPU, 8 GB Ram with 300GB NVME Disk
Friendica [STABLE] | 'Giant Rhubarb' 2023.05 - 1518

…ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ jesuisatire bitPickup

2023-10-17 13:04:10

friendica VPS setup on ubuntu 22.04 LTS

@Friendica Support

Hi,
I'm working on my first #friendica #VPS installation, here you'll find my initial post about general thoughts like what distro to use, size and costs.
I'm using the tutorial "creating a friendica server - ubuntu" by @Hank G ☑️.

As of now I'm doing well in the process and want to start this post to document differences and questions while installing the server.

This server is going to host an already existing friendica node I have to move from another hosting provider. That means that for example the DB doesn't have to be created from scratch but moved and other smaller details.

I will try to address the different steps of installation in answers to this post and appreciate help, ideas and observations.

I'm doing this from a #linux desktop environment from the console but there shouldn't be differences if you want to do this from a #windows machine.

#fediVerse #tutorial #fediHelp #activityPub

Friendica auf dem Raspberry Pi installieren

Nicht nur für mich als kleine Gedankenstütze halte ich hier auf meinem Blog fest, wie ich es endlich geschafft habe, Friendica auf dem Raspberry Pi zu installieren. Nun bin ich selbst überhaupt kein Experte in solchen Dingen, man möge es mir nachsehen, falls ich einen Fehler gemacht oder etwas doppelt geschrieben habe. Ich bin auch noch nicht so lange im Fediverse unterwegs und bei Linux […]

Weiterlesen: https://blogzwo.me/raspberry-pi/friendica-auf-dem-raspberry-pi-installieren.html

#Debian #Fediverse #Friendica #Linux #PHP #Raspberry

Blog:Zwo.me

2024-11-30 07:18:47

Friendica auf dem Raspberry Pi installieren

Nicht nur für mich als kleine Gedankenstütze halte ich hier auf meinem Blog fest, wie ich es endlich geschafft habe, Friendica auf dem Raspberry Pi zu installieren. Nun bin ich selbst überhaupt kein Experte in solchen Dingen, man möge es mir nachsehen, falls ich einen Fehler gemacht oder etwas doppelt geschrieben habe. Ich bin auch noch nicht so lange im Fediverse unterwegs und bei Linux […]

Weiterlesen: https://blogzwo.me/raspberry-pi/friendica-auf-dem-raspberry-pi-installieren.html

#Debian #Fediverse #Friendica #Linux #PHP #Raspberry

On my fresh #Debian 12 server:

# cat /var/log/README
You are looking for the traditional text log files in /var/log, and they are
gone?

Here's an explanation on what's going on:

You are running a systemd-based OS where traditional syslog has been replaced
with the Journal. The journal stores the same (and more) information as classic
syslog. To make use of the journal and access the collected log data simply
invoke "journalctl", which will output the logs in the identical text-based
format the syslog files in /var/log used to be. For further details, please
refer to journalctl(1).

Alternatively, consider installing one of the traditional syslog
implementations available for your distribution, which will generate the
classic log files for you. Syslog implementations such as syslog-ng or rsyslog
may be installed side-by-side with the journal and will continue to function
the way they always did.

Thank you!

Further reading:
        man:journalctl(1)
        man:systemd-journald.service(8)
        man:journald.conf(5)
        https://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-journal.html

#systemd