From 70b80b5bca76350d504de52a9d5a1166299a0b16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rugk Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 22:01:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Deduplicate installation instructions Maintaining them in two places is bad and just creates problems. As they can & should be improved by the community, let's now use the wiki. --- INSTALL.md | 155 +---------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 154 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index ffd5d39..7e5fa31 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -1,154 +1 @@ -# Installation - -**TL;DR:** Download the -[latest release archive](https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/releases/latest) -and extract it in your web hosts folder where you want to install your PrivateBin -instance. We try to provide a safe default configuration, but we advise you to -check the options and adjust them as you see fit. - -## Basic installation - -### Requirements - -- PHP version 5.4 or above -- _one_ of the following sources of cryptographically safe randomness is required: - - PHP 7 or higher - - [Libsodium](https://download.libsodium.org/libsodium/content/installation/) and it's [PHP extension](https://paragonie.com/book/pecl-libsodium/read/00-intro.md#installing-libsodium) - - open_basedir access to `/dev/urandom` - - mcrypt extension - - com_dotnet extension - - Mcrypt needs to be able to access `/dev/urandom`. This means if `open_basedir` is set, it must include this file. -- GD extension -- some disk space or (optional) a database supported by [PDO](https://secure.php.net/manual/book.pdo.php) -- ability to create files and folders in the installation directory and the PATH -- A web browser with javascript support - -### Configuration - -In the file `cfg/conf.ini` you can configure PrivateBin. A `cfg/conf.ini.sample` -is provided containing all options and default values. You can copy it to -`cfg/conf.ini` and adapt it as needed. The config file is divided into multiple -sections, which are enclosed in square brackets. - -In the `[main]` section you can enable or disable the discussion feature, set -the limit of stored pastes and comments in bytes. The `[traffic]` section lets -you set a time limit in seconds. Users may not post more often then this limit -to your PrivateBin installation. - -More details can be found in the -[configuration documentation](https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/wiki/Configuration). - -## Further configuration - -After (or before) setting up PrivateBin, also set up HTTPS, as without HTTPS -PrivateBin is not secure. ( -[More information](https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/wiki/FAQ#how-should-i-setup-https)) - -If you want to use PrivateBin behind Cloudflare, make sure you disabled Rocket -loader and unchecked "Javascript" for Auto Minify, found in your domain settings, -under "Speed". (More information -[in this FAQ entry](https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/wiki/FAQ#user-content-how-to-make-privatebin-work-when-using-cloudflare-for-ddos-protection)) - -## Advanced installation - -### Changing the path - -In the index.php you can define a different `PATH`. This is useful to secure your -installation. You can move the configuration, data files, templates and PHP -libraries (directories cfg, doc, data, lib, tpl, tst and vendor) outside of your -document root. This new location must still be accessible to your webserver / PHP -process (see also -[open_basedir setting](https://secure.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.open-basedir)). - -> #### PATH Example -> Your PrivateBin installation lives in a subfolder called "paste" inside of -> your document root. The URL looks like this: -> https://example.com/paste/ -> -> The full path of PrivateBin on your webserver is: -> /home/example.com/htdocs/paste -> -> When setting the path like this: -> define('PATH', '../../secret/privatebin/'); -> -> PrivateBin will look for your includes / data here: -> /home/example.com/secret/privatebin - -### Web server configuration - -A `robots.txt` file is provided in the root dir of PrivateBin. It disallows all -robots from accessing your pastes. It is recommend to place it into the root of -your web directory if you have installed PrivateBin in a subdirectory. Make sure -to adjust it, so that the file paths match your installation. Of course also -adjust the file if you already use a `robots.txt`. - -A `.htaccess.disabled` file is provided in the root dir of PrivateBin. It blocks -some known robots and link-scanning bots. If you use Apache, you can rename the -file to `.htaccess` to enable this feature. If you use another webserver, you -have to configure it manually to do the same. - -### Using a database instead of flat files - -In the configuration file the `[model]` and `[model_options]` sections let you -configure your favourite way of storing the pastes and discussions on your -server. - -`Filesystem` is the default model, which stores everything in files in the -data folder. This is the recommended setup for most sites. - -Under high load, in distributed setups or if you are not allowed to store files -locally, you might want to switch to the `Database` model. This lets you -store your data in a database. Basically all databases that are supported by -[PDO](https://secure.php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php) may be used. Automatic table -creation is provided for `pdo_ibm`, `pdo_informix`, `pdo_mssql`, `pdo_mysql`, -`pdo_oci`, `pdo_pgsql` and `pdo_sqlite`. You may want to provide a table prefix, -if you have to share the PrivateBin database with another application or you want -to use a prefix for -[security reasons](https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/119510/is-using-a-db-prefix-for-tables-more-secure). -The table prefix option is called `tbl`. - -> #### Note -> The `Database` model has only been tested with SQLite, MySQL and PostgreSQL, -> although it would not be recommended to use SQLite in a production environment. -> If you gain any experience running PrivateBin on other RDBMS, please let us -> know. - -For reference or if you want to create the table schema for yourself (replace -`prefix_` with your own table prefix and create the table schema with phpMyAdmin -or the MYSQL console): - -```sql -CREATE TABLE prefix_paste ( - dataid CHAR(16) NOT NULL, - data BLOB, - postdate INT, - expiredate INT, - opendiscussion INT, - burnafterreading INT, - meta TEXT, - attachment MEDIUMBLOB, - attachmentname BLOB, - PRIMARY KEY (dataid) -); - -CREATE TABLE prefix_comment ( - dataid CHAR(16), - pasteid CHAR(16), - parentid CHAR(16), - data BLOB, - nickname BLOB, - vizhash BLOB, - postdate INT, - PRIMARY KEY (dataid) -); -CREATE INDEX parent ON prefix_comment(pasteid); - -CREATE TABLE prefix_config ( - id CHAR(16) NOT NULL, value TEXT, PRIMARY KEY (id) -); -INSERT INTO prefix_config VALUES('VERSION', '1.1'); -``` - -In PostgreSQL the attachment column needs to be TEXT and not BLOB or MEDIUMBLOB. - +For installation instructions, see [our wiki](https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/wiki/Installation).