StatusNet

For installing the additional packages first activate community packages:

vi /etc/apk/repositories

Uncomment the following:

http://pkg.example.com/alpine/v3.11/community

Update the packagelist:

apk update

Install the additional packages:

apk add lighttpd php7-common php7-session php7-iconv php7-json php7-gd php7-curl php7-xml php7-mysqli php7-imap php7-cgi fcgi php7-pdo php7-pdo_mysql php7-soap php7-xmlrpc php7-posix php7-mcrypt php7-gettext php7-ldap php7-ctype php7-dom php7-simplexml

Edit lighttpd.conf

vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

Uncomment line:

include "mod_fastcgi.conf"

rc-service lighttpd start && rc-update add lighttpd default

apk add pcre

apk add mysql mysql-client php-mysql php-mysqli

/usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql /etc/init.d/mysql start && rc-update add mysql default /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'password'

Create the StatusNet database

mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE statusnet; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON statusnet.* TO "root"; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT

Create a directory named webapps

mkdir -p /usr/share/webapps/

Download the latest source code archive

cd /usr/share/webapps/ wget http://status.net/statusnet-1.1.0.tar.gz^{[Dead Link]}

Unpack the archive and delete it afterwards

tar zxvf statusnet-1.1.0.tar.gz rm statusnet-1.1.0.tar.gz

Creating a .htaccess file

cp /usr/share/webapps/statusnet-1.1.0/htaccess.sample .htaccess

Change the folder persmissions

chmod a+w /var/www/localhost/htdocs/statusnet/avatar/ chmod a+w /var/www/localhost/htdocs/statusnet/background/ chmod a+w /var/www/localhost/htdocs/statusnet/file/

Create a symlink to the statusnet folder

ln -s /usr/share/webapps/statusnet-1.1.0/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/statusnet

Browse to: http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/statusnet/install.php and install StatusNet by completing the information as appropriate from the web browser.

StatusNet Installation steps:

Install StatusNet

• Site settings

• Site name

The name of your site

• Fancy URLsenable

disable

Fancy URL support detection failed, disabling this option. Make sure you renamed htaccess.sample to .htaccess.

• Database settings

• Hostname: localhost

Database hostname

• TypeMySQL

Database type

• Name: statusnet

Database name

• DB username: root

Database username

• DB password: password

Database password (optional)

• Administrator settings

• Administrator nickname

Nickname for the initial StatusNet user (administrator)

• Administrator password

Password for the initial StatusNet user (administrator)

• Confirm passwordAdministrator e-mail

Optional email address for the initial StatusNet user (administrator)

• Subscribe to announcements

• Release and security feed from update@status.net (recommended)

After click on Submit button, you will see:

Install StatusNet

Starting installation...
Checking database...
Changing to database...
Running database script...
Adding SMS carrier data to database...
Adding notice source data to database...
Adding foreign service data to database...
Writing config file...
Could not set up subscription to update@status.net.
An initial user with the administrator role has been created.
StatusNet has been installed at http://10.69.64.11/statusnet
DONE! You can visit your new StatusNet site (login as 'danieloc'). If this is your first StatusNet install, you may want to poke around our Getting Started guide.

You have StatusNet microblogin working, to access go to http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/statusnet and enjoy!