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Ver. 05 | install and/or move friendica to ubuntu 22.04 LTS VPS server
EDIT - information
This tutorial is supposed to be published by the tutorial profile of this server.It is designed to have several chapters, each being distinctively seperated by an own titel. In total as of now there are like besides this introduction like 6 chapters.
posting and edition time of and by this EDIT profileof ver05 as of now 1hs
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@helpers@forum.friendi.ca SPOILER - click to open/close || Introduction
This tutorial is an adaption of the tutorial "creating a friendica server - ubuntu" by @Hank G ☑️ based on the experience of the installation report by @…ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ jesuisatire bitPickup:https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-5765-2e86-4a15-589579746174
and specific help by @Raroun.
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
SPOILER - click to open/close || Installation environment and HowTo
The only reasonable way to work with a VPSserver on the web is using the console.If you are not familiar with that don't worry, it is easy and the only thing you have to do is being able to copy/paste the commands displayed:
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Copy/paste only the codeBoxes like this one, located outside of the spoilers of this tutorial one after another without altering the sequence!Of course it is necessary to change the specific file names and passwords for you indiviual site, but that's all. promise!
On the console you wont be able to copy/paste with the keyboard ctrl-C/ctrl-V technique, you'll have to use the mouse "right click, chose option" technique.
This tutorial was created on a #debian #linux desktop environment.
There shouldn't be differences if you want to do this from a #windows machine.
The method used for communication between your local computer and the VPS server is called #SSH:
Wikipedia - Secure Shell:
"Cryptographic network protocol for secure data communication, remote shell services or command execution and other secure network services between two networked computers."
#linux #debian #ubuntu #friendica #fediVerse #fediTutorial #tutorial #fediHelp #fediTips #activityPub #HowTo #DIY #VPS #server #selfHosting
@admin@tupambae.org @tutorial@tupambae.org
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
Can't publish public when mentioning forum pages
@Friendica Support
Hi there,
not sure if this is a bug or just that I'm missing some idea/rule functionality.
#bugResearch
Theme: VIER
Browser: firefox
Friendica Source: gitHub
PHP version: 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.14
SQL version: MySQL / MariaDB
memory_limit 256M
4 Core CPU, 8 GB Ram with 300GB NVME Disk
I didn't have a look at gitHub
Also, I can't pin the post to my profile.
See image gif in screenshots spoiler
(somehow friendica alters the tags in this code)
¿what did you expect?
Being posted public, shared by the forum pages publicly and being able to pin it to my profile.
Hi there,
not sure if this is a bug or just that I'm missing some idea/rule functionality.
#bugResearch
Platform Info: 2023.05 - stable | VIER | firefox
Friendica Version: 2023.05 - stableTheme: VIER
Browser: firefox
Friendica Source: gitHub
PHP version: 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.14
SQL version: MySQL / MariaDB
memory_limit 256M
4 Core CPU, 8 GB Ram with 300GB NVME Disk
I didn't have a look at gitHub
Short bug description:
When I try to publish publicly a post addressing two forum pages of this server, gimped and tutorial (tutorial is an account created with this profile), I get a restricted post and I don't understand why.Details of the buggy behavior:
I publish the post as public but it gets displayed as private, only visible for the forum page gimped that actually figures twice in the information card of the lock icon.Also, I can't pin the post to my profile.
See image gif in screenshots spoiler
¿Possible to reproduce, if so how:
This is the code of the post, it happens every time I try:(somehow friendica alters the tags in this code)
#newHere #neuHier #hola
[img=https://washington.communitynetwork.us/photo/media/1925]Gif scene of the movie "The Martian".
The lonely main actor is sitting on a stone on the inhabited planet he was left on alone.
A text reads:
"First day in the diaspora of the fediVerse .."
The astronaut is depicted how he opens the solar panels of his equipment, presses a big button on it and the hashtags #hola, #neuHier and #newHere appear.
In the last scene he sits again on his stone and the text: ".. wait .." is displayed.
In the first scene that reads the text about the first day in the fediVerse the probably oldest logo of the fediVerse is displayed at the bottom left of the scene. At the horizon on the right the actual logo of the the fediVerse rises behind the landscape.
In the last scene, while our hero is awaiting the outcome of his intent to make contact with the outside world, the old Federated Social Web logo appears in front of the sun.[/img]
#[url=https://tupambae.org/search?tag=fediVerse]fediVerse[/url] #[url=https://tupambae.org/search?tag=fediHelp]fediHelp[/url] #[url=https://tupambae.org/search?tag=fediTips]fediTips[/url] #[url=https://tupambae.org/search?tag=gimp]gimp[/url] #[url=https://tupambae.org/search?tag=gimped]gimped[/url]
@ gimped@tupambae.org @[url=https://tupambae.org/profile/tutorial]Tutorial[/url]Expected result:
¿what should be the correct behavior?¿what did you expect?
Being posted public, shared by the forum pages publicly and being able to pin it to my profile.
Screenshots:
Preparing to move the DB
Changing the #storage backend to reduce DB size.
Admin panel:
Current Storage Backend: Database
Storage Configuration
Filesystem
Folder where uploaded files are saved. For maximum security, This should be a path outside web server folder tree
Database
This backend doesn't have custom settings
Helpers-page information
File storage backend
Set the backend used by #Friendica to store uploaded file data. Two storage backends are available with Friendica:
Database : Data is stored in a dedicated table in database (storage)
Filesystem : Data is stored as file on the filesystem.
Default value is 'Database (legacy)': it's the legacy way used to store data directly in database.
Existing data can be moved to the current active backend using the 'storage move' console command
If selected backend has configurable options, new fields are shown here.
Filesystem: Storage base path
The base path where Filesystem storage backend saves data.
For maximum security, this path should be outside the folder tree served by the web server: this way files can't be downloaded bypassing the privacy checks.
Default value is storage, that is the storage folder in Friendica code root folder.
Maximum Image Size
Maximum size in bytes of uploaded images. The default is set to 0, which means no limits.
#fediVerse #fediHelp
Moving storage via SSH
console storage - manage storage backend and stored data
Synopsis
bin/console storage [-h|--help|-?] [-v]
Show this help
bin/console storage list
List available storage backends
bin/console storage set <name>
Set current storage backend
name storage backend to use. see "list".
bin/console storage move[table][-n 5000]
Move stored data to current storage backend.
table one of "photo" or "attach". default to both
-n limit of processed entry batch size
¿correct?:
Changing the #storage backend to reduce DB size.
Admin panel:
/admin/storage
Administration - StorageCurrent Storage Backend: Database
Storage Configuration
Filesystem
Storage base path:storageFolder where uploaded files are saved. For maximum security, This should be a path outside web server folder tree
Database
This backend doesn't have custom settings
Helpers-page information
/help/Settings#File+storage+backend
File uploadFile storage backend
Set the backend used by #Friendica to store uploaded file data. Two storage backends are available with Friendica:
Database : Data is stored in a dedicated table in database (storage)
Filesystem : Data is stored as file on the filesystem.
Default value is 'Database (legacy)': it's the legacy way used to store data directly in database.
Existing data can be moved to the current active backend using the 'storage move' console command
If selected backend has configurable options, new fields are shown here.
Filesystem: Storage base path
The base path where Filesystem storage backend saves data.
For maximum security, this path should be outside the folder tree served by the web server: this way files can't be downloaded bypassing the privacy checks.
Default value is storage, that is the storage folder in Friendica code root folder.
Maximum Image Size
Maximum size in bytes of uploaded images. The default is set to 0, which means no limits.
#fediVerse #fediHelp
Moving storage via SSH
bin/console help storage information
bin/console help storageconsole storage - manage storage backend and stored data
Synopsis
bin/console storage [-h|--help|-?] [-v]
Show this help
bin/console storage list
List available storage backends
bin/console storage set <name>
Set current storage backend
name storage backend to use. see "list".
bin/console storage move[table][-n 5000]
Move stored data to current storage backend.
table one of "photo" or "attach". default to both
-n limit of processed entry batch size
¿correct?:
SSH -> commands to move storage
mkdir /var/www/html/storage
./bin/console config storage.name = Filesystem
./bin/console config storage.filesystem_path = storage
./bin/console storage move
The creation of th DB apparently worked as expected.
The problem I now ran into is that I can't upload the backup sql DB I donwloaded from the old hosting.
I did this using the hints of the following stackoverflow description:
importing-a-database-using-ssh
but somehow this doesn't work.
I created a folder in my home directory for to log into the VPS via ssh where I placed the privkey.pem and the backupname.sql
This is the command sequence I execute:
/hostingfolder
Enter passphrase for key 'privkey.pem':
Welcome to Ubuntu ..
..
rootname@ubuntu:~#
The response by the server is:
-bash: backupname.sql: No such file or directory
I also tried:
rootname@ubuntu:~#
with the same result
Of course the file backupname.sql does exist and is located in /hostingfolder
I also copied it to the folder /home/username/ just to make sure.
I searched for the error message and found:
stackoverflow | remote mysql import no such file or directory
so I tried:
and
but that didn't do the trick either.
Any ideas?
#fediHelp #mysql #mariadb #ssh #linux
The problem I now ran into is that I can't upload the backup sql DB I donwloaded from the old hosting.
I did this using the hints of the following stackoverflow description:
importing-a-database-using-ssh
but somehow this doesn't work.
I created a folder in my home directory for to log into the VPS via ssh where I placed the privkey.pem and the backupname.sql
This is the command sequence I execute:
cd hostingfolder/hostingfolder
ssh -i privkey.pem rootname@00.000.00.000Enter passphrase for key 'privkey.pem':
Welcome to Ubuntu ..
..
rootname@ubuntu:~#
mysql -u friendica@localhost -ppassword friendicadb < backupname.sqlThe response by the server is:
-bash: backupname.sql: No such file or directory
I also tried:
rootname@ubuntu:~#
mysql -u friendica -ppassword friendicadb < backupname.sqlwith the same result
Of course the file backupname.sql does exist and is located in /hostingfolder
I also copied it to the folder /home/username/ just to make sure.
I searched for the error message and found:
stackoverflow | remote mysql import no such file or directory
so I tried:
mysql -u 'friendica'@'localhost' -ppassword friendicadb < '/home/username/hostingfolder/backupname.sql'and
mysql -u 'friendica'@'localhost' -ppassword friendicadb < "/home/username/backupname.sql"but that didn't do the trick either.
Any ideas?
#fediHelp #mysql #mariadb #ssh #linux
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
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
what VPS offer fits best for a small friendica instance?
@Friendica Support
@Friendica Admins
@Friendica Developers
Hi there,
in the end I want to try to setup my first own hosted friendica VPS on a small setup:
1gig RAM/1 Core/25gig
The idea is kinda single user instance with a few forum pages.
The hosting provider has the following options:
- debian bullsey - vpn server
- debian bookworm - wireguard server
- debian bookworm - bookworm 2023-07-03
- debian bookworm - bookworm 2023-07-03 LEMP (nginx+php8.2+mariaDB10.5)
- debian bookworm - nextcloud
- ubuntu 22.04.01LTS
- CENTOS8.1 - 2020-05-03
- cleanVPS to upload own ISO
I'm used to debian/devuan on PC, so am obviously inclined to go for debian but have no idea what version would be the best choice.
In the first place the debian LEMP option looks like the way to go.
Latest experience with a new friendica installation seemed to be in need of PHP8.1 instead of PHP8.2.
Is it difficult to downgrade that?
Also, I'm kinda worried about security in general, even tho the data exposed will only be my own, so there is no responsibility with others.
Are there more security risks than on a shared hosting with let's say a standard phpBB forum page?
The idea would be to point the IP from my existing hosting provider to the VPS.
- Do we have some general "how to setup" for a VPS setting from scratch?
- Anyone interested in creating such a "how to" in a conversation with me here to have a refence or base to sum that up for the frindica wiki?
- Could it even be of interest to create a "friendica VPS-ISO installation" with the help of git.friendi.ca for example?
@TupambAdmin
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