From 22657e87b80a32553a53c29ef1b749ef759b8d2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Whiteland Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 18:22:51 +0100 Subject: fix titles for installation pages --- docs/installing/script.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs/installing/script.md') diff --git a/docs/installing/script.md b/docs/installing/script.md index b8b678a0a..0d826ac8a 100644 --- a/docs/installing/script.md +++ b/docs/installing/script.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- layout: page -title: Installing the easy way +title: Installation script --- # Installation script -- cgit v1.2.3 From 17c13f23087765549e408b33fe60d9c07431076e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Louise Crow Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 17:32:56 +0100 Subject: Update github url https://developer.github.com/changes/2014-04-25-user-content-security/ --- docs/installing/script.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs/installing/script.md') diff --git a/docs/installing/script.md b/docs/installing/script.md index 0d826ac8a..61cb76587 100644 --- a/docs/installing/script.md +++ b/docs/installing/script.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ etc.** To download the script, run the following command: - curl -O https://raw.github.com/mysociety/commonlib/master/bin/install-site.sh + curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mysociety/commonlib/master/bin/install-site.sh If you run this script with `sh install-site.sh`, you'll see its usage message: -- cgit v1.2.3 From a860b9fca3f2fd2ba33a3a591824190eb74a3e1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Louise Crow Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:27:02 +0100 Subject: Add a 'next steps' page, referenced at the end of install guides. --- docs/installing/script.md | 20 +++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/installing/script.md') diff --git a/docs/installing/script.md b/docs/installing/script.md index 61cb76587..72fbd6438 100644 --- a/docs/installing/script.md +++ b/docs/installing/script.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Note that there are [other ways to install Alaveteli]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/ins If you have a clean installation of Debian squeeze 64-bit or Ubuntu precise, you can use an install script in our commonlib repository to set up a working instance of Alaveteli. This is not suitable for production (it runs in development mode, -for example) but should set up a functional installation of the site. +for example) but should set up a functional installation of the site, which can send and receive email. **Warning: only use this script on a newly installed server – it will make significant changes to your server’s setup, including modifying your nginx @@ -56,10 +56,20 @@ could download the script, make it executable and then invoke it with: sudo ./install-site.sh --default alaveteli alaveteli +If you have any problems or questions, please ask on the [Alaveteli Google + Group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/alaveteli-dev) or [report an + issue](https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/issues?state=open). + +## What the install script does + When the script has finished, you should have a working copy of the website, -accessible via the hostname you supplied to the script. +accessible via the hostname you supplied to the script. So, for this example, you could access the site in a browser at `http://alaveteli.10.10.10.30.xip.io`. The site runs using the thin application server, and the nginx webserver. By default, Alaveteli will be installed into `/var/www/[HOST]` on the server. + +The server will also be configured to accept replies to information request emails (as long as the MX record for the domain is pointing at the server). Incoming mail handling is set up using Postfix as the MTA. + +##What next? + +Check out the [next steps]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/next_steps/). + -If you have any problems or questions, please ask on the [Alaveteli Google -Group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/alaveteli-dev) or [report an -issue](https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/issues?state=open). -- cgit v1.2.3