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The instructions below have been verified to work with:

  • Ushahidi_Web (git) on Fedora 17 (the Beefy Miracle!)

Variables (to be replaced)

$UHPATH

: is either empty or the path on top of your webserver's root from where Ushahidi will be served ("yourdomain/$UHPATH")

$DBUSER

: is the user to be created for the ushahidi database

$DBPASSWORD

: is the password for your user for the ushahidi database

Notes

If you have disabled SELinux you can ignore the security steps, but not the permissions step.

This assumes you want to use Apache as webserver and your mysql database is on the same machine. If you want something different you can figure out for yourself and improve this page (wink)

Instructions

Install webserver group, mysql and necessary php modules

Get and copy Ushahidi, plus some localizations, into the webserver's DocumentRoot

Fix security context

Fix permissions

Set security context for writable files

Create database and its user

Create /etc/httpd/conf.d/ushahidi.conf with:

Restart services

Run installation