2020-12-04 00:40:08 +01:00
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Installing Rocksolid Light (rslight) - a web based Usenet news client
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Requirements:
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You will need a web server: rslight has been tested with apache2, lighttpd, nginx
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and synchronet web servers
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php is required, and your web server must be configured to serve .php.
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2023-01-01 22:02:32 +01:00
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php-mbstring (to support other character sets)
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sharutils (for uudecode)
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openssl
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php-gnupg
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php7.x-sqlite3 (or later version).
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2020-12-04 00:40:08 +01:00
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phpmailer is required if email confirmation is to be used.
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2022-05-15 23:29:23 +02:00
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php-xml to work with RSS feeds
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2023-01-01 22:02:32 +01:00
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compface and php-gd for X-Face support
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2020-12-04 00:40:08 +01:00
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These are the names for Debian packages. Other distributions should
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also provide these in some way.
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If you get errors, check your log files to see what packages I've failed to mention.
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2023-01-01 22:02:32 +01:00
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For FreeBSD12:
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php72,
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php72-extensions,
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php72-pdo_sqlite-7.2,
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sharutils,
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php72-pcntl,
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php72-sockets,
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php72-mbstring, p
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php72-openssl
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2020-12-04 00:40:08 +01:00
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Optional: phpmailer, gnupg
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Installation:
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1. Set up your webserver to handle php files
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2. Extract rslight into a temporary location
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3. Run the provided install script (debian-install.sh or freebsd-install.sh) as root
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and answer the prompts. This will configure locations, create directories and move files
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into place.
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4. Load common/setup.php in your browser to configure your site. The admin password
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was displayed during install but can also be found in your config directory in
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admin.inc.php
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5. Add a cron job for the root user. Change the directories in this line to match your setup
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as shown in the installation script. Set the minutes as you wish. The paths must match your
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installation:
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*/5 * * * * cd /usr/local/www/html/spoolnews ; bash -lc "php /etc/rslight/scripts/cron.php"
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This will start the nntp server, then drop privileges to your web user and begin pulling
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articles from the remote server to create your spool. You won't see articles immediately
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in rslight, please wait 15-30 minutes to begin to see articles appear.
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2020-12-05 03:44:42 +01:00
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Upgrading:
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1. Disable cron job and kill any running nntp servers (ps aux | grep nntp)
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2020-12-25 04:12:50 +01:00
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2. BACKUP spool dir. Default example: 'cd /var/spool' then 'tar zcvf rslight.tgz rslight/*'
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3. Run upgrade script and answer prompts
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4. Compare upgrade config files in config dir /upgrade and change your exsiting config as necessary
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2021-01-24 12:26:47 +01:00
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5. If your current version is pre-0.6.8, you must pull articles again from your upstream server to set up.
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Please post in a rocksolid.* group (rocksolid.nodes.help) and we can walk you through this. It's pretty
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simple.
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2020-12-25 04:12:50 +01:00
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6. Enable cron job and check that everything works after it runs the first time
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2020-12-05 03:44:42 +01:00
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2020-12-04 00:40:08 +01:00
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If you have trouble, post to rocksolid.nodes.help and we'll try to help.
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Retro Guy
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retroguy@novabbs.com
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