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# Friendica Directory Install Instructions
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## 1. Get the source code
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For a planned install of Friendica Directory in the `/path/to/friendica-directory` folder.
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### Using Git and Composer
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Git is a popular version control management tool.
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[Getting Started with Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git).
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You'll also need Composer to grab the project dependencies.
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Composer is a popular dependency management tool for PHP projects.
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[Getting Started with Composer](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md).
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```
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cd /path/to
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git clone https://github.com/friendica/friendica-directory friendica-directory
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cd friendica-directory
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composer install
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```
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### Using a stable release archive
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On the [Friendica Directory Github Releases page](https://github.com/friendica/friendica-directory/releases), you can find the latest source archive named `friendica-directory-<version>.zip`.
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Simply unpack the archive in `/path/to/friendica-directory`, the dependencies are already included.
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## Set up a database and a user
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Friendica Directory supports MariaDB as a database provider. [Getting started with MariaDB](https://mariadb.com/get-started-with-mariadb/).
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Once you have MariaDB installed on a given host, you need to create a database structure and a user with privileges on it.
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Sample commands from the MariaDB console for a local install:
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```sql
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> CREATE DATABASE `friendica-directory`;
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> GRANT ALL ON `friendica-directory`.* TO 'friendica-directory'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY "password";
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```
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## 2. Initialize database schema
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Using the details gathered from the previous step, follow the instructions in the Friendica Directory Install Wizard.
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```
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cd /path/to/friendica-directory
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bin/console install
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```
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## 3. Configure your web server
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The document root of Friendica Directory is `/public`.
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### Apache
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Friendica Directory requires `mod_rewrite` to be enabled.
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In your Virtual Host file, set your document root as follow:
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```
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DocumentRoot /path/to/friendica-directory/public/
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```
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### Nginx
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Add these lines to your nginx config file.
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```
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root /path/to/friendica-directory/public;
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location / {
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rewrite ^/(.*) /index.php?$args last;
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}
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location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|css|js|htm|html|ttf|woff|svg)$ {
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expires 30d;
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try_files $uri /index.php?$args;
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}
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```
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## 4. Set up the background task
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Friendica Directory relies on a background task running every minute to keep the directory up to date.
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On Linux, you can set it up with Crontab, a popular background task scheduler. [Getting started with Crontab](http://www.adminschoice.com/crontab-quick-reference).
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Add this line to your crontab:
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```
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* * * * * cd /path/to/friendica-directory && php bin/cron.php
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```
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## 5. Seed your directory
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Your directory is ready, but empty. To start filling it, you can:
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- Set your host name as the main directory in [Friendica](https://github.com/friendica/friendica)'s admin settings.
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- Add existing directories in your polling queue: `bin/console directory-add https://dir.friendica.social`.
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