Debian Installation Instructions v2

From Newscloud

Contents 1 Get dependencies installed 2 Get .deb 3 Install Newscloud 4 Configure Mysql 5 Configure Apache 6 Configure PHP 7 Configure Newscloud 8 Configure Cron

Get dependencies installed

apt-get update
apt-get install apache
apt-get install mysql-server-4.1
apt-get install libapache-mod-php4 php4-mysql php4-gd php4-pear
apt-get install smarty
pear install HTTP HTTP_Download HTTP_Header HTTP_Request
pear install HTML_Common
pear install HTML_QuickForm 

Get .deb

<link to newscloud*.deb>

Install Newscloud

dpkg -i newscloud*.deb

Configure Mysql

# set the MySQL password if you don't already have one
mysqladmin -u root password 'yourmysqlpassword'
# create database

mysql -uroot -p create database newscloud quit

# import/overwrite the newscloud database
mysql -u root -p newscloud < /usr/share/newscloud/newscloud.sql
# wait (as it's a huge import)

Configure Apache

Set up a newscloud.conf file in /etc/apache/conf.d
nano /etc/apache/cron.d/newscloud.conf

Listen 80
NameVirtualHost *

# if you use a different domain, be sure to change the domain used in /var/www/newscloud/.htaccess as well as in /var/www/newscloud/static/redirect/index.php
<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName newscloud.com
   ServerAlias *.newscloud.com
   DocumentRoot /var/www/newscloud/
	<Directory /var/www/newscloud >
		AllowOverride All
	</Directory>	
</VirtualHost>

# eventually we will change this in the code base
# but in the meantime you can global replace image.commonmedia.org with your own image.yourdomain.com
#<VirtualHost *:80>
#   ServerName image.commonmedia.org
#   ServerAlias image.commonmedia.org	
#   DocumentRoot /var/www/newscloud/image_files/
#</VirtualHost>

# Edit httpd.conf in /etc/apache
nano /etc/apache/httpd.conf
# Make the changes below

DocumentRoot /var/www/newscloud
<Directory />
    Options SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
    AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/newscloud>
    Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>
 
 <IfModule mod_alias.c>
#    Alias /icons/ /usr/share/apache/icons/
#    <Directory /usr/share/apache/icons>
#         Options Indexes MultiViews
#         AllowOverride None
#         Order allow,deny
#         Allow from all
#    </Directory>
#    Alias /images/ /usr/share/images/
#   <Directory /usr/share/images>
#        Options MultiViews
#        AllowOverride None
#        Order allow,deny
#        Allow from all
#   </Directory>
</IfModule>

Configure PHP

# Edit php.ini in /etc/php4/apache
cd /etc/php4/apache
nano php.ini 
# Uncomment and modify the following lines
include_path = ".:/usr/share/php:/var/www/newscloud"
extension=mysql.so
extension=gd.so

Configure Newscloud

# To prevent abuse, we use this include files for installation-specific passwords
# and keys. This file is placed one directory above your root directory
# e.g. If you're web server directory for NewsCloud is /var/www/newscloud. This file is in /var/www.
nano /var/www/newscloud.ini 

[db]
database="newscloud"
username="yourusername"
password="yourpasswd"
hostname=""

[crypt]
pwCrypt="anystrongstring"
apiCrypt="anystrongstring"
// if you want to use edit group amazon features
amazonAssociateId="commonmediaor-20" // or your associate id
amazonKey="youramazonkey"

[api]
apiKey="yourapikey"

Configure Cron

# Edit newscloud to include your api key from above php.ini or cron jobs will fail
nano /etc/cron.d/newscloud