[Owncloud] new web installer

[Frank Karlitschek]

On 10.10.2012, at 17:47, Achim Bohnet <ach at mpe.mpg.de> wrote:

> On Monday 08 October 2012 23:57:33 Frank Karlitschek wrote:
>> More good news everyone.
>> 
>> I updated the new web based installer to download the latest ownCloud zip
>> from our ssl server. This means that we are now protected against man in
>> the middle attacks.
>> https://github.com/owncloud/administration/tree/master/web-installer
>> 
>> This will be a new and supported way to install ownCloud from now on. The
>> benefits for users are: You only have to upload one php file to your
>> webserver to install ownCloud. No need to unzip it or understand what an
>> archive is. It automatically fixed the file permissions on the server so
>> you don´t need cli or unix know how and ownCloud can update itself because
>> the files are owned by the webserver user.
>> 
>> So installing ownCloud should be super easy now for unexperienced users.
>> 
>> It can be downloaded from here:
>> https://download.owncloud.com/download/community/setup-owncloud.php
> 
> Great tool.
> 
> Would be nice if one could specify the subdirectory used to install owncloud.
> E.g. with default owncloud or if empty (or .) install into the same dir that 
> contains setup-owncloud.php.

Yes. This would be a good extension. Looking forward to a patch :-)


> I'm also not sure if the rewrite rules in .htaccess also work with an 
> installation not located in htdocs.  With 4.0.? it did not.

I´m not sure what you mean. ownCloud has to be installed in htdocs.


Frank


> 
> 
> Achim
>> 
>> 
>> Have fun.
>> 
>> Frank
>> 
>> 
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