Install

related: TRIM

Some ideas to improve the Tiki installer:

add phpinfo as one of the steps (useful for troubleshooting)

Tiki 3 Installer Revamp

Over here

bug

http://www.nabble.com/Installation-interface:-white-screen-after-choosing-the-profile-for-installation-t3821124.html

Pre-install script

Bitweaver has a Server Settings Checker:
Server Settings Checker

It's a standalone .php file that checks if the server is OK for installing the application.

Things to check

• memory_limit should be checked and reported before running the database install/upgrade script, to work the user that problems may occur.
• PHP version
• File Uploads (y/n)
• Maximum post size
• Upload max filesize
• max_execution_time
• insufficient disk space
• open_basedir
• test if GD is working
• Can connect to a database

Install script

All these setting above should also be checked in tiki-install.php and in the Tiki admin panel, because our host could have changed some settings, moved us to a new server or upgraded the PHP version, etc. so it's better to not just have in the installer. We could put all this info and server-related settings here: tiki-admin.php?page=server For example, the "OS" choice here: tiki-admin.php?page=general

Nice to have

• Like TRIM, for database creation to be possible via the install script (won't work on most many hosts)
• test if the upgrade script has been run and put a note in tiki-admin.php done

related links

http://www.bitweaver.org/photos/gallery/9/32
http://www.lulu.com/browse/preview.php?fCID=1154811 (pages from 6 to 10 of that book preview for WebGUI CMS/Groupware made on perl)
http://www.xaraya.com/index.php/documentation/97
http://ewiki.berlios.de/installer/

Examples

• Analysis of 12 CMS systems in French

UI Improvements

Here are some ideas ricks99 has been playing with to improve the out-of-the-box experience.

MediaWiki installer

Install with one file

This is nice:
http://code.google.com/p/simplegroupware/downloads/detail?name=sgs_installer.php&can=2&q=

Tracker items

Open

	Rating	Subject	Importance	Category	Created
	(1)	database error in image galery after migration from 2.3 to 4.1	9 high	Bug: Error Support request	2010-02
	(0)	Tiki 5.0 install with import of 4.2 database - invalid database generated	9 high	Bug: Error Bug: Consistency	2010-07
	(0)	Search index could not be updated. The site is misconfigured. Contact an administrator.	9 high	Bug: Consistency	2012-01
	(1)	Installation: 6.1 install fails using Mysql 5.5.9	9 high	Bug: Error	2011-02
	(1)	Internal Eror (500)	9 high		2011-04
	(0)	After an install with upgrade, tiki-admin displays the error "invalid database" ad-vitam	9 high	Bug: Error Bug: Usability Bug: Regression Bug: Consistency	2011-12
	(1)	OpenSourceCMS type demo to test/develop and show off profiles	8	Feature request Community projects Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site	2008-01
	(1)	upgrading db with tiki-install.php breaks multitiki installs (removes /templates_c/ ...)	8	Bug: Error	2009-01
	(0)	Test server compatibility / System check tool	8	Feature request Less than 30-minute fix	2009-04
	(0)	Fatal error: Call to undefined method TikiDb_Pdo::setAttribute() in lib/tikisession-pdo.php on line 18	8	Bug: conflict of two features (each works well independently)	2010-03
	(1)	Theme and Tools for MediaWiki migration	8	Feature request	2010-07
	(2)	File galleries broken after 4.3 to 5.x upgrade	8	Bug: Error Support request	2010-09
	(0)	Crash 7.x on leaving install update mode : index error in a	8	Bug: Error Bug: Consistency Less than 30-minute fix	2011-01
	(1)	Problem with Proxy autentication - download Profiles	8	Feature request Support request	2011-05
	(1)	Profile Validation	8	Bug: Error Bug: Usability	2011-05
	(0)	At the end of installer from 4.x to now 8.1, the run of session crashes with an exception "session start"	8		2011-11
	(0)	Tiki installer with Softaculous on webhostingpad.com: failure of regular click to apply featured profile	8	Bug: Error	2012-01
	(2)	Make Tiki more robust to open_basedir issues	7	Bug: Error Feature request	2007-11
	(1)	tempnam() [function.tempnam]: open_basedir restriction in effect	7	Bug: Error	2008-05
	(1)	Tighter integration with Apache's >htaccess (error messages, etc.)	7	Feature request Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site	2008-12
	(1)	Profiles Repository URLs Are Not Connect	7	Bug: Usability Support request	2009-11
	(3)	Update to Tiki >= 5.3 fails on Windows ("Cannot execute queries while other unbuffered queries are active")	7	Bug: Error	2010-11
	(0)	Tiki 6.1 and later do not work under IIS 6, while 6.0 did	7	Bug: Error Bug: Regression Bug: Consistency Less than 30-minute fix	2011-02
	(0)	Problem with new installation - v7 - cookies not enabled	7	Bug: Error	2011-07
	(0)	Windows install	7	Bug: Error Less than 30-minute fix	2011-07
	(0)	admin user doesn't have permission to edit structures by default	6	Bug: Usability	2008-11
	(0)	Setting admin password in the installer, with option to force change at first login	6	Feature request	2009-05
	(1)	Make sure Tiki is offered by all server control panels	5	Community projects	2006-01
	(1)	Make tiki-mods.php report more detailed error	5	Bug: Error Bug: Usability	2006-04
	(1)	Secdb for all files (not just php)	5	Feature request	2007-11
	(1)	Reporting errors (to tikiwiki.org) system (like Firefox Talkback)	5	Feature request	2007-11
	(0)	Automatic SVN commit of secdb and syncdb	5	Community projects	2008-04
	(1)	automatic rename of _htaccess to .htaccess by tiki-install.php causes issues (on a Mac)	5	Bug: conflict of two features (each works well independently)	2009-05
	(0)	Make it possible to have a message only visible on first run (ex.: u: admin p: admin)	5	Bug: Usability Feature request	2009-05
	(0)	Installer quiets errors in all database queries	5		2010-12
	(0)	Tiki Installer Disabled	5	Bug: Consistency	2011-02
	(0)	Tiki 6.x to Tiki 8.x upgrade with Latin-1 to UTF-8 conversion	5	Bug: Error	2012-01
	(0)	Zend_Search_Lucene doesn't work on certain servers	5	Bug: Error Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site	2012-01
	(0)	Running upgrade from 1.9.x to 2.x requires being logged into the app before starting process	4	Bug: Usability Documentation (or Advocacy)	2008-08
	(1)	after upgrade with 32Mb at php.ini as suggested, still red box warns only 32Mb	4	Bug: Consistency	2009-01
	(1)	keep user information as the user selected on tw.o	4	Community projects Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site Bug: Regression	2009-07
	(0)	admin user doesn't have permission to edit structures by default	3	Bug: Usability	2008-11
	(0)	Installer: at end of successful install, big red PHP mem warning box can be inconsistent w text abov	3	Bug: Usability	2008-11
	(1)	check_feature fields missing from tables when upgrading fom 2.1 to 5	3	Bug: Error Bug: Regression Bug: Consistency	2010-06
	(0)	Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in tiki-index.php on line 225	2	Bug: Error Bug: Regression	2010-03
	(0)	Upgrade database gives a blank page	2	Bug: Error	2010-11
	(1)	When system runs out of disk space, Tiki user will not be able to login.	1 low	Feature request	2007-07
	(1)	output handler 'ob_gzhandler' cannot be used after 'URL-Rewriter' in tiki-setup.php on line 1890	1 low	Bug: Error	2007-08
	(1)	Getting Things Done (GTD) profile	1 low	Feature request	2008-03
	(1)	setup.sh does not work as documented on Debian	1 low	Bug: Error	2008-04
	(0)	Admins /mods failed	1 low	Bug: Error Bug: Usability	2008-08
	(0)	first login after new install fails after install in subdirectory (tiki-change_password.php not foun	1 low	Bug: Error Bug: Usability	2008-03
	(1)	Update problems	1 low	Bug: Error	2010-01
	(0)	http_build_query	1 low	Documentation (or Advocacy) Less than 30-minute fix	2010-05
	(0)	lacking instruction on manual install page	1 low	Bug: Usability Documentation (or Advocacy) Less than 30-minute fix	2011-09
	(0)	Warning: error			2007-08
	(0)	failed to set proper "include_path" in tw 1.9.8.x		Bug: Error	2007-10
	(0)	tiki-install.php: SELECT patch_name FROM tiki_schema Table 'tikiwiki3.tiki_schema' doesn't exist		Bug: Error	2008-11
	(1)	TikiSheet inoperable on 3.0 beta 4 with Company Intranet Profile		Bug: Error	2009-05
	(0)	sql error "specified key was too long" during install with utf-8 InnoDB mysql engine		Bug: Error	2009-05
	(0)	Installer Failes with german language selected		Bug: Error	2010-05

Pending

	Rating	Subject	Importance	Category	Created
	(5)	SEF URL Search Engine Friendly URL	8	Bug: Usability Feature request Patch Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site	2006-05
	(3)	SMTP Configuration from inside Admin Interface	8	Bug: Usability Feature request	2008-04
	(0)	Multitiki customizations broken	7	Bug: Error	2005-04
	(3)	Tracker templates (import/export tracker definitions/structure)	7	Feature request Community projects	2007-06
	(1)	session_lifetime in tiki_preferences table causes system error. This causes migration to Tiki 5 to fail.	7	Bug: Error Problem	2010-07
	(0)	Unknown column 'tweetId' in 'tiki_shoutbox'	7	Bug: Error	2011-10
	(0)	Wiki Ratings doesn't activate upgrading from 1.8.5	5	Bug: Error	2005-05
	(0)	Installation script problem	5	Bug: Error	2007-02
	(2)	Testing if GD or Imagick works, via Tiki	5	Bug: Usability Feature request Less than 30-minute fix	2007-09
	(1)	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class Zend_Filter_Interface in /usr/lib/php/Zend/Filter/Interface.php	3	Bug: Error Problem	2009-07
	(1)	Security problem with sophisticated google hack on local.php (how to clean up after an intrusion)	2		2007-11
	(0)	Apache error with .htaccess files		Bug: Error	2006-09
	(0)	tikiwiki calls non-existent pear library without checking that library is installed		Bug: Error	2006-11

Closed

	Rating	Subject	Importance	Category	Created
	(0)	Username can't have space in it for messageing system Bug	9 high	Bug: Error Bug: Usability	2005-06
	(0)	LiveSupport broken in 1.9.3 CVS	9 high	Bug: Error	2006-04
	(2)	Need way to auto assign tiki_p_edit_categories (for tiki_p_view_categories) on upgrade to 1.10	9 high	Bug: Error	2007-06
	(1)	Access denied for user 'tikiwiki'@'localhost' (using password: YES)	9 high	Bug: Error	2007-07
	(1)	database mysql 3.23.58 install problems	9 high	Bug: Error	2007-07
	(1)	Installer fails numerous sql creates with Incorrect sub part key or Specified key was too long error	9 high	Bug: Error Bug: Usability	2007-08
	(5)	Tiki site in a box (Profile Manager)	9 high	Feature request Request	2007-11
	(0)	DB error with new 1.10 install or upgrade over 1.9.9	9 high	Bug: Error	2008-02
	(3)	Wishlist from Admin Interface	9 high	Feature request Documentation (or Advocacy) Community projects	2008-04
	(1)	Test for PHP5 and provide graceful error message	9 high	Bug: Error	2008-06
	(0)	tikiwiki only can install with default database	9 high	Bug: Error	2008-08
	(5)	Allow a user role or group to automatically generate a personal page, an image gallery, a weblog a	9 high	Feature request	2008-11
	(0)	Installer does not set language on new install	9 high	Bug: Error Bug: Usability Less than 30-minute fix	2008-09
	(1)	add language selection list on Installer page	9 high	Feature request	2008-09
	(1)	templates_c is not included in .zip file	9 high	Bug: Regression Bug: Consistency	2008-11
	(2)	Incorrect URLs on IIS installs in document root	9 high	Bug: Error Bug: Usability Patch Support request Documentation (or Advocacy) Bug: Consistency Problem	2009-01
	(1)	templates_c should be part of the .zip (like it was in 1.9.x and before)	9 high	Bug: Regression	2009-04
	(1)	can't install tiki 4.0, whereas tiki 3.3 ok with no problem. what's missing at the server side?	9 high	Bug: Usability	2009-11
	(1)	unable to connect to DB after upgrade to 4.0	9 high	Bug: Error Less than 30-minute fix	2009-12
	(0)	_htaccess should know which version of Tiki it is for	9 high	Feature request Less than 30-minute fix	2009-12
	(1)	Company Profile 4.x installation causes duplicate entries.	9 high	Bug: Usability Less than 30-minute fix	2009-12
	(0)	End of Installation Pressing Continue to Site Produces "Tiki is not properly set up:" message	9 high	Bug: Error	2010-05
	(0)	missing tiki_rss_items and unable to log	9 high	Bug: Error	2010-05
	(0)	unable to install RC2	9 high	Bug: Error Bug: Regression	2010-06
	(1)	TikiInstall: After pushing Install Button, populates DB and then Blank stops... no other page would appear	9 high	Bug: Error Bug: Usability Bug: Consistency	2010-11
	(0)	Admin links gone....can't access admin	8	Bug: Error Support request	2005-05
	(0)	tiki-install.php disables itself but gives error about not being able to do so	8	Bug: Error Bug: Usability	2005-10
	(1)	tiki_install.php does not check php parameter memory_limit properly	8	Bug: Error	2006-08
	(0)	tiki-mods_admin.php is broken.	8	Bug: Error	2007-01
	(1)	Test if the db upgrade script has been run and put a note in tiki-admin.php	8	Bug: Usability Feature request	2007-11
	(1)	( ! ) Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #1 is not an array in /var/local/dev.tiki.org/www/lib/wiki-plugins/wikiplugin_img.php on line 714 Call Stack # Time Memory Function Location 1 0.0024 985400 {main}( ) ../tiki-index.php:0 2 0.2251 28761736 WikiRenderer->runSetups( ) ../tiki-index.php:551 3 0.2321 28793328 WikiRenderer->setupPage( ) ../renderlib.php:93 4 0.2325 28807392 WikiLib->get_parse( ) ../renderlib.php:321 5 0.2370 29943408 TikiLib->parse_data( ) ../wikilib.php:410 6 0.2549 33737912 ParserLib->parse_data( ) ../tikilib.php:284 7 0.2551 33751784 ParserLib->parse_first( ) ../parserlib.php:1633 8 3.7469 49440288 ParserLib->plugin_execute( ) ../parserlib.php:572 9 3.7472 49443760 ParserLib->plugin_execute( ) ../parserlib.php:1153 10 3.7478 49451864 wikiplugin_trackerlist( ) ../parserlib.php:1144 11 5.6334 68852288 Smarty_Tiki->fetch( ) ../wikiplugin_trackerlist.php:1744 12 5.6334 68852800 Smarty->fetch( ) ../smarty.php:188 13 5.6335 68861584 Smarty_Internal_Template->getRenderedTemplate( ) ../Smarty.class.php:340 14 5.6337 68833176 Smarty_Internal_Template->renderTemplate( ) ../smarty_internal_template.php:571 15 5.6338 68876528 include( '/var/local/dev.tiki.org/www/templates_c/en^552db22660c60abb64840ac6ca94a489affb44dc.file.wikiplugin_trackerlist.tpl.php' ) ../smarty_internal_template.php:436 16 6.2292 69002368 smarty_function_trackeroutput( ) ../en^552db22660c60abb64840ac6ca94a489affb44dc.file.wikiplugin_trackerlist.tpl.php:124 17 6.2292 69002368 TrackerLib->field_render_value( ) ../function.trackeroutput.php:16 18 6.2292 69007408 Tracker_Field_Text->renderOutput( ) ../trackerlib.php:4174 19 6.2292 69007408 Tracker_Field_Abstract->renderOutput( ) ../Text.php:106 20 6.2298 69009760 Tracker_Field_Abstract->renderPopup( ) ../Abstract.php:59 21 6.2339 69086648 Tracker_Field_TextArea->getFieldData( ) ../Abstract.php:164 22 6.2339 69087104 Tracker_Field_Text->processMultilingual( ) ../TextArea.php:88 23 6.2339 69088632 Tracker_Field_TextArea->attemptParse( ) ../Text.php:138 24 6.2339 69088904 TikiLib->parse_data( ) ../TextArea.php:115 25 6.2339 69089232 ParserLib->parse_data( ) ../tikilib.php:284 26 6.2340 69096648 ParserLib->parse_first( ) ../parserlib.php:1633 27 6.2343 69107736 ParserLib->plugin_execute( ) ../parserlib.php:572 28 6.2347 69110888 ParserLib->plugin_execute( ) ../parserlib.php:1153 29 6.2351 69114016 wikiplugin_img( ) ../parserlib.php:1144 30 6.2503 69237800 array_merge ( ) ../wikiplugin_img.php:714 Install script should detect previous install (install instead of upgrade will wipe your database)	8	Bug: Usability	2008-03
	(2)	fixperms.sh fix doesn't secure the linux server from allowing tikiadmins from installing Tiki Mods	8	Support request Bug: Consistency	2008-06
	(1)	Installer fails when upgrading a 1.9 tiki	8	Bug: Error Bug: Regression	2008-08
	(0)	Custom javascript: a future-proof way to handle	8	Feature request	2009-02
	(1)	multitiki in subdirs broken in tiki3 proposed branch due to deleting templates_c at install time	8	Bug: Error Bug: Regression	2009-09
	(1)	Upgrading makes impossible to access the wiki (see http://dev.tikiwiki.org/bug2865)	8	Bug: Error	2009-11
	(1)	Tiki Installer Security Precaution on Windows installing in document root	8	Bug: Error Bug: Usability Bug: Regression Problem	2010-01
	(1)	Installer in Tiki6 is not ensuring utf-8 in new db and tables (only on upgrade)	8	Bug: Consistency	2010-10
	(0)	tiki-install.php spits out many "variable undefined" errors	7	Bug: Error	2005-04
	(2)	404 Error instead of "Create Page" with unknown Wiki-page-name with IIS	7	Bug: Error Bug: Usability	2005-10
	(1)	Increase size of article title from 80 to 255 char	7	Feature request	2006-01
	(3)	Migrate binary files in between the file system and the database	7	Feature request Less than 30-minute fix	2006-01
	(0)	fckeditor missing while updating previous 1.10tw	7	Bug: Error	2007-05
	(4)	MediaWiki import script	7	Feature request Community projects	2007-07
	(2)	installation issues with v2.0 and MSSQL backend	7	Bug: Error	2008-09
	(0)	Tiki installer does not set site title	7	Bug: Usability Bug: Regression	2009-04
	(3)	SQL-Script for PostgreSQL failed	7	Bug: Error	2009-05
	(2)	Announcements: There should be an easier way for ppl to stay up to date	7	Feature request Community projects	2009-06
	(0)	Remove www automatically	7	Feature request	2010-03
	(0)	When upgrading old version of TikiWiki to 7.2, admin login no longer has admin permissions	7		2011-10
	(1)	Problem with duplicate menus when running tiki_1.8to1.9.sql multiple times.	6	Bug: Error	2007-08
	(0)	Installation on PostgreSQL: syntax error creating 'tiki_categorized_objects'	6	Bug: Error	2007-09
	(1)	Upgrading to 1.10 from 1.9 version prior to 1.9.8 requires tiki_1.8to1.9.sql	6		2008-03
	(0)	Directories missing in 2.0 installer	6	Bug: Consistency	2008-09
	(0)	Incorrect base path detected when installing on IIS (Directory does not exist errors)	6	Bug: Error	2008-09
	(1)	tiki-install.php (= upgrade) fails with multitiki on subdirectories	6	Bug: Error	2008-11
	(1)	new tikitrunk install (Nov29, 2008) shows sql errors on mysql 5.0.51a	6	Bug: Error	2008-11
	(2)	Some DB tables are not created on MySQL 5.5 and above during install	6	Bug: Error	2008-12
	(0)	some failed database operations following 3.0beta1 upgrade from 2.2	6	Bug: Error	2009-03
	(3)	DefaultSettingsChanges in 1.10	5	Feature request Community projects	2005-04
	(1)	Robots.txt Disallow entries now must have leading slash	5	Bug: Error	2005-12
	(1)	robots.txt should exclude ALL print-friendly pages	5	Feature request	2005-12
	(2)	Suggested htaccess file	5	Feature request	2006-01
	(0)	1.9.1 to 1.9.3.1 upgrade pb on tiki_score table	5	Bug: Error	2006-05
	(4)	More graceful error message when database is unavailable or crashed	5	Bug: Usability Feature request	2007-01
	(1)	galleryId property no longer set in list_galleries after 1.9.7 upgrade	5	Bug: Error	2007-04
	(1)	1.9to1.10 sql from cvs (August 1st 2007) still produces "too long key/column length" errors	5	Bug: Usability	2007-08
	(1)	Unable to access themes.tw.o or info.tw.o with IE7	5	Bug: Error Community projects Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site	2007-09
	(1)	Secdb automatic check with cron job	5	Feature request	2007-09
	(2)	Native multi-site/multi-domain handling	5	Feature request	2008-02
	(1)	tiki-install.php should have a note about how to create db/local.php "manually"	5	Bug: Usability Feature request Documentation (or Advocacy)	2008-03
	(1)	Old password is not maintained in the Change PW screen	5	Bug: Usability Bug: Regression	2008-04
	(1)	tiki 2.0: db password should be hidden at typing time on upgrade through tiki-install.php	5	Bug: Usability Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site	2008-08
	(2)	Better protection against accidental site breakage with improper use of code in modules + template	4	Bug: Error Bug: Usability Feature request	2007-04
	(1)	USB key version of Tiki	4	Feature request Community projects	2007-07
	(1)	Multi-domain: redirect all traffic to main domain	4	Feature request Community projects	2010-05
	(2)	Tiki does not install clean on Oracle	3	Bug: Error	2005-12
	(1)	Suggested shell backup procedure using existing scripts	3	Feature request Community projects	2006-01
	(1)	Forum migration script	3	Feature request	2007-01
	(2)	Error installing into UTF-8 MySQL database	3	Bug: Error	2009-06
	(1)	db/tiki.sql has typo on line 1, bad comment formatting	3	Bug: Error	2010-10
	(1)	Errors testing mail during install	3	Bug: Error	2011-05
	(0)	RSS feed broken by backslash if tw in root of subdomain	2	Bug: Error Bug: Usability Problem	2006-10
	(0)	Missing fulltext index for trackers after upgrade 1.9.4 -> 1.9.5	1 low	Bug: Error	2006-09
	(0)	tiki-install.php to create mysql user, mysql database and assign permissions	1 low	Feature request	2008-03
	(0)	Installation with SQLite	1 low	Bug: Error	2008-03
	(0)	tiki-login.php generates 404 error	1 low	Bug: Error Bug: Usability	2008-08
	(0)	Trailing backslash at domain in URLs when installed in DocumentRoot	1 low	Bug: Error Patch Problem	2008-12
	(1)	Installation to Document Root Issues		Documentation (or Advocacy)	2006-09
	(0)	Installer fails against Oracle 10 DB		Bug: Error	2008-10
	(1)	multitiki cannot be installed with tiki-install.php in trunk		Bug: Error	2008-11
	(0)	Installation error - cannot create database "tiki_profile_symbols"		Bug: Error	2008-12
	(1)	clean install based on trunk shows 2 SQL errors		Bug: Error	2009-01
	(3)	Can not install on PostgreSQL		Bug: Error	2009-08
	(0)	Using preg_replace with /e modifier		Bug: Error Feature request Patch	2010-01

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