installation notes #1
Posted: February 19, 2006 9:58 pmFiled under: WordPress
I promised that I would try to track my installation notes, in case anyone finds anything useful in my dialog. The current host is running a rather aged RedHat7.3, but it has been well taken care of, and is fairly secure. When I started this WordPress project, the system already had apache, and php-4.1.2 … I found (from previous RH7.3 installs) the RPMs for mysql-3.23.49 [far from current, but suitable for this]. They installed without a hitch. Dont forget to chkconfig --levels 345 mysqld on to setup mysqld to start itself after reboot.
So I created the initial database from command line, and setup the virtual-host container in httpd.conf. So far, so good - except that I had the obligatory “PHP cant locate mysql” error. I read all the right stuff, and Googled for hours - and finally found out that “mysql.so” was a part of the “php-mysql” RPM. I found one for my specific version at ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat-archive/updates/7.3/en/os/i386/ … don’t forget to restart apache after installing that last one. After that, the /wp-admin/install.php ran successfully and got the site running.
February 27th, 2006 at 10:16 pm
I almost forgot to mention - the other bug-a-boo I had to stomp. As soon as I tried to edit the blogroll links, it complained that I needed to “enable referer” information from my browser. Using Mozilla, I confirmed that Mozilla did indeed send that referring information by default. I read the on-line notes that kept talking about fiewall settings - but thought “my firewall is hardware, shouldn’t have anything to do with this”… Finally it hit me - tween the eyes !
I’m using a software firewall on this (and other) PCs, and the missing information is what these personal firewalls refer to as “Browser Privacy”. This blocks “referer information” that tells what page your click is coming from. Nice to be able to block it, even better if you can choose to NOT block it for certain sites (like your wordpress site). Sure enough, once I created a site name to match mine, and turned off “referer blocking”, everything worked as it should. Your mileage may vary… /;^)
February 27th, 2006 at 11:34 pm
Alan - I sent you a long response, which was immediately SpamCopped.
I use gmail and have my zfx mail forwarded there because its spam filter is excellent. So I guess this is the only way to get a msg to you…
I had already created an account for ya on my blog but hadn’t told you the passwd. Thats prolly why it wouldn’t let you create an account.
Talk to you soon.
Dave