Installing Aiki

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This page contains information on installing the Aiki Framework.

Terminology

For brevity, the term host is referred to as the web server system or platform in which the Aiki Framework will be installed.

Prerequisites of Installation

!Important: You must meet all the Aiki Requisites

!Important: You must have write access to the directory where Aiki will be installed (example: /var/www/html/).

Getting Aiki Framework

You should have downloaded an Aiki distribution package. If you didn't you can download Aiki here.

Setting Aiki Framework

!Important: If you downloaded the packaged version of Aiki be sure to follow the steps from Extracting Aiki.

Change to the directory containing the folder aikiframework which you should have from downloading Aiki.

cd /home/MyUserName/Downloads

Copy the Aiki Framework to the host's served directory.

cp -av aikiframework /var/www/html/aiki

Preparing Aiki Framework

Adjust Aiki's parent directory for write access by all.

chmod -v 777 /var/www/html/aiki

Running Aiki Framework Installer

Run a web browser and open Aiki's setup application.

firefox http://localhost/aiki/

In the web browser you should see a HTML page similar to the following:

Aiki Framework Installer

Database Settings

Database Type mysql

Host Name localhost

Database Name

Database Username

Database Password

Database Encoding utf8

Admin Settings

Username

Full Name

Email

Next...

!Important: A valid database user name and password must exist before you can proceed, please see Creating a SQL User

For the following fields as seen above, enter the correct values:

Database Name: aiki
Database Username: aiki
Database Password: password
Username: cgbug
Full Name: John Doe
Email: cgbug@email.com

!Important: Be sure to substitute the above example field entries with correct values.

When you are finished entering the correct values, click on the Next button as seen above.

Aiki Installer Results

If the installer is successful, you should see a HTML page similar to the following:

Aiki Framework Installer

Can't select db, Trying to create database aiki
Success! Created database aiki

Great success John Doe! aiki framework installed

Click here to login and start creating a cms
Username: cgbug
Password: 6e776a39

At this point, it would be a good idea to save your user name and password somewhere so you will remember. Copy your password and click on the link as shown above.

Aiki Installer Sign In

You should see a HTML page similar to the following:

Sign in to aikiframework

Admin-Panel

aikiframework

Name:

Password:

Sign in

Enter your user name, paste in your password and click on the Sign in button. If the Sign in is successful, congratulations you have installed the Aiki Framework.

Readjust Directory Privileges

Readjust Aiki's parent directory to disable write access by others.

chmod -v 775 aiki

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