Create Environment<\/h2>\n\n- First, log into the platform dashboard using your credentials.<\/li>\n
- Next, click on the Create Environment<\/strong> button. Go to the Ruby<\/a> programming language tab when the environment topology wizard opens. Select the following nodes:\n
\n- Apache application server<\/li>\n
- MySQL database<\/li>\n
- Redis data structure server<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Set the resource limits for each of the selected nodes. Then, give your environment a name, such as diaspora-network<\/strong>, and click the Create<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n![\"Create](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Create-Environment-1.png\" "\\"Create")
<\/a><\/p>\n\n- In about a minute, your new environment will be displayed on the dashboard.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
![\"Created](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Created-Environment.png\" "\\"Created")
<\/a><\/p>\nDiaspora* Deployment<\/h2>\n
Step 1.<\/strong> Go to the Diaspora GitHub repository<\/a>. Switch the branch to master<\/strong> and click the Download ZIP<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n![\"Download](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Download-ZIP-file.png\" "\\"Download")
<\/a><\/p>\nThis will download a .zip<\/strong> archive containing the latest stable version of Diaspora<\/strong>.<\/p>\nStep 2.<\/strong> Next, return to the platform dashboard and use the Deployment Manager<\/strong> to upload the downloaded archive.<\/p>\n![\"Upload](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Upload-Archive.png\" "\\"Upload")
<\/a><\/p>\nStep 3.<\/strong> Click the Deploy to\u2026<\/strong> button next to the diaspora-master.zip package. In the window that appears, select the Diaspora<\/strong> environment you created, choose the deployment type to test and then click Deploy<\/strong>.<\/p>\nNote:<\/strong> Certificate authorities (CA) certificates must be installed on your server to run Diaspora in production mode.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nStep 4.<\/strong> The deployment process might take a while, so please be patient. Once it’s complete, you’ll see a new test context listed for Apache.<\/p>\n![\"Package](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Package-Deployed.png\" "\\"Package")
<\/a><\/p>\nDatabase Configurations<\/h2>\n
Step 1.<\/strong> Click the Open in Browser<\/strong> button next to the MySQL<\/strong> node in your environment.<\/p>\n![\"MySQL](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MySQL-open-in-browser.png\" "\\"MySQL")
<\/a><\/p>\nStep 2.<\/strong> In the newly opened browser tab, log in with the MySQL credentials provided during the creation of your environment, then navigate to the SQL<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n![\"SQL](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SQL-Section.png\" "\\"SQL")
<\/a><\/p>\nStep 3.<\/strong> You will see an empty form for executing SQL requests. Enter the following command and click Go<\/strong> to create a new database named diaspora_test:<\/p>\n\r\nCREATE DATABASE diaspora_test CHARACTER SET utf8;<\/code><\/pre>\nStep 4.<\/strong> Return to the platform dashboard and click the Config<\/a> button for the Apache<\/strong> application server.<\/p>\nStep 5.<\/strong> In the configuration manager, navigate to the webroot > config<\/strong> folder, and locate the database.yml.example<\/strong> file, and copy its contents.<\/p>\nStep 6.<\/strong> Create a new file named database.yml<\/strong> in the same config<\/strong> folder and paste the copied content into it.<\/p>\nStep 7.<\/strong> Set up the connection between your application and the MySQL database by specifying the MySQL host<\/strong> (the URL to your database without the http:\/\/) and the credentials you received during environment creation in the username<\/strong> and password<\/strong> fields.<\/p>\nDon’t forget to Save the changes you made.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t \n \n \n \n \n \n \t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\nApplication Server and Redis Configurations<\/h2>\n
Step 1.<\/strong> Click the Config<\/strong> button for the Apache<\/strong> application server again.<\/p>\n![\"Config\"](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Config.png\" "\\"Config\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nStep 2.<\/strong> Create a new file called diaspora.yml<\/strong> in the webroot > config<\/strong> folder. Find the diaspora.yml.example<\/strong> configuration file in the same folder, copy its contents, and paste them into the newly created diaspora.yml<\/strong> file.<\/p>\n![\"Diaspora.yml](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Diaspora.yml-settings.png\" "\\"Diaspora.yml")
<\/a><\/p>\nStep 3.<\/strong> Next, open the new configuration<\/strong> file and make the following changes:<\/p>\n\n- Locate the line #url: \u201chttps:\/\/example.org\/”<\/strong> and replace https:\/\/example.org\/ with your environment\u2019s URL. You can find your URL by clicking the Open in Browser<\/strong> button for your environment and copying the URL from the address bar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
![\"Configuration](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Configuration-file-Changes.png\" "\\"Configuration")
<\/a><\/p>\nFinally, find the line #require_ssl:<\/strong> true and change the value true<\/strong> to false<\/strong>.<\/p>\n![\"#require_ssl](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/require_ssl-changes.png\" "\\"#require_ssl")
<\/a><\/p>\nSave the changes.<\/p>\n
Step 4.<\/strong> Then, find the defaults.yml<\/strong> file in the same config folder. Around lines 219-220, you’ll see these lines:<\/p>\n\r\ntest:\r\nenvironment:\r\nurl: 'http:\/\/localhost:9887\/'<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n![\"Find](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Find-Defaults.yml_.png\" "\\"Find")
<\/a><\/p>\nUpdate the url<\/strong> value to match the host URL of your environment. You can find by clicking the Open in Browser<\/strong> button next to your environment and copying the URL from the address bar.<\/p>\nYou should get something like following:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Apache application server<\/li>\n
- MySQL database<\/li>\n
- Redis data structure server<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Set the resource limits for each of the selected nodes. Then, give your environment a name, such as diaspora-network<\/strong>, and click the Create<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n- \n
- In about a minute, your new environment will be displayed on the dashboard.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
Diaspora* Deployment<\/h2>\n
Step 1.<\/strong> Go to the Diaspora GitHub repository<\/a>. Switch the branch to master<\/strong> and click the Download ZIP<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nThis will download a .zip<\/strong> archive containing the latest stable version of Diaspora<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Step 2.<\/strong> Next, return to the platform dashboard and use the Deployment Manager<\/strong> to upload the downloaded archive.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nStep 3.<\/strong> Click the Deploy to\u2026<\/strong> button next to the diaspora-master.zip package. In the window that appears, select the Diaspora<\/strong> environment you created, choose the deployment type to test and then click Deploy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Note:<\/strong> Certificate authorities (CA) certificates must be installed on your server to run Diaspora in production mode.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nStep 4.<\/strong> The deployment process might take a while, so please be patient. Once it’s complete, you’ll see a new test context listed for Apache.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nDatabase Configurations<\/h2>\n
Step 1.<\/strong> Click the Open in Browser<\/strong> button next to the MySQL<\/strong> node in your environment.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nStep 2.<\/strong> In the newly opened browser tab, log in with the MySQL credentials provided during the creation of your environment, then navigate to the SQL<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nStep 3.<\/strong> You will see an empty form for executing SQL requests. Enter the following command and click Go<\/strong> to create a new database named diaspora_test:<\/p>\n
\r\nCREATE DATABASE diaspora_test CHARACTER SET utf8;<\/code><\/pre>\nStep 4.<\/strong> Return to the platform dashboard and click the Config<\/a> button for the Apache<\/strong> application server.<\/p>\n
Step 5.<\/strong> In the configuration manager, navigate to the webroot > config<\/strong> folder, and locate the database.yml.example<\/strong> file, and copy its contents.<\/p>\n
Step 6.<\/strong> Create a new file named database.yml<\/strong> in the same config<\/strong> folder and paste the copied content into it.<\/p>\n
Step 7.<\/strong> Set up the connection between your application and the MySQL database by specifying the MySQL host<\/strong> (the URL to your database without the http:\/\/) and the credentials you received during environment creation in the username<\/strong> and password<\/strong> fields.<\/p>\n
Don’t forget to Save the changes you made.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n \n \n\n\n \n \t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\nApplication Server and Redis Configurations<\/h2>\n
Step 1.<\/strong> Click the Config<\/strong> button for the Apache<\/strong> application server again.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nStep 2.<\/strong> Create a new file called diaspora.yml<\/strong> in the webroot > config<\/strong> folder. Find the diaspora.yml.example<\/strong> configuration file in the same folder, copy its contents, and paste them into the newly created diaspora.yml<\/strong> file.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nStep 3.<\/strong> Next, open the new configuration<\/strong> file and make the following changes:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Locate the line #url: \u201chttps:\/\/example.org\/”<\/strong> and replace https:\/\/example.org\/ with your environment\u2019s URL. You can find your URL by clicking the Open in Browser<\/strong> button for your environment and copying the URL from the address bar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
Finally, find the line #require_ssl:<\/strong> true and change the value true<\/strong> to false<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSave the changes.<\/p>\n
Step 4.<\/strong> Then, find the defaults.yml<\/strong> file in the same config folder. Around lines 219-220, you’ll see these lines:<\/p>\n
\r\ntest:\r\nenvironment:\r\nurl: 'http:\/\/localhost:9887\/'<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\nUpdate the url<\/strong> value to match the host URL of your environment. You can find by clicking the Open in Browser<\/strong> button next to your environment and copying the URL from the address bar.<\/p>\n
You should get something like following:<\/p>\n
- Locate the line #url: \u201chttps:\/\/example.org\/”<\/strong> and replace https:\/\/example.org\/ with your environment\u2019s URL. You can find your URL by clicking the Open in Browser<\/strong> button for your environment and copying the URL from the address bar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- In about a minute, your new environment will be displayed on the dashboard.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
![\"Update](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Update-the-URL.png\" "\\"Update")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Create](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Create-New-File.png\" "\\"Create")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Restart](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Restart-the-Node.png\" "\\"Restart")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Open](\"https:\/\/accuweb.cloud\/resource\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Open-Environment-in-Browser-1.png\" "\\"Open")
<\/a><\/p>\n