The Panix Help System -- Setting up Drupal

Installing Drupal 6 on Panix

Following these instructions as written will install Drupal 6 in a subdirectory of your primary web space, called 'drupal-6.22'. Substitute your user name for yourusername, and, where appropriate, your domain name for yourdomainname, throughout.

The web address for your blog will be:

• Customers without their own domain:: http://www.panix.com/~yourusername/drupal-6.22/
• Customers with a domain of their own:: http://yourdomainname/drupal-6.22/

Drupal 6 requires a MySQL database.

Request a MySQL addon (unless you already have a Panix database, in which case simply use a table prefix in your installation).
Log into your Panix shell account.
cd public_html
wget http://drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-6.22.tar.gz
tar -zxvf drupal-6.22.tar.gz
rm drupal-6.22.tar.gz
cp drupal-6.22/sites/default/default.settings.php drupal-6.22/sites/default/settings.php
mkdir drupal-6.22/sites/default/files
chmod -R o+w drupal-6.22/sites/default/
chmod o+r drupal-6.22/.htaccess
chmod o+r drupal-6.22/index.php
chmod o+r drupal-6.22/install.php
chmod -R o+r drupal-6.22/includes
chmod -R o+r drupal-6.22/modules
chmod -R o+r drupal-6.22/themes
chmod -R o+r drupal-6.22/misc
With the Unix editor of your choice, edit the .htaccess file in your new drupal directory, appending the following 2 lines:

• Customers without their own domain

AddHandler php-handler .php

Action php-handler http://www.panix.com/~yourusername/pcgi-bin/php-handler.cgi

• Customers with a domain of their own:

Action php-handler .php

Action php-handler http://yourdomainname/pcgi-bin/php-handler.cgi

Save the file and exit your editor.
If you do not already have one, create a pcgi-bin directory:
mkdir pcgi-bin
With the Unix editor of your choice, create a php-handler script in your pcgi-bin directory with the following contents::

#!/bin/sh

cd `dirname ${PATH_TRANSLATED}`
exec php

Save the file and exit your editor
Give yourself permission to execute your php-handler script:
chmod u+x pcgi-bin/php-handler.cgi
In your web browser, visit your Drupal page:

• Customers using the www.panix.com domain:

http://www.panix.com/~yourusername/drupal-6.22/

• Customers using their own domain name:

http://yourdomainname/drupal-6.22/
On the next page [ /drupal-6.22/install.php?profile=default ], choose your language.
On the next page [ /drupal-6.22/install.php?profile=default&locale=en ], enter
Database name: yourusername
Database username: yourusername
Database password: (insert password here)
then click Advanced options and enter
Database host: mysql2
Database port: (leave blank)
Table prefix: drupal_
then click the "Save and continue" button.
When the Drupal install web page says, "All necessary changes to ./sites/default and ./sites/default/settings.php have been made, so you should remove write permissions to them now in order to avoid security risks. If you are unsure how to do so, please consult the on-line handbook.", run this command in the shell:
chmod -R o-w drupal-6.22
On the next page [ /drupal-6.22/install.php?locale=en&profile=default ], configure your site with its title, e-mail address, an administrator username, password & e-mail address, and server settings (time zone, clean URLs, update notifications). Click the "Save and continue" button.
Visit your site:
• Customers using the www.panix.com domain:

http://www.panix.com/~yourusername/drupal-6.22/

• Customers using their own domain name:

http://yourdomainname/drupal-6.22/
(click the "your new site" link on the "Drupal installation complete" page)

Get help online. http://drupal.org/