Questions regarding install of (streams) - Here, or is there a dedicated support channel?

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Fri, 16 Sep 2022 02:59:50 -0700

Witcraft wrote the following post Fri, 16 Sep 2022 02:59:48 -0700

Questions regarding install of (streams) - Here, or is there a dedicated support channel?

I have some problems getting streams to run.

After being informed about successful installation, I get a blank register and main page. The DB has been created, and I double-checked the php path, so I suppose credentials and php are OK. The tables were created with collation utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci, though - even though I set server connection to utf8mb4_general_ci. The shared DB server charset is cp1252 West European (latin1) - beyond my control, but it's the same for the Hubzilla DB that works. For my Hubzilla hub, I solved the wrong collation by exporting the DB tables, modifying table collation in the dump, and re-importing with rewrite of the content.

When executing the cronjob
cd /; /(php-path)/php Code/Daemon/Run.php Cron > /dev/null 2>&1
I get the error:

-: line 1: 10394 Segmentation fault /(php-path)/php Code/Daemon/Run.php Cron > /dev/null 2>&1

I am not sure where to place the required composer files, as /bin or /usr/bin is not writable on my webhost. I put it in my website folder for exectution after git clone - but I do not know if it is a good idea to keep it there, security-wise (so I deleted it for now, until the next update).
Is there a dedicated support channel for (streams) - Or should I just post it here?

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 03:54:07 -0700

First, replace (php-path) with the actual path to php.

Re: composer, just use the default settings which I think is to put it in the project folder. You can get fancy if you need to, but keep it simple to start. All we care about is that we can find it.

Re: support, https://unfediverse.com/channel/streams

Hilmar R (u-zapalot)

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 06:24:50 -0700

Who runs the php cron (linux owner) and who is the linux owner of the code/daemon?

Adam Robertson

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 07:02:50 -0700

I believe the cron should be owned by the web user. In debian or ubuntu: ww-data
So you could edit the cronjob like:
sudo crontab -e -u www-data

Grouchy

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 07:51:12 -0700

1a: A blank screen is almost always a PHP error. Check the PHP error log.

1b: A segmentation fault when running cron indicates you might not be running a supported version of PHP. I've tested streams on PHP 8.0 and it works. What version of PHP are you using?

2: Composer installs files into the 'vendor' folder located in the streams root folder. Did you run 'composer install --no-dev' during the installation? Did is succeed? If this was not done successful, it might explain the segfault you're seeing. You might be missing required code.

3: No idea on support. Perhaps open an issue at https://codeberg.org/streams/streams

Bill Statler

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 09:56:16 -0700

I am not sure where to place the required composer files, as /bin or /usr/bin is not writable on my webhost.

Do you mean the composer executable? I think you should be able to put it anywhere that is in your $PATH. In the past, I put it in ~/bin. (I was happy to discover that my web hosting service has installed composer globally now.)