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Run the configure
script from your browser: enter
http://yourdomain/foswiki/bin/configure
into your browser address bar.
When you access the
configure
web page for the first time, you can only edit the section
General Path Settings
. Make any required changes, and save the settings, whether or not you needed to make any changes. You will be prompted to set a password for the
configure
page: this password must be entered for all subsequent configuration changes, and is also used to log in via the internal admin link (see the step "
Define the administrator users"). Note the configuration password is separate from any web server security you have set up for the
configure
web page (see "
Configure the webserver: Protect the configure script").
Continue configuring Foswiki. Resolve any errors or warnings highlighted on the configure page.
If your web server can be accessed by more than one domain name make sure to add the additional alternative URLs to
{PermittedRedirectHostUrls}
Setup the
Mail and Proxies section. The
{WebMasterEmail}
and
{SMTP}{MAILHOST}
settings must be defined so Foswiki can send registration emails. Many ISPs have introduced authentication when sending emails to fight spam so you may also have to set
{SMTP}{Username}
and
{SMTP}{Password}
. If you do not want to enable sending registration emails or want to enable it later you can uncheck
{EnableEmail}
.
If your server is behind a firewall with a proxy, and you wish to install extensions via
configure
, you may have to set
{PROXY}{HOST}
and
{PROXY}{PORT}
.
Under the Store Settings, you will see the setting
{RCS}{SearchAlgorithm}
. By default it is set to Foswiki::Store::SearchAlgorithms::Forking which is what you should keep if you install Foswiki in Linux or any other Unix type operating system. If you install Foswiki on a Windows server, you should use Foswiki::Store::SearchAlgorithms::PurePerl.
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