25 November 2010, 18:41

Hi Ya'll! I just want to ask for assistance to the brethren all of my trouble in installing Mahara. I already have hosting and domain for this Mahara namely: mahara.spora-sdh.com. I've created a database mysql and I've made a config.php file with the following details:

$cfg->dbtype   = 'mysql5';
$cfg->dbhost   = 'localhost';
$cfg->dbport   = null;
$cfg->dbname   = 'sporhacom_mahara';
$cfg->dbuser   = 'sporhacom_arya';
$cfg->dbpass   = 'allahuakbar';

I also have to locate and upload the files in the installer Mahara public_html / Mahara. But when I open the address http://mahara.spora-sdh.com there appears the following errors:

Mahara: Site unavailable

My lack of understanding of the error info. For that I asked for help from Mahara masters so that I can install in the domain address. What should I do first? Please help. Thank you.

25 November 2010, 21:57

You need to create another directory (folder) that will contain all the user files etc. Mahara needs this before you can begin the installation. Then you need to specify in config.php where this directory is on your server. In my config.php it's like this:

// This path must be writable by the webserver and outside document root (the
// place where the Mahara files like index.php have been installed).
// Mahara will NOT RUN if this is inside your document root, because
// this is a big security hole.
$cfg->dataroot = '/var/www/maharadata/production/';

04 December 2010, 23:31

thanks for helping. But I'm still confused about all the user files etc it which files? whether all the files like the one in public_html? thanks..

07 January 2011, 10:41

It happens me the same, http://dvlop.com/mahara/index.php

but I've created /home/public_html/mahara/data/ with all permissions 777, anybody can suggest me a solution?

18 February 2011, 5:18

I noticed from your link that the site is still not operational - offers me the "installation" routine.

re: "I've created /home/public_html/mahara/data/ with all permissions 777, anybody can suggest me a solution?"

try /home/public_html/{mahara_data} <- your own data directory name.

the data directory must be *outside* of the main mahara code directory.