INTRODUCTION
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-This file describes the basic steps to install RoundCube Webmail on your
+This file describes the basic steps to install Roundcube Webmail on your
web server. For additional information, please also consult the project's
wiki page at http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki
REQUIREMENTS
============
-* The Apache or Lighttpd Webserver
+* The Apache, Lighttpd, Cherokee or Hiawatha web server
* .htaccess support allowing overrides for DirectoryIndex
-* PHP Version 5.2 or greater including
- - PCRE (perl compatible regular expression)
- - DOM (xml document object model)
+* PHP Version 5.2.1 or greater including
+ - PCRE, DOM, JSON, XML, Session, Sockets (required)
- libiconv (recommended)
- - mbstring (optional)
-* php.ini options:
+ - mbstring, fileinfo, mcrypt (optional)
+* PEAR packages distributed with Roundcube or external:
+ - MDB2 2.5.0 or newer
+ - Mail_Mime 1.8.1 or newer
+ - Net_SMTP 1.4.2 or newer
+ - Net_IDNA2 0.1.1 or newer
+ - Auth_SASL 1.0.3 or newer
+* php.ini options (see .htaccess file):
- error_reporting E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE (or lower)
- - memory_limit (increase as suitable to support large attachments)
+ - memory_limit > 16MB (increase as suitable to support large attachments)
- file_uploads enabled (for attachment upload features)
- session.auto_start disabled
- zend.ze1_compatibility_mode disabled
+ - suhosin.session.encrypt disabled
+ - mbstring.func_overload disabled
+ - magic_quotes_runtime disabled
* PHP compiled with OpenSSL to connect to IMAPS and to use the spell checker
-* A MySQL or PostgreSQL database engine or the SQLite extension for PHP
+* A MySQL (4.0.8 or newer), PostgreSQL, MSSQL database engine
+ or the SQLite extension for PHP
* One of the above databases with permission to create tables
-* An SMTP server or PHP configured for mail delivery
+* An SMTP server (recommended) or PHP configured for mail delivery
INSTALLATION
are writable by the webserver
- /temp
- /logs
-3. Create a new database and a database user for RoundCube (see DATABASE SETUP)
+3. Create a new database and a database user for Roundcube (see DATABASE SETUP)
4. Point your browser to http://url-to-roundcube/installer/
5. Follow the instructions of the install script (or see MANUAL CONFIGURATION)
6. After creating and testing the configuration, remove the installer directory
CONFIGURATION HINTS
===================
-RoundCube writes internal errors to the 'errors' log file located in the logs
+Roundcube writes internal errors to the 'errors' log file located in the logs
directory which can be configured in config/main.inc.php. If you want ordinary
PHP errors to be logged there as well, enable the 'php_value error_log' line
in the .htaccess file and set the path to the log file accordingly.
+By default the session_path settings of PHP are not modified by Roundcube.
+However if you want to limit the session cookies to the directory where
+Roundcube resides you can uncomment and configure the according line
+in the .htaccess file.
+
DATABASE SETUP
==============
+Note: Database for Roundcube must use UTF-8 character set.
+
* MySQL
-------
Setting up the mysql database can be done by creating an empty database,
recommended you replace this with a more secure password. Please keep in
mind: You need to specify this password later in 'config/db.inc.php'.
-Note 2: For MySQL version 4.1 and up, it's recommended to create the database for
-RoundCube with utf-8 charset.
-
* SQLite
--------
* PostgreSQL
------------
-To use RoundCube with PostgreSQL support you have to follow these
+To use Roundcube with PostgreSQL support you have to follow these
simple steps, which have to be done as the postgres system user (or
which ever is the database superuser):
using that version you'll have to change ownership of the DB later.
+Database cleaning
+-----------------
+Do keep your database slick and clean we recommend to periodically execute
+bin/cleandb.sh which finally removes all records that are marked as deleted.
+Best solution is to install a cronjob running this script daily.
+
+
+
MANUAL CONFIGURATION
====================
UPGRADING
=========
-If you already have a previous version of RoundCube installed,
+If you already have a previous version of Roundcube installed,
please refer to the instructions in UPGRADING guide.
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There are two forms of optimisation here, compression and caching, both aimed
-at increasing an end user's experience using RoundCube Webmail. Compression
+at increasing an end user's experience using Roundcube Webmail. Compression
allows the static web pages to be delivered with less bandwidth. The index.php
-of RoundCube Webmail already enables compression on its output. The settings
+of Roundcube Webmail already enables compression on its output. The settings
below allow compression to occur for all static files. Caching sets HTTP
response headers that enable a user's web client to understand what is static
and how to cache it.