Habari has a few Server Requirements, which you will need to meet to be able to run Habari. If you have what is required, (or better), you are good to go! As Habari is still in development, no guarantees are made that these are fully stable versions, or that updating won't break the current database structure.
To install the latest stable version of Habari:
The Habari installer initially presents you with a choice of languages that it will use for the interface. Select the correct locale code from the list for your language of choice. The default selection is "en-us", which is English, United States.
Clicking the question mark at the top of any section of the installer will reveal more information about each field in that section.
Depending on the Database Type you set, you may need to enter some of the following information:
After entering the required fields (those marked with an asterisk), the Check Database Connection button will become available. Click it to check that the connection details you just entered are correct. If they are, the next section of settings, Site Configuration, will become available.
The Site Configuration settings you will need to set are:
The next step of the installation procedure, Plugin Activation, becomes available after successfully entering the Site Configuration details.
Habari comes with several commonly used plugins. Some of these are marked for activation by default. In the Plugin Activation section you can choose not to activate any of these plugins, or choose others to also activate.
If you have already added other plugins to your Habari directories, these will also be in the list of plugins. You can choose to activate as many of these as you like during the installation.
Conclude the installation process by clicking the "Install Habari" button. When Habari completes processing, installation is complete.
The End! Habari should now be installed.
Full Installation Instructions are available, including some details of how to adjust your settings for different web servers and specific configuration information for several popular hosting companies.
If you are happy to use the current development version of Habari, the full instructions explain how to access the Habari subversion repository; however, for most normal users you will want to download the latest stable version of Habari.
There are a few common, yet easily-remedied issues that occur when installing Habari.
After supplying the database credentials, Habari's installer will contact the server to test that it is able to connect to the database with the supplied values. On some systems, the following error appears:
404 Not Found Not Found The requested URL /blog/ajax/check_mysql_credentials was not found on this server.
There are several possible causes for this error: