From 958e85a31fcfb291e8861426c9da2b2077c3acef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Lam Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 15:56:14 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] updated readme to point to wiki for platform specific install docs --- README.md | 70 ++----------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cc34935b7f..b45429cdf8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -36,75 +36,9 @@ NodeBB requires the following software to be installed: * Redis, version 2.6 or greater **or** MongoDB, version 2.4 or greater * nginx, version 1.3.13 or greater (**only if** intending to use nginx to proxy requests to a NodeBB) -## Installation Ubuntu +## Installation -First, we install our base software stack: - - # apt-get install git nodejs redis-server build-essential imagemagick - -If you want to use MongoDB instead of Redis install it from http://www.mongodb.org/downloads and remove 'redis-server' from the above command. [MongoDB-Setup](https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/wiki/Installing-NodeBB-With-MongoDB) - -**If your package manager only installed a version of Node.js that is less than 0.8 (e.g. Ubuntu 12.10, 13.04):** - - # add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js - # apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade - -Next, clone this repository: - - $ cd /path/to/nodebb/install/location - $ git clone git://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB.git nodebb - -Obtain all of the dependencies required by NodeBB: - - $ cd nodebb - $ npm config set strict-ssl false - $ npm install - $ npm config set strict-ssl true - -Initiate the setup script by running the app with the `--setup` flag: - - $ ./nodebb setup - -The default settings are for a local server running on the default port, with a redis store on the same machine/port. - -Lastly, we run the forum. - - $ ./nodebb start - -NodeBB can also be started with helper programs, such as `supervisor` and `forever`. [Take a look at the options here](https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/wiki/How-to-run-NodeBB). - - -## Installation CentOS 6.5 - -First, we install our base software stack: - - # yum update - # yum groupinstall "Development Tools" -y - # yum install nodejs git redis ImageMagick - -Next, clone this repository: - - $ cd /path/to/nodebb/install/location - $ git clone git://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB.git nodebb - -Obtain all of the dependencies required by NodeBB: - - $ cd nodebb - $ npm config set strict-ssl false - $ npm install - $ npm config set strict-ssl true - -Initiate the setup script by running the app with the `--setup` flag: - - $ ./nodebb setup - -The default settings are for a local server running on the default port, with a redis store on the same machine/port. - -Lastly, we run the forum. - - $ ./nodebb start - -NodeBB can also be started with helper programs, such as `supervisor` and `forever`. [Take a look at the options here](https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/wiki/How-to-run-NodeBB). +[Please refer to platform-specific installation documentation](https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/wiki#wiki-installing-nodebb) ## Securing NodeBB