From a14a2e3b15adee7dabaa2dd89e97264d6ab0f042 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Weiske Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 06:42:43 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] more setup howto --- README.rst | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 7758981..557e7a0 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -16,7 +16,22 @@ Setup 2. Adjust the config file to your needs 3. Create a default image and put it into the raw folder, name it ``default.png`` 4. Setup your web server and set the document root to the ``www/`` directory. - Make sure you allow ``.htaccess`` file and have ``mod_rewrite`` activated. + Make sure you allow the ``.htaccess`` file and have ``mod_rewrite`` activated. +5. Add DNS entries for ``_avatars._tcp`` and ``_avatars-sec._tcp``. + A bind config file excerpt would look like this:: + + _avatars._tcp.example.org. IN SRV 0 0 80 avatars.example.org + _avatars-sec._tcp.example.org. IN SRV 0 0 443 avatars.example.org + + This makes the avatar server ``avatars.example.org`` responsible for + the domain ``example.org``, on ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS). + +It is possible to use an existing domain as avatar server. +Just copy ``avatar.php`` into its document root dir and copy the rewrite rule +from ``.htaccess`` into the domain's ``.htaccess`` file if one exists. +If not, copy the whole ``.htaccess`` file. +After that, you have to point the ``$cfgFile`` path at the beginning of +the ``avatar.php`` file to the correct location. ===== -- 2.30.2