Issue on installing Beta 8 and 8.1 on localhost

[PeopleInside]

Hi, we are different users that are facing issue on installing the new Beta 8 and Beta 8.1 on localhost.
You can see this flarum post with a video demonstration. The issue is the same on Beta 8.1

• Will be nice to have a documentation who explain how to point to the public folder. There is no way on localhost to point to the htdocs/forum/public folder? I don't find how to do that.
• Installation give errors on localhost see the flarum discuss post above and the demonstration video. The issue persist also if all public content is moved outside of the public folder.

[ziymed]

U can use the cmd by typing 》 php flarum install Inside the root of ur website And follow the instractions

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On Sat, 8 Dec 2018, 12:00 Marco Borla ***@***.*** wrote: Hi, we are different users that are facing issue on installing the new Beta 8 and Beta 8.1 on localhost. You can see this flarum post <https://discuss.flarum.org/d/17789-facing-problem-while-a-fresh-flarum-install-in-localhost/40>with a video demonstration. The issue is the same on Beta 8.1 - Will be nice to have a documentation <https://flarum.org/docs/install.html> who explain how to point to the public folder. There is no way on localhost to point to the htdocs/forum/public folder? I don't find how to do that. - Installation give errors on localhost see the flarum discuss post above and the demonstration video. The issue persist also if all public content is moved outside of the public folder. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1689>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACmBpKWMXrIBXeJ-v1ZArWlU4D_6_VDoks5u25vcgaJpZM4ZJlaU> .

[PeopleInside]

Thank you @ziymed , if i follow your suggestion to do php flarum install when i load http://localhost/forum where i set the domain name to be http://localhost/forum/ i get page not found.

I need insert as domain name http://localhost/forum/public than work but still be the issue on local host are unable to understand how to remove public from the address.

• php flarum install is an information missing in the documentation
• If the php flarum install is not followed install on localhost fail
• I still be unable to understand how remove public from address in localhost and this is missing in the documentation

[gurjyot]

@PeopleInside visit the link in to the documentation you mentioned in your reply. Then visit URL Rewriting / Customising path, there everything is written which you wanna know.

[PeopleInside]

@gurjyot for me is not so clear. Solution on Apache for redirect to public is:

 <Directory "/path/to/flarum/public">
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>

I am not able to make this work on localhost

[gurjyot]

@PeopleInside I specifically said to read URL Rewriting / Customising Path. Don't read the Apache and Nginx, go to the next.

[PeopleInside]

@gurjyot sorry still not understand how point to public :)

[gurjyot]

@PeopleInside bro you want to remove public from URL, then everything is written at the place I pointed you.

[PeopleInside]

bro you want to remove public from URL, then everything is written at the place I pointed you.

@gurjyot this is not helping me :) Anyway this is an open issue for localhost installation error, if you want discuss or help maybe is better the flarum discussion here.

Thanks anyway for the try.

I don't want move all files outside of the public folder. I am discussing about is not clear to me how keep all necessary files under that folder (security) and point the address of the community without public on the URL. I made this on my VPS because control panel let me chooser where a domain should point but i am unable to do this on localhost.

[MichaelBelgium]

If you dont know how to point your local domain to the public folder add this to the apache config:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot /path/to/flarum/public
    ServerName flarum.devel
</VirtualHost>

And add flarum.devel to your hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts) which then points to your localhost/127.0.0.1

[ziymed]

@PeopleInside if you want a good experiences with flarum you can use one of whose environment 👍
docker : https://github.com/mondediefr/docker-flarum
Homestead laravel with vagrant : https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/homestead
valet laravel :

• https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/valet
• windows : https://github.com/cretueusebiu/valet-windows
• tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6b7F4l4DnU

i use valet windows and its easy to have good localhost with domain like flarum.test and you will not have to touch any apach config or hosts file.

all the best.

[PeopleInside]

@MichaelBelgium thank you, tested and i am not able to do this working. Maybe it's me, too complicated in localhost :)

[franzliedke]

As far as I can tell, there is no clear bug being identified in Flarum, so I am closing this issue.

• For help with installation (especially on shared hosts), please keep this in the forums.
• If there are clear improvements that can be made to our installation docs, please open an issue on the flarum/docs repository.

[PeopleInside]

ok @franzliedke but install Flarum on XAMPP and doing setup pointing the browser and compiling data give errors. This topic was for report this. ( Look at Discuss Flarum)