.. -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

.. _TutosBaseBlogFiveMinutes:

Get a blog running in five minutes!

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For Debian or Ubuntu users, first install the following packages

(:ref:`DebianInstallation`)::

Windows or Mac OS X users must install |cubicweb| from source (see

:ref:`SourceInstallation` and :ref:`WindowsInstallation`).

Then create and initialize your instance::

    cubicweb-ctl create blog myblog

You'll be asked a few questions, and you can keep the default answer for most of

them. The one question you'll have to think about is the database you'll want to

use for that instance. For a quick test, if you don't have `postgresql` installed

and configured (see :ref:`PostgresqlConfiguration`), it's highly recommended to

choose `sqlite` when asked for which database driver to use, since it has a much

simple setup (no database server needed).

One the process is completed (including database initialisation), you can start

your instance by using: ::

    cubicweb-ctl start -D myblog

The `-D` option activates the debugging mode. Removing it will launch the instance

as a daemon in the background, and ``cubicweb-ctl stop myblog`` will stop

About file system permissions

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Unless you installed from sources, the above commands assume that you have root

access to the :file:`/etc/` directory. In order to initialize your instance as a

regular user, within your home directory, you can use the :envvar:`CW_MODE`

environment variable: ::

  export CW_MODE=user

then create a :file:`~/etc/cubicweb.d` directory that will hold your instances.

More information about how to configure your own environment is

available in :ref:`ResourceMode`.

Instance parameters

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If you would like to change database parameters such as the database host or the

user name used to connect to the database, edit the `sources` file located in the

:file:`/etc/cubicweb.d/myblog` directory.

Then relaunch the database creation::

     cubicweb-ctl db-create myblog

Other parameters, like web server or emails parameters, can be modified in the

:file:`/etc/cubicweb.d/myblog/all-in-one.conf` file.

You'll have to restart the instance after modification in one of those files.

This is it. Your blog is functional and running. Visit http://localhost:8080 and enjoy it!