This page is intended for integrators / developers, not for regular users.

b2evolution supports fully automated installation and fully automated upgrade by calling the regular /install/index.php script with special parameters, either via CURL or via PHP CLI.

This document describes how you can most easily automate the installation of b2evolution on a hosting account.

This document also addresses automated upgrade of b2evolution.

Operating environment

b2evolution is a PHP + MySQL web application. Please see our System requirements for details.

Basics of auto-installation

Automated installation of b2evolution typically should include these steps:

1. Place the application files in the destination directory. (Check correct file permissions).
2. Create a MySQL User, Database and privileges of the user on the database.
3. Run the install/setup script provided of the application. (Note: the same script can also auto-upgrade any older version of the DB to the current one).
4. Delete the installer files.

See the file /install/automated-installation.html for more information.

Params

We will document new params here

htaccess=…

Added in 6.6.8

Possible values:

• htaccess=test (default) : test if .htacess is supported
  • If no existing .htaccess is found, install our own
  • If an existing .htaccess is found and it doesn’t match what we expect:
    • On install: display an error, which can be bypassed with the param htignore=1
    • On upgrade: display a simple one line warning
• htaccess=force : Force writing/updating .htaccess to latest version. This may be the best option in case of controlled environments.
• htaccess=skip : Skip this process entirely. This is the best option if the root directory is not writable by PHP at the time of install.