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+# Installation Guide
+
+## Software
+
+* [Apache](https://www.apache.org) 2.2/2.4
+  * [mod_rewrite](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html)
+* [PHP](http://php.net) >= 5.4
+  * [mysqlnd](http://php.net/manual/en/book.mysqlnd.php)
+  * [intl](http://php.net/manual/en/book.intl.php)
+  * [imagick](http://pecl.php.net/package/imagick)
+* [MySQL](https://www.mysql.com) or [MariaDB](https://mariadb.org)
+
+
+## Installation
+
+### Webserver
+
+1. Checkout source code  
+`hg clone https://zyren.inf-d.de/repositories/Questlab`
+1. Move files to Apache’s [DocumentRoot](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#DocumentRoot) or use a [Virtual Host](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhosts/)
+1. Make sure all files are readable by Apache (usually user http or www-data)
+1. Make the following folders writable by Apache: logs, media, seminarymedia, seminaryuploads, tmp, uploads
+
+### Database
+
+1. Create a new database
+<pre>
+    CREATE DATABASE z
+    CREATE USER 'z'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'legendofZ';
+    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON z.* TO 'z'@'%'
+</pre>
+1. Run script to create tables
+The script creates triggers so either give the user SUPER "privileges":https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/grant/ or enable "log_bin_trust_function_creators":https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/replication-and-binary-log-server-system-variables/#log_bin_trust_function_creators  
+`$ mysql -u z -p z < create.sql`
+1. Run script to import default values  
+`$ mysql -u z -p z < import.sql`
+
+
+## Configuration
+
+### General
+
+File source:configs/AppConfig.inc
+<pre>
+    public static $app = array(
+        'name'              => 'Questlab',
+        'genericname'       => 'The Legend of Z',
+        'namespace'         => 'hhu\\z\\',
+        'timeZone'          => 'Europe/Berlin',
+        'mailsender'        => '',
+        'mailcontact'       => '',
+        'registration_host' => '',
+        'languages'         => array(
+            'de'    => 'de_DE.utf8'
+        )
+    );
+</pre>
+* name
+Displayable name of application
+* genericname
+Generic name used internally (_do not change this!_)
+* namespace
+Namespace of this application (_do not change this!_)
+* timeZone
+Timezone of application
+* mailsender
+Sender used for FROM-header in e‑mail notifications
+* mailcontact
+Displayable e‑mail address for contact
+* registration_host
+limit user registration to this host
+* languages
+supported languages (_do not change this!_)
+
+### Database
+
+File source:configs/AppConfig.inc
+<pre>
+    public static $database = array(
+        'user'      => 'z',
+        'host'      => 'localhost',
+        'password'  => 'legendofZ',
+        'db'        => 'z'
+    );
+</pre>
+* user
+name of database user
+* host
+name of database host
+* password
+password for database user
+* db
+name of database to use
+
+### E‑Mail notifications
+
+File source:configs/AppConfig.inc
+<pre>
+    public static $app = array(
+        […]
+        'mailsender'        => '',
+        […]
+    );
+</pre>
+* mailsender
+Sender used for FROM-header in e‑mail notifications
+<pre>
+    public static $mail = array(
+        'host'      => '',
+        'port'      => 465,
+        'username'  => '',
+        'password'  => '',
+        'secure'    => '',
+        'charset'   => 'UTF-8'
+    );
+</pre>
+* host
+SMTP host to send mails via
+* port
+SMTP port to use
+* username
+name of SMTP user
+* password
+password for SMTP user
+* secure
+transport security to use (e. g. “ssl”)
+* charset
+charset to use for mails
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