[Mapbender-users] How can install Mapbender to a standard cPanel account - withouth root access

[Székely Dénes]

Passwords changed ;) Well, I did not done anything, but unpacked the 
downloaded package!

No database configuration, nothing else. Thanks, anyway!

Will get back to you with any questions I might have *probably will have

Denes

2024. 03. 14. 14:34 keltezéssel, Thorsten Hildebrand (WhereGroup) írta:
> Hi Dénes,
>
> your Mapbender installation is already working:
> http://satelitnt.ro/mapbender/web/app.php
> http://satelitnt.ro/mapbender/web/app.php/application/mapbender_user
>
> However, you must ensure that the configuration files and code are not 
> publicly accessible.
>
> Best regards,
> Thorsten
>
> Am 14.03.2024 um 12:44 schrieb Székely Dénes via Mapbender_users:
>> Thanks, Connor, but this is not helping me. The server in case is a 
>> shared hosting environment, and the sysadmin does not grant me extra 
>> privileges and turned me down to offer support above what they 
>> usually give to their customers.
>>
>> What I have access to is this:
>>
>> I can access the WEBROOT directory where the clients domain is 
>> pointed, I can put there anything I want, I can create and configure 
>> the database, add a database user and tweak his privileges, I can 
>> tweak the PHP environment (PHP version, config items) and basically 
>> here's the end of story.
>>
>> Basically can't touch the webserver otherwhise than what is allowed 
>> to me to do by .htaccess commands
>>
>> cPanel is basically a shell to assist the clients to manage their 
>> allocated webserver space, withouth access to command line and 
>> obviously withouth root level privileges. It is the de facto standard 
>> in shared web hosting.
>>
>> So, basically I am wondering, if it is even possible to install 
>> mapbender by using these.
>>
>> Right now from web you can see this:
>>
>> http://satelitnt.ro/
>>
>> The mapbender package is there, here should go the final, working 
>> MapBendet installation.
>>
>> Dénes
>>
>> 2024. 03. 14. 12:49 keltezéssel, Härtel, Connor via Mapbender_users 
>> írta:
>>>
>>> Hi Denes,
>>>
>>> which instructions are you referring to?
>>>
>>> First off, I am not familiar with cPanel.
>>>
>>> If, however, the general problem is missing access to the command 
>>> line you could try and build a docker image with Mapbender, in which 
>>> all required installation instructions are taken care of. You could 
>>> base your image off of a php-apache image (php 7.4, unsure about 8.x 
>>> support for Mapbender) from https://hub.docker.com/_/php, which 
>>> already has a webserver built in.
>>>
>>> Docker would have to be installed on your system, also it generally 
>>> requires root permissions, so I am not sure if this would be 
>>> feasible in your case.
>>>
>>> Regarding the terminal/root access, you would have to resolve that 
>>> with whoever administrates the system.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Connor Härtel
>>>
>>> *Von:* Mapbender_users <mapbender_users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> *Im 
>>> Auftrag von *Székely Dénes via Mapbender_users
>>> *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 14. März 2024 08:38
>>> *An:* mapbender_users at lists.osgeo.org
>>> *Cc:* Székely Dénes <denes at webgobe.ro>
>>> *Betreff:* [Mapbender-users] How can install Mapbender to a standard 
>>> cPanel account - withouth root access
>>>
>>>
>>> I need to install MapBender for someone who purchased a cPanel account
>>> withouth root/command line acces, but otherwhise have all the other
>>> requirements (postgres database, PHP correctly configured with needed
>>> libraries, etc)
>>>
>>> The installation instructions I found all require command line/root
>>> access which is impossible to obtain with his account. Any help 
>>> would be
>>> greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Denes Szekely
>>>
>>>
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