Automatic generated installation report
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:09 pm
Hello,
I have a suggestion : what about an simple installation report generated at the end of the install ? It could be posted when asking for help and provide informations the poster doesn't provide and ease helping/debugging.
Here is a more detailled view :
-it is a file, named-timestamped : install-report-2007-03-31-21-59-48.txt
-located near config.php or somewhere a newbie can find it.
-it has rwx=000 and should be retrieve with SSH or FTP but not HTTP.
-it provides informations about the hosting environnement : OS x.y, Apache/lightty, PHP z.t, mem quotas, safe mode...
-it provides informations about the CMSms being installed : version, options, modules... diff ? upgrade ?
-it provides informations about the process : list of warnings, list of errors, check points (db connection OK...)
-it is human and machine readable ; simple sequence of lines of pairs like "php safe mode : off", "OS : FreeBSD 4.4"
-the installer advices to join it to installation help posts.
Or does it already exist ? Or don't you find it usefull ? Please tell me what you think of this.
Pierre M.
I have a suggestion : what about an simple installation report generated at the end of the install ? It could be posted when asking for help and provide informations the poster doesn't provide and ease helping/debugging.
Here is a more detailled view :
-it is a file, named-timestamped : install-report-2007-03-31-21-59-48.txt
-located near config.php or somewhere a newbie can find it.
-it has rwx=000 and should be retrieve with SSH or FTP but not HTTP.
-it provides informations about the hosting environnement : OS x.y, Apache/lightty, PHP z.t, mem quotas, safe mode...
-it provides informations about the CMSms being installed : version, options, modules... diff ? upgrade ?
-it provides informations about the process : list of warnings, list of errors, check points (db connection OK...)
-it is human and machine readable ; simple sequence of lines of pairs like "php safe mode : off", "OS : FreeBSD 4.4"
-the installer advices to join it to installation help posts.
Or does it already exist ? Or don't you find it usefull ? Please tell me what you think of this.
Pierre M.