LiveJournal Server

Table of Contents

Preface

I. Introduction to LiveJournal

1. What is LiveJournal?

2. The Story Behind LiveJournal

3. Why Use LiveJournal?

1. Features

4. Frank the Goat

II. LiveJournal Installation

5. Requirements

6. Perl

1. Installing Perl

2. Installing Perl Modules

7. General Setup

1. $LJHOME Environment Variable

2. Installing the files

8. MySQL

1. Install MySQL

2. Secure your MySQL installation

3. Create the LiveJournal Database

4. Configuring %LJ::DBINFO

5. Populate the Database

9. Supplemental Software

1. Install extra required packages and modules

2. Setting up multiple database servers

3. Configure memcached and SSL

4. Configure Perlbal

4.1. Install Perlbal

4.2. Set up Perlbal

4.3. Example perlbal.conf

4.4. SSL steps and startup

5. Configure MogileFS

5.1. Install MogileFS

5.2. Set up MogileFS

6. Set up LJ <=> FotoBilder Integration

10. Configuring ljconfig.pl

1. $LJ:: Variables

1.1. Auto-Configured

1.2. User-Configurable

2. %LJ::HELPURLS

3. %LJ::DISABLED

4. Setting Capabilities

11. Apache

1. Installation

1.1. mod_perl

1.2. Apache suEXEC Support

1.3. Virtual Hosts

2. Example httpd.conf

12. Configure Gearman / TheSchwartz

1. Install Gearman / TheSchwartz

2. Set up Gearman / TheSchwartz

13. Scheduling Maintenance tasks

14. Finishing Up

III. Customizing Your Installation

15. Using your own SVN directory

1. cvsreport.pl (vcv) : Adding & Overlaying

16. Using your own images and icons

1. Using imageconf.pl

17. Customizing LJ's Content

1. Using site-specific text

18. Setting your own Limits

19. Setting and using Hooks

1. Writing Hooks

2. Hooks Reference

20. BML Schemes

1. Writing a BML Scheme

2. BML Template Reference

21. Running your own Maintenance Tasks

IV. Administering a LiveJournal Site

22. Creating Users

23. Capabilities Classes

1. Introduction

2. Setting Capabilities

3. Capabilities Reference

24. Administrating Privileges

1. Using privs effectively

2. A list of all Privs

25. The Administrative Console

1. Taking control of the Console

2. Console Command Reference

26. Banning Users

27. Running a Busy Site

A. Frequently Asked Questions

V. LiveJournal Features

28. Internal Support System

1. Introduction

B. GNU Free Documentation License

C. Documentation Contributors

Glossary