Setting up Piwik manually or headless install not supported #991

We provide config/config.ini.sample.php, which implies that a user could copy and configure this manually as config.ini.php.

• if the db user doesn't exist, Piwik reports:

SQLSTATE[28000] [1045] Access denied for user "%s"

(followed by a backtrace)

• if db user exists but not the database, Piwik reports:

SQLSTATE[42000] [1049] Unknown database "%s"

(followed by a backtrace)

• if db user and database exist, but not the tables, Piwik reports:

Critical Error during the update process:

Database piwik is empty. You must edit or remove your Piwik configuration file.

• if user bypasses the Installation, things like the anonymous user and default site are not created

Proposal:

• for database user that doesn't exist, provide help
• for missing database or tables, prompt to remove the config file and redirect to installer, using the settings to pre-fill the forms; (we don't want to remove the config file without user confirmation, in case Piwik simply lost its connection to the MySQL server)

sounds good - also, a simple solution could be to explain in a comment in config.sample that this is not meant to be copied, users should go through the installation process first etc.

I vote for a comment in config.sample.ini to explain that this is not meant to be copied with a link to the installation guide (piwik.org/docs/installation/)

In [1569], refs #991 - add comment to config.ini.sample.php to not copy this file

Have a look into the repository of EXT:piwikintegration for TYPO3.

Manual: http://forge.typo3.org/wiki/extension-piwikintegration/Manual_for_20

SVN: http://forge.typo3.org/repositories/show/extension-piwikintegration

Here is the direct link to the helper class with the function makePiwikConfigured:

http://forge.typo3.org/repositories/entry/extension-piwikintegration/trunk/class.tx_piwikintegration_helper.php#L133

This class is used to fetch, extract and install piwik fully automated. It supports updating existing databases. It's forced to use a hardcoded prefix, to make it compatible with TYPO3.

The tracking code is developed in a standalone extension:

http://forge.typo3.org/projects/show/extension-piwik

Best regards Kay

I've added a reference to comment:7 to #161.

(In [1742]) fixes #991 - redirect to Installation 'welcome' (displaying alternate text & error message) if database connection fails