Question: Non-interactive setup

[jzizka91]

Hi.

Just a question. Is it possible to run the php aowow --setup in a non-interactively mode or would it be possible to implement it? It would be useful for automatic deployments.

System:

• OS: Ubuntu 24.04
• PHP version: 8.3
• revision used: -
• Browser (in case of JavaScript / display errors): -
• AzerothCore: no

[Sarjuuk]

That's not something i've considered so far. And at least for now i don't think wil implement.

But there are only a couple of steps that actually require user input, though generally if there is any error there will be a prompt.

https://github.com/Sarjuuk/aowow/blob/615c203c7a89176b5da977a87bd680e57162f6e7/setup/tools/clisetup/setup.us.php#L28-L35 You'd need to comment:

• database: you'd have to generate /config/config.php yourself in advance.
• configure: setting site_host and static_host. They can each be done as oneliner: ./aowow -c e site_host myhost.com in advance
• account: also a oneliner command: ./aowow -a user pass email you need to set an email or you'll get prompted for one. Order wise it need to be set after the database but doesn't have to be last.

And barring any errors it should run without user input.

[iTob191]

I think it's already possible to a reasonable degree. The most interactive steps are the first 2 (db and site config). You can skip those by creating a file cache/setup/firstrun with contents

37
2

and calling the setup like printf "y" | php aowow --setup. As sarjuuk has mentioned, this requires that you provide the database config file (config/config.php) and apply the needed database changes for site configuration yourself. With the recent changes in 10de3206167089a985dbfee9999469bbd86cc23c, the setup will no longer hang if user input is required when running in a non-interactive environment.

Info: 37 is the current aowow revision at the time of writing. If you try this at a later time you may need to update the number.

[jzizka91]

Alright, I'll take a look. Thanks.