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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion .config/zz-docker.config.php
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// Necessary because otherwise the daemon isn't working
'pidfile' => '/var/run/friendica.pid',

'logfile' => '/var/www/html/friendica.log',
'logfile' => '/var/log/friendica.log',
'loglevel' => 'notice',
],
'storage' => [
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Expand Up @@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ RUN set -ex; \
mkdir -p -m 775 /var/www/data; \
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/data

RUN set -ex; \
ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/friendica.log

VOLUME /var/www/html
VOLUME /var/www/data

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// Necessary because otherwise the daemon isn't working
'pidfile' => '/var/run/friendica.pid',

'logfile' => '/var/www/html/friendica.log',
'logfile' => '/var/log/friendica.log',
'loglevel' => 'notice',
],
'storage' => [
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions 2024.12/fpm-alpine/Dockerfile
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mkdir -p -m 775 /var/www/data; \
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/data

RUN set -ex; \
ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/friendica.log

VOLUME /var/www/html
VOLUME /var/www/data

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion 2024.12/fpm-alpine/config/zz-docker.config.php
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// Necessary because otherwise the daemon isn't working
'pidfile' => '/var/run/friendica.pid',

'logfile' => '/var/www/html/friendica.log',
'logfile' => '/var/log/friendica.log',
'loglevel' => 'notice',
],
'storage' => [
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mkdir -p -m 775 /var/www/data; \
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/data

RUN set -ex; \
ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/friendica.log

VOLUME /var/www/html
VOLUME /var/www/data

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// Necessary because otherwise the daemon isn't working
'pidfile' => '/var/run/friendica.pid',

'logfile' => '/var/www/html/friendica.log',
'logfile' => '/var/log/friendica.log',
'loglevel' => 'notice',
],
'storage' => [
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mkdir -p -m 775 /var/www/data; \
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/data

RUN set -ex; \
ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/friendica.log

VOLUME /var/www/html
VOLUME /var/www/data

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// Necessary because otherwise the daemon isn't working
'pidfile' => '/var/run/friendica.pid',

'logfile' => '/var/www/html/friendica.log',
'logfile' => '/var/log/friendica.log',
'loglevel' => 'notice',
],
'storage' => [
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mkdir -p -m 775 /var/www/data; \
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/data

RUN set -ex; \
ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/friendica.log

VOLUME /var/www/html
VOLUME /var/www/data

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// Necessary because otherwise the daemon isn't working
'pidfile' => '/var/run/friendica.pid',

'logfile' => '/var/www/html/friendica.log',
'logfile' => '/var/log/friendica.log',
'loglevel' => 'notice',
],
'storage' => [
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mkdir -p -m 775 /var/www/data; \
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/data

RUN set -ex; \
ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/friendica.log

VOLUME /var/www/html
VOLUME /var/www/data

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// Necessary because otherwise the daemon isn't working
'pidfile' => '/var/run/friendica.pid',

'logfile' => '/var/www/html/friendica.log',
'logfile' => '/var/log/friendica.log',
'loglevel' => 'notice',
],
'storage' => [
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions 2026.04-dev/apache/Dockerfile
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mkdir -p -m 775 /var/www/data; \
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/data

RUN set -ex; \
ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/friendica.log

VOLUME /var/www/html
VOLUME /var/www/data

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// Necessary because otherwise the daemon isn't working
'pidfile' => '/var/run/friendica.pid',

'logfile' => '/var/www/html/friendica.log',
'logfile' => '/var/log/friendica.log',
'loglevel' => 'notice',
],
'storage' => [
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions 2026.04-dev/fpm-alpine/Dockerfile
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mkdir -p -m 775 /var/www/data; \
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/data

RUN set -ex; \
ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/friendica.log

VOLUME /var/www/html
VOLUME /var/www/data

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// Necessary because otherwise the daemon isn't working
'pidfile' => '/var/run/friendica.pid',

'logfile' => '/var/www/html/friendica.log',
'logfile' => '/var/log/friendica.log',
'loglevel' => 'notice',
],
'storage' => [
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mkdir -p -m 775 /var/www/data; \
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/data

RUN set -ex; \
ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/friendica.log

VOLUME /var/www/html
VOLUME /var/www/data

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// Necessary because otherwise the daemon isn't working
'pidfile' => '/var/run/friendica.pid',

'logfile' => '/var/www/html/friendica.log',
'logfile' => '/var/log/friendica.log',
'loglevel' => 'notice',
],
'storage' => [
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mkdir -p -m 775 /var/www/data; \
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/data

RUN set -ex; \
ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/friendica.log

VOLUME /var/www/html
VOLUME /var/www/data

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mkdir -p -m 775 /var/www/data; \
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/data

RUN set -ex; \
ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/friendica.log

VOLUME /var/www/html
VOLUME /var/www/data

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**Friendica Logging**

- `FRIENDICA_DEBUGGING` If set to `true`, the logging of Friendica is enabled.
- `FRIENDICA_LOGFILE` (optional) The path to the logfile (Default: /var/www/friendica.log).
- `FRIENDICA_LOGLEVEL` (optional) The loglevel to log (Default: notice).
- `FRIENDICA_LOGGER` (optional) Set the type - stream, syslog, monolog (Default: stream).
- `FRIENDICA_SYSLOG_FLAGS` (optional) In case syslog is used, set the corresponding flags (Default: `LOG_PID | LOG_ODELAY | LOG_CONS | LOG_PERROR`).
- `FRIENDICA_SYSLOG_FACTORY` (optional) In case syslog is used, set the corresponding factory (Default: `LOG_USER`).

**Database** (**required at installation**)

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Because Friendica links the administrator account to a specific mail address, you **have** to set a valid address for `MAILNAME`.

## Logging settings

Friendica logs to /var/log/friendica.log by default. This location inside the container should not be changed (and the corresponding setting
in Friendica is disabled). The output of /var/log/friendica.log is available in the Docker log of the container (see Docker logging for
details). If you prefer you can still mount a file to /var/log/friendica.log into the container.

## Mail settings

The binary `msmtp` is used for the mail support of Friendica.
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