Installing Habari

Habari is an open‑source blogging platform written in PHP. It’s lightweight, standards‑compliant, and designed to be a modern alternative to traditional blogging systems. Habari requires manual installation on your hosting account.

Why Use Habari?

Clean, modern codebase with support for PHP 7+.
Extensible with plugins and themes.
Focused on simplicity and speed.
Compatible with all ruachost.com hosting accounts.

Steps to Install Habari Manually

Download Habari.
- Visit the official project page: Habari CMS.
- Download the latest .zip or .tar.gz release.
Extract Files.
- Unzip the downloaded package locally.
- The extracted folder will contain Habari installation files.
Upload Files to Your Hosting Account.
- Use FTP or File Manager in cPanel to upload the extracted files.
- Place them in the public_html directory if you want Habari at the root (e.g., example.com).
- Alternatively, upload to a subdirectory (e.g., example.com/blog).
Create a MySQL Database and User.
- In cPanel at ruachost.com, use the MySQL Database Wizard.
- Create a database and user, then assign full privileges.
- Note the database name, username, and password — you’ll need them during installation.
Run the Installer.
- In your browser, go to the installation URL:
  - If installed in root → http://example.com
  - If installed in a subdirectory → http://example.com/blog
- The Habari installation wizard will appear.
Configure Database Settings.
- Enter the database details you created:
  - Database Name → your database name
  - Username → your database user
  - Password → your database password
  - Host → localhost
Create Admin Account.
- Enter an Admin Username, Password, and Email Address.
- This will be your login for the Habari dashboard.
Finalize Installation.
- Click Install Habari.
- Once installation completes, you’ll be redirected to the Habari dashboard.
- You can now configure themes, plugins, and start publishing content.