Installation script breaks other sites about zulip HOT 7 OPEN

Would adding something like this to server.html address your concern?

NOTE: This automated installation process expects to be the only thing running on a server (it uses puppet, etc.). It's likely additional installation options will be implemented by the community over the coming weeks (both in terms of distros and methods). If you'd like to hear about these sorts of things as they become available, sign up for the Zulip announcement list.

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Yep, that would do it.

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OK, added that documentation. Thanks for reporting this!

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Please reopen this issue, as it is not fixed.

It still breaks existing installations, as configurations of the global scope are being altered and Zulip is not at the global scope. Things that need to be changed:

• Leave the current user to www-data. You need to find another solution for using the zulip-user, without this hack.
• Put all the extra servers under a config under sites-enabled, and don't touch nginx.conf.

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Reopening, since I agree it'd be good to not require Zulip be installed in global scope (though I think changing that will be a significant project, especially since we'd need to do it with a clean upgrade process).

Note #188 is also related to this issue.

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There is possibility to left ownership of files to zulip, and additionally set file access list with permissions for www-data user.

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Hello @zulip/server-production members, this issue was labeled with the "area: production installer" label, so you may want to check it out!

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