Deploy MediaGoblin Services
---------------------------
+Edit site configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+A few basic properties must be set before MediaGoblin will work. First make a copy of ``mediagoblin.ini`` for editing so the original config file isn't lost::
+
+ cp mediagoblin.ini mediagoblin_local.ini
+
+Then:
+
+Set ``email_sender_address`` to the address you wish to be used as the sender for system-generated emails
+Edit ``direct_remote_path``, ``base_dir``, and ``base_url`` if you're mediagoblin directory is not the root directory of your vhost.
+
+
Configure MediaGoblin to use the PostgreSQL database
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. _webserver-config:
-Connect the Webserver to MediaGoblin with FastCGI
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-This section describes how to configure MediaGoblin to work via
-FastCGI. Our configuration example will use nginx, however, you may
+FastCGI and nginx
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This configuration example will use nginx, however, you may
use any webserver of your choice as long as it supports the FastCGI
protocol. If you do not already have a web server, consider nginx, as
the configuration files may be more clear than the
smaller deployments. However, for larger production deployments
with larger processing requirements, see the
":doc:`production-deployments`" documentation.
+
+
+Apache
+~~~~~~
+
+Instructions and scripts for running MediaGoblin on an Apache server can be found on the `MediaGoblin wiki <http://wiki.mediagoblin.org/Deployment>`_.
Security Considerations