For new installations: chown ${VHOST_SERVER_UID}:${VHOST_SERVER_GID} ${MY_INSTALLDIR} find ${MY_INSTALLDIR}/{data,temp} -type d -exec chown ${VHOST_SERVER_UID}:${VHOST_SERVER_GID} {} \\; --- Browse to http://yourhost/${PN} You'll be taken through the web based installer. The web based installer is fully documented and should describe each option that you'll have along the way. At the very end the installer will create two files for you. The files settings.php and users.php will be generated, and if possible, be written to the server for you.