Pim-community-dev: pim:install should take database parameters

[QwertyZW]

This is a developer/sysadmin feature request.

let the app/console pim:install command take database parameters.

See https://github.com/akeneo/pim-docs/issues/607

[mickaelandrieu]

Hello,

we already have a way to set database parameters at first installation using environment variables, I'm not sure this is documented but you can retrieve them in the composer.json

If exists, you need to delete app/config/parameters.yml file first.

PIM_DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1
...
app/console pim:install --force

Let me know if you need help, I won't let you down :-)

[QwertyZW]

I don't know how I feel about deleting app/config/parameters.yml right now

[mickaelandrieu]

It's an autogenerated file :)

[QwertyZW]

Brilliant. Thanks.

[mickaelandrieu]

Sarcasm ? :)

Let me know if it's ok for your needs :)

Mickaël

[QwertyZW]

Nope, not being sarcastic. 10/10 Genuine :)

I'm definitely grateful for the information regarding the environment variables, and that is probably enough for most cases. But I think the pim:install command should definitely mention this, along with deleting the .yml file

root@ebd12080e6b1:/var/www/pim-community-standard# php5.6 app/console help pim:install 
Usage:
  pim:install [options]

Options:
      --force              Force installation
  -h, --help               Display this help message
  -q, --quiet              Do not output any message
  -V, --version            Display this application version
      --ansi               Force ANSI output
      --no-ansi            Disable ANSI output
  -n, --no-interaction     Do not ask any interactive question
  -s, --shell              Launch the shell.
      --process-isolation  Launch commands from shell as a separate process.
  -e, --env=ENV            The Environment name. [default: "dev"]
      --no-debug           Switches off debug mode.
  -v|vv|vvv, --verbose     Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug

Help:
  Akeneo PIM Application Installer.

Feel free to close this issue if you see no reason for keeping it around.

[mickaelandrieu]

No hurry here, we want to help you :)

Should we improve the command help message, docs or both of them? If you want to make a pull request go for it: you can win a Contributor badge on your Community Badger platform :D

[QwertyZW]

Sounds good

[mickaelandrieu]

@QwertyZW great! Let me know if you need help, I'm waiting for your contribution 🎆

Mickaël

[QwertyZW]

It seems that the root issue with this is that both https://download.akeneo.com/pim-community-standard-v1.7-latest-icecat.tar.gz
https://download.akeneo.com/pim-community-standard-v1.7-latest.tar.gz are distributed with a parameters.yml.

Fix that issue and the composer install command should take care of taking in the required database parameters.

I think this issue can be closed now and a new one opened for what I just mentioned