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Getting Started

What does your user need to know to try your project?

1: Install DbFace On-premises

The account is the only user credential to enter DbFace system. The DbFace account is comprised of username, password and e-mail address. You can sign in DbFace through username or e-mail address.

Use the browser to open DbFace website, Tap “Sign Up” link to enter the account registration page.

create new account in DbFace

In this page enter your email address , username, password and click on the “Sign me up” button to create your DbFace account. Please make sure your email address is correct.

After the account created, DbFace will send you a welcome email, click the link in that email to activate your DbFace account.

You can also use Google or Facebook account to login directly (no need to register and activate).

Accessing DbFace

After the account was created, you can login DbFace system using your account. On DbFace website click on the “login” link to enter the login page. (If you choose the “Remember Password” button, the system will record the encrypted account information in your current machine Cookie, in the next 30 days, opening the landing page will automatically enter the system).

If you want to use Google or Facebook account to log in, tap the corresponding social login button without entering account information.

Subscription Plans

DbFace provides 4 types of subscriptions and up to 14-days trial period. You can upgrade or downgrade your account at anytime.

Basic
Basic package includes 5 sub-account, create up to 2 database connections, and up to 100 applications.
Premium
Premium version does not apply the limitation to the number of sub-accounts, database connections and applications.
Enterprise
Enterprise version allows you run updated DbFace on a managed VPS host, we will keep your DbFace always updated. Cloud code, PHP reports and other advanced features are only available on Enterprise plan.
On-Premise
You can also host DbFace in your own environment with On-premise plan. On-premise license is lifetime, it means DbFace will never expired in your environment, but you still need to pay the upgrade fee (the license fee) to get the update after 1 year.

Click here to get information about Which plan should I use?

Click on “Settings” button in the current window, select the “subscription” tab to enter the subscription page. On this page, you can view your current subscription/trial status and expiration date, you can also renew or modify your subscription.

Choose subscription plan of DbFace

Note: This page might be different depending on your region.

Edit Profile

Click on “Settings” and select “User Profile” to edit your user profile. You can change your password, your profile avatar, email, username on this page.

Cancel Account

If you do not want to use DbFace service anymore, you can cancel your account at anytime. The account information stored in DbFace server will be fully deleted and unrecoverable, Please use caution.

When you cancel your account, we invite you to give us feedback so that we can improve our products. Your feedback will really help us make a better product for you and others like you.

On-Premises

You can also host DbFace on your own web server with On-Premises version. Please refer this page to get how to install DbFace in Docker environment.

Here is a video show you how to install DbFace On-premise on Docker:

If you already have prepared PHP5.3+(PHP5.3, PHP5.4, PHP5.5, PHP5.6, PHP7) webserver, you can also download DbFace zip file from the following URL, and install manually.

https://www.dbface.com/download-dbface

Unzip the file into your web server directory, use the browser to navigate to the URL, that will guide you how to install DbFace.

Click here to learn more information about manual installation.

Backup an On-Premises Installation

All DbFace applications data(sub-accounts, applications, settings, etc.) are stored in the user/ directory. You can backup the full user directory.

If you want to update to the latest version, you can copy the backup user directory to the new installation, all your DbFace data will be recovered safely.

1 - Install DbFace On-premises

Install DbFace On-premises.

Installation of DbFace is a trivial process. In fact, there is no real installation.

DbFace is a web product written by PHP. To install DbFace on your own environment, please make sure the following requirements:

To support all the features, DbFace requires PHP7.2.5+. However, you can still use most of the features on PHP 7.1+.

PHP7.2.5+ enabled webserver, such as Apache, Nginx, IIS, etc.
PHP extension: SQLite3.
PHP extension: IonCube Loader.
Database PHP extensions:
php_mysqli: Required for working with MySQL
php_pdo_pgsql: Required for working with PostgreSQL
php_pdo_firebird： Required for working with Firebird/Interbase
php_pdo_sqlsrv_72_ts: Required for working with SQL Server
php_oci8_11g: Required for working with Oracle
php_cubrid: Required for working with Cubid
php_mongodb: Required for Mongodb Support

Docker?

If you already known docker, we recommend you try our official docker version which already packed all components. Get DbFace Docker

Need help?

We provide free support on installing DbFace on your own environment. If you need help or have any questions, please drop us a mail: support@dbface.com.

Please follow the following instructure to install:

Step1: Uploading Files

Upload the corresponding product zip file (e.g. dbface_php7.2.zip) to your web folder.

Step 2. Uncompressing downloaded file

Unzip dbface product archive. If you do not want to use the default folder name, you can create your own and move all the files to your new folder.

Step 3. Setting Directory Permissions.

Make sure the following directories writable:

user

DbFace will store all files (logs, cache, temp etc.) in user/ directory, so please make sure user directory writable, 0755 should work well.

Step 4. Start the installation process.

open the browser and access the DbFace to start the installation process.

Example: http://server/dbface

If SQLite3 extension installed, DbFace will try it’s best to do the typical installation, otherwise, DbFace will ask you where to save it’s configuration.

The default Administrator username and password are admin/admin. You need to modify the account information to activate on-premise installation at the user profile page.