# Installations issues and unanswered questions

**URL:** https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/installations-issues-and-unanswered-questions/38250
**Category:** CMS Installation
**Created:** [July 28, 2026, 5:54am UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/installations-issues-and-unanswered-questions/38250 "2026-07-28T05:54:34Z")
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#### Post date: [July 28, 2026, 5:54am UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/installations-issues-and-unanswered-questions/38250/1 "2026-07-28T05:54:35Z")

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# CMS Version

4.4.4

# Installation Method

Custom install

# Operating System

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS

# Issue

When installing Xibo CMS, some questions and issues came to show. Major and minor, that i cannot find answers to in the documention. This is two of them. 🙂

First, about the library folder.  
When running the installer, one question is about the library folder.

The documentation states:\*  
The first field asks for the **Library Location** that Xibo should store the media you upload. The release archive included a folder for this, `/library` or a different folder can be used. Enter that folder here e.g `/var/www/Xibo/library` .\*

My intention was to use that folder that was included in the release archive, but this was not possible since the folder was not empty. The folder contained a installation logfile, and even if i deleted it, it was created again before that check was made.  
My solution to this was to create another folder and input the path here. After the installation finished, i could adjust this to the folder included in the release archive, since it did not seem to make a check if it was empty any more.

Second, about the keypair and encryption key.

The documentation states:  
_The CMS requires a pub/private RSA keypair and an encryption key to be saved in the library folder._

_As you’re installing manually you’ll need to provide these yourself. You can override the generated keys paths and encryption key by providing an alternative in `settings-custom.php`._

My first issue here was where to find or create the “settings-custom.php”. The documentation does not say, but after some googling, i found two rows in /web/settings.php where this file was mentioned with an incorrect path, at least in my setup.

I corrected this to /custom/settings-custom.php and created the file there.

I then created a keypair and encryption key as stated in the docs, and saved them in the library folder (subfolder /certs).  
Adjusted paths accordingly in settings-custom.php, which now looked like this:

_$apiKeyPaths = [  
‘publicKeyPath’ =\> ‘/opt/xibo/library/certs/public.key’,  
‘privateKeyPath’ =\> ‘/opt/xibo/library/certs/private.key’,  
‘encryptionKey’ =\> ‘/opt/xibo/library/certs/encryption.key’  
];_

I have no clue is this works or not at this time, but when i browse to the CMS, i get this message at the top:

 ![bild](https://community.xibo.org.uk/uploads/default/original/3X/d/d/dd8f1f6963d108460221f47005ea4a1ce8699ec4.png)

Any thoughts on the matter? 🙂

Thanks in advance