Install AOLserver 3.3oacs1
by Vinod KurupThis page assumes you have downloaded aolserver to to
/tmp/aolserver3.3oacs1.tar.gz. If not,
get it. It also assumes you are following the &version;-P or &version;-O Reference Platform installation, using Red Hat 8.0. Places where other systems are different are noted.
As root, untar
aolserver3.3oacs1.tar.gz
into /usr/local/src.
[root@yourserver root]# cd /usr/local/src
[root@yourserver src]# tar xzf /tmp/aolserver3.3oacs1.tar.gz
[root@yourserver src]#
cd /usr/local/src
tar xzf /tmp/aolserver3.3oacs1.tar.gzCompile and install AOLserver. First, prepare the installation directory and the source code. The message about BUILD-MODULES can be ignored.root@yourserver root]# mkdir -p /usr/local/aolserver
[root@yourserver root]# cd /usr/local/src/aolserver
[root@yourserver aolserver]# ./conf-clean
cat: BUILD-MODULES: No such file or directory
Done.
[root@yourserver aolserver]#mkdir -p /usr/local/aolserver
cd /usr/local/src/aolserver
./conf-clean
If you are using Oracle, edit
conf-db and change
postgresql to
oracle, or to the word
both if you want both drivers
installed. In order to get nsoracle to compile, you may
need to su - oracle, and then su (without the -) root to set
the environment variables properly.
conf-inst should contain the
location where AOLserver is to be installed. Overwrite the
tarball's default value with our default value, /usr/local/aolserver:[root@yourserver aolserver]# echo "/usr/local/aolserver" > conf-inst
[root@yourserver aolserver]#conf-make should contain the
name of the GNU Make command on your system. It defaults to
gmake.Set an environment variable that the nspostgres driver
Makefile needs to compile correctly and run
conf, which compiles
AOLserver, the default modules, and the database driver, and
installs them.(Debian Users working with AOLserver 3.3+ad13 and
postgresql from apt-get may need to
make these symlinks: ln -s
/usr/include/postgresql/ /usr/include/pgsql
and ln -s /usr/lib/postgresql /usr/local/pgsql)[root@yourserver aolserver]# export POSTGRES=/usr/local/pgsql; ./conf
Building in /usr/local/aolserver
with the following modules:
aolserver
nscache
nsrewrite
nssha1
nsxml
pgdriver
==================================================================
Starting Build Sat Mar 8 10:28:26 PST 2003
Running gmake in aolserver/; output in log/aolserver.log
(several minute delay here)
Running gmake in nscache/; output in log/nscache.log
Running gmake in nsrewrite/; output in log/nsrewrite.log
Running gmake in nssha1/; output in log/nssha1.log
Running gmake in nsxml/; output in log/nsxml.log
Running gmake in nspostgres/; output in log/nspostgres.log
Creating ...
==================================================================
Done Building Sat Mar 8 10:31:35 PST 2003
[root@yourserver aolserver]#
This takes about 5 minutes. It builds aolserver, several modules, and the database driver. (Upgraders, note that the postgres database driver has changed from postgres.so to nspostgres.so). All of the results are logged to files in /usr/local/src/aolserver/log. If you run into problems running AOLserver, check these files for build errors.Add a database-specific wrapper script. This script
sets database environment variables before starting
AOLserver; this allows the AOLserver instance can
communicate with the database. There is one script each for
Oracle and PostGreSQL. They don't conflict, so if you plan
to use both databases, install both.Oracle[root@yourserver aolserver]# cd /usr/local/aolserver/bin
[root@yourserver bin]# cp /tmp/&tarballpath;/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-oracle.txt ./nsd-oracle
[root@yourserver bin]# chmod 750 nsd-oracle
[root@yourserver bin]#
cd /usr/local/aolserver/bin
cp /tmp/&tarballpath;/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-oracle.txt ./nsd-oracle
chmod 750 nsd-oraclePostGreSQL[root@yourserver aolserver]# cd /usr/local/aolserver/bin
[root@yourserver bin]# cp /tmp/&tarballpath;/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-postgres.txt ./nsd-postgres
[root@yourserver bin]# chmod 755 nsd-postgres
[root@yourserver bin]#
cd /usr/local/aolserver/bin
cp /tmp/&tarballpath;/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-postgres.txt ./nsd-postgres
chmod 755 nsd-postgresInstall nsopenssl
(OPTIONAL)Install Full Text Search with OpenFTS (OPTIONAL)In order to test AOLserver, we'll run it using the
sample-config.tcl file provided in the AOLserver distribution,
under the nobody user and web
group. The sample-config.tcl configuration writes to the
default log locations, so we need to give it permission to do so
or it will fail. Grant the web
group permission to write to
/usr/local/aolserver/log and
/usr/local/aolserver/servers.[root@yourserver root]# cd /usr/local/aolserver
[root@yourserver aolserver]# chown -R root.web log servers
[root@yourserver aolserver]# chmod -R g+w log servers
[root@yourserver aolserver]# ls -l
total 32
drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 8 12:57 bin
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 8 10:34 include
drwxr-sr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 8 10:34 lib
drwxrwsr-x 2 root web 4096 Mar 8 10:31 log
drwxr-sr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 8 10:31 modules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7320 Mar 31 2001 sample-config.tcl
drwxrwsr-x 3 root web 4096 Mar 8 10:31 servers
[root@yourserver aolserver]#
cd /usr/local/aolserver
chown -R root.web log servers
chmod -R g+w log servers
ls -lNow, we'll run a quick test to ensure AOLserver is running
correctly. We'll use the sample config file provided with
AOLserver. This file will attempt to guess your IP address and
hostname. It will then start up the server at port 8000 of that
IP address.[root@yourserver aolserver]# ./bin/nsd -t sample-config.tcl -u nobody -g web
[root@yourserver aolserver]# [08/Mar/2003:15:07:18][31175.8192][-main-] Notice: config.tcl: starting to read config file...
[08/Mar/2003:15:07:18][31175.8192][-main-] Warning: config.tcl: nsssl not loaded -- key/cert files do not exist.
[08/Mar/2003:15:07:18][31175.8192][-main-] Warning: config.tcl: nscp not loaded
-- user/password is not set.
[08/Mar/2003:15:07:18][31175.8192][-main-] Notice: config.tcl: finished reading
config file.The first warning, about nsssl, can be ignored. We won't be using nsssl; we'll be using nsopenssl instead, and we haven't fully configured it yet. The nscp warning refers to the fact that, without a user and password in the config file, the administrative panel of AOLserver won't load. We don't plan to use it and can ignore that error as well. Any other warning or error is unexpected and probably a problem.
Test to see if AOLserver is working by starting
Mozilla or
Lynxon the same
computer and surfing over to your web page. If
you browse from another computer and the sample config file
didn't guess your hostname or ip correctly, you'll get a
false negative test.
[root@yourserver aolserver]# lynx localhost:8000
You should see a "Welcome to AOLserver" page. If this
doesn't work, try going to
http://127.0.0.1:8000/. If this
still doesn't work, check out the section below. Note that you will not be able to browse to the web page from another machine, because AOLserver is only listening to the local address.
Shutdown the test server:[root@yourserver aolserver]# killall nsd
[root@yourserver aolserver]#
The killall command will kill
all processes with the name nsd,
but clearly this is not a good tool to use for managing your
services in general. We cover this topic in the section.
Troubleshooting.If you can't view the welcome page, it's likely there's a
problem with your server configuration. Start by viewing your
AOLserver log, which is in
/usr/local/aolserver/log/server.log.
You should also try to find lines of the form:
[01/Jun/2000:12:11:20][5914.2051][-nssock-] Notice: nssock: listening on http://localhost.localdomain:8000 (127.0.0.1:8000)
[01/Jun/2000:12:11:20][5914.2051][-nssock-] Notice: accepting connections
If you can find these lines, try entering the URL the server is
listening on. If you cannot find these lines, there must be an error
somewhere in the file. Search for lines beginning with the word
Error instead of
Notice.
The sample-config.tcl file grabs
your address and hostname from your OS settings.
set hostname [ns_info hostname]
set address [ns_info address]
If you get an error that nssock can't get the requested address, you
can set these manually. If you type 0.0.0.0, AOLserver will try to
listen on all available addresses. Note:
ns_info address doesn't appear
to be supported in current versions of AOLserver.
set hostname [ns_info hostname]
#set address [ns_info address]
set address 0.0.0.0Install
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