Install OpenACS 5.7.0

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Install OpenACS 5.9.0

by Vinod Kurup

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Set up a user account for each site.

@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ /var/tmp and proceed:

Unpack the OpenACS tarball and rename it to $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME. Secure the directory so that only the owner can access it. Check the permissions by listing the directory.

FreeBSD note: Change the period in chown -R $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME to a colon: chown -R $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME:$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME

[root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ cd /var/lib/aolserver
-[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ tar xzf /var/tmp/openacs-5.7.0.tgz
-[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ mv openacs-5.7.0 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ tar xzf /var/tmp/openacs-5.9.0.tgz
+[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ mv openacs-5.9.0 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ chmod -R 775 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ chown -R $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ ls -al
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@
 [root root]#
 su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 cd /var/lib/aolserver
-tar xzf /var/tmp/openacs-5.7.0.tgz
-mv openacs-5.7.0 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+tar xzf /var/tmp/openacs-5.9.0.tgz
+mv openacs-5.9.0 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 chmod -R 755 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 chown -R $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 exit

Add the Service to CVS (OPTIONAL)
Prepare the database
- Prepare Oracle for OpenACS. If you won't be using Oracle, skip to Prepare PostgreSQL for an OpenACS Service
  @@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ CREATE DATABASE [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME -/usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb -E UNICODE $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
- Automate daily database Vacuuming. This is a process which cleans out discarded data from the database. A quick way to automate vacuuming is to edit the cron file for the database user. Recommended: VACUUM ANALYZE every hour and VACUUM FULL ANALYZE every day.
```
[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ export EDITOR=emacs;crontab -e
```
  Add these lines to the file. The vacuum command cleans up temporary structures within a PostGreSQL database, and can improve performance. We vacuum gently every hour and completely every day. The numbers and stars at the beginning are cron columns that specify when the program should be run - in this case, whenever the minute is 0 and the hour is 1, i.e., 1:00 am every day, and every (*) day of month, month, and day of week. Type man 5 crontab for more information.
```
0 1-23 * * * /usr/local/pgsql/bin/vacuumdb --analyze $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+/usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb -E UNICODE $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
```
- Automate daily database Vacuuming. This is a process which cleans out discarded data from the database. A quick way to automate vacuuming is to edit the cron file for the database user. Recommended: VACUUM ANALYZE every hour and VACUUM FULL ANALYZE every day.
```
[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ export EDITOR=emacs;crontab -e
```
  Add these lines to the file. The vacuum command cleans up temporary structures within a PostGreSQL database, and can improve performance. We vacuum gently every hour and completely every day. The numbers and stars at the beginning are cron columns that specify when the program should be run - in this case, whenever the minute is 0 and the hour is 1, i.e., 1:00 am every day, and every (*) day of month, month, and day of week. Type man 5 crontab for more information.
```
0 1-23 * * * /usr/local/pgsql/bin/vacuumdb --analyze $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 0 0 * * * /usr/local/pgsql/bin/vacuumdb --full --analyze $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
```
  Depending on your distribution, you may receive email when the crontab items are executed. If you don't want to receive email for those crontab items, @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ need to configure a virtual server. The Reference Platform uses a configuration file included in the OpenACS tarball, /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/etc/config.tcl. - Open it in an editor to adjust the parameters.
```
[root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+	   Open it in an editor to adjust the parameters.
[root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ cd /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/etc
 [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME etc]$ emacs config.tcl
 

@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
         AOLserver keepalive (OPTIONAL)
```

Configure a Service with the OpenACS Installer. Now that you've got AOLserver up and running, let's install OpenACS - 5.7.0. + 5.9.0.

You should see a page from the webserver titled OpenACS Installation: @@ -368,8 +368,8 @@ Give the server a few minutes to start up. Then reload the final page above. You should see the front page, with an area to login near the upper right. Congratulations, OpenACS - 5.7.0 is now up and running! -

`Installation Option 3: Install from CVS`

If you want to track fresh code developments inbetween releases, or you are an OpenACS core developer, you may want to install from CVS. This is identical to Option 2 except that you get the files from CVS instead of the tarball: CVS Checkout Instructions. So, instead of tar xzf /var/tmp/openacs-5.7.0.tgz, cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@openacs.org:/cvsroot co acs-core.

`Next Steps`

Use daemontools supervise and svc, or inittab, to automate server startup and shutdown.
Install Full Text Search (OPTIONAL). If you have installed OpenFTS and enabled + 5.9.0 is now up and running! +

`Installation Option 3: Install from CVS`

If you want to track fresh code developments inbetween releases, or you are an OpenACS core developer, you may want to install from CVS. This is identical to Option 2 except that you get the files from CVS instead of the tarball: CVS Checkout Instructions. So, instead of tar xzf /var/tmp/openacs-5.9.0.tgz, cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@openacs.org:/cvsroot co acs-core.

`Next Steps`

Use daemontools supervise and svc, or inittab, to automate server startup and shutdown.
Install Full Text Search (OPTIONAL). If you have installed OpenFTS and enabled OpenFTS, you can now install the OpenFTS Driver package and Full Text Search Engine package in the OpenACS service.
This is a good time to make a backup of your service. If this is a production site, you should set up automatic nightly backups.
If you want traffic reports, set up analog or another log