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by Vinod Kurup
+ +We recommend the use of AOLserver 4.0.1 or later. These instructions are retained as a resource.
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ [root src]# cd /usr/local/src wget --passive http://uptime.openacs.org/aolserver-openacs/aolserver3.3oacs1.tar.gz -tar xzf aolserver3.3oacs1.tar.gz
This section also relies on some OpenACS files, which you can get with the section called “Unpack the OpenACS tarball”.
Compile AOLserver.�Compile 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 +tar xzf aolserver3.3oacs1.tar.gz
This section also relies on some OpenACS files, which you can get with Section�, “Unpack the OpenACS tarball”.
Compile AOLserver.�Compile 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 root]# cd /usr/local/src/aolserver
[root aolserver]# ./conf-clean
cat: BUILD-MODULES: No such file or directory
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
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 aolserver]# echo "/usr/local/aolserver" > conf-inst
+ tarball's default value with our default value, /usr/local/aolserver:[root aolserver]# echo "/usr/local/aolserver" > conf-inst
[root aolserver]#
conf-make should contain the
name of the GNU Make command on your system. It defaults to
gmake. Debian users: ln -s /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/gmake.
Set an environment variable that the nspostgres driver
@@ -82,17 +83,17 @@
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 aolserver]# cd /usr/local/aolserver/bin
-[root bin]# cp /var/tmp/openacs-5.2.0d1/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-oracle.txt ./nsd-oracle
+[root bin]# cp /var/tmp/openacs-5.2.3b1/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-oracle.txt ./nsd-oracle
[root bin]# chmod 750 nsd-oracle
[root bin]#
cd /usr/local/aolserver/bin
-cp /var/tmp/openacs-5.2.0d1/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-oracle.txt ./nsd-oracle
+cp /var/tmp/openacs-5.2.3b1/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-oracle.txt ./nsd-oracle
chmod 750 nsd-oraclePostgreSQL
[root aolserver]# cd /usr/local/aolserver/bin
-[root bin]# cp /var/tmp/openacs-5.2.0d1/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-postgres.txt ./nsd-postgres
+[root bin]# cp /var/tmp/openacs-5.2.3b1/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-postgres.txt ./nsd-postgres
[root bin]# chmod 755 nsd-postgres
[root bin]#
cd /usr/local/aolserver/bin
-cp /var/tmp/openacs-5.2.0d1/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-postgres.txt ./nsd-postgres
+cp /var/tmp/openacs-5.2.3b1/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-postgres.txt ./nsd-postgres
chmod 755 nsd-postgres
Install tDOM.�Download the tDOM tarball, unpack it, adjust the configuration file to match our patched distribution of aolserver, and compile it.
[root root]# cd /usr/local/src @@ -115,11 +116,11 @@ wget --passive http://www.tdom.org/tDOM-0.7.8.tar.gz tar xzf tDOM-0.7.8.tar.gz cd tDOM-0.7.8/unix
Edit the file CONFIG and change this section:
# ---------------------------------------------------- -# aolsrc="/usr/src/aolserver-3.4" +# aolsrc="/usr/src/aolserver-3.4" # ../configure --enable-threads --disable-tdomalloc \ # --with-aolserver=$aolsrc \ # --with-tcl=$aolsrc/tcl8.3.4/unix
to
# ---------------------------------------------------- -aolsrc="/usr/local/src/aolserver/aolserver" +aolsrc="/usr/local/src/aolserver/aolserver" ../configure --enable-threads --disable-tdomalloc \ --with-aolserver=$aolsrc \ --with-tcl=$aolsrc/tcl8.3.2/unix
And configure and compile:
[root unix]# sh CONFIG @@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ cp libtdom0.7.8.so /usr/local/aolserver/bin/ cd /usr/local/aolserver/bin ln -s libtdom0.7.8.so libtdom.so
Install nsopenssl - (OPTIONAL)
Install Full Text Search with OpenFTS (OPTIONAL)
Install nspam (OPTIONAL)
Test AOLserver.�In order to test AOLserver, we'll run it using the + (OPTIONAL)
Install Full Text Search with OpenFTS (OPTIONAL)
Install nspam (OPTIONAL)
Test AOLserver.�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 @@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ chown -R root.web log servers chmod -R g+w log servers ls -l
Note: AOLserver4.x does not include a default start page, so we create one for this test. Type - echo "Welcome to AOLserver" > /usr/local/aolserver40r8/servers/server1/pages/index.html + echo "Welcome to AOLserver" > /usr/local/aolserver40r8/servers/server1/pages/index.html
Now, 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 @@ -193,7 +194,7 @@
[root aolserver]# lynx localhost:8000
- You should see a "Welcome to AOLserver" page. If this + 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 Troubleshooting AOLserver 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.