Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/install-steps.html =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/install-steps.html,v diff -u -r1.28.4.1 -r1.28.4.2 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/install-steps.html 3 Feb 2008 12:07:39 -0000 1.28.4.1 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/install-steps.html 6 Apr 2008 23:57:07 -0000 1.28.4.2 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Install PostgreSQL).

  • Install AOLserver (Install AOLserver 4) .

  • Create a unique database and system user. Install the OpenACS tarball, start and AOLserver instance, and use the OpenACS web pages to complete installation - (see Install OpenACS 5.4.0).

    • Specific instructions are available for Mac OS X and + (see Install OpenACS 5.4.1).

    Specific instructions are available for Mac OS X and Windows2000 (see Section�, “OpenACS Installation Guide for Mac OS X” or Section�, “OpenACS Installation Guide for Windows2000”).

    Binaries and other shortcuts

    You can try out OpenACS using some binary installers. In general, they are not yet supported by the community, so they are @@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME svc -d /service/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME dropdb $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME -createdb $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME

    Setting a global shell variable for cut and paste.�In order to cut and paste the instructions into your shell, you must set the environment variable $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME. In order to set it globally so that it works for any new users or special service users you may create, edit the file /etc/profile ( /etc/share/skel/dot.profile for FreeBSD) and add this line:

    export OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME=service0

    Paths and Users

    Table�2.1.�Default directories for a standard install

    Fully qualified domain name of your serveryourserver.test
    name of administrative access accountremadmin
    OpenACS service$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME (set to service0 in default install)
    OpenACS service account$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
    OpenACS database name$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
    Root of OpenACS service file tree (SERVERROOT)/var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
    Location of source code tarballs for new software/var/tmp
    The OpenACS tarball contains some files which +createdb $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME

    Setting a global shell variable for cut and paste.�In order to cut and paste the instructions into your shell, you must set the environment variable $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME. In order to set it globally so that it works for any new users or special service users you may create, edit the file /etc/profile ( /etc/share/skel/dot.profile for FreeBSD) and add this line:

    export OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME=service0

    Paths and Users

    Table�2.1.�Default directories for a standard install

    Fully qualified domain name of your serveryourserver.test
    name of administrative access accountremadmin
    OpenACS service$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME (set to service0 in default install)
    OpenACS service account$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
    OpenACS database name$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
    Root of OpenACS service file tree (SERVERROOT)/var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
    Location of source code tarballs for new software/var/tmp
    The OpenACS tarball contains some files which are useful while setting up other software. Those - files are located at:/var/tmp/openacs-5.4.0/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files
    Database backup directory/var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/database-backup
    Service config files/var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/etc
    Service log files/var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/log
    Compile directory/usr/local/src
    PostgreSQL directory/usr/local/pgsql
    AOLserver directory/usr/local/aolserver

    + files are located at:

    		/var/tmp/openacs-5.4.1/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files
    Database backup directory/var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/database-backup
    Service config files/var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/etc
    Service log files/var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/log
    Compile directory/usr/local/src
    PostgreSQL directory/usr/local/pgsql
    AOLserver directory/usr/local/aolserver

    None of these locations are set in stone - they're simply the values that we've chosen. The values that you'll probably want to change, such as service name, are