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by Vinod Kurup
+For Linux Standard Base compliance and ease of backup, @@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ tarball and save it in /tmp and proceed:
Unpack the OpenACS tarball and rename it to service0. Secure the directory so that only the owner can access it. Check the permissions by listing the directory.
[root root]# su - service0 [service0 service0]$ cd /var/lib/aolserver -[service0 aolserver]$ tar xzf /tmp/openacs-5.1.0d2.tgz -[service0 aolserver]$ mv openacs-5.1.0d2 service0 +[service0 aolserver]$ tar xzf /tmp/openacs-5.1.0b1.tgz +[service0 aolserver]$ mv openacs-5.1.0b1 service0 [service0 aolserver]$ chmod -R 775 service0 [service0 aolserver]$ chown -R service0.service0 service0 [service0 aolserver]$ ls -al @@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ [root root]# su - service0 cd /var/lib/aolserver -tar xzf /tmp/openacs-5.1.0d2.tgz -mv openacs-5.1.0d2 service0 +tar xzf /tmp/openacs-5.1.0b1.tgz +mv openacs-5.1.0b1 service0 chmod -R 755 service0 chgrp -R service0.service0 service0 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
@@ -220,15 +220,20 @@ CREATE DATABASE [service0 service0]$ su - service0 -createdb -E UNICODE service0
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.
[service0 service0]$ 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 service0 -0 0 * * * /usr/local/pgsql/bin/vacuumdb --full --analyze service0
Add Full Text Search Support (OPTIONAL)
At this point the database should be ready for installing OpenACS.
Configure an AOLserver Service for OpenACS.�
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.
[service0 service0]$ 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 service0 +0 0 * * * /usr/local/pgsql/bin/vacuumdb --full --analyze service0
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, + you can add > /dev/null + 2>&1 to the end of each crontab + line
Add Full Text Search Support (OPTIONAL)
At this point the database should be ready for installing OpenACS.
Configure an AOLserver Service for OpenACS.�
The AOLserver architecture lets you run an arbitrary number of virtual servers. A virtual server is an HTTP service running on a specific port, e.g. port 80. In order for OpenACS to work, you need to configure a virtual server. The Reference Platform uses a configuration file included in the OpenACS tarball, /var/lib/aolserver/service0/etc/config.tcl. - Open it in an editor to adjust the parameters.
[root root]# su - service0 + Open it in an editor to adjust the parameters.[root root]# su - service0 [service0 service0]$ cd /var/lib/aolserver/service0/etc [service0 etc]$ emacs config.tcl@@ -252,7 +257,7 @@ AOLserver is very configurable. These settings should get you started, but for more options, read the AOLserver docs. -
Enable OpenFTS Full Text Search (OPTIONAL)
Enable OpenFTS Full Text Search (OPTIONAL)
Install nsopenssl for SSL support. (OPTIONAL)
Verify AOLserver startup.�
Kill any current running AOLserver processes and start a new one. The recommended way to start an AOLserver process is by running the included script, /var/lib/aolserver/service0/etc/daemontools/run. If you are not using the default file paths and names, you will need to edit run.
If you want to use port 80, there are complications. AOLserver must be root to use system ports such as @@ -289,7 +294,7 @@ AOLserver keepalive (OPTIONAL)
Configure a Service with the OpenACS Installer.� Now that you've got AOLserver up and running, let's install OpenACS - 5.1.0d2. + 5.1.0b1.
You should see a page from the webserver titled OpenACS Installation: @@ -345,8 +350,8 @@ 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 - 5.1.0d2 is now up and running! -
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 /tmp/openacs-5.1.0d2.tgz, cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@openacs.org:/cvsroot co acs-core.
Use daemontools supervice and svc, or inittab, to automate server startup and shutdown.
Install Full Text Search (OPTIONAL). If you have installed OpenFTS and enabled + 5.1.0b1 is now up and running! +
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 /tmp/openacs-5.1.0b1.tgz, cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@openacs.org:/cvsroot co acs-core.
Use daemontools supervice 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