Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/openacs.html =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/openacs.html,v diff -u -r1.42.2.2 -r1.42.2.3 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/openacs.html 20 Oct 2005 18:06:24 -0000 1.42.2.2 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/openacs.html 30 Nov 2005 05:21:56 -0000 1.42.2.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -
by Vinod Kurup
+by Vinod Kurup
OpenACS docs are written by the named authors, and may be edited by OpenACS documentation staff.
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@
/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-5.2.0b5.tgz
-[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$mv openacs-5.2.0b5 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$tar xzf /var/tmp/openacs-5.2.0b8.tgz
+[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$mv openacs-5.2.0b8 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
[$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
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ [root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME cd /var/lib/aolserver -tar xzf /var/tmp/openacs-5.2.0b5.tgz -mv openacs-5.2.0b5 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME +tar xzf /var/tmp/openacs-5.2.0b8.tgz +mv openacs-5.2.0b8 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME chmod -R 755 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME chown -R $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME exit
Add the Service to CVS (OPTIONAL)
Prepare the database
Prepare Oracle for OpenACS.�If you won't be using Oracle, skip to Prepare PostgreSQL for an OpenACS Service
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ CREATE DATABASE [$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 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
Depending on your distribution, you may receive
email when the crontab items are executed. If you
don't want to receive email for those crontab items,
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
need to configure a virtual server. The Reference Platform
uses a configuration file included in the OpenACS tarball,
/var/lib/aolserver/$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
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ AOLserver keepalive (OPTIONAL)
Configure a Service with the OpenACS Installer.� Now that you've got AOLserver up and running, let's install OpenACS - 5.2.0b5. + 5.2.0b8.
You should see a page from the webserver titled
OpenACS Installation:
@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@
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
- 5.2.0b5 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 /var/tmp/openacs-5.2.0b5.tgz
.cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@openacs.org:/cvsroot co acs-core
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 + 5.2.0b8 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 /var/tmp/openacs-5.2.0b8.tgz
.cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@openacs.org:/cvsroot co acs-core
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