Install OpenACS 5.6.0

-======= Install OpenACS 5.6.0

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Install OpenACS 5.6.0

by Vinod Kurup

->>>>>>> 1.49 OpenACS docs are written by the named authors, and may be edited by OpenACS documentation staff.

Set up a user account for each site.

@@ -57,7 +52,7 @@ [root root]# mkdir /var/lib/aolserver chgrp web /var/lib/aolserver -chmod 770 /var/lib/aolserver

Installation Option 1: Use automated script

A bash script is available to automate all of the steps for the rest of this section. It requires tclwebtest. The automated script can greatly accelerate the install process, but is very sensitive to the install environment. We recommend that you run the automated install and, if it does not work the first time, consider switching to a manual installation.

Get the install script from CVS. It is located within +chmod 770 /var/lib/aolserver

Installation Option 1: Use automated script

Get the install script from CVS. It is located within the main cvs tree, at /etc/install. Use anonymous CVS checkout to get that directory in the home directory of the service's dedicated user. We put it there so that it is not @@ -89,16 +84,6 @@ to the /var/tmp directory. If not, download the OpenACS tarball and save it in -<<<<<<< openacs.html - /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-5.6.0.tgz
-[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ mv openacs-5.6.0 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-[$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
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       /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
@@ -107,7 +92,6 @@
 [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ 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
->>>>>>> 1.49
 total 3
 drwxrwx---    3 root     web          1024 Mar 29 16:41 .
 drwxr-xr-x   25 root     root         1024 Mar 29 16:24 ..
@@ -121,11 +105,7 @@
 mv openacs-5.6.0 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 chmod -R 755 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 chown -R $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-<<<<<<< openacs.html
-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

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 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
  ->>>>>>> 1.49 You should be sure that your user account (e.g. $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME) is in the dba group. @@ -258,33 +238,22 @@ CREATE DATABASE [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME -<<<<<<< openacs.html -/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
->>>>>>> 1.49
+/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, 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.

+ 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, -<<<<<<< openacs.html - /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/etc/config.tcl. - 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
-=======
 	  /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
->>>>>>> 1.49
 

 	  You can continue without changing any values in the file.  However, if you don't change address to match the computer's ip address, you won't be able to browse to your server from other machines.
 	
httpport - If you want your
@@ -306,7 +275,7 @@
 	  AOLserver is very configurable. These settings should get you
 	  started, but for more options, read the AOLserver
 	  docs.
-	
Enable OpenFTS Full Text Search (OPTIONAL)
Install nsopenssl
+	
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/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/etc/daemontools/run. If you are not using the default file paths and names, you will need to edit run.
If you want to use port 80, there are complications. AOLserver must be root to use system ports such as @@ -323,15 +292,9 @@ nsd: no process killed [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ /usr/local/aolserver/bin/nsd-postgres -t /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/etc/config.tcl [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ [08/Mar/2003:18:13:29][32131.8192][-main-] Notice: nsd.tcl: starting to read config file... -<<<<<<< openacs.html -[08/Mar/2003:18:13:29][32131.8192][-main-] Notice: nsd.tcl: finished reading config file.
- Attempt to connect to the service from a web browser. You should specify a URL like: http://yourserver.test:8000
- You should see a page that looks like this. If you imported your files into -======= [08/Mar/2003:18:13:29][32131.8192][-main-] Notice: nsd.tcl: finished reading config file.
Attempt to connect to the service from a web browser. You should specify a URL like: http://yourserver.test:8000
You should see a page that looks like this. If you imported your files into ->>>>>>> 1.49 cvs, now that you know it worked you can erase the temp directory with rm -rf /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.orig.
@@ -349,13 +312,8 @@ AOLserver keepalive (OPTIONAL)

Configure a Service with the OpenACS Installer. Now that you've got AOLserver up and running, let's install OpenACS -<<<<<<< openacs.html 5.6.0. -

-======= - 5.6.0.
- ->>>>>>> 1.49 You should see a page from the webserver titled OpenACS Installation: Welcome. You will be warned if your version of @@ -410,27 +368,14 @@ 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 -<<<<<<< openacs.html 5.6.0 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-5.6.0.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 - processing program.
Follow the instruction on the home page to -======= - 5.6.0 is now up and running! -

Installation Option 3: Install from CVS

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 +

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