Install OpenACS 5.9.0

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Set up a user account for each site.

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+Install OpenACS 5.9.0

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Install OpenACS 5.9.0

by Vinod Kurup

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

Set up a user account for each site.

AOLserver needs to be started as the root user if you want to use port 80. Once it starts, though, it will drop the root privileges and run as another user, which you must specify on the command line. It's important that this user has as few privileges as possible. Why? Because if an intruder somehow breaks in through AOLserver, you don't want her to have any ability to do damage to the rest of your - server.

- -

At the same time, AOLserver needs to have write access to + server.

At the same time, AOLserver needs to have write access to some files on your system in order for OpenACS to function properly. So, we'll run AOLserver with a different user account for each different service. A service name should be a single word, letters and numbers only. If the name of your site is one word, that would be a good choice. For - example "$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME" might be the service name for the - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.net community.

- -

We'll leave the password blank, which prevents login by + example "$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME" might be the service name for the + $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.net community.

We'll leave the password blank, which prevents login by password, for increased security. The only way to log in will be with ssh certificates. The only people who should log in are developers for that specific instance. Add this user, and put - it in the $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME group so that it + it in the $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME group so that it can use database and server commands associated with that group. (If you don't know how to do this, type man usermod. You can type groups to find out which groups a user is a part of) -

- -

-[root root]# useradd $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-

- -

You also need to set up a group called web.

- -

+    
+[root root]# useradd $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+
You also need to set up a group called web.
 [root root]# groupadd web
-      
-
-    
+

Then change the user to be a part of this group: -

- -

-[root root]# usermod -g web $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-

FreeBSD creates the user this way:

-[root root]# mkdir -p /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME -[root root]# pw useradd -n $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME -g web -d /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME -s /bin/bash +

+[root root]# usermod -g web $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+

FreeBSD creates the user this way:

+[root root]# mkdir -p /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+[root root]# pw useradd -n $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME -g web -d /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME -s /bin/bash
 [root root]#
-mkdir -p /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-pw useradd -n $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME -g web -d /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME -s /bin/bash
-

- -

Set up the file system for one or more OpenACS Sites

- -

For Linux Standard Base compliance and ease of backup, +mkdir -p /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME +pw useradd -n $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME -g web -d /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME -s /bin/bash +

Set up the filesystem for one or more OpenACS Sites

For Linux Standard Base compliance and ease of backup, all of the files in each OpenACS site are stored in a subdirectory of /var/lib/aolserver, one subdirectory per site. The first time you install an OpenACS - site on a server, you must create the parent directory and set its permissions:

[root root]# mkdir /var/lib/aolserver
+      site on a server, you must create the parent directory and set its permissions:
[root root]# mkdir /var/lib/aolserver
 [root root]# chgrp web /var/lib/aolserver
 [root root]# chmod 770 /var/lib/aolserver
 [root root]#
-mkdir /var/lib/aolserver
+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 overwritten when we do the main CVS checkout to the target - location.

[root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+        location.
[root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.openacs.org:/cvsroot co -d install openacs-4/etc/install
 cvs server: Updating install
 U install/README
@@ -103,11 +66,8 @@
 U install/tcl/user-procs.tcl
 [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ cd install
 [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME install]$ emacs install.tcl
-
-        Edit the installation configuration file, /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/install/install.tcl and update the site-specific values, such as the new service's IP address and name, which will be written into the new service's config.tcl file.  If your system is different from the one described in the previous sections, check the file paths as well.  Set do_checkout=yes to create a new OpenACS site directly from a CVS checkout, or =no if you have a fully configured site and just want to rebuild it (drop and recreate the database and repeat the installation).  If you have followed a stock installation, the default configuration will work without changes and will install an OpenACS site at 127.0.0.1:8000.
-    Run the install script install.sh as root:
-        [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ exit 
-[root root]# sh /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/install/install.sh
+
Edit the installation configuration file, /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/install/install.tcl and update the site-specific values, such as the new service's IP address and name, which will be written into the new service's config.tcl file.  If your system is different from the one described in the previous sections, check the file paths as well.  Set do_checkout=yes to create a new OpenACS site directly from a CVS checkout, or =no if you have a fully configured site and just want to rebuild it (drop and recreate the database and repeat the installation).  If you have followed a stock installation, the default configuration will work without changes and will install an OpenACS site at 127.0.0.1:8000.
Run the install script install.sh as root:
[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ exit 
+[root root]# sh /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/install/install.sh
 /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/install/install.sh: Starting installation with config_file 
 /home/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/install/install.tcl. Using serverroot=/var/lib/aolserver/
 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME, server_url=http://0.0.0.0:8000, do_checkout=yes, do_install=yes, 
@@ -119,27 +79,17 @@
 admin email   : admin@yourserver.net
 admin password: xxxx
 ######################################################################
-[root root]#
-    You can proceed to the section called “Next Steps”.
-

- -

Installation Option 2: Install from tarball

- -

You should already have downloaded the OpenACS tarball +[root root]#

You can proceed to the section called “Next Steps”.

Installation Option 2: Install from tarball

You should already have downloaded the OpenACS tarball to the /var/tmp directory. If not, download the OpenACS tarball and save it in - /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
+      /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-5.9.0.tgz
-[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ mv openacs-5.9.0 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-[$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]$ mv openacs-5.9.0 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+[$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
 total 3
 drwxrwx---    3 root     web          1024 Mar 29 16:41 .
@@ -148,28 +98,17 @@
 [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME aolserver]$ exit
 logout
 [root root]#
-su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 cd /var/lib/aolserver
 tar xzf /var/tmp/openacs-5.9.0.tgz
 mv openacs-5.9.0 $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
-            
-            
+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

You should be sure that your user account - (e.g. $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME) is in the + (e.g. $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME) is in the dba group. -

Verify membership by typing groups when you login: @@ -180,7 +119,7 @@
```
[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME ~]$ su -
 Password: ************
-[root ~]# adduser $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME dba
```
+[root ~]# adduser $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME dba
If you get an error about an undefined group, then add that group manually: @@ -227,18 +166,15 @@

Create the directory for the datafile; to do this, exit from svrmgrl and login as - root for this step:

- -

+		  root for this step: 
 SVRMGR> exit
 [$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME ~]$ su -
 Password: ************
 [root ~]# mkdir -p /ora8/m02/oradata/ora8/
-[root ~]# chown $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME:web /ora8/m02/oradata/ora8
+[root ~]# chown $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME:web /ora8/m02/oradata/ora8
 [root ~]# chmod 775 /ora8/m02/oradata/ora8
 [root ~]# exit
-[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME ~]$
-

+[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME ~]$

Create a tablespace for the service. It is important that the tablespace can autoextend. This @@ -249,227 +185,134 @@ Oracle's ability to automatically coalesce free space in the tablespace. -

[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME ~]$ svrmgrl +

[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME ~]$ svrmgrl
 SVRMGR> connect internal;
-SVRMGR> create tablespace $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-      datafile '/ora8/m02/oradata/ora8/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME01.dbf' 
+SVRMGR> create tablespace $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+      datafile '/ora8/m02/oradata/ora8/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME01.dbf' 
       size 50M 
       autoextend on 
       next 10M
       maxsize 300M
       extent management local
-      uniform size 32K;

-

+ uniform size 32K;

Create a database user for this service. Give the user access to the tablespace and rights to connect. We'll use - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAMEpassword as our password.

- -

+ $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAMEpassword as our password.

Write down what you specify as service_name - (i.e. $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME) + (i.e. $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME) and database_password - (i.e. $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAMEpassword). You + (i.e. $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAMEpassword). You will need this information for configuring exports and AOLserver. -

- -

-SVRMGR> create user $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME identified by $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAMEpassword default tablespace $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-    temporary tablespace temp quota unlimited on $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME;
-SVRMGR> grant connect, resource, ctxapp, javasyspriv, query rewrite to $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME;
-SVRMGR> revoke unlimited tablespace from $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME;
-SVRMGR> alter user $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME quota unlimited on $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME;
-SVRMGR> exit;

- -

+SVRMGR> create user $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME identified by $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAMEpassword default tablespace $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+    temporary tablespace temp quota unlimited on $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME;
+SVRMGR> grant connect, resource, ctxapp, javasyspriv, query rewrite to $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME;
+SVRMGR> revoke unlimited tablespace from $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME;
+SVRMGR> alter user $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME quota unlimited on $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME;
+SVRMGR> exit;

Your table space is now ready. In case you are trying to delete a previous OpenACS installation, consult these commands in the section called “Deleting a tablespace” below.

Make sure that you can login to Oracle using your - service_name account:

- -

[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME ~]$ sqlplus $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAMEpassword
+        service_name account: 
[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME ~]$ sqlplus $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAMEpassword
 SQL> select sysdate from dual;
 SYSDATE
 ----------
 2001-12-20
-SQL> exit;
-
-                
+SQL> exit;

You should see today's date in a format 'YYYY-MM-DD.' If you can't login, try redoing step 1 again. If the date is in the wrong format, make sure you followed the steps outlined in the section called “Troubleshooting Oracle Dates” -

-
- Prepare PostgreSQL for an OpenACS Service. - -
-
- -
  PostgreSQL:
  -
  Create a user in the database matching the service - name. With default PostgreSQL authentication, a system user connecting locally automatically authenticates as the postgres user of the same name, if one exists. We currently use postgres "super-users" for everything, which means that anyone with access to any of the OpenACS system accounts on a machine has full access to all postgresql databases on that machine.
  -
```
[root root]# su - postgres
-[postgres pgsql]$ createuser -a -d $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+		  
```

Prepare PostgreSQL for an OpenACS Service.
- PostgreSQL:
  Create a user in the database matching the service + name. With default PostgreSQL authentication, a system user connecting locally automatically authenticates as the postgres user of the same name, if one exists. We currently use postgres "super-users" for everything, which means that anyone with access to any of the OpenACS system accounts on a machine has full access to all postgresql databases on that machine.
```
[root root]# su - postgres
+[postgres pgsql]$ createuser -a -d $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 CREATE USER
 [postgres pgsql]$ exit
 logout
-[root root]#
```
  -
- -
  Create a database with the same name as our service name, $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME. The full pathname for createdb needs to be used, since the pgsql directory has not been added to the $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME bash profile.
  -
```
[root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb -E UNICODE $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+[root root]#
```
- Create a database with the same name as our service name, $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME. The full pathname for createdb needs to be used, since the pgsql directory has not been added to the $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME bash profile.
```
[root root]# su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
+[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb -E UNICODE $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
 CREATE DATABASE
 [$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
-0 0 * * * /usr/local/pgsql/bin/vacuumdb --full --analyze $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
```
  - -
  Depending on your distribution, you may receive +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
+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. - -
-
1. -
  + line
2. Add Full Text Search Support (OPTIONAL)
3. 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/$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/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/etc
+	  /var/lib/aolserver/$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
-
-            
-	  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
-		  server on a different port, enter it here.  The Reference Platform port is 8000, which is suitable for development use.  Port 80 is the standard http port - it's the port used by your browser when you enter http://yourserver.test.  So you should use port 80 for your production site.

-                httpsport - This is the
+
```
+ 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 + server on a different port, enter it here. The Reference Platform port is 8000, which is suitable for development use. Port 80 is the standard http port - it's the port used by your browser when you enter http://yourserver.test. So you should use port 80 for your production site.
- httpsport - This is the port for https requests. The Reference Platform https port is 8443. If http port is set to 80, httpsport should be 443 to - match the standard.
  -
- - address - The IP address of the server. If you are hosting multiple IPs on one computer, this is the address specific to the web site. Each virtual server will ignore any requests directed at other addresses.
  -
- -
  server - This is the keyword that, by convention, identifies the service. It is also used as part of the path for the service root, as the name of the user for running the service, as the name of the database, and in various dependent places. The Reference Platform uses $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME. + match the standard.
- + address - The IP address of the server. If you are hosting multiple IPs on one computer, this is the address specific to the web site. Each virtual server will ignore any requests directed at other addresses.
- server - This is the keyword that, by convention, identifies the service. It is also used as part of the path for the service root, as the name of the user for running the service, as the name of the database, and in various dependent places. The Reference Platform uses $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.
- db_name - In almost all cases, this can be kept as a reference to $server. If for some reason, the tablespace you are using is different than your servername, then you can set it here. You should have a good reason for doing this.
- - servername - This is just a *pretty* name for your server.
  -
- -
  user_account - The account that + servername - This is just a *pretty* name for your server.
- user_account - The account that will both own OpenACS files and connect to the database (for - Postgresql).
  -
- -
  debug - Set to true for a very verbose error log, including many lines for every page view, success or failure.
  -
-
-
+ Postgresql).
debug - Set to true for a very verbose error log, including many lines for every page view, success or failure.

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 - for SSL support. (OPTIONAL)

- Verify AOLserver startup. - -

-
+
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 + 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 80, but refuses to run as root for security reasons. So, we call the run script as root and specify a non-root user ID and Group ID which AOLserver will switch to after claiming the port. To do so, find the UID and GID of the - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME user via - grep $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME + $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME user via + grep $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME /etc/passwd and then put those numbers into the command line via -u - 501 -g - 502. In AOLserver 4, you must also send a -b flag. Do this by editing the run file as indicated in the comments.


-          If you are root then killall will affect all OpenACS services on the machine, so if there's more than one you'll have to do ps -auxw | grep
-	  nsd and selectively kill by job number.
-

[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME etc]$ killall nsd + 501 -g + 502. In AOLserver 4, you must also send a -b flag. Do this by editing the run file as indicated in the comments.

If you are root then killall will affect all OpenACS services on the machine, so if there's more than one you'll have to do ps -auxw | grep + nsd and selectively kill by job number.

[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME etc]$ killall nsd
 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 $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ /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...
-[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
- -
+[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 cvs, now that you know it worked you can erase the temp directory with rm -rf /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME.orig. -
+
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- If you don't see the login page, view your error log - (/var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/log/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME-error.log) + (/var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/log/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME-error.log) to make sure the service is starting without any problems. The most common errors here are trying to start a port 80 server while not root, failing to connect because of a firewall, and AOLserver failing to start due to permissions errors or missing files. If you need to make changes, don't forget to kill any running servers with killall nsd. -
-
-
Automate - AOLserver keepalive (OPTIONAL)
-

- Configure a Service with the OpenACS +

Automate + AOLserver keepalive (OPTIONAL)

Configure a Service with the OpenACS Installer. - Now that you've got AOLserver up and running, let's install OpenACS 5.9.0. - -
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+
You should see a page from the webserver titled OpenACS Installation: Welcome. You will be warned if your version of @@ -486,19 +329,14 @@ should see a string of output messages from the database as the datamodel is created. You'll see the line: -
+
+Loading package .info files ... this will take a few minutes
-
-Loading package .info files ... this will take a few minutes
- -
- This will really take a few minutes. Have faith! Finally, another Next button will appear at the bottom - click it. -
-
+
The following page shows the results of loading the core package data models. You should see positive results for each of the @@ -523,109 +361,57 @@ You'll see the final Installer page, "OpenACS Installation: Complete." It will tell you that the server is being restarted; note that unless you already set up a way for - AOLserver to restart itself (ie. inittab or daemontools), + AOLserver to restart itself (i.e. inittab or daemontools), you'll need to manually restart your service. -
-
[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ /usr/local/aolserver/bin/nsd-postgres -t /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/config.tcl
-
+
[$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME]$ /usr/local/aolserver/bin/nsd-postgres -t /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME/config.tcl
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 5.9.0 is now up and running! -
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-

- -
Installation Option 3: Install from CVS
- -
If you want to track fresh code developments between +

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