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There are about a dozen files on the LON-CAPA server systems |
There are about a dozen files on the LON-CAPA server systems |
which customize how each system interacts with the rest of the |
which the system administrator may need to adjust. |
LON-CAPA network. |
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The two most important configuration files are: |
The two most important configuration files are: |
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<li><strong>loncapa.conf</strong> - |
<li><strong>loncapa.conf</strong> - |
typically located in the directory <tt>/etc/httpd/conf/</tt> |
typically located in the directory <tt>/etc/httpd/conf/</tt>; |
<br /><i>contains variables and modifications necessary for |
<br /><i>contains machine-specific and institution-specific |
the effective running of the Apache web server</i> |
variables and modifications necessary for |
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the effective running of the Apache web server; |
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note that there is also a <strong>loncapa_apache.conf</strong> |
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which should be installed, but not modified</i> |
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<li><strong>hosts.tab</strong> - |
<li><strong>hosts.tab</strong> - |
typically located in the directory <tt>/home/httpd/lonTabs/</tt> |
typically located in the directory <tt>/home/httpd/lonTabs/</tt>; |
<br /><i>is a listing of all other internet machines that a server |
<br /><i>is a listing of all other internet machines that a server |
system considers to be valid server systems on the LON-CAPA |
system considers to be valid server systems on the LON-CAPA |
network</i> |
network</i> |
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<h3>Configuration files and examples</h3> |
<h3>Current Reconfiguration Procedure</h3> |
LON-CAPA currently depends on the following list of configuration |
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files. Locations of these files are by default. Depending on your |
After making any configuration change, you will need to restart system |
Linux distribution (RedHat, Mandrake, Debian, etc.), the file paths |
services. The two most important system services on a LON-CAPA system are |
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<strong>loncapa</strong> and <strong>httpd</strong>. Here are the |
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commands for restarting the system services: |
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<tt>/etc/rc.d/init.d/loncapa restart</tt> |
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<br /><tt>/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart</tt> |
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We recommend that a knowledgeable system administrator should |
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perform any adjustments on a LON-CAPA server machine. |
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Locations of these files are by default. Depending on your |
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Linux distribution--RedHat, Mandrake, Debian, etc, the file paths |
may be elsewhere. |
may be elsewhere. |
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<h3>Configuration files that will have to be altered</h3> |
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LON-CAPA currently depends on the following list of configuration |
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files. Note that <tt>loncapa.conf</tt> is automatically |
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altered by the installation/upgrade scripts associated with |
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the tarball-distribution (see the <b>INSTALL</b> and <b>UPGRADE</b> |
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sections of this web-site). (Thus, the system administrator should |
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not have to further adjust <tt>loncapa.conf</tt> from the terminal.) |
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<li><a href='confexamples/krb.conf'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/krb.conf</li> |
<li><a href="confexamples/loncapa.conf">[EXAMPLE]</a> |
<li><a href='confexamples/access.conf'>[EXAMPLE]</a> |
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/etc/httpd/conf/access.conf</li> |
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<li><a href='confexamples/loncapa.conf'>[EXAMPLE]</a> |
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/etc/httpd/conf/loncapa.conf</li> |
/etc/httpd/conf/loncapa.conf</li> |
<li><a href='confexamples/hosts.tab'>[EXAMPLE]</a> |
<li><a href="confexamples/hosts.tab">[EXAMPLE]</a> |
/home/httpd/lonTabs/hosts.tab</li> |
/home/httpd/lonTabs/hosts.tab</li> |
<li><a href='confexamples/spare.tab'>[EXAMPLE]</a> |
<li><a href="confexamples/spare.tab">[EXAMPLE]</a> |
/home/httpd/lonTabs/spare.tab</li> |
/home/httpd/lonTabs/spare.tab</li> |
<li><a href='confexamples/htpasswd'>[EXAMPLE]</a> |
<li><a href="confexamples/krb.conf">[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/krb.conf</li> |
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<li><a href="confexamples/htpasswd">[EXAMPLE]</a> |
/home/httpd/lonTabs/htpasswd</li> |
/home/httpd/lonTabs/htpasswd</li> |
<li><a href='confexamples/smb.conf'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/smb.conf</li> |
<li><a href="confexamples/ntp.conf">[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/ntp.conf</li> |
<li><a href='confexamples/ntp.conf'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/ntp.conf</li> |
<li><a href="confexamples/step-tickers">[EXAMPLE]</a> |
<li><a href='confexamples/un_keyword.tab'>[EXAMPLE]</a> |
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/home/httpd/html/res/adm/includes/un_keyword.tab</li> |
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<li><a href='confexamples/language.tab'>[EXAMPLE]</a> |
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/home/httpd/lonTabs/language.tab</li> |
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<li><a href='confexamples/step-tickers'>[EXAMPLE]</a> |
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/etc/ntp/step-tickers</li> |
/etc/ntp/step-tickers</li> |
<li><a href='confexamples/pwauth'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/pam.d/pwauth</li> |
<li><a href="confexamples/pwauth">[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/pam.d/pwauth</li> |
<li><a href='confexamples/config'>[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/atalk/config</li> |
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<h3>Current Reconfiguration Procedure</h3> |
<h3>Configuration files that do not have to be altered</h3> |
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We recommend that you handle the reconfiguration manually. |
The following configuration files are critical for the correct |
A knowledgeable system administrator should alter these configuration |
performance of a LON-CAPA server machine. Typically, these configuration |
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files do not need to be adjusted by the system administrator. |
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<li><a href="confexamples/loncapa_apache.conf">[EXAMPLE]</a> |
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/etc/httpd/conf/loncapa_apache.conf</li> |
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<li><a href="confexamples/un_keyword.tab">[EXAMPLE]</a> |
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/home/httpd/html/res/adm/includes/un_keyword.tab</li> |
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<h3>Configuring Secondary Services</h3> |
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LON-CAPA does not provide integrated support for secondary services. |
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The expectation is that knowledgeable system administrators will |
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customize these secondary services for their institution. |
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We do, however, provide example configurations of services that you |
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may want to deliver with LON-CAPA (i.e. Samba and AppleChooser). |
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<li><a href="confexamples/smb.conf">[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/smb.conf</li> |
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<li><a href="confexamples/config">[EXAMPLE]</a> /etc/atalk/config</li> |
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