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LON-CAPA Upgrade

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Current Upgrade Procedure

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-Scott Harrison +There are three steps for upgrading the software on your LON-CAPA server.

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Upgrading LON-CAPA files

-Last updated: 4/18/2001 +Download the most current + +loncapa.tar.gz.

-LON-CAPA system releases currently are not released under version -numbers given the fast pace of system development. To upgrade your -system, you need to -

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  1. Make sure your software packages are up-to-date -(based on install.lon-capa.org).
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  3. Upgrade old software packages.
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  5. Make the LON-CAPA base files up to date (based on -install.lon-capa.org).
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  7. Restore configuration files.
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  9. Restart the LON-CAPA networking processes - -
  10. Should you wish to automate the updating of your LON-CAPA base files, you can (at your own risk) run a script which will -do all of this automatically. You can run this script by entering the command: -/usr/sbin/loncapaautoupgrade
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Future Upgrade Procedure (not yet implemented)

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-In the future, LON-CAPA will be a versioned system that is released via CD. -The upgrade procedure will be to insert the CD and follow instructions. The CD -upgrade procedure is already defined and somewhat implemented, but awaits -completion. +The UPDATE command will refresh your filesystem with all +the latest LON-CAPA software. +

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./UPDATE
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Checking your Linux RPMs

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+The CHECKRPMS command will check the RPMs on your machine +against an FTP repository. +

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./CHECKRPMS
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Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational

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+The TEST command will check the installation software, +the perl libraries on your system, the MySQL database, and +will also automatically test the real-time operation of the +LON-CAPA Apache web server. +

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./TEST
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+Using the TEST command will likely +be an iterative process. +It is normal to expect that the TEST command +will recommend you perform various steps to ensure optimal +performance of your LON-CAPA server.

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