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 <html><head><title>Setting up a Red Hat7.3 LON-CAPA Server</title></head><body>  <html><head><title>Setting up a Red Hat7.3 LON-CAPA Server</title></head><body>
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 <h1>Setting up a Red Hat7.3 LON-CAPA Server</h1>  <h1>Setting up a Red Hat 7.3 LON-CAPA Server</h1>
   
 <h2>Before you begin</h2>  <h2>Before you begin</h2>
 <p>  <p>
Line 31  The installation process takes the follo Line 31  The installation process takes the follo
 <p>  <p>
 If you like, you may contact the LON-CAPA development staff and we can  If you like, you may contact the LON-CAPA development staff and we can
 mail the CDs to you.  Another option is to download the cd images and   mail the CDs to you.  Another option is to download the cd images and 
 burn them yourself.  burn them yourself, or install from a mirror site using ftp or http.
 </p>  </p>
   
 <h2>Determine Network settings for your site</h2>  <h2>Determine Network settings for your site</h2>
Line 106  for it to function at all.  Below is a l Line 106  for it to function at all.  Below is a l
   <dt>LON-CAPA domain    <dt>LON-CAPA domain
   <dd>Each site or school which installs LON-CAPA needs its own domain.    <dd>Each site or school which installs LON-CAPA needs its own domain.
       Here at MSU we use 'msu'.  You should choose something short but        Here at MSU we use 'msu'.  You should choose something short but
       meaningful.        meaningful. <i>Restriction: One word, no hyphens, underscores, or special characters!</i>
   <dt>LON-CAPA host id    <dt>LON-CAPA host id
   <dd>Each LON-CAPA server requires a unique internal name.  We use names    <dd>Each LON-CAPA server requires a unique internal name.  We use names
       such as "msul1" for the first library server.        such as "msul1" for the first library server. <i>Restriction: 
   One word, no hyphens, underscores, or special characters!</i>
   <dt>Host administrator email    <dt>Host administrator email
   <dd>The amount of email sent to this address is relatively minimal.  Messages    <dd>The amount of email sent to this address is relatively minimal.  Messages
       are sent every time the system starts up.        are sent every time the system starts up, or if the system is in serious
   trouble. On a laptop, make this <tt>root@localhost</tt>.
   <dt>Root password for SQL database    <dt>Root password for SQL database
   <dd>In order to keep people from corrupting the MYSQL database, a root    <dd>In order to keep people from corrupting the MYSQL database, a root
       password is needed.  You'll need to remember this.        password is needed.  You'll need to remember this.
Line 140  cd /root/loncapa/ Line 142  cd /root/loncapa/
 </pre>  </pre>
 You will need to enter the LON-CAPA configuration information you requested  You will need to enter the LON-CAPA configuration information you requested
 above.  Additionally, you will need to enter the following information   above.  Additionally, you will need to enter the following information 
 (options 5 and 6 in the menu):  (options 5 and 6 in the menu, recommended settings):
 <dl>  <dl>
    <dt>Cache Expiration Time     <dt>Cache Expiration Time
    <dd>86400     <dd>86400
    <dt>Server Load     <dt>Server Load
    <dd>2.0     <dd>2.0
 </dl>  </dl>
   You can deviate from the above settings if you know what you are doing.
 </p>  </p>
   
 <h2>Picking a hosts.tab file</h2>  <h2>Picking a hosts.tab file</h2>
 The "hosts.tab" file controls which LON-CAPA servers your server attempts   The "hosts.tab" file controls which LON-CAPA servers your server attempts 
 to access and which servers it will respond to.  If this is your first   to access and which servers it will respond to.  If this is your first 
 install of LON-CAPA on your network, we suggest choosing a 'standalone'   install of LON-CAPA on your network, we suggest choosing a 'standalone' 
 "hosts.tab".  Please contact the support staff at www.loncapa.org for  "hosts.tab".  On a laptop, you must choose 'standalone'.
   Please contact the support staff at www.loncapa.org for
 information about adding more hosts to your "hosts.tab" file.  information about adding more hosts to your "hosts.tab" file.
   <p>
   <b>Note:</b> for <b>non</b>-standalone configurations, you do need to add 
   yourself  to the <tt>/home/httpd/lonTabs/hosts.tab</tt> to initially test your 
   configuration. Eventually, you will be added to the general cluster tables by
   LON-CAPA staff, so this is temporary. A <tt>hosts.tab</tt> entry has the 
   format
   <pre>
   lonHostID:domain:hosttype:dns-name:ipaddress
   </pre>
   for example
   <pre>
   103l5:library:s17.lite.msu.edu:35.8.63.27
   </pre>
   Please edit this file with a UNIX editor, not a PC or Mac one, so that the 
   linebreaks are correct.
     
   </p>
 <h2>Creating a Domain Coordinator</h2>  <h2>Creating a Domain Coordinator</h2>
 <p>  <p>
 You will need at least one user at your site who has the role of  You will need at least one user at your site who has the role of
Line 168  appropriate user name and your domain. Line 188  appropriate user name and your domain.
 <pre>  <pre>
 cd /root/loncapa/loncom/build  cd /root/loncapa/loncom/build
 perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN  perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN
   (WILL PROMPT FOR PASSWORD HERE)
 mkdir ~USERNAME/public_html  mkdir ~USERNAME/public_html
 chown USERNAME:www ~USERNAME/public_html  chown USERNAME:www ~USERNAME/public_html
 chmod 0775 ~USERNAME/public_html  chmod 0775 ~USERNAME/public_html
Line 183  The services take about 10 minutes to st Line 204  The services take about 10 minutes to st
 </pre>  </pre>
 </p>  </p>
   
   <h2>Make Sure that Services Autostart on Boot</h2>
   <p>On Redhat 7.3 it is not guaranteed that Apache and MySQL automatically 
   restart on boot.  You should run /usr/sbin/ntsysv and set the following 
   daemons to be started at boot:
   <pre>
   httpd
   mysqld
   </pre>
   It is not necessary to reboot after doing this as they should already be 
   running by this point in the installation.  
   <pre>
   /etc/init.d/httpd restart
   /etc/init.d/mysqld restart
   </pre>
   </p>
 <h2>Log in to your LON-CAPA Machine</h2>  <h2>Log in to your LON-CAPA Machine</h2>
 <p>  <p>
 Point a web browser at your new machine and log in as the domain  Point a web browser at your new machine and log in as the domain
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