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1: <html><head><title>Setting up a Red Hat7.3 LON-CAPA Server</title></head><body> 2:  3: <h1>Setting up a Red Hat7.3 LON-CAPA Server</h1> 4: 5: <h2>Before you begin</h2> 6: <p> 7: Installing Linux is getting easier and easier. However, it is still a 8: non-trivial undertaking and experience with Red Hat Linux will make this 9: process easier. You will be required to log in to the machine and execute 10: some routine Unix commands. Some familiarity with Linux is assumed. 11: </p> 12: 13: <h2>Installation Overview</h2> 14: <p> 15: The installation process takes the following steps: 16: <ol> 17: <li> Obtain Red Hat 7.3 </li> 18: <li> Gather information for installing Red Hat </li> 19: <li> Install Red Hat 7.3 </li> 20: <li> Determine your LON-CAPA Settings </li> 21: <li> Install LON-CAPA </li> 22: <li> Configure LON-CAPA </li> 23: <li> Pick a hosts.tab file </li> 24: <li> Create a Domain Coordinator </li> 25: <li> Start/Restart services </li> 26: <li> Log in to LON-CAPA </li> 27: </ol> 28: </p> 29: 30: <h2>Obtain the Red Hat 7.3 installation CDs</h2> 31: <p> 32: If you like, you may contact the LON-CAPA development staff and we can 33: mail the CDs to you. Another option is to download the cd images and 34: burn them yourself. 35: </p> 36: 37: <h2>Determine Network settings for your site</h2> 38: <p> 39: You will need to have the following information for your site. You must 40: have a static IP address (do not use DHCP). 41: <ul> 42: <li>ip address </li> 43: <li>netmask </li> 44: <li>network </li> 45: <li>broadcast </li> 46: <li>hostname </li> 47: <li>gateway </li> 48: <li>domain name server(s) </li> 49: </ul> 50: </p> 51: 52: <h2>Install Red Hat 7.3</h2> 53: <p> 54: When you install RedHat you will need to ensure the following (the list below 55: is in the order the issues appear in the installation of Red Hat 7.3): 56: <dl> 57: <dt>Installation Type 58: <dd>You should definitely do a "Server" install. We do not recommend 59: Trying to install LON-CAPA with a different installation type. 60: <dt>Partitioning your Drive 61: <dd>You may want to use the automatic partitioning feature of Red Hat, 62: however you should review the results and be prepared to modify them. 63: LON-CAPA resource files are stored in the /home directory, so the 64: lion's share of the drive should be allocated here. If you have 8 GB 65: of space for Red Hat, /home should receive 4 to 6 gigs. Be sure to 66: include adequate swap space. A minimum is 512 Megs, but you should 67: typically have 1 or 2x as much swap space as you do physical RAM. 68: <dt>Network Configuration 69: <dd>LON-CAPA will <b>not</b> work with a machine set up to use a dynamic 70: IP address. When configuring your network card, be sure to unselect 71: the DHCP option and enter in your network information. 72: <dt>Firewall Configuration 73: <dd>The installation script will remove and disable your firewall. 74: <dt>Package Group Selection 75: <dd>At a minimum, install the following packages: 76: <ul> 77: <li>NFS File Server </li> 78: <li>Windows File Server </li> 79: <li>Web Server </li> 80: </ul> 81: Other packages can be installed as you like. 82: <dt>X Windows Configuration 83: <dd>If you chose to install the X-windows packages you will need to 84: configure them. If you are unsure of the support for your video 85: card you may wish to skip the configuration. 86: </dl> 87: Other notes: 88: <ul> 89: <li>Use md5 and shadow passwords if you are given the choice (this is 90: the default). </li> 91: </ul> 92: </p> 93: 94: <h2>Determine LON-CAPA settings</h2> 95: <p> 96: LON-CAPA requires a number of identifying parameters be set in order 97: for it to function at all. Below is a list with descriptions. 98: <dl> 99: <dt>Host Type (library or access) 100: <dd>The server must be designated a 'library' or an 'access' server. In 101: general you should have a library server for your instructors to create 102: their course content on and run their courses. Students should connect 103: to access servers. If you are doing the first install of LON-CAPA at 104: your site, or if you are playing with it for your own edification, you 105: should make your machine a 'library' server. 106: <dt>LON-CAPA domain 107: <dd>Each site or school which installs LON-CAPA needs its own domain. 108: Here at MSU we use 'msu'. You should choose something short but 109: meaningful. 110: <dt>LON-CAPA host id 111: <dd>Each LON-CAPA server requires a unique internal name. We use names 112: such as "msul1" for the first library server. 113: <dt>Host administrator email 114: <dd>The amount of email sent to this address is relatively minimal. Messages 115: are sent every time the system starts up. 116: <dt>Root password for SQL database 117: <dd>In order to keep people from corrupting the MYSQL database, a root 118: password is needed. You'll need to remember this. 119: </dl> 120: </p> 121: 122: <h2>Install LON-CAPA</h2> 123: <p> 124: Log in as root with the password you provided during the Red Hat 125: installation process. 126: <pre> 127: wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/rh73install/loncapa-rh73install.tar 128: tar xf loncapa-rh73install.tar 129: cd install 130: ./install.pl 131: </pre> 132: </p> 133: 134: <h2>Configure LON-CAPA</h2> 135: <p> 136: Execute the following commands 137: <pre> 138: cd /root/loncapa/ 139: ./UPDATE 140: </pre> 141: You will need to enter the LON-CAPA configuration information you requested 142: above. Additionally, you will need to enter the following information 143: (options 5 and 6 in the menu): 144: <dl> 145: <dt>Cache Expiration Time 146: <dd>86400 147: <dt>Server Load 148: <dd>2.0 149: </dl> 150: </p> 151: 152: <h2>Picking a hosts.tab file</h2> 153: The "hosts.tab" file controls which LON-CAPA servers your server attempts 154: to access and which servers it will respond to. If this is your first 155: install of LON-CAPA on your network, we suggest choosing a 'standalone' 156: "hosts.tab". Please contact the support staff at www.loncapa.org for 157: information about adding more hosts to your "hosts.tab" file. 158: 159: <h2>Creating a Domain Coordinator</h2> 160: <p> 161: You will need at least one user at your site who has the role of 162: 'domain coordinator'. This user creates accounts for other users and 163: grants them additional privileges. The make_domain_coordinator.pl script 164: invoked below requires that you enter the users password. The password will 165: show in plaintext as you type it. Feel free to use the "passwd username" 166: command to change it later. Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an 167: appropriate user name and your domain. 168: <pre> 169: cd /root/loncapa/loncom/build 170: perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN 171: mkdir ~USERNAME/public_html 172: chown USERNAME:www ~USERNAME/public_html 173: chmod 0775 ~USERNAME/public_html 174: </pre> 175: </p> 176: 177: <h2>Start/Restart Services</h2> 178: <p> 179: The services take about 10 minutes to start. 180: <pre> 181: /etc/init.d/loncontrol start 182: /etc/init.d/httpd restart 183: </pre> 184: </p> 185: 186: <h2>Log in to your LON-CAPA Machine</h2> 187: <p> 188: Point a web browser at your new machine and log in as the domain 189: coordinator. Congratulations! 190: </p> 191: 192: 193: