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LON-CAPA Installation

-

Current Installation Procedure

-

-Scott Harrison -

-

-Last updated: 10/26/2000 -

-

-This is the current list of steps to support LON-CAPA installation. These steps have -been tested. -

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  1. Get Redhat 6.2 on a CD by - -
  2. Install RedHat 6.2 - -
  3. After installation, install extra RPMs/upgrades by downloading all files from - -http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/SupplementalRPMS. - -
  4. Remove extra RPMs by downloading and running the script - -http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/scripts/remove_extra.sh as root. -
  5. After installing the supplemental RPMS, install a final RPM set by downloading all files from - -http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/FinalRPMS. - -
  6. Configure needed files. - -
-

-

Future Installation Procedure (not yet implemented)

-

-In the future, LON-CAPA Installation will be distributed on a CD complete with a -customized interface. Many elements for doing this have been coded, and are in place, but -it awaits completion. -

- - + + + + +LON-CAPA Installation + + + + + +
  +

+You will need to check all the following things to ensure proper +installation of your LON-CAPA system. +

+
  + + + +

Creating a user 'www'

+

+Execute the following command to create a user named 'www' on your +LON-CAPA server: +

+
+/usr/sbin/useradd www +
+ +

Make a LON-CAPA system work with shadow passwords

+

+ + + + + +
Step #Description
+1 + +

Is your system using shadow passwords? (Note: LON-CAPA will +work with either MD5/non-MD5 configured systems). If your +system is not using shadow passwords, then do not perform +any of the additional steps. If your system is using shadow +passwords, then you will need to perform the additional steps below. +

+

+How to detect: +
command: cat /etc/passwd | grep ':x:' +

+

If there is output such as "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash", +then your system is using shadow passwords and you will need to continue with +the steps below. +

+
+2 + +

Retrieve the mod_auth_external source by +running the following command +

+

+wget http://www.wwnet.net/~janc/software/mod_auth_external-2.1.13.tar.gz + +

+
+3 + +

More steps... +

+

+There are more steps to include here. + +

+
+

+ +

Installing LON-CAPA files

+

+Download the most current + +loncapa.tar.gz. +

+

+The UPDATE command will refresh your filesystem with all +the latest LON-CAPA software. +

+ + +
./UPDATE
+ +

Checking your Linux RPMs

+

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

+ + +
./CHECKRPMS
+ +

Configuring the MySQL database

+

+The following commands describe how to configure the MySQL database +on your LON-CAPA server. +

+
+
+Enter the mysql shell---
+mysql -u root -p mysql
+
+Run these commands---
+CREATE DATABASE loncapa;
+
+INSERT INTO user (Host, User, Password)
+VALUES ('localhost','www',password('SOMEPASSWORD'));
+
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO www@localhost;
+
+FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+
+shell> mysql -u root mysql
+mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('new_password');
+
+
+ +

Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational

+

+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. +

+ + +
./TEST
+

+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. +

+ + +