--- doc/build/scientific7_install.frag 2021/03/09 13:49:36 1.3 +++ doc/build/scientific7_install.frag 2021/03/17 17:03:32 1.4 @@ -84,27 +84,50 @@ There are a few steps that require comme IP address. When configuring your network card, be sure to unselect the DHCP option and enter in your network information.
Finish installing your server, reboot it, and log in as root.
-The first time you log-in, the Setup Agent will be displayed. (If you exit it early you can enter it again by running the command +Starting with LON-CAPA 2.11.3 you have the option of using either firewalld or iptables to +manage the Firewall on your CentOS 7 server/VM, as both are compatible with LON-CAPA's +port management.
+Enable access to standard web server ports (i.e., http and https) as follows, if +using firewalld::
++systemctl enable firewalld +systemctl start firewalld +firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=http +firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=https +firewall-cmd --reload ++
If you prefer to use the traditional iptables package instead of the default firewalld, +you will need to install iptables-services, disable firewalld, enable iptables, and then +use the system-config-firewall-tui tool to configure the Firewall.
-setup +yum install iptables-services +systemctl mask firewalld +systemctl enable iptables +systemctl enable ip6tables +systemctl stop firewalld +systemctl start iptables +systemctl start ip6tables
-This tool should be used to configure the Firewall and SELinux. +Install the system-config-firewall-tui package and configure the Firewall.
++yum install system-config-firewall-tui +system-config-firewall-tui +
+yum install wget wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/scientific/7/scientific7_loncapa_yum.conf
@@ -159,6 +183,23 @@ The list of enabled repos should be as f
+The default Scientific Linux 7 installation includes SELinux enabled. Until such time as an SELinux security policy has been created for LON-CAPA, SELinux should be disabled. +Retrieve the loncapa_selinux_config file from the LON-CAPA install site: +
++wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/scientific/7/loncapa_selinux_config ++
+Install the selinux config file +
++mv /etc/selinux/config /etc/selinux/config.backup +mv loncapa_selinux_config /etc/selinux/config +reboot ++
rpm --import http://install.loncapa.org/versions/scientific/RPM-GPG-KEY-loncapa@@ -259,7 +300,7 @@ for it to function at all. Below is a l To configure and install LON-CAPA, execute the following commands:
-cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z (X.Y.Z should correspond to a version number like '2.11.1') +cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z (X.Y.Z should correspond to a version number like '2.11.1') ./UPDATE
@@ -288,7 +329,7 @@ will be apparent at this step.
/etc/init.d/loncontrol start -/etc/init.d/httpd start +systemctl start httpd
If you receive warnings when starting the httpd about missing perl modules,