--- doc/build/sles10_install.frag	2006/10/10 20:51:52	1.2
+++ doc/build/sles10_install.frag	2011/11/26 20:43:08	1.7
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 <h1>Installing LON-CAPA on a minimal SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10</h1>
 <p>
 This document guides you through the process of setting up a new LON-CAPA
-server running SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10) with a minimum of packages installed.  
-The computer will be configured solely as a LON-CAPA server and will be 
+server running SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10) with a minimum of packages installed.
+The computer will be configured solely as a LON-CAPA server and will be
 expected to have no other services running.  Your server is expected to have
 a reasonably fast connection to the internet.
 </p><p>
-More information is available at 
+More information is available at
 <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/">http://install.lon-capa.org/</a>.
 </p>
 
 <h2>Before you begin</h2>
 <p>
-Installing Linux is getting easier and easier.  
+Installing Linux is getting easier and easier.
 You will be required to log in to the machine and execute
-some routine Unix commands.  Familiarity with the Apache web server, mod_perl, 
+some routine Unix commands.  Familiarity with the Apache web server, mod_perl,
 perl, and MySQL are not required to install and run LON-CAPA.
 </p>
 
@@ -23,24 +23,25 @@ perl, and MySQL are not required to inst
 The installation process takes the following steps:
 </p>
 <ol>
-  <li> Obtain SLES 10 installation media</li>
-  <li> Determine Network Settings</li>
-  <li> Install SLES 10</li>
-  <li> Update your system </li>
-  <li> Install LON-CAPA </li>
-  <li> Create a Domain Coordinator </li>
-  <li> Start/Restart services </li>
-  <li> Log in to LON-CAPA </li>
+  <li><a href="#obt">Obtain SLES 10 installation media</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#net">Determine Network Settings</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#lin">Install SLES 10</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#upd">Update your system</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#ilc">Install LON-CAPA</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#cdc">Create a Domain Coordinator</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#sts">Start/Restart services</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#log">Log in to LON-CAPA</a></li>
 </ol>
 
-<h2>Obtain SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10</h2>
+<hr />
+<h2>1. <a name="obt">Obtain SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10</a></h2>
 <p>
-SuSE ISO files can be obtained from the Novell site: <a href="http://www.novell.com/products/server/">http://www.novell.com/products/server/</a>.  
-</p> 
+SuSE ISO files can be obtained from the Novell site: <a href="http://www.novell.com/products/server/">http://www.novell.com/products/server/</a>.
+</p>
 
-<h2>Determine Network Settings</h2>
+<h2>2. <a name="net">Determine Network Settings</a></h2>
 <p>
-You will need to know the following network settings for your installation.  
+You will need to know the following network settings for your installation.
 <b>Note:</b>You must have a static IP address to use LON-CAPA.
 DHCP is <em>not</em> supported.
 </p>
@@ -52,35 +53,38 @@ DHCP is <em>not</em> supported.
   <li>domain name server(s) </li>
 </ul>
 
-<h2>Minimal SLES 10 Install</h2>
+<h2>3. <a name="lin">Minimal SLES 10 Install</a></h2>
 <p>
 Installing SuSE Linux Enterprise Server is quite easy if you've installed Linux products
-before.  Some documentation is available from 
+before.  Some documentation is available from
 <a href="http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/">
 http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/</a>.<br /><br />
-Most of the subsequent installation screens are self explanatory.
+Most of the installation screens are self explanatory.
 There are a few steps that require comment and are dealt with below.
 </p>
 <dl style="list-style:square outside none">
+   <dt>Installation Language</dt>
+   <dd>Use English as your installation language.</dd>
+
    <dt>Partitioning your Drive</dt>
-   <dd>For a LON-CAPA library server (i.e., the main server used 
-       for permanent storage of course and user data), 
-       a separate partition is recommended for /home, as this    
+   <dd>For a LON-CAPA library server (i.e., the main server used
+       for permanent storage of course and user data),
+       a separate partition is recommended for /home, as this
        simplifies future upgrades of the operating system.
-       If you are adding an additional access server to an 
-       existing LON-CAPA domain, this does not apply as no 
+       If you are adding an additional access server to an
+       existing LON-CAPA domain, this does not apply as no
        permanent data are stored on an access server.
        As LON-CAPA resource files are stored in the /home directory,
-       the majority of the disk space should be allocated here.    
+       the majority of the disk space should be allocated here.
        If you have 20 GB of space for SLES10, /home should
-       receive at least 10 to 12 gigs. Since MySQL uses the /var 
-       filesystem to store its databases you should have as least 
-       4 gigs of space available on /var.  Be sure to 
+       receive at least 10 to 12 gigs. Since MySQL uses the /var
+       filesystem to store its databases you should have as least
+       4 gigs of space available on /var.  Be sure to
        include adequate swap space.  A minimum is 512 Megs, but you should
        typically have 1 or 2x as much swap space as you do physical RAM.
        </dd>
    <dt>Software Selection</dt>
-   <dd> 
+   <dd>
    Installation of the minimum set of packages is recommended.  This will involve unchecking all checkboxes except for the base SuSE installation.</dd>
 </dl>
 <p>Once you system has rebooted, you will use yast to complete the configuration. Change the following settings:
@@ -96,10 +100,11 @@ There are a few steps that require comme
 <p>
 Finish installing your server, read the "readme", reboot and log in as root.
 </p>
-<h2>Configure Firewall Settings</h2>
-<p>After reboot you should start yast, and select Security and Users -> Firewall. At step 2 include the following services: HTTP, HTTP with SSL, and Secure Shell.  Use the "Expert..." option to add additional TCP services on ports 5663 and 8080.    
+<h3>Configure Firewall Settings</h3>
+<p>After reboot you should start yast, and select Security and Users -> Firewall. At step 2 include the following services: HTTP, HTTP with SSL, and Secure Shell.
 </p>
-<h2>Change software sources for your system</h2>
+
+<h2>4. <a name="upd">Change software sources for your system</a></h2>
 <p>
 You will use yast to import packages required for LON-CAPA.<br />
 Execute:
@@ -129,27 +134,29 @@ Repeat those steps with CD2, CD3 and CD4
 <dd>Authentication</dd>
 <dt>Anonymous</dt>
 </dl>
-After saving this configuration information for the LON-CAPA repository, quit yast.  
+After saving this configuration information for the LON-CAPA repository, quit yast.
 </p>
+
+<h2>5. <a name="ilc">Installing LON-CAPA</a></h2>
 <h3>Install prerequisites</h3>
 <p> Execute: </p>
 <pre>
 yast -i LONCAPA-prerequisites
 </pre><p>
-This may take a moment due to LON-CAPA's large number of dependencies.
+This may take some minutes due to LON-CAPA's large number of dependencies.
 </p>
 <h3>Retrieve and execute LON-CAPA setup program</h3>
 <p>
 Retrieve the LON-CAPA setup with one of the following commands:
 </p>
 <pre>
-wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/suse/sles10/sles10_install.tar
+wget http://install.loncapa.org/linux/install.tar
 </pre>
 <p>
 Extract the archive with the following command:
 </p>
 <pre>
-tar xf sles10_install.tar
+tar xf install.tar
 </pre>
 <p>
 This creates a directory named <tt>installation</tt>.  Change to it and
@@ -160,8 +167,28 @@ cd installation
 ./install.pl
 </pre>
 <p>
-This script will prompt you for the MySQL root password and will download the latest LON-CAPA release.
+The script is used to prepare a Linux system to run LON-CAPA, and can also be
+used to check the configuration of a system on which LON-CAPA has already been installed.  Typically, though, you will run this script only once, when you first install LON-CAPA.
+</p>
+<p>
+The script will analyze your system to determine which actions are recommended.  The script will then prompt you to choose the actions you would like taken.
+Once a choice has been entered for all nine possible actions, required changes will be made.
+</p>
+<p>The possible actions are:
+<ul>
+<li>Create the www user/group</li>
+<li>Install the package LON-CAPA uses to authenticate users.</li>
+<li>Set-up the MySQL database</li>
+<li>Set-up MySQL permissions</li>
+<li>Configure Apache web server</li>
+<li>Configure start-up of services</li>
+<li>Check firewall settings</li>
+<li>Stop services not used by LON-CAPA,<br />
+    e.g., services for a print server: cups daemon</li>
+<li>Download LON-CAPA source code in readiness for installation</li>
+</ul>
 </p>
+
 <h3>Determine LON-CAPA Settings</h3>
 <p>
 LON-CAPA requires a number of identifying parameters to be set in order
@@ -172,23 +199,23 @@ for it to function at all.  Below is a l
   <dd>The server must be designated a 'library' or an 'access' server.  In
       general you should have a library server for your instructors to create
       their course content on and run their courses.  Students should connect
-      to access servers.  If you are doing the first install of LON-CAPA at 
+      to access servers.  If you are doing the first install of LON-CAPA at
       your site, or if you are playing with it for your own edification you
       should make your machine a 'library' server.</dd>
   <dt>LON-CAPA domain</dt>
   <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
-      meaningful.  <i>Restriction: One word, no hyphens, underscores, or 
+      meaningful.  <i>Restriction: One word, no hyphens, underscores, or
       special characters.</i>
   </dd>
   <dt>LON-CAPA host id</dt>
   <dd>Each LON-CAPA server requires a unique internal name.  We use names
-      such as "msul1" for the first library server. <i>Restriction: One word, 
+      such as "msul1" for the first library server. <i>Restriction: One word,
       no hyphens, underscores, or special characters.</i>
   </dd>
   <dt>Host administrator email</dt>
   <dd>The amount of email sent to this address is relatively minimal.  Messages
-      are sent every time the system starts up, or if the system is in 
+      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>.
   </dd>
 </dl>
@@ -198,33 +225,33 @@ for it to function at all.  Below is a l
 To configure and install LON-CAPA, execute the following commands:
 </p>
 <pre>
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N.N     (N.N.N should correspond to a version number like '2.2.2')
+cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z     (X.Y.Z should correspond to a version number like '2.10.0')
 ./UPDATE
 </pre>
 <p>
-You will need to enter the LON-CAPA configuration information you determined 
-in the previous section.  
+You will need to enter the LON-CAPA configuration information you determined
+in the previous section.
 </p>
 <p>After installing LON-CAPA, and taking any actions included in the WARNINGS file created during installation, it is recommended that you set loncontrol to start automatically on boot, by executing the following command:</p>
 <pre>
-/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 loncontrol on
+/sbin/chkconfig --level 35 loncontrol on
 </pre>
-<h2>Creating a Domain Coordinator</h2>
+
+<h2>6. <a name="cdc">Creating a Domain Coordinator</a></h2>
 <p>
 You will need at least one user at your site who has the role of
 'domain coordinator'.  This user creates accounts for other users and
 grants them additional privileges.  The make_domain_coordinator.pl script
-invoked below requires that you enter the users password.  The password will
-show in plaintext as you type it.  Feel free to use the "passwd username"
-command to change it later.  Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an 
-appropriate user name and your domain.
+invoked below requires that you enter the user's password. 
+Feel free to use the "passwd username" command to change it later.
+Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an appropriate user name and your domain.
 </p>
 <pre>
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N/loncom/build
+cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z/loncom/build
 perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN
-(WILL PROMPT FOR PASSWORD HERE)
 </pre>
-<h2>Start/Restart Services</h2>
+
+<h2>7. <a name="sts">Start/Restart Services</a></h2>
 <p>
 The LON-CAPA network services take a moment to start.  Most misconfigurations
 will be apparent at this step.
@@ -235,21 +262,24 @@ will be apparent at this step.
 </pre>
 <p>
 If you receive warnings when starting the httpd about missing perl modules,
-please make sure you followed the instructions in 
+please make sure you followed the instructions in
 <b>Installing LON-CAPA Dependencies</b>.  If you still have errors, please
-contact the LON-CAPA support team.
+contact the LON-CAPA group.
 </p>
-<h2>Log in to your LON-CAPA Machine</h2>
+
+<h2>8. <a name="log">Log in to your LON-CAPA Machine</a></h2>
 <p>
 Point a web browser at your new machine and log in as the domain
 coordinator.  Congratulations!
 </p>
+
+<hr />
 <h2>If things aren't working right</h2>
 <p>
 If you've followed the steps above and the server doesn't start or you think
-there's something wrong, please get in touch with the LON-CAPA support team.
+there's something wrong, please get in touch with the LON-CAPA group.
 You can submit a help request using our web form:<br />
-<a href="http://support.loncapa.org/help/">http://support.loncapa.org/help/</a><br />
+<a href="http://help.loncapa.org/help/">http://help.loncapa.org/help/</a><br />
 If there were errors in installation of the dependency RPMs or during the
 automatic setup, please send us as much information as possible.
 If some part of this document is unclear please let us know.