--- doc/build/sles9_install.frag 2011/11/26 20:42:16 1.5
+++ doc/build/sles9_install.frag 2013/12/13 18:28:42 1.6
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ DHCP is not supported.
Installing SuSE Linux Enterprise Server is quite easy if you've installed Linux products
before. Some documentation is available from
-http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles9/.
+http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles9/.
Most of the installation screens are self explanatory.
There are a few steps that require comment and are dealt with below.
Finish installing your server, read the "readme", reboot and log in as root.
+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.
+
-You will use yast to import packages required for LON-CAPA.
+You will use yast to import packages required for LON-CAPA.
Execute:
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Select "Change Source of Installation".Add an additional installation source
Add the LON-CAPA SLES 9 repository as an additional installation source, so software installation in yast will have access to two repositories - a SuSE/Novell source (for packages included for the standard distribution) and the LON-CAPA repository (for extra packages needed to run LON-CAPA). For the LON-CAPA source you will use: +
After saving this configuration information for the LON-CAPA repository, choose "Edit", then "Refresh" the quit yast.
+Start yast, and choose the "Install and Remove software" option, and use "Search" to find pwdutils. Indicate that you wish to update to version 3.0.2.
+Execute:
@@ -144,7 +149,7 @@ Retrieve the LON-CAPA setup with one ofwget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/suse/sles9/i386/suse_install.tar-
wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/suse/sles9/x86_64/suse_install.tar @@ -215,6 +220,7 @@ in the previous section.
Start yast and use "Online Update" to check for updates to installed packages. When prompted for the username and password for your account with Novell, you should check the box to retain your log-in information, otherwise the nightly update check, installed as part of the LON-CAPA install, will fail and send you a message "ERROR(Media:login failed)" each time it runs.
+You will need at least one user at your site who has the role of @@ -228,6 +234,7 @@ Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an appr cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z/loncom/build perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN +
The LON-CAPA network services take a moment to start. Most misconfigurations @@ -243,17 +250,19 @@ please make sure you followed the instru Installing LON-CAPA Dependencies. If you still have errors, please contact the MSU LON-CAPA group.
+Point a web browser at your new machine and log in as the domain coordinator. Congratulations!
+
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 MSU LON-CAPA group.
-You can submit a help request using our web form:
-http://help.loncapa.org/help/
+You can submit a help request using our web form:
+http://help.loncapa.org/help/
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.