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. +server running SuSE Linux 10.1 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. @@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ More information is available at
-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, -perl, and MySQL are not required to install and run LON-CAPA. +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, perl, and MySQL are not required to install and run LON-CAPA.
-SuSE ISO files can be obtained from the Novell site: http://www.novell.com/products/server/. +A SuSE 10.1 iso for burning to DVD can be obtained from the Novell download site: http://download.novell.com/index.jsp, or from an opensuse mirror site - http://en.opensuse.org/Mirrors_Released_Version. You will also find links there to sites with iso files for burning to CD, if burning CDs is more convenient for you.
-You will need to know the following network settings for your installation. @@ -52,16 +48,18 @@ DHCP is not supported.
-Installing SuSE Linux Enterprise Server is quite easy if you've installed Linux products
+Installing SuSE 10.1 is quite easy if you've installed Linux products
before. Some documentation is available from
-
-http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/.
+
+http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse101/.
Most of the subsequent installation screens are self explanatory.
There are a few steps that require comment and are dealt with below.
Once you system has rebooted, you will use yast to complete the configuration. Change the following settings:
-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. Use the "Expert..." option to add additional TCP services on ports 5663 and 8080. +Finish installing your server, read the "readme", reboot and log in as root. Follow the instructions found in the article: Wrestling Zen to Work to fix package management and to run the online update, and lastly ensure that the zen management daemon is running by executing:
++/etc/init.d/novell-zmd start +
If you do not already have a SuSE 10.1 installation source at your location, you may want to consider creating one from the 5 iso files for CDs 1 - 5. Proceed as follows (e.g., for 32 bit):
++mkdir -p suse101/CD1 +mount -o ro,loop SUSE-Linux-10.1-GM-i386-CD1.iso /mnt +cp -rv /mnt/* suse101/CD1 +umount /mnt ++
+Repeat those steps with CD2, CD3, CD4 and CD5.
-You will use yast to import packages required for LON-CAPA.
+Next you will use yast to import packages required for LON-CAPA.
Execute:
yast
-Select "Change Source of Installation". The media you used to install SLES10 will be listed as an installation source. You may also wish to create a local repository by copying the contents of the RPM directories on the five CDs to a local directory to avoid the need to flip CDs during LON-CAPA installation. Information about building a local repository is available at:http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/02/yast_instsrc.html. +Select "Installation Source" and change to either point at an internet installation repository close to your location (see http://en.opensuse.org/Mirrors_Released_Version), or a local institutional source you have built from the SuSE 10.1 CDs, or if using a DVD you may prefer to continue to point at the installation DVD.
Add the LON-CAPA SLES 10 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: +
Add the LON-CAPA SuSE 10.1 repository as an additional installation source. once this is done, software installation in yast should then have access to three repositories - a YUM source for SuSE updates (established when you run online update from yast), an installation source (for packages included in the standard distribution) and the LON-CAPA repository (for extra packages needed to run LON-CAPA). For the LON-CAPA source you will use:
Execute:
@@ -133,16 +142,16 @@ This may take a moment due to LON-CAPA'sRetrieve and execute LON-CAPA setup program
-Retrieve the LON-CAPA setup with one of the following commands: +Retrieve the LON-CAPA setup with the following command:
-wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/suse/sles10/sles10_install.tar +wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/suse/10.1/suse10.1_install.tarExtract the archive with the following command:
-tar xf sles10_install.tar +tar xf suse10.1_install.tarThis creates a directory named installation. Change to it and @@ -191,17 +200,13 @@ for it to function at all. Below is a l To configure and install LON-CAPA, execute the following commands:
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N.N (N.N.N should correspond to a version number like '2.2.2') +cd /root/loncapa-N.N (N.N should correspond to a version number like '2.2.2') ./UPDATEYou will need to enter the LON-CAPA configuration information you determined in the previous section.
-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:
--/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 loncontrol on -Creating a Domain Coordinator
You will need at least one user at your site who has the role of @@ -220,7 +225,7 @@ perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME
Start/Restart Services
The LON-CAPA network services take a moment to start. Most misconfigurations -will be apparent at this step. +will be appearant at this step.
/etc/init.d/loncontrol start @@ -230,7 +235,7 @@ will be apparent at this step. If you receive warnings when starting the httpd about missing perl modules, please make sure you followed the instructions in Installing LON-CAPA Dependencies. If you still have errors, please -contact the LON-CAPA support team. +contact the MSU LON-CAPA group.Log in to your LON-CAPA Machine
@@ -240,9 +245,9 @@ coordinator. Congratulations!
If things aren't working right
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 MSU LON-CAPA group. You can submit a help request using our web form:
-http://support.loncapa.org/help/
+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.