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| 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. |
<b>Note:</b>You must have a static IP address to use LON-CAPA. |
| DHCP is <em>not</em> supported. |
DHCP is <em>not</em> supported. |
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| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>ip address </li> |
<li>ip address </li> |
| <li>netmask </li> |
<li>netmask </li> |
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Line 59 DHCP is <em>not</em> supported.
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| <li>gateway </li> |
<li>gateway </li> |
| <li>domain name server(s) </li> |
<li>domain name server(s) </li> |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
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| <h2>3. <a name="lin">Minimal Fedora 14 Install</a></h2> |
<h2>3. <a name="lin">Minimal Fedora 14 Install</a></h2> |
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<p> |
| Installing Fedora is quite easy if you've installed any of the Red Hat products |
Installing Fedora is quite easy if you've installed any of the Red Hat products |
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Line 113 mv loncapa_selinux_config /etc/selinux/c
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| <h3>Firewall Configuration</h3> |
<h3>Firewall Configuration</h3> |
| To configure the firewall settings, use the system-config-firewall utility. Execute: <p> |
To configure the firewall settings, use the system-config-firewall utility. Execute: <p> |
| <pre>lokkit</pre></p><p> |
<pre>lokkit</pre></p><p> |
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<dl style="list-style:square outside none"> |
| <dt>Firewall Configuration</dt> |
<dt>Firewall Configuration</dt> |
| <dd>Select Security Level: Enabled, and allow incoming: SSH (remote login), WWW (HTTP) and secure WWW (HTTPS).</dd> |
<dd>Select Security Level: Enabled, and allow incoming: SSH (remote login), WWW (HTTP) and secure WWW (HTTPS).</dd> |
| <br />Exit the system-config-firewall</p> |
</dl> |
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<br />Exit the system-config-firewall |
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</p> |
| <h2>4. <a name="upd">Update your system</a></h2> |
<h2>4. <a name="upd">Update your system</a></h2> |
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<p> |
| Update your system to the latest versions of the system software using yum. |
Update your system to the latest versions of the system software using yum. |
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Line 158 rpm --import http://install.loncapa.org/
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Line 159 rpm --import http://install.loncapa.org/
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| <pre> |
<pre> |
| yum install LONCAPA-prerequisites |
yum install LONCAPA-prerequisites |
| </pre><p> |
</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> |
</p> |
| <h3>Retrieve and execute LON-CAPA setup program</h3> |
<h3>Retrieve and execute LON-CAPA setup program</h3> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| Retrieve the LON-CAPA setup with the following command: |
Retrieve the LON-CAPA setup with the following command: |
| </p> |
</p> |
| <pre> |
<pre> |
| wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/fedora/14/F14_install.tar |
wget http://install.loncapa.org/linux/install.tar |
| </pre> |
</pre> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| Extract the archive with the following command: |
Extract the archive with the following command: |
| </p> |
</p> |
| <pre> |
<pre> |
| tar xf F14_install.tar |
tar xf install.tar |
| </pre> |
</pre> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| This creates a directory named <tt>installation</tt>. Change to it and |
This creates a directory named <tt>installation</tt>. Change to it and |
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Line 182 cd installation
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Line 183 cd installation
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| ./install.pl |
./install.pl |
| </pre> |
</pre> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| This script will prompt you for the MySQL root password and will download the latest LON-CAPA release.<br /> |
The script is used to prepare a Linux system to run LON-CAPA, and can also be |
| You can safely ignore the following warnings from gcc 4 when compiling pwauth:<br /> |
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. |
| <tt> |
</p> |
| pwauth.c: In function ‘lastlog’: |
<p> |
| <ul> |
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. |
| <li>pwauth.c:541: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strncpy’</li> |
Once a choice has been entered for all nine possible actions, required changes will be made. |
| <li>pwauth.c:543: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strlen’</li> |
</p> |
| </ul> |
<p>The possible actions are: |
| pwauth.c: In function ‘main’: |
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| <ul> |
<ul> |
| <li>pwauth.c:692: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strlen’</li> |
<li>Create the www user/group</li> |
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<li>Install the package LON-CAPA uses to authenticate users.</li> |
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<li>Set-up the MySQL database</li> |
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<li>Set-up MySQL permissions</li> |
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<li>Configure Apache web server</li> |
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<li>Configure start-up of services</li> |
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<li>Check firewall settings</li> |
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<li>Stop services not used by LON-CAPA,<br /> |
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e.g., services for a print server: cups daemon</li> |
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<li>Download LON-CAPA source code in readiness for installation</li> |
| </ul> |
</ul> |
| </tt> |
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| </p> |
</p> |
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| <h3>Determine LON-CAPA Settings</h3> |
<h3>Determine LON-CAPA Settings</h3> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| LON-CAPA requires a number of identifying parameters to be set in order |
LON-CAPA requires a number of identifying parameters to be set in order |
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| To configure and install LON-CAPA, execute the following commands: |
To configure and install LON-CAPA, execute the following commands: |
| </p> |
</p> |
| <pre> |
<pre> |
| cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z (X.Y.Z should correspond to a version number like '2.7.1') |
cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z (X.Y.Z should correspond to a version number like '2.10.0') |
| ./UPDATE |
./UPDATE |
| </pre> |
</pre> |
| <p> |
<p> |
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| You will need at least one user at your site who has the role of |
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 |
'domain coordinator'. This user creates accounts for other users and |
| grants them additional privileges. The make_domain_coordinator.pl script |
grants them additional privileges. The make_domain_coordinator.pl script |
| invoked below requires that you enter the users password. The password will |
invoked below requires that you enter the user's password. |
| show in plaintext as you type it. Feel free to use the "passwd username" |
Feel free to use the "passwd username" command to change it later. |
| command to change it later. Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an |
Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an appropriate user name and your domain. |
| appropriate user name and your domain. |
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| </p> |
</p> |
| <pre> |
<pre> |
| cd /root/loncapa-N.N/loncom/build |
cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z/loncom/build |
| perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN |
perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN |
| (WILL PROMPT FOR PASSWORD HERE) |
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| </pre> |
</pre> |
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| <h2>7. <a name="sts">Start/Restart Services</a></h2> |
<h2>7. <a name="sts">Start/Restart Services</a></h2> |
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