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1: <html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" 2: xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" 3: xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> 4: 5: <head> 6: <meta name=Title content=" Different Types of LON-CAPA Servers"> 7: <meta name=Keywords content=""> 8: <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=macintosh"> 9: <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> 10: <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> 11: <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> 12: <link rel=File-List href="Different%20Types%20of%20LON_files/filelist.xml"> 13: <title> Different Types of LON-CAPA Servers</title> 14:  43: <style> 44:  149: </style> 150: </head> 151: 152: <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'> 153: 154: <div class=Section1><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; 155: mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><b><br clear=ALL style='page-break-before:always'> 156: </b></span> 157: 158: <h1><a name="_Toc421867148">Different Types of LON-CAPA Servers</a></h1> 159: 160: <p><i>Scott Harrison, freeware volunteer, sharrison@sourceforge.net</i><span 161: style='font-style:normal'> </span></p> 162: 163: <h2><a name="_Toc421867149">Introduction</a></h2> 164: 165: <p>There are two different kinds of LON-CAPA servers, Library Servers and 166: Access Servers. On any LON-CAPA machine, you can look at the server type by 167: viewing the file <tt><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>/etc/httpd/conf/loncapa.conf</span></tt> 168: and looking at the variable <strong>lonRole</strong>. </p> 169: 170: <h2><a name="_Toc421867150">Library Servers</a></h2> 171: 172: <p>Library Servers are repositories of authoritative educational resources. 173: These servers also provide the construction space by which instructors assemble 174: their classroom online material. First-time installations of LON-CAPA at an 175: institution should be for Library Servers (and not Access Servers). </p> 176: 177: <p>Only Library Servers make use of a MySQL database. </p> 178: 179: <p>On the filesystem, the following directories are used primarily by Library 180: Servers (and not Access Servers): </p> 181: 182: <ul type=disc> 183: <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; 184: mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><tt><span style='font-family: 185: "Courier New"'>/home/USERNAME/</span></tt> - authors are standard Linux 186: users that exist on Library Servers </li> 187: <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; 188: mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><tt><span style='font-family: 189: "Courier New"'>/home/httpd/lonUsers/</span></tt> - user profile 190: information is stored inside Library Servers </li> 191: <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; 192: mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><tt><span style='font-family: 193: "Courier New"'>/home/httpd/html/res/</span></tt></li> 194: </ul> 195: 196: <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>- Library Servers use this space to 197: hold authoritative or cached versions of educational resources; Access Servers 198: only use this space to hold cached versions of educational resources </p> 199: 200: <h2><a name="_Toc421867151">Access Servers</a></h2> 201: 202: <p>Access Servers load-balance high-traffic delivery of educational resources 203: over the world-wide web. Access Servers do not require a MySQL database and do 204: not contain Linux user accounts. Several of the active directories on Library 205: Servers are not needed on an Access Servers. </p> 206: 207: </div> 208: 209: <span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br 210: clear=ALL style='page-break-before:always;mso-break-type:section-break'> 211: </span> 212: 213: <div class=Section2> 214: 215: <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> 216: 217: </div> 218: 219: </body> 220: 221: </html>