[LON-CAPA-cvs] cvs: doc /install/redhat7.3 new_install_rh73.html

matthew lon-capa-cvs@mail.lon-capa.org
Mon, 06 Jan 2003 18:11:39 -0000


matthew		Mon Jan  6 13:11:39 2003 EDT

  Modified files:              
    /doc/install/redhat7.3	new_install_rh73.html 
  Log:
  Reconfigured document - do update as soon as possible.  Turn off httpd
  upon initial boot of system.  (There was a slapper infection on a LON-CAPA 
  install in East Texas.).  Added lecture on keeping your system up to date.
  
  
Index: doc/install/redhat7.3/new_install_rh73.html
diff -u doc/install/redhat7.3/new_install_rh73.html:1.11 doc/install/redhat7.3/new_install_rh73.html:1.12
--- doc/install/redhat7.3/new_install_rh73.html:1.11	Thu Dec 19 12:41:08 2002
+++ doc/install/redhat7.3/new_install_rh73.html	Mon Jan  6 13:11:39 2003
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <title>Setting up a Red Hat7.3 LON-CAPA Server</title>
 </head>
 <body>
-<!-- $Id: new_install_rh73.html,v 1.11 2002/12/19 17:41:08 matthew Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: new_install_rh73.html,v 1.12 2003/01/06 18:11:39 matthew Exp $ -->
 <h1>Setting up a Red Hat 7.3 LON-CAPA Server</h1>
 <h2>Integrated installation</h2>
 <p>
@@ -143,20 +143,27 @@
 <p>
 Log in as root with the password you provided during the Red Hat 
 installation process.
-</p>
+</p><p>
+Stop the http daemon while we're installing LON-CAPA.
+<pre>
+/etc/init.d/httpd stop
+</pre>
+</p><p>
+Retrieve the LON-CAPA installation package
 <pre>
 wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/rh73install/loncapa-rh73install.tar
 tar xf loncapa-rh73install.tar
 cd install
 ./install.pl
 </pre>
+</p>
 
 <h2>Configure LON-CAPA</h2>
 <p>
 Execute the following commands
 </p>
 <pre>
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N     (N.N should correspond to a version number like '0.4')
+cd /root/loncapa-N.N     (N.N should correspond to a version number like '0.6')
 ./UPDATE
 </pre>
 <p>
@@ -164,6 +171,34 @@
 above.
 </p>
 
+<h2>Update your system</h2>
+<p>
+It is very important that you update your LON-CAPA system to use the
+latest RedHat packages.  LON-CAPA uses CHECKRPMS to notify users their system
+needs updating.  
+<pre>
+/usr/local/loncapa/bin/CHECKRPMS
+</pre>
+CHECKRPMS will give you the option of downloading the updates you need.
+Say yes.  Then issue the following commands:
+<pre>
+cd /tmp/loncapa_rpm_updates'
+rpm -Uvh *
+</pre>
+</p><p>
+You will need to reboot your system to begin running the new Linux Kernel
+put out by RedHat.  You can wait until the end of the LON-CAPA installation
+process to reboot.
+</p><p>
+Congratulate yourself - your system is up to date.  Please do your best to
+keep it that way!  When LON-CAPA is installed it sets itself up to run 
+CHECKRPMS script every night and email you the results.  
+<b>Please do not ignore these emails.</b>  
+You will need to update the RPMs yourself when it notifies you.  
+Keeping your system up-to-date goes a long way towards ensuring the 
+integrity of your student records.
+</p>
+
 <h2>Picking a hosts.tab file</h2>
 <p>
 The "hosts.tab" file controls which LON-CAPA servers your server attempts 
@@ -222,25 +257,6 @@
 /etc/init.d/loncontrol start
 /etc/init.d/httpd restart
 </pre>
-
-<h2>Update your system</h2>
-<p>
-It is very important that you update your LON-CAPA system to use the
-latest packages.  LON-CAPA uses CHECKRPMS to notify users their system
-needs updating.  
-<pre>
-cd /usr/local/loncapa/bin;
-./CHECKRPMS
-</pre>
-CHECKRPMS will give you the option of downloading the updates you need.
-Say yes.  Then issue the following commands:
-<pre>
-cd /tmp/loncapa_rpm_updates'
-rpm -Uvh *
-</pre>
-Congratulate yourself - your system is up to date.  Please do your best to
-keep it that way!
-</p>
 
 <h2>Make Sure that Services Autostart on Boot</h2>
 <p>On Redhat 7.3 it is not guaranteed that Apache and MySQL automatically