[LON-CAPA-cvs] cvs: doc /build centos5_install.frag
bisitz
bisitz@source.lon-capa.org
Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:11:31 -0000
bisitz Thu Dec 9 14:11:31 2010 EDT
Modified files:
/doc/build centos5_install.frag
Log:
- Better highlight SELinux settings (found to be overseen repeatedly)
- Valid HTML code/nested tags
Index: doc/build/centos5_install.frag
diff -u doc/build/centos5_install.frag:1.4 doc/build/centos5_install.frag:1.5
--- doc/build/centos5_install.frag:1.4 Wed May 26 23:42:50 2010
+++ doc/build/centos5_install.frag Thu Dec 9 14:11:31 2010
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
<li><a href="#log">Log in to LON-CAPA</a></li>
</ol>
-<hr />
+<hr>
<h2>1. <a name="obt">Obtain CentOS Linux 5 CDs</a></h2>
<p>
-CentOS isos can be obtained from links included on the <a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/isos/">CentOS download page</a><br />
+CentOS isos can be obtained from links included on the <a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/isos/">CentOS download page</a><br>
For the minimal install on 32-bit architecture you will need only the first CD.
For the minimal install on 64-bit architecture you will need CDs 1, 2, and 4.
@@ -88,24 +88,30 @@
<dt>Software</dt>
<dd>Click the "Customize Now" radio button and for a minimal install uncheck all packages except "Base" in the Base System category. If you leave other packages checked in any of the other categories, you'll need additional ISO CDs.</dd>
</dl>
-<p>
-Finish installing your server, reboot it, and log in as root. The
-first time you log-in, the Setup Agent will be displayed. (If you exit it early you can enter it again buy running the command
-<pre>
-setup
-</pre>
- This should tool be used to configure the Firewall and SELinux.
+<p>
+Finish installing your server, reboot it, and log in as root.
+</p>
- <dt>Firewall Configuration</dt>
+<h3>Firewall and SELinux Configuration</h3>
+<p>
+The first time you log-in, the Setup Agent will be displayed.
+If you exit it early you can enter it again buy running the command
+</p>
+<pre>setup</pre>
+<p>
+This tool should be used to configure the Firewall and SELinux.
+</p>
- <dd>Select Security Level: Enabled, and Customize, to allow
+<ol>
+ <li>Select Security Level: Enabled, and Customize, to allow
incoming: SSH (remote login), WWW (HTTP) and secure WWW
(HTTPS).
- </dd>
- <dd> Set SELinux to Disabled.</dd>
- <dd> Select OK, and then Quit</dd>
-</p>
+ </li>
+ <li> Set SELinux to Disabled.</li>
+ <li> Select OK, and then Quit</li>
+</ol>
+
<h2>4. <a name="upd">Update your system</a></h2>
<p>
@@ -126,13 +132,13 @@
<p>
Install the centos5_loncapa_yum.conf
</p>
-<p>
<pre>
mv /etc/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf.backup
cp centos5_loncapa_yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
yum update
</pre>
-</p>
+
+
<h2>5. <a name="ilc">Installing LON-CAPA</a></h2>
<h3>Import the LON-CAPA encryption key</h3>
<pre>rpm --import http://install.loncapa.org/versions/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-loncapa</pre>
@@ -165,9 +171,10 @@
./install.pl
</pre>
<p>
-This script will prompt you for the MySQL root password and will download the latest LON-CAPA release.<br />
-You can safely ignore the following warnings from gcc 4 when compiling pwauth:<br />
-<tt>
+This script will prompt you for the MySQL root password and will download the latest LON-CAPA release.<br>
+You can safely ignore the following warnings from gcc 4 when compiling pwauth:<br>
+</p>
+<div style="font-family:monospace;">
pwauth.c: In function ‘lastlog’:
<ul>
<li>pwauth.c:541: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strncpy’</li>
@@ -177,9 +184,8 @@
<ul>
<li>pwauth.c:692: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strlen’</li>
</ul>
-</tt>
+</div>
-</p>
<h3>Determine LON-CAPA Settings</h3>
<p>
@@ -198,7 +204,7 @@
<dd>Each site or school which installs LON-CAPA needs its own domain.
Here at MSU we use 'msu'. You should choose something short but
meaningful. <i>Restriction: One word, no hyphens, underscores, or
- special characters.</i><br />Domain names which include a departmental
+ special characters.</i><br>Domain names which include a departmental
abbreviation are not recommended as although LON-CAPA may start in
a single department, other departments frequently join subsequently.
For a domain name: 'msu' is a superior choice to 'msuphys' for example.
@@ -275,7 +281,7 @@
coordinator. Congratulations!
</p>
-<hr />
+<hr>
<h2>If things aren't working right</h2>
<p>
If you've followed the steps above and the server doesn't start or you think