[LON-CAPA-cvs] cvs: doc /build suse11.1_install.frag suse11.2_install.frag suse11.3_install.frag suse11.4_install.frag
raeburn
raeburn at source.lon-capa.org
Sat Nov 26 15:48:03 EST 2011
raeburn Sat Nov 26 20:48:03 2011 EDT
Modified files:
/doc/build suse11.1_install.frag suse11.2_install.frag
suse11.3_install.frag suse11.4_install.frag
Log:
- Update link to installation documentation for opensuse 11.
- Update installation instructions to use generic install.pl
included in linux/install.tar
- Update instructions for creating Domain Coordinator for changes
in loncom/build/make_domain_coordinator.pl script in 2.10
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Index: doc/build/suse11.1_install.frag
diff -u doc/build/suse11.1_install.frag:1.3 doc/build/suse11.1_install.frag:1.4
--- doc/build/suse11.1_install.frag:1.3 Fri May 13 11:36:10 2011
+++ doc/build/suse11.1_install.frag Sat Nov 26 20:48:03 2011
@@ -51,12 +51,11 @@
<h2>3. <a name="lin">Minimal SuSE 11.1 Install</a></h2>
<p>
-Installing SuSE 11.1 is quite easy if you've installed Linux products
-before. Some documentation is available from
-<a href="http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Local">
-http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Local</a> for installations from DVD and
-<a href="http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Internet">http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Internet</a> for installations via the network, booting from the NET iso CD.<br /><br />
-Most of the subsequent installation screens are self explanatory.
+Installing SuSE 11.1 is quite easy if you've installed Linux products
+before. Some documentation is available from the
+<a href="http://doc.opensuse.org/products/opensuse/openSUSE/opensuse-startup/art.osuse.installquick.html">
+Installation Quick Start</a> guide.<br /><br />
+Most of the installation screens are self explanatory.
There are a few steps that require comment and are dealt with below.
</p>
<dl style="list-style:square outside none">
@@ -91,9 +90,7 @@
IP address. When configuring your network card, you should include host name information (e.g., host name = tmp1, domain = lite.msu.edu), as well as name server. Other settings (ip address, gateway, netmask will have been set when you included them in the boot configuration).
</dd>
<dt>Firewall</dt>
- <dd>Enable the firewall, and allow the following services: web services (http and https) and login services (SSH).</dd>
- <dt>Online Update Configuration</dt>
- <dd>It is recommended that you register your server with Novell for future updates during the installation process, and then run the online update.</dd>
+ <dd>Enable the firewall, and allow login services (SSH).</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
<p>
@@ -140,20 +137,27 @@
<pre>
yast -i LONCAPA-prerequisites
</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>
+<h3>Configure firewall settings for Apache</h3>
+<p>After Apache has been installed use yast to configure the Firewall to open port 80 for http (and port 443 for https, if you plan to use Apache with SSL).
+<dl style="list-style:square outside none">
+ <dt>Firewall</dt>
+ <dd>Allow the following services: web services (http and https).</dd>
+</dl>
</p>
<h3>Retrieve and execute LON-CAPA setup program</h3>
<p>
Retrieve the LON-CAPA setup with the following command:
</p>
<pre>
-wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/suse/11.1/suse11.1_install.tar
+wget http://install.loncapa.org/linux/install.tar
</pre>
<p>
Extract the archive with the following command:
</p>
<pre>
-tar xf suse11.1_install.tar
+tar xf install.tar
</pre>
<p>
This creates a directory named <tt>installation</tt>. Change to it and
@@ -164,7 +168,26 @@
./install.pl
</pre>
<p>
-This script will prompt you for the MySQL root password and will download the latest LON-CAPA release.
+The script is used to prepare a Linux system to run LON-CAPA, and can also be
+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.
+</p>
+<p>
+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.
+Once a choice has been entered for all nine possible actions, required changes will be made.
+</p>
+<p>The possible actions are:
+<ul>
+<li>Create the www user/group</li>
+<li>Install the package LON-CAPA uses to authenticate users.</li>
+<li>Set-up the MySQL database</li>
+<li>Set-up MySQL permissions</li>
+<li>Configure Apache web server</li>
+<li>Configure start-up of services</li>
+<li>Check firewall settings</li>
+<li>Stop services not used by LON-CAPA,<br />
+ e.g., services for a print server: cups daemon</li>
+<li>Download LON-CAPA source code in readiness for installation</li>
+</ul>
</p>
<h3>Determine LON-CAPA Settings</h3>
<p>
@@ -182,13 +205,13 @@
<dt>LON-CAPA domain</dt>
<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>
+ meaningful. <i>Restriction: One word, no underscores or
+ special characters (except hyphens).</i>
</dd>
<dt>LON-CAPA host id</dt>
<dd>Each LON-CAPA server requires a unique internal name. We use names
such as "msul1" for the first library server. <i>Restriction: One word,
- no hyphens, underscores, or special characters.</i>
+ no underscores or special characters (except hyphens).</i>
</dd>
<dt>Host administrator email</dt>
<dd>The amount of email sent to this address is relatively minimal. Messages
@@ -202,7 +225,7 @@
To configure and install LON-CAPA, execute the following commands:
</p>
<pre>
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N (N.N should correspond to a version number like '2.9.0')
+cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z (X.Y.Z should correspond to a version number like '2.10.0')
./UPDATE
</pre>
<p>
@@ -215,15 +238,13 @@
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
grants them additional privileges. The make_domain_coordinator.pl script
-invoked below requires that you enter the users password. The password will
-show in plaintext as you type it. Feel free to use the "passwd username"
-command to change it later. Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an
-appropriate user name and your domain.
+invoked below requires that you enter the user's password.
+Feel free to use the "passwd username" command to change it later.
+Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an appropriate user name and your domain.
</p>
<pre>
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N/loncom/build
+cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z/loncom/build
perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN
-(WILL PROMPT FOR PASSWORD HERE)
</pre>
<h2>7. <a name="sts">Start/Restart Services</a></h2>
Index: doc/build/suse11.2_install.frag
diff -u doc/build/suse11.2_install.frag:1.4 doc/build/suse11.2_install.frag:1.5
--- doc/build/suse11.2_install.frag:1.4 Thu Mar 10 15:21:54 2011
+++ doc/build/suse11.2_install.frag Sat Nov 26 20:48:03 2011
@@ -52,11 +52,10 @@
<h2>3. <a name="lin">Minimal SuSE 11.2 Install</a></h2>
<p>
Installing SuSE 11.2 is quite easy if you've installed Linux products
-before. Some documentation is available from
-<a href="http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Local">
-http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Local</a> for installations from DVD and
-<a href="http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Internet">http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Internet</a> for installations via the network, booting from the mini.iso CD.<br /><br />
-Most of the subsequent installation screens are self explanatory.
+before. Some documentation is available from the
+<a href="http://doc.opensuse.org/products/opensuse/openSUSE/opensuse-startup/art.osuse.installquick.html">
+Installation Quick Start</a> guide.<br /><br />
+Most of the installation screens are self explanatory.
There are a few steps that require comment and are dealt with below.
</p>
<dl style="list-style:square outside none">
@@ -91,10 +90,7 @@
IP address. When configuring your network card, you should include host name information (e.g., host name = tmp1, domain = lite.msu.edu), as well as name server. Other settings (ip address, gateway, netmask will have been set when you included them in the boot configuration).
</dd>
<dt>Firewall</dt>
- <dd>Enable the firewall, and allow the following services: web services (http and https) and login services (SSH).</dd>
- <dt>Online Update Configuration</dt>
- <dd>It is recommended that you register your server with Novell for future updates during the installation process, and then run the online update.</dd>
- </dt>
+ <dd>Enable the firewall, and allow login services (SSH).</dd>
</dl>
<p>
After finishing the online update, the system should reboot, and
@@ -129,20 +125,27 @@
<pre>
yast -i LONCAPA-prerequisites
</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>
+<h3>Configure firewall settings for Apache</h3>
+<p>After Apache has been installed use yast to configure the Firewall to open port 80 for http (and port 443 for https, if you plan to use Apache with SSL).
+<dl style="list-style:square outside none">
+ <dt>Firewall</dt>
+ <dd>Allow the following services: web services (http and https).</dd>
+</dl>
</p>
<h3>Retrieve and execute LON-CAPA setup program</h3>
<p>
Retrieve the LON-CAPA setup with the following command:
</p>
<pre>
-wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/suse/11.2/suse11.2_install.tar
+wget http://install.loncapa.org/linux/install.tar
</pre>
<p>
Extract the archive with the following command:
</p>
<pre>
-tar xf suse11.2_install.tar
+tar xf install.tar
</pre>
<p>
This creates a directory named <tt>installation</tt>. Change to it and
@@ -153,7 +156,26 @@
./install.pl
</pre>
<p>
-This script will prompt you for the MySQL root password and will download the latest LON-CAPA release.
+The script is used to prepare a Linux system to run LON-CAPA, and can also be
+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.
+</p>
+<p>
+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.
+Once a choice has been entered for all nine possible actions, required changes will be made.
+</p>
+<p>The possible actions are:
+<ul>
+<li>Create the www user/group</li>
+<li>Install the package LON-CAPA uses to authenticate users.</li>
+<li>Set-up the MySQL database</li>
+<li>Set-up MySQL permissions</li>
+<li>Configure Apache web server</li>
+<li>Configure start-up of services</li>
+<li>Check firewall settings</li>
+<li>Stop services not used by LON-CAPA,<br />
+ e.g., services for a print server: cups daemon</li>
+<li>Download LON-CAPA source code in readiness for installation</li>
+</ul>
</p>
<h3>Determine LON-CAPA Settings</h3>
<p>
@@ -191,7 +213,7 @@
To configure and install LON-CAPA, execute the following commands:
</p>
<pre>
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N (N.N should correspond to a version number like '2.9.0')
+cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z (X.Y.Z should correspond to a version number like '2.10.0')
./UPDATE
</pre>
<p>
@@ -204,15 +226,13 @@
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
grants them additional privileges. The make_domain_coordinator.pl script
-invoked below requires that you enter the users password. The password will
-show in plaintext as you type it. Feel free to use the "passwd username"
-command to change it later. Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an
-appropriate user name and your domain.
+invoked below requires that you enter the user's password.
+Feel free to use the "passwd username" command to change it later.
+Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an appropriate user name and your domain.
</p>
<pre>
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N/loncom/build
+cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z/loncom/build
perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN
-(WILL PROMPT FOR PASSWORD HERE)
</pre>
<h2>7. <a name="sts">Start/Restart Services</a></h2>
Index: doc/build/suse11.3_install.frag
diff -u doc/build/suse11.3_install.frag:1.1 doc/build/suse11.3_install.frag:1.2
--- doc/build/suse11.3_install.frag:1.1 Sun Apr 3 14:27:31 2011
+++ doc/build/suse11.3_install.frag Sat Nov 26 20:48:03 2011
@@ -52,11 +52,10 @@
<h2>3. <a name="lin">Minimal SuSE 11.3 Install</a></h2>
<p>
Installing SuSE 11.3 is quite easy if you've installed Linux products
-before. Some documentation is available from
-<a href="http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Local">
-http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Local</a> for installations from DVD and
-<a href="http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Internet">http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Internet</a> for installations via the network, booting from the mini.iso CD.<br /><br />
-Most of the subsequent installation screens are self explanatory.
+before. Some documentation is available from the
+<a href="http://doc.opensuse.org/products/opensuse/openSUSE/opensuse-startup/art.osuse.installquick.html">
+Installation Quick Start</a> guide.<br /><br />
+Most of the installation screens are self explanatory.
There are a few steps that require comment and are dealt with below.
</p>
<dl style="list-style:square outside none">
@@ -91,10 +90,7 @@
IP address. When configuring your network card, you should include host name information (e.g., host name = tmp1, domain = lite.msu.edu), as well as name server. Other settings (ip address, gateway, netmask will have been set when you included them in the boot configuration).
</dd>
<dt>Firewall</dt>
- <dd>Enable the firewall, and allow the following services: web services (http and https) and login services (SSH).</dd>
- <dt>Online Update Configuration</dt>
- <dd>It is recommended that you register your server with Novell for future updates during the installation process, and then run the online update.</dd>
- </dt>
+ <dd>Enable the firewall, and allow login services (SSH).</dd>
</dl>
<p>
After finishing the online update, the system should reboot, and
@@ -129,20 +125,27 @@
<pre>
yast -i LONCAPA-prerequisites
</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>
+<h3>Configure firewall settings for Apache</h3>
+<p>After Apache has been installed use yast to configure the Firewall to open port 80 for http (and port 443 for https, if you plan to use Apache with SSL).
+<dl style="list-style:square outside none">
+ <dt>Firewall</dt>
+ <dd>Allow the following services: web services (http and https).</dd>
+</dl>
</p>
<h3>Retrieve and execute LON-CAPA setup program</h3>
<p>
Retrieve the LON-CAPA setup with the following command:
</p>
<pre>
-wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/suse/11.3/suse11.3_install.tar
+wget http://install.loncapa.org/linux/install.tar
</pre>
<p>
Extract the archive with the following command:
</p>
<pre>
-tar xf suse11.3_install.tar
+tar xf install.tar
</pre>
<p>
This creates a directory named <tt>installation</tt>. Change to it and
@@ -153,7 +156,26 @@
./install.pl
</pre>
<p>
-This script will prompt you for the MySQL root password and will download the latest LON-CAPA release.
+The script is used to prepare a Linux system to run LON-CAPA, and can also be
+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.
+</p>
+<p>
+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.
+Once a choice has been entered for all nine possible actions, required changes will be made.
+</p>
+<p>The possible actions are:
+<ul>
+<li>Create the www user/group</li>
+<li>Install the package LON-CAPA uses to authenticate users.</li>
+<li>Set-up the MySQL database</li>
+<li>Set-up MySQL permissions</li>
+<li>Configure Apache web server</li>
+<li>Configure start-up of services</li>
+<li>Check firewall settings</li>
+<li>Stop services not used by LON-CAPA,<br />
+ e.g., services for a print server: cups daemon</li>
+<li>Download LON-CAPA source code in readiness for installation</li>
+</ul>
</p>
<h3>Determine LON-CAPA Settings</h3>
<p>
@@ -191,7 +213,7 @@
To configure and install LON-CAPA, execute the following commands:
</p>
<pre>
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N (N.N should correspond to a version number like '2.9.0')
+cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z (X.Y.Z should correspond to a version number like '2.10.0')
./UPDATE
</pre>
<p>
@@ -204,15 +226,13 @@
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
grants them additional privileges. The make_domain_coordinator.pl script
-invoked below requires that you enter the users password. The password will
-show in plaintext as you type it. Feel free to use the "passwd username"
-command to change it later. Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an
-appropriate user name and your domain.
+invoked below requires that you enter the user's password.
+Feel free to use the "passwd username" command to change it later.
+Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an appropriate user name and your domain.
</p>
<pre>
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N/loncom/build
+cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z/loncom/build
perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN
-(WILL PROMPT FOR PASSWORD HERE)
</pre>
<h2>7. <a name="sts">Start/Restart Services</a></h2>
Index: doc/build/suse11.4_install.frag
diff -u doc/build/suse11.4_install.frag:1.1 doc/build/suse11.4_install.frag:1.2
--- doc/build/suse11.4_install.frag:1.1 Sun Apr 3 14:27:31 2011
+++ doc/build/suse11.4_install.frag Sat Nov 26 20:48:03 2011
@@ -52,11 +52,10 @@
<h2>3. <a name="lin">Minimal SuSE 11.4 Install</a></h2>
<p>
Installing SuSE 11.4 is quite easy if you've installed Linux products
-before. Some documentation is available from
-<a href="http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Local">
-http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Local</a> for installations from DVD and
-<a href="http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Internet">http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Internet</a> for installations via the network, booting from the mini.iso CD.<br /><br />
-Most of the subsequent installation screens are self explanatory.
+before. Some documentation is available from the
+<a href="http://doc.opensuse.org/products/opensuse/openSUSE/opensuse-startup/art.osuse.installquick.html">
+Installation Quick Start</a> guide.<br /><br />
+Most of the installation screens are self explanatory.
There are a few steps that require comment and are dealt with below.
</p>
<dl style="list-style:square outside none">
@@ -91,10 +90,7 @@
IP address. When configuring your network card, you should include host name information (e.g., host name = tmp1, domain = lite.msu.edu), as well as name server. Other settings (ip address, gateway, netmask will have been set when you included them in the boot configuration).
</dd>
<dt>Firewall</dt>
- <dd>Enable the firewall, and allow the following services: web services (http and https) and login services (SSH).</dd>
- <dt>Online Update Configuration</dt>
- <dd>It is recommended that you register your server with Novell for future updates during the installation process, and then run the online update.</dd>
- </dt>
+ <dd>Enable the firewall, and allow login services (SSH).</dd>
</dl>
<p>
After finishing the online update, the system should reboot, and
@@ -129,20 +125,27 @@
<pre>
yast -i LONCAPA-prerequisites
</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>
+<h3>Configure firewall settings for Apache</h3>
+<p>After Apache has been installed use yast to configure the Firewall to open port 80 for http (and port 443 for https, if you plan to use Apache with SSL).
+<dl style="list-style:square outside none">
+ <dt>Firewall</dt>
+ <dd>Allow the following services: web services (http and https).</dd>
+</dl>
</p>
<h3>Retrieve and execute LON-CAPA setup program</h3>
<p>
Retrieve the LON-CAPA setup with the following command:
</p>
<pre>
-wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/suse/11.4/suse11.4_install.tar
+wget http://install.loncapa.org/linux/install.tar
</pre>
<p>
Extract the archive with the following command:
</p>
<pre>
-tar xf suse11.4_install.tar
+tar xf install.tar
</pre>
<p>
This creates a directory named <tt>installation</tt>. Change to it and
@@ -153,7 +156,26 @@
./install.pl
</pre>
<p>
-This script will prompt you for the MySQL root password and will download the latest LON-CAPA release.
+The script is used to prepare a Linux system to run LON-CAPA, and can also be
+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.
+</p>
+<p>
+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.
+Once a choice has been entered for all nine possible actions, required changes will be made.
+</p>
+<p>The possible actions are:
+<ul>
+<li>Create the www user/group</li>
+<li>Install the package LON-CAPA uses to authenticate users.</li>
+<li>Set-up the MySQL database</li>
+<li>Set-up MySQL permissions</li>
+<li>Configure Apache web server</li>
+<li>Configure start-up of services</li>
+<li>Check firewall settings</li>
+<li>Stop services not used by LON-CAPA,<br />
+ e.g., services for a print server: cups daemon</li>
+<li>Download LON-CAPA source code in readiness for installation</li>
+</ul>
</p>
<h3>Determine LON-CAPA Settings</h3>
<p>
@@ -191,7 +213,7 @@
To configure and install LON-CAPA, execute the following commands:
</p>
<pre>
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N (N.N should correspond to a version number like '2.9.0')
+cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z (X.Y.Z should correspond to a version number like '2.10.0')
./UPDATE
</pre>
<p>
@@ -204,15 +226,13 @@
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
grants them additional privileges. The make_domain_coordinator.pl script
-invoked below requires that you enter the users password. The password will
-show in plaintext as you type it. Feel free to use the "passwd username"
-command to change it later. Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an
-appropriate user name and your domain.
+invoked below requires that you enter the user's password.
+Feel free to use the "passwd username" command to change it later.
+Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an appropriate user name and your domain.
</p>
<pre>
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N/loncom/build
+cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z/loncom/build
perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN
-(WILL PROMPT FOR PASSWORD HERE)
</pre>
<h2>7. <a name="sts">Start/Restart Services</a></h2>
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