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According to Philip Greenspun:
“The ArsDigita Community System (ACS) is a toolkit of software @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ the word) to extend it to other databases. Don Baccus leads the development and numerous developers (and non-developers) contribute from around the world. -
This document will describe how to install, configure, and maintain an installation of OpenACS 4.6.2 on a Unix-like @@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ OpenACS 4.6.2-O Reference Platform, which use Red Hat 8.0. Differences between the Reference Platform and common alternate platforms are noted where known. -
You will need a PC (or equivalent) with at least these minimum requirements:
Pentium processor
128 MB RAM - (much more if you want Oracle)
4 GB hard drive
You will need all of the required Chapter 2.
+ (much more if you want Oracle)
4 GB hard drive
You will need all of the required Chapter�2.
If you want to serve pages to people outside of your machine, you'll need a network connection of some type.
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ All of the software that you will need is free and open-source, except for Oracle. You can obtain a free copy of Oracle for development purposes. This is described in the Acquire Oracle section. -
The basic steps to getting OpenACS up and running are:
Install an OS
Install a webserver (AOLServer)
Install a database (Oracle or PostgreSQL)
Install a database driver (allows the webserver to talk to the database) -
Start the OpenACS installer, which will configure a database instance..
This is text you will see on +
Start the OpenACS installer, which will configure a database instance..
This is text you will see on screen, such as a or link in a radio button list or menu.
This is text that you will type.
This is text from a program or file which you may need to examine or edit:
if {$database == "oracle"} {
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su - nsadmin
svc -d /service/server1
dropdb server1
-createdb server1
We'll do our best to assure that following our instructions will get you to the promised land. If something goes wrong, don't panic. There are plenty of ways to get help. Here are some tips: @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ If you find errors in this document or if you have ideas about making it better, please post them in our BugTracker. -
After reading through this tome, you may ask yourself if there is a better way. Well, not quite. Jonathan Marsden has created RPMs (at @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ 4.6.2. There has been talk about automating the install process, but that hasn't happened yet. Stay tuned! -
This document was created by Vinod Kurup, but it's really just plagiarism from a number of documents that came before it. If I've used something that you've written without proper credit, let me @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Aufrecht's OpenACS 4.5 Quick Guide.
Please also see the Credits section for more acknowledgements. -
Here's a list of some helpful documentation for various OS's
Once you get your OS installed, it's imperative that you secure your installation. As Jon Griffin repeatedly warns us, "No distribution is secure out of the box." The Reference Platform implements @@ -208,9 +208,9 @@
Bruce Schneier's Crypto-Gram, especially The - security patch treadmill and Monitoring First.
+ security patch treadmill and Monitoring First.
Here are some resources that OpenACS users have found useful. -
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Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing - A very readable @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ Linux in a Nutshell -
The UNIX Reference Desk @@ -260,4 +260,4 @@ IBM developerworks on basic and intermediate Linux skills (requires registration) -