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+ OpenACS docs are written by the named authors, but may be edited + by OpenACS documentation staff. +
We won't provide detailed instructions to install an operating system since there are so many valid choices available and each OS has their own installation procedures. @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ and even Windows systems. The remainder of this guide will be specific to Linux. Users of other OS's may find some helpful information here, but we recommend that you instead use one of these - OS specific guides to install OpenACS 4.5. + OS specific guides to install OpenACS 4.6.
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OpenACS Installation Guide for Windows 2000
+ This was written for ACS and has not yet - been updated for OpenACS. (Note: AOLServer is no longer - supporting Windows - it may be possible to run AOLServer under - Cygwin, but I haven't - seen any success reports yet). Another alternative is to use John - Sequeira's Oasis - VM, which is basically a fully working OpenACS 4.5 + been updated for OpenACS. (Note: AOLServer is not currently + supported on Windows, but this may change soon. Keep an eye on + the AOLserver mailing list or the OpenACS forums) Another + alternative is to use John Sequeira's Oasis + VM, which is basically a fully working OpenACS 4.6 system that you load into VMware. +
I'm currently using Debian GNU/Linux, so this guide may show that bias. Installation on any Linux distribution should be similar and @@ -43,22 +44,25 @@ to set aside a swap partition which is twice your RAM size.
Some things that you will need: -
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| recent kernel | Currently version 2.2.19 or - greater is the standard requirement. Some people are using 2.4.x - (2.4.16) kernels. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bash | Bash is the standard Linux shell.
- We assume you are using bash for these instructions. If you're
- not using bash, then you will need to substitute your shell's
- conventions for setting environment variables when appropriate.
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Locations:
+ None of these locations are set in stone - they're simply the values that we've chosen. You are free to install your software in other locations, but you'll need to adjust the instructions in this document to point to those locations. - - 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." Again, this topic is too big to cover properly - here, so see these links. -
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+ + + Note that previous versions of this document recommended using + /web for the web root and running + AOLserver as the nsadmin user. For + security and compatibility reasons, this is no longer recommended. + + + + This guide will use joeuser as a + normal user. Substitute your own username wherever you see + joeuser. + + + 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." Again, this topic is too big to cover properly + here, so see these links. + +
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