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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 InstallInstalling LON-CAPA on a minimal Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SystemThis document guides you through the process of setting up a new LON-CAPA server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with a minimum of packages installed. The computer will be configured solely as a LON-CAPA server and will be expected to have no other services running. Your server is expected to have a reasonably fast connection to the internet. More information is available at http://install.lon-capa.org/. Before you beginInstalling Linux is getting easier and easier. You will be required to log in to the machine and execute some routine Unix commands. Familiarity with the Apache web server, mod_perl, perl, and MySQL are not required to install and run LON-CAPA. Installation OverviewThe installation process takes the following steps:
1. Obtain Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 CDsRHEL6 CDs can be purchased from Red Hat: http://redhat.com/. 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. 2. Determine Network SettingsYou will need to know the following network settings for your installation. Note:You must have a static IP address to use LON-CAPA. DHCP is not supported.
3. Minimal Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 InstallInstalling Red Hat Enterprise Linux is quite easy if you've installed any of the Red Hat products before. Documentation is available from http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/ Most of the installation screens are self explanatory. There are a few steps that require comment and are dealt with below.
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 setup Firewall and SELinux ConfigurationThis tool should be used to configure the Firewall and SELinux.
4. Update your systemEnable access to the EPEL repository yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm Update your system to the latest versions of the system software using yum. yum update Reboot your system before continuing with the installation. Retrieve the rhel6_loncapa_yum file from the LON-CAPA install site: wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/redhat/6Server/rhel6_loncapa_yum.conf Install the rhel6_loncapa_yum.conf mv /etc/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf.backup cp rhel6_loncapa_yum.conf /etc/yum.conf yum update Verify the required repositories are enabled: yum repolist enabled The list of enabled repos should be as follows (where $basearch = x86_64 or i386):
5. Installing LON-CAPAInstall prerequisitesExecute: yum install LONCAPA-prerequisites This may take some minutes due to LON-CAPA's large number of dependencies. Retrieve and execute LON-CAPA setup programRetrieve the LON-CAPA setup with the following command: wget http://install.loncapa.org/linux/install.tar Extract the archive with the following command: tar xf install.tar This creates a directory named installation. Change to it and execute the setup script with the following commands: cd installation ./install.pl 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. 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. The possible actions are:
Determine LON-CAPA SettingsLON-CAPA requires a number of identifying parameters to be set in order for it to function at all. Below is a list with descriptions.
Configuring LON-CAPATo configure and install LON-CAPA, execute the following commands: cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z (X.Y.Z should correspond to a version number like '2.10.0') ./UPDATE You will need to enter the LON-CAPA configuration information you determined in the previous section. 6. Creating a Domain CoordinatorYou 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 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. cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z/loncom/build perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN 7. Start/Restart ServicesThe LON-CAPA network services take a moment to start. Most misconfigurations will be apparent at this step. /etc/init.d/loncontrol start /etc/init.d/httpd start If you receive warnings when starting the httpd about missing perl modules, please make sure you followed the instructions in Installing LON-CAPA Dependencies. If you still have errors, please contact the MSU LON-CAPA group. 8. Log in to your LON-CAPA MachinePoint a web browser at your new machine and log in as the domain coordinator. Congratulations! If things aren't working rightIf you've followed the steps above and the server doesn't start or you think there's something wrong, please send a help request to the MSU LON-CAPA group. If there were errors in installation of the dependency RPMs or errors during the automatic setup, please send us as much information as possible. If some part of this document is unclear please let us know. |
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