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<li>A web server, such as <a href="http://www.apache-ssl.org">Apache-SSL</a> or <a href="http://www.apache.org">Apache</a>
<li><a href="http://perl.apache.org/">mod_perl</a>
- <li><a href="http://www.openssh.com//">SSH</a>
+ <li><a href="http://www.openssh.com//">SSH</a> (<a href="http://www.openssh.com//">OpenSSH</a> is recommended. SSH Communications Security commercial <a href="http://www.ssh.com/products/ssh/download.cfm">SSH version 3</a> has been reported incompatible with Freeside.)
<li><a href="http://www.perl.com/">Perl</a> Don't enable experimental features like threads or the PerlIO abstraction layer.
- <li>A <b>transactional</b> database engine supported by Perl's <a href="http://www.hermetica.com/technologia/DBI/">DBI</a>. <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/">PostgreSQL</a> is recommended. (see the <a href="postgresql.html">PostgreSQL notes</a>) <b>MySQL's default <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/M/y/MyISAM.html">MyISAM</a> and <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/I/S/ISAM.html">ISAM</a> table types are not supported</b>. If you really want to use MySQL, you need to use one of the new <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/T/a/Table_types.html">transaction-safe table types</a> such as <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/B/D/BDB.html">BDB</a>.
+ <li>A <b>transactional</b> database engine supported by Perl's <a href="http://www.hermetica.com/technologia/DBI/">DBI</a>. <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/">PostgreSQL</a> is recommended. <b>MySQL's default <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/M/y/MyISAM.html">MyISAM</a> and <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/I/S/ISAM.html">ISAM</a> table types are not supported</b>. If you really want to use MySQL, you need to use one of the new <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/T/a/Table_types.html">transaction-safe table types</a> such as <a href="http://www.mysql.com/doc/B/D/BDB.html">BDB</a>.
<li>Perl modules (<a href="http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/perl/CPAN.html">CPAN</a> will query, download and build perl modules automatically)
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<li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Array-PrintCols">Array-PrintCols</a>
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+ <li>NOTE: Mason support is still a bit buggy in the 1.4.0 prereleases. This will be fixed before 1.4.0. You have been warned.
<li>Run <tt>make masondocs</tt>
<li>Copy <tt>masondocs/</tt> to your web server's document space.
<li>Copy <tt>htetc/handler.pl</tt> to your web server's configuration directory.
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<li>Restrict access to this web interface. (with <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#user-authentication">Apache</a>)
<li>Create the necessary <a href="config.html">configuration files</a>.
-<li>Create the `/usr/local/etc/freeside/counters.<i>datasrc</i>', and
+<li>Create the `/usr/local/etc/freeside/counters.<i>datasrc</i>',
+ `/usr/local/etc/freeside/cache.<i>datasrc</i>', and
`/usr/local/etc/freeside/export.<i>datasrc</i>' directories for each <i>datasrc</i> (owned by the freeside user).
<li>As the freeside user, run bin/fs-setup to create the database tables.
+ <li>freeside-queued was installed with the Perl modules. Start it now and ensure that is run upon system startup.
<li>Now proceed to the initial <a href="admin.html">administration</a> of your installation.
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