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Installation

Before installing, you need: Install the Freeside distribution: @@ -53,25 +61,37 @@ Install the Freeside distribution: -
  • Unpack the tarball:
    gunzip -c fs-x.y.z.tar.gz | tar xvf -
    +
  • Edit the top-level Makefile:
  • Add the freeside database to your database engine:
     $ su
     # make create-database
    -
  • Build and install the Perl libraries: + (or manually, with Postgres:) +
    +$ su freeside
    +$ createdb freeside
    + (with MySQL:) +
    +$ mysqladmin -u freeside -p create freeside 
    +
  • Build and install the Perl modules:
     $ make perl-modules
     $ su
    @@ -80,7 +100,7 @@ $ su
     $ su
     # make create-config
     
    -
  • You should run a separate iteration of Apache[-SSL] with mod_perl enabled as the freeside user. +
  • Run a separate iteration of Apache[-SSL] with mod_perl enabled as the freeside user. @@ -90,11 +110,18 @@ $ su
    • Run make aspdocs
    • Copy aspdocs/ to your web server's document space. -
    • Create a Global directory, such as /usr/local/etc/freeside/asp-global/ -
    • Copy htetc/global.asa to the Global directory. +
    • Create a Global directory, such as /usr/local/etc/freeside/asp-global/: +
      +mkdir /usr/local/etc/freeside/asp-global/
      +chown freeside /usr/local/etc/freeside/asp-global/
      +
      +
    • Copy htetc/global.asa to the Global directory: +
      +cp htetc/global.asa /usr/local/etc/freeside/asp-global/global.asa
      +
    • Configure Apache for the Global directory and to execute .cgi files using Apache::ASP. For example:
      -<Directory /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside-asp>
      +<Directory /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside-asp>
       <Files ~ (\.cgi)>
       AddHandler perl-script .cgi
       PerlHandler Apache::ASP
      @@ -102,25 +129,25 @@ PerlHandler Apache::ASP
       <Perl>
       $MLDBM::RemoveTaint = 1;
       </Perl>
      -PerlSetVar Global /usr/local/etc/freeside/asp-global/
      +PerlSetVar Global /usr/local/etc/freeside/asp-global/
      +PerlSetVar Debug 2
       </Directory>
       
      -
    • 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.
    • Run make masondocs
    • Copy masondocs/ to your web server's document space.
    • Copy htetc/handler.pl to your web server's configuration directory.
    • Edit handler.pl and set an appropriate data_dir, such as /usr/local/etc/freeside/mason-data
    • Configure Apache to use the handler.pl file and to execute .cgi files using HTML::Mason. For example:
      -<Directory /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside-mason>
      +<Directory /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside-mason>
       <Files ~ (\.cgi)>
       AddHandler perl-script .cgi
       PerlHandler HTML::Mason
       </Files>
       <Perl>
      -require "/usr/local/apache/conf/handler.pl";
      +require "/usr/local/apache/conf/handler.pl";
       </Perl>
       </Directory>
       
      @@ -142,18 +169,25 @@ require valid-user
      • First user:
        $ su
        -$ freeside-adduser -c -h /usr/local/etc/freeside/htpasswd username
        +$ freeside-adduser -c -h /usr/local/etc/freeside/htpasswd username
      • Additional users:
        $ su
        -$ freeside-adduser -h /usr/local/etc/freeside/htpasswd username
        +$ freeside-adduser -h /usr/local/etc/freeside/htpasswd username
      (using other auth types, add each user to your Apache authentication and then run: freeside-adduser username -
    • As the freeside UNIX user, run bin/fs-setup username to create the database tables, passing the username of a Freeside user you created above: +
    • As the freeside UNIX user, run bin/fs-setup username (in the untar'ed freeside directory) to create the database tables, passing the username of a Freeside user you created above:
       $ su freeside
      +$ cd /path/to/freeside-1.4.0/
       $ bin/fs-setup username
       
      -
    • freeside-queued was installed with the Perl modules. Start it now and ensure that is run upon system startup. +
    • As the freeside UNIX user, run bin/populate-msgcat username (in the untar'ed freeside directory) to populate the message catalog, passing the username of a Freeside user you created above: +
      +$ su freeside
      +$ cd /path/to/freeside-1.4.0/
      +$ bin/populate-msgcat username
      +
      +
    • freeside-queued was installed with the Perl modules. Start it now and ensure that is run upon system startup (Do this manually, or edit the top-level Makefile, replacing INIT_FILE with the appropriate location on your system, and run make install-init)
    • Now proceed to the initial administration of your installation.