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Rails Note #4: Deploying a Rails Application in a Subdirectory

rupert — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:37:36 +0000

There are many ways to deploy RoR applications. I have googled all over the place and so far the easiest setup that I could find that would suit my needs (existing Apache2 + ColdFusion + TileCache) would be to use

1. Apache PROXY
2. Mongrel

CentOS Installation Instructions

1. Make sure Apache has mod_proxy

 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache2 --enable-so --enable-rewrite --with-mpm=prefork --enable-proxy --enable-proxy-connect --enable-proxy-ftp --enable-proxy-httpd --enable-proxy-ajp --enable-proxy-balancer --enable-cgi

1. Apache Proxy


    ServerName test
    ProxyRequests Off 
        
            Order deny,allow
            Allow from all
        
    ProxyPass /localdumplings http://localhost:3000/localdumplings
    ProxyPassReverse /localdumplings http://localhost:3000/localdumplings
    #ProxyPass /localdumplings/ http://localhost:3000/
    #ProxyPassReverse /localdumplings/ http://localhost:3000/

2. Starting mongrel on a subdir
mongrel_rails start –prefix=/localdumplings

Debian Installation Instructions

1. Install libapache2-mod-proxy-html is easier…

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-proxy-html

2. Enable modules to load in apache2

sudo a2enmod proxy
sudo a2enmod proxy_balancer
sudo a2enmod proxy_http
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start

3. Add the application in /etc/apache2/mods-available/proxy.conf


        #turning ProxyRequests on and allowing proxying from all may allow
        #spammers to use your proxy to send email.
 
        ProxyRequests Off 
 
        
                AddDefaultCharset off 
                Order deny,allow
                Allow from all
                #Allow from .example.com
        
 
        # Enable/disable the handling of HTTP/1.1 "Via:" headers.
        # ("Full" adds the server version; "Block" removes all outgoing Via: headers)
        # Set to one of: Off | On | Full | Block
        ProxyPass /localdumplings http://localhost:3000/localdumplings
        ProxyPassReverse /localdumplings http://localhost:3000/localdumplings
 
        ProxyVia On

Starting a mongrel_rails on boot
Slicehost ( http://articles.slicehost.com/2007/9/21/debian-etch-apache-vhosts-rails-and-mongrels ) has a very good article regarding this.

mongrel_rails start -d -e production -p 8001 -P log/mongrel8001.pid -l log/mongrel.log

How to make Oracle start on boot

rupert — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:57:45 +0000

1. Login as root and edit /etc/oratab to reflect “Y”

orcl:/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1:Y

2. oracle startup script:

#!/bin/bash
#
# oracle Init file for starting and stopping
# Oracle Database. Script is valid for 10g and 11g versions.
#
# chkconfig: 35 80 30
# description: Oracle Database startup script
 
# Source function library.
 
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
 
ORACLE_OWNER="oracle"
ORACLE_HOME="/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1"
 
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n $"Starting Oracle DB:"
su - $ORACLE_OWNER -c "$ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbstart $ORACLE_HOME"
su - $ORACLE_OWNER -c "$ORACLE_HOME/bin/lsnrctl start"
echo "OK"
;;
stop)
echo -n $"Stopping Oracle DB:"
su - $ORACLE_OWNER -c "$ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbshut $ORACLE_HOME"
su - $ORACLE_OWNER -c "$ORACLE_HOME/bin/lsnrctl stop"
echo "OK"
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
esac

3. Oracle EMCTL

#!/bin/bash
#
# oraemctl Starting and stopping Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control.
# Script is valid for 10g and 11g versions.
#
# chkconfig: 35 80 30
# description: Enterprise Manager DB Control startup script
 
# Source function library.
 
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
 
ORACLE_OWNER="oracle"
ORACLE_HOME="/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1"
 
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n $"Starting Oracle EM DB Console:"
su - $ORACLE_OWNER -c "$ORACLE_HOME/bin/emctl start dbconsole"
echo "OK"
;;
stop)
echo -n $"Stopping Oracle EM DB Console:"
su - $ORACLE_OWNER -c "$ORACLE_HOME/bin/emctl stop dbconsole"
echo "OK"
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
esac

4. chkconfig –add /etc/init.d/oracle
5. chkconfig –add /etc/init.d/oraemctl

Installing Oracle11g x64 on CentOS5

rupert — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:36:25 +0000

FOR EDITING.. This is just a couple of notes from my Oracle testing a few weeks back that I forgot to post..

A. Installing

1. Check for rpm packages:

rpm -q binutils compat-db control-center gcc gcc-c++ glibc glibc-common gnome-libs libstdc++ libstdc++-devel make pdksh sysstat xscreensaver libaio openmotif21 elfutils-libelf libaio-devel libgcc

NOTE: For 10g, you need libXp.so.6 installed. It seems the oracle installer is messed up with some i386 modules pointing to x86? Anyway, I was able to resolve the problem by installing the libXp.i386.rpm version.

2. install the necessary rpm packages:

rpm -ivh compat-db-4.2.52-5.1.x86_64.rpm 
rpm -ivh libgnome-2.16.0-6.el5.x86_64.rpm 
rpm -ivh sysstat-7.0.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm 
rpm -ivh libaio-devel-0.3.106-3.2.x86_64.rpm 
rpm -ivh lm_sensors-2.10.0-3.1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh beecrypt-devel-4.1.2-10.1.1.x86_64.rpm elfutils-devel-0.125-3.el5.x86_64.rpm net-snmp-devel-5.3.1-19.el5.x86_64.rpm elfutils-devel-static-0.125-3.el5.x86_64.rpm net-snmp-5.3.1-19.el5.x86_64.rpm net-snmp-libs-5.3.1-19.el5.x86_64.rpm

3. vim /etc/profile

ORACLE_BASE=/opt/oracle/product
ORACLE_SID=csdbora
ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1
 
export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_SID ORACLE_HOME
 
PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib

4. Create oracle Account

groupadd oinstall
groupadd dba
useradd -m -g oinstall -G dba oracle
id oracle

uid=501(oracle) gid=501(oinstall) groups=501(oinstall),502(dba)

5. Run modify_kernel.sh

cat >> /etc/sysctl.conf << EOF
kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmax = 1073741824 
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
fs.file-max = 65536
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1025 65000
net.core.rmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.rmem_max = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 262144
EOF

6. vim /etc/sysctl.conf and comment kernel.shmall and kernel.shmmax because if
you don’t then we will have double results

7. /sbin/sysctl -p

8. Create Directories:

mkdir -p /u01
mkdir -p /opt/oracle
mkdir -p /opt/oracle/product
chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01
chown -R oracle:oinstall /opt/oracle
chmod -R 755 /u01
chmod -R 755 /opt/oracle
chmod -R 755 /opt/oracle/product

9. Run sh -v modify_shelllimits.sh

10. Add the ff lines in /etc/pam.d/login
session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so
session required pam_limits.so

11. cp -rf /home/installers/linux.x64_11gR1_database.zip /opt/oracle

12. chown oracle:oinstall /opt/oracle/linux.x64_11gR1_database.zip

13. Clost all terminals and logout as root from desktop.

14. Login as oracle

15. Follow tutorial until installing oracle
Installing Oracle 11g on CentOS under VMWare on a Macbook.doc

To extract: cpio -idmv < 10201_database_linux_x86_64.cpio

vim /etc/redhat-release
Redhat 4

16. Run the 2 scripts after the dialog:

[root@cs5ora11g db1]# sh root.sh
Running Oracle 11g root.sh script…

The following environment variables are set as:
ORACLE_OWNER= oracle
ORACLE_HOME= /opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1

Enter the full pathname of the local bin directory: [/usr/local/bin]:
Copying dbhome to /usr/local/bin …
Copying oraenv to /usr/local/bin …
Copying coraenv to /usr/local/bin …

Creating /etc/oratab file…
Entries will be added to the /etc/oratab file as needed by
Database Configuration Assistant when a database is created
Finished running generic part of root.sh script.
Now product-specific root actions will be performed.
Finished product-specific root actions.

17. Open your firewall to 1158

18. Go to https://192.168.1.155:1158/em

- Login as SYSMAN:[password] (nickname+wife)

19. Install Oracle Instant Client for your distro [MacOS]

http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/index.html

a. Add exports to runsqlplus.sh
b. copy tnsnames.ora from centos to mac
c. add in firewall: 1521
d. sh runsqlplus.sh

20. do sqlplus
Enter user-name: SYSMAN@cybersof
Enter password:

Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.6.0 – 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
SQL>

You are now connected successfully.

21. Check for oracle processes: ps -ef | grep ora

SQLPLUS DBINSTANCE:
oraclecybersof (LOCAL=NO)
 
 
ORACLE LISTENER:
/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/bin/tnslsnr LISTENER -inherit
 
ORACLE ENTERPRISE MANAGER:
oracle   14487     1  0 15:37 ?        00:00:00
/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/perl/bin/perl
/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/bin/emwd.pl dbconsole
/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/cs5ora11g_csmlcc/sysman/log/emdb.nohup
oracle   14511 14487  2 15:37 ?        00:00:36
/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/jdk/bin/java -server -Xmx512M
-XX:MaxPermSize=1024M -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=20 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=40
-DORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1
-Doracle.home=/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/oc4j
-Doracle.oc4j.localhome=/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/cs5ora11g_csmlcc/sysman
-DEMSTATE=/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/cs5ora11g_csmlcc
-Doracle.j2ee.dont.use.memory.archive=true
-Djava.protocol.handler.pkgs=HTTPClient
-Doracle.security.jazn.config=/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/oc4j/j2ee/OC4J_DBConsole_cs5ora11g_csmlcc/config/jazn.xml
-Djava.security.policy=/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/oc4j/j2ee/OC4J_DBConsole_cs5ora11g_csmlcc/config/java2.policy
-Djavax.net.ssl.KeyStore=/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/sysman/config/OCMTrustedCerts.txt-Djava.security.properties=/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/oc4j/j2ee/home/config/jazn.security.props
-DEMDROOT=/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/cs5ora11g_csmlcc
-Dsysman.md5password=true -Drepapi.oracle.home=/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1
-Ddisable.checkForUpdate=true
-Doracle.sysman.ccr.ocmSDK.websvc.keystore=/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/jlib/emocmclnt.ks
-Dice.pilots.html4.ignoreNonGenericFonts=true -Djava.awt.headless=true -jar
/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/oc4j/j2ee/home/oc4j.jar -config
/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1/oc4j/j2ee/OC4J_DBConsole_cs5ora11g_csmlcc/config/server.xml

22. Set Oracle Environment

# su - oracle
# vim ~/.bash_profile
ORACLE_BASE=/opt/oracle/product
ORACLE_SID=cybersof
ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/product/11.1.0/db1
export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_SID ORACLE_HOME
 
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib

23. Shutdown and Startup of Oracle

$ . oraenv
<enter your SID>
 
$ sqlplus "/ as sysdba"
SQL> startup
SQL> exit
 
$ lsnrctl
LSNRCTL> start
LSNRCTL> exit
 
$ cd $ORACLE_HOME/bin
./emctl start dbconsole

B. Creating Users

1. Creating admin user:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28301/admqs_administer_users.htm#CHDBDBGI

em > Setup > Administrators > Create

2. Create appdev user:
em > Server > Roles

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28301/admqs_administer_users.htm

CREATE USER "APPDEV" PROFILE "DEFAULT" IDENTIFIED BY "*******" DEFAULT TABLESPACE "USERS" TEMPORARY TABLESPACE "TEMP" ACCOUNT UNLOCK
GRANT UNLIMITED TABLESPACE TO "APPDEV";
GRANT "CONNECT" TO "APPDEV";
GRANT "RESOURCE" TO "APPDEV";

Part II. Installing Oracle10g on CentOS5

1. Choose Advanced Installation”

2. If its just network prerequisite.. ignore it. It’s not a big deal.

3. ORACLE_HOME: /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1

4. ORACLE_SID: orcl, CHARSET: utf8

5. EM Installed…

6. ISQLPLUS

7. Run root.sh

output…

8. Other settings

9. Oracle Environment Variables

SquirrelMail SMTP Authentication

rupert — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:16:44 +0000

Just a quick note to myself… A co-worker just notified me that they cannot send email using the web interface–squirrelmail.

squirrelmail Server replied: 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.5.3 - chkuser)

This qmailrocks forum thread gives a quick workaround. Just set “SMTP AUTHENTICATION” to login as noted below.

/usr/share/squirrelmail/config/config.php $no_list_for_subscribe = false; $smtp_auth_mech = 'login'; $imap_auth_mech = 'login'; $use_imap_tls = false;

Debian, Centos, Ubuntu

rupert — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:02:02 +0000

I didn’t have much time blogging for the past week. But since July 18, I am running Debian, Centos and Ubuntu on my desktop.

1. Install CentOS 5.

2. Manually partition as follows:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux (boot) /dev/sda2 14 3837 30716280 83 Linux (/) /dev/sda3 3838 4090 2032222+ 82 Linux swap

3. Put bootloader grub on mbr.

4. Reboot.

5. Install Ubuntu

6. Manually partition.
/dev/sda4 4091 19457 123435427+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 19446 19457 96390 83 Linux /dev/sda6 19204 19444 1935801 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda7 15556 19202 29294496 83 Linux

7. Install bootloader on /boot of /dev/sda4

8. Reboot.

9. Install Debian 7

10. Manually partition as follows:
/dev/sda8 4091 4102 96327 83 Linux /dev/sda9 4103 4343 1935801 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda10 4344 7990 29294496 83 Linux

11. Reboot.

Hurray! Key point here is to install the bootloader on mbr first then, installing successive loaders in /boot of other distros.

Installing Mapserver on RedHat/CentOS Linux

rupert — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:59:57 +0000

Tested on: CentOS 5.0, 4.1
vim /etc/ld.so.conf
include /usr/lib64
include /usr/local/lib
include /usr/lib

Prerequisites:
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/bzip2-devel-1.0.3-3.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/libidn-0.6.5-1.1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/curl-7.15.5-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/pkgconfig-0.21-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/libidn-devel-0.6.5-1.1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-10.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/krb5-devel-1.6.1-17.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/zlib-devel-1.2.3-3.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/openssl-devel-0.9.8b-8.3.el5_0.2.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/flex-2.5.4a-41.fc6.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-14.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/libxslt-devel-1.1.17-2.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/nmap-4.11-1.1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/swig-1.3.29-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/apr-1.2.7-11.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/apr-util-1.2.7-6.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/neon-0.25.5-5.1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/perl-URI-1.35-3.noarch.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/subversion-1.4.2-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/libtool-ltdl-1.5.22-6.1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/libtool-1.5.22-6.1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/libtool-ltdl-devel-1.5.22-6.1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/guile-1.8.0-8.20060831cvs.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/libX11-devel-1.0.3-8.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm $CENTOS/libXau-devel-1.0.1-3.1.x86_64.rpm $CENTOS/xorg-x11-proto-devel-7.1-9.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm $CENTOS/mesa-libGL-devel-6.5.1-7.5.el5.x86_64.rpm $CENTOS/libXdmcp-devel-1.0.1-2.1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/libjpeg-devel-6b-37.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/libpng-1.2.10-7.0.2.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/freetype-2.2.1-19.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/freetype-devel-2.2.1-19.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh $CENTOS/gd-devel-2.0.33-9.3.fc6.x86_64.rpm $CENTOS/fontconfig-devel-2.4.1-6.el5.x86_64.rpm $CENTOS/libXpm-devel-3.5.5-3.x86_64.rpm $CENTOS/libpng-devel-1.2.10-7.0.2.x86_64.rpm $CENTOS/gd-2.0.33-9.3.fc6.x86_64.rpm

1. Install proj4
-tar -zxvf proj-4.4.9.tar.gz
-./configure
-make
-make install

2. Install geos
-bzip2 -d geos-3.0.0.tar.bz2
-tar -xvf geos-3.0.0.tar
-./configure –enable-python
-make
-make install

3. install postgres and postgis
rpm -ivh postgresql-libs-8.3.1-1PGDG.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh postgresql-8.3.1-1PGDG.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh postgresql-devel-8.3.1-1PGDG.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh postgresql-server-8.3.1-1PGDG.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh postgresql-contrib-8.3.1-1PGDG.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh postgresql-plperl-8.3.1-1PGDG.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh postgresql-plpython-8.3.1-1PGDG.rhel5.x86_64.rpm

# tar -zxvf postgis-1.3.3.tar.gz
# cd postgis-1.3.3
# ./configure –with-pgsql=/usr/bin/pg_config
# make
# make install

If you need to put the postgres data for mapserver, then:
initdb -E utf8 -D /var/lib/pgsql/data

3. install gdal
./configure –with-png –with-libtiff –with-static-proj4=/usr/local/bin –with-python –with-perl –with-geos –with-pg=/usr/bin/pg_config

Note: If there is an error regarding libxpat.so because of 64 bit libraries, then edit GDALmake.opt and change /usr/lib to /usr/lib64
http://www.nabble.com/GDAL-v1.5.1-compile-error-on-RHEL5.-td17428872.html

GDAL is now configured for i686-pc-linux-gnu

Installation directory: /usr/local
C compiler: gcc -O2
C++ compiler: g++ -O2

LIBTOOL support: yes

LIBZ support: external
GRASS support: no
CFITSIO support: no
PCRaster support: internal
NETCDF support: no
LIBPNG support: external
LIBTIFF support: external
LIBGEOTIFF support: internal
LIBJPEG support: external
LIBGIF support: external
OGDI support: no
HDF4 support: no
HDF5 support: no
KAKADU support: no
JASPER support: no
ECW support: no
MrSID support: no
CURL support (wcs): yes
POSTGRESQL support: yes
MySQL support: yes
XERCES support: no
ODBC support: no
PGEO support: no
OCI support: no
SDE support: no
DODS support: no
SQLite support: no
DWGdirect support no
PANORAMA GIS support: no
INFORMIX DataBlade support:no
GEOS support: yes

Statically link PROJ.4: yes

Traditional Python: yes
NG SWIG Bindings: perl

enable OGR building: yes

make
make install

4. Remove any existing apache from rpm then install apache2 by source.
rpm -e httpd-2.2.3-11.el5.centos gnome-user-share-0.10-6.el5.x86_64
./configure –prefix=/usr/local/apache2 –enable-rewrite –enable-so –with-mpm=prefork
make
make install

5. rpm -ivh alsa-lib-devel-1.0.14-1.rc4.el5.x86_64.rpm esound-0.2.36-3.x86_64.rpm esound-devel-0.2.36-3.x86_64.rpm audiofile-0.2.6-5.x86_64.rpm mesa-libGLU-6.5.1-7.5.el5.x86_64.rpm mesa-libGLU-devel-6.5.1-7.5.el5.x86_64.rpm libXext-1.0.1-2.1.x86_64.rpm libXext-devel-1.0.1-2.1.x86_64.rpm libXrandr-devel-1.1.1-3.1.x86_64.rpm libXrender-devel-0.9.1-3.1.x86_64.rpm libXt-devel-1.0.2-3.1.fc6.x86_64.rpm audiofile-devel-0.2.6-5.x86_64.rpm libSM-devel-1.0.1-3.1.x86_64.rpm libICE-devel-1.0.1-2.1.x86_64.rpm

6. rpm -ivh SDL-1.2.10-8.el5.x86_64.rpm SDL-devel-1.2.10-8.el5.x86_64.rpm

7. Dont use agg-2.4! PLEASE read this post from mapserver trac ticket. Instead, download the packages form http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/agg/

Note: For 64-bit packages:
- http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/agg/agg-2.5-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
- http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/agg/agg-devel-2.5-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm

8. install mapserver. This assumes you have PHP, APACHE, POSTGRES, POSTGIS,
MYSQL already installed.

./configure \
–with-agg \
–with-jpeg \
–with-gd \
–with-freetype \
–with-png \
–with-ogr \
–with-proj \
–with-gdal \
–with-httpd=/usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd \
–with-tiff \
–with-wfs \
–with-wcs \
–with-sos \
–with-wmsclient \
–with-wfsclient \
–with-geos=/usr/local/bin/geos-config \
–with-gdal=/usr/local/bin/gdal-config \
–with-postgis=/usr/bin/pg_config

-make
-make install

9. Post Install Considerations:
ln -s /usr/local/lib/libproj.so.0 /usr/lib/libproj.so.0
ln -s /usr/local/lib/libgdal.so.1 /usr/lib/libgdal.so.1
ln -s /usr/local/lib/libgeos_c.so.1 /usr/lib/libgeos_c.so.1
ldconfig

10. cp -rf mapserv /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/
check mapserv
./mapserv -v
MapServer version 5.0.3 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP OUTPUT=SVG SUPPORTS=PROJ SUPPORTS=AGG SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WFS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WCS_SERVER SUPPORTS=SOS_SERVER SUPPORTS=GEOS INPUT=EPPL7 INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE

11. cp the ff:
cp legend scalebar shp2img shp2pdf shptree shptreetst shptreevis sortshp
tile4ms /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/

12. cp $mapserver_install_dir/mapscript/php3/php_mapscript.so /usr/local/apache2/modules/

######################################
11. edit httpd.conf
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib

12. vi /etc/ld.so.conf
Add the following lines:
/usr/local/include
/usr/local/lib
run:
13 ldconfig

Installing TileCache on RedHat/CentOS

rupert — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:36:45 +0000

1. Install Apache
./configure –prefix=/usr/local/apache2 –enable-so –enable-rewrite –with-mpm=prefork
make
make install
rm -Rf /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/*

2. Install mod_python-3.3.1
./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs make make install

3. Install Python Imaging Library (PIL) – Imaging-1.1.6
python setup.py install

Note: To check if PIL was successfully installed:
#python selftest.py
***Test Failed*** 1 failures.
*** 1 tests of 57 failed.

47 ln -s /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so
48 ldconfig
49 python setup.py install
51 python selftest.py
54 rm -rf Imaging-1.1.6
55 tar -zxvf Imaging-1.1.6.tar.gz
56 cd Imaging-1.1.6
58 python selftest.py -> still fails
59 python setup.py install
60 python selftest.py -> ok

4. Check if mod_python was sucessfully installed.
http://www.dscpl.com.au/wiki/ModPython/Articles/GettingModPythonWorking

[root@rupert-centos pytest]# python
Python 2.4.3 (#1, Mar 14 2007, 18:51:08)
[GCC 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-52)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
&gt;&gt;&gt; import mod_python
&gt;&gt;&gt; mod_python.version
'3.3.1'
&gt;&gt;&gt;

4. Edit httpd.conf


 AddHandler python-program .py
 PythonHandler TileCache.Service
 PythonOption TileCacheConfig /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/tilecache/tilecache.cfg
 PythonDebug On
 PythonPath "sys.path + ['/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/tilecache/']"

 

 AddHandler mod_python .py
 PythonHandler test
 PythonDebug On

Note: This syntax will work for all versions of mod_python. In version 3.0 and later, the name of the mod_python handler reference has actually been changed and thus it is now preferred to use “mod_python” instead of “python-program”. The old name though is still supported and will be used here to avoid confusion for those using version 2.7.

5. Test your python

from mod_python import apache
 
def handler(req):
      req.log_error('handler')
      req.content_type = 'text/plain'
      req.send_http_header()
      req.write('mptest.py\n')
      return apache.OK

Installing CFMX7 on CentOS5

rupert — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:25:30 +0000

1. You need to install libXpm beforehand to save time in the Graphing Service Error Problems.

rpm -ivh libXpm-3.5.5-3.i386.rpm

2. Modify the installer.
cat coldfusion-702-linux.bin.backup | sed “s/export LD_ASSUME/#xport LD_ASSUME/” > coldfusion-702-linux.bin

Reference: http://www.billmitchell.org/coldfusion/centos5/mx7_apache.php

POST-INSTALL

1. Disable Verity search if you don’t use it.
chkconfig cfmx7search off

Installing Trac on CentOS4

rupert — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:42:45 +0000

There is a problem with clearsilver on CentOS systems. I get neo_cgi.so module not found. Don’t force yourself, it would simply not work (Trac0.10.4 on CentOS, not unless we try the DAG repositories).

So, I have to use Trac 0.11, setuptools and Genshi.

Prerequisites:
- Must have python 2.3+
- Must have mod_python-3.3.1.tgz
- Must have httpd2.0.x+ or httpd2.2.x

A. Core Trac Installation

1. Install setuptools-0.6c6-py2.3.egg. Download the setuptools according to your python distribution and simply run:

sh setuptools-0.6c4-py2.3.egg

2. Install Genshi. There are numerous ways of installing Genshi.

easy_install Genshi

#wget http://ftp.edgewall.com/pub/genshi/Genshi-0.4.2-py2.3.egg #chmod +x Genshi-0.4.2-py2.3.egg #easy_install Genshi-0.4.2-py2.3.egg

3. Install Trac 0.11. We need to install trac from svn
#svn co http://svn.edgewall.org/repos/trac/trunk trac
#python ./setup.py install

This would install trac-admin and tracd in /usr/bin.

Trac Post Intall
#mkdir -p /var/www/trac #cd /var/www/trac #trac-admin /var/www/trac/poimgr initenv #chown -Rf nobody:root /var/www #chmod -Rf 755 /var/www

Just accept the defaults for now, we can change it later on /var/www/trac/poimgr/conf/trac.ini.

C. Apache Configuration

LoadModule python_module /usr/local/apache2/modules/mod_python.so
 

SetHandler mod_python
PythonHandler trac.web.modpython_frontend
PythonOption TracEnv /var/www/trac/poimgr
PythonOption TracUriRoot /trac/poimgr
#Order deny,allow
#Deny from all
#Allow from 192.168.1.0/24
AuthType Basic
AuthName "TRAC-POIMGR"
AuthUserFile "/repos/svn-auth-file"
require valid-user

Notes:
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxSubversionAndTracServer.html

Depending on your installation, you may encounter some problems. I had problems with expat errors:

ExpatError (null): line 1,column 0.

Turns out that it was confused between the link libraries of apache and that of python.

#ps aux | grep http | head -3
#sof -p 29982 | grep expat
# strings libexpat.so.0.1.0 | grep expat_
expat_1.95.2
# strings /usr/lib/python2.3/lib-dynload/pyexpat.so | grep expat_
expat_1.95.7
 
Quickfix is to use symbolic links:
#cd /usr/local/apache2/lib/
#cp -Rf /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0.5.0 /usr/local/apache2/lib/
#ln -s libexpat.so.0.5.0 libexpat.so
#ln -s libexpat.so.0.5.0 libexpat.so.0
#su -l
#/etc/init.d/httpd restart

Configuring Trac.
1. I have to move /etc/svn-auth-file to /repos-auth-file. Change the permissions so “nobody” could access it.

2. How to configure my users? Well, since its an intranet application and my trac-users and developers is both in the svn-auth-file, I need a way to configure users easily. Follow these steps from trac-hack.
easy_install http://trac-hacks.org/svn/accountmanagerplugin/trunk

Role base authorisation in trac

trac-admin /var/www/trac/poiclient permission remove anonymous \
TICKET_CREATE TICKET_MODIFY WIKI_CREATE WIKI_MODIFY
 
for n in rupert andrew; do
trac-admin /var/www/trac/{app_name} permission add $n TRAC_ADMIN
done
 
for n in rupert andrew; do
trac-admin /var/www/trac/{app_name} permission add $n WIKI_DELETE
done
 
trac-admin /var/www/trac/poiclient permission add authenticated \
BROWSER_VIEW CHANGESET_VIEW FILE_VIEW LOG_VIEW MILESTONE_VIEW \
REPORT_SQL_VIEW REPORT_VIEW ROADMAP_VIEW SEARCH_VIEW \
TICKET_CREATE TICKET_MODIFY TICKET_VIEW TIMELINE_VIEW \
WIKI_CREATE WIKI_MODIFY WIKI_VIEW

3. Here’s my trac.ini. Things to look at is the notification and account-manager.

4. Deleting a Trac Ticket:
# sqlite3 trac.db delete from ticket_custom where ticket = [ticketID]; delete from ticket_change where ticket = [ticketID]; delete from ticket where id = [ticketID];

Other References:
http://www.dscpl.com.au/wiki/ModPython/Articles/ExpatCausingApacheCrash
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxSubversionAndTracServer.html
Trac and Multiple Subversion Repositories

Future Work:
http://insurrection.tigris.org/

Creating a Spatial Table in PostGIS

rupert — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:06:43 +0000

Creating the spatial table from scratch…

[postgres@rupert-linux ~]$ su - postgres
[postgres@rupert-linux ~]$ createdb _E UTF-8 template_postgis
CREATE DATABASE
[postgres@rupert-linux ~]$ createlang plpgsql template_postgis
[postgres@rupert-linux ~]$ psql -f /usr/local/pgsql/share/lwpostgis.sql -d template_postgis
CREATE FUNCTION
CREATE FUNCTION
CREATE FUNCTION
CREATE FUNCTION
CREATE FUNCTION
COMMIT
postgres@rupert-linux ~]$ psql -f /usr/local/pgsql/share/spatial_ref_sys.sql -d template_postgis
[postgres@rupert-linux ~]$ psql

Alternatively you could also create your spatial table from a template…

     14 postgres=# CREATE DATABASE gistest TEMPLATE=template_postgis;
     15 CREATE DATABASE

I have also added the routing functions using routing.sql and routing_postgis.sql

[postgres@rupert-linux ~]$ psql -f /usr/local/pgsql/share/contrib/routing.sql -d template_postgis
[postgres@rupert-linux ~]$ psql -f /usr/local/pgsql/share/contrib/routing_postgis.sql -d template_postgis

FYI…

The spatial_ref_sys table contains the ESPG codes and projections. Currently it has 3162 records.

gistest=# \d spatial_ref_sys;
 srid      | integer                 | NOT NULL
 auth_name | character varying(256)  |
 auth_srid | integer                 |
 srtext    | character varying(2048) |
 proj4text | character varying(2048) |

The geometry_columns contains the geometry type of the table you just created..

gistest=# \d geometry_columns;
 f_table_catalog   | character varying(256) | NOT NULL
 f_table_schema    | character varying(256) | NOT NULL
 f_table_name      | character varying(256) | NOT NULL
 f_geometry_column | character varying(256) | NOT NULL
 coord_dimension   | integer                | NOT NULL
 srid              | integer                | NOT NULL
 type              | character varying(30)  | NOT NULL

Installing PostGres, PostGIS, pgRouting in Linux

rupert — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:05:09 +0000

A. Installing PostGres

A.1. Download and install the source: postgresql-8.2.3.tar.gz

[root@rupert-linux routing]tar -xvzf postgresql-8.1.2.tar.gz
[root@rupert-linux routing]LDFLAGS=-lstdc++
[root@rupert-linux routing]./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pgsql --with-perl --with-python --with-krb5 --with-openssl
[root@rupert-linux routing]make
[root@rupert-linux routing]make install
 
A.2. Post Compile Operations:
 
[root@rupert-linux routing]/usr/sbin/adduser postgres
 
[root@rupert-linux routing]mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/data
 
[root@rupert-linux routing]chown postgres /usr/local/pgsql/data/
 
[root@rupert-linux routing]su - postgres
 
[root@rupert-linux routing]/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data/

Note: If youre default locale is not EN, say chinese, then you would get:

The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user “postgres”.
This user must also own the server process.

The database cluster will be initialized with locale zh_CN.GB18030.
initdb: could not find suitable encoding for locale “zh_CN.GB18030″

A.3. Edit environment variables. Add the ff to your .bash_profile

[root@rupert-linux routing] vi /root/.bash_profile
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin:/usr/local/pgsql/bin
export PGLIB=/usr/local/pgsql/lib
export PGDATA=/usr/local/pgsql/data
export PGPORT=5432
export PGOPTS="-i"

A.4. Start PostGres Automatically on Startup. Postgres Startup Script

[root@rupert-linux routing]touch /etc/init.d/postgresql
[root@rupert-linux routing] vi /etc/init.d/postgresql

PostGres Startup Script

#!/bin/sh
# postgresql    This is the init script for starting up the PostgreSQL
#               server
 
# chkconfig: - 85 15
# description: Starts and stops the PostgreSQL backend daemon that handles all database requests.
# processname: postmaster
# pidfile: /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid
#
 
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
 
# Get config.
. /etc/sysconfig/network
 
# Check that networking is up.
# Pretty much need it for postmaster.
[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] &amp;&amp; exit 0
 
[ -f /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster ] || exit 0
 
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
pid=`pidof postmaster`
if [ $pid ]
then
echo "Postmaster already running."
else
echo -n "Starting postgresql service: "
su -l postgres -c '/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -o -i -D /usr/local/pgsql/data/ -l /usr/local/pgsql/data/logfile start'
sleep 1
echo
exit
fi
;;
 
stop)
echo -n "Stopping postgresql service: "
killproc postmaster
sleep 2
rm -f /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid
echo
;;
 
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
 
*)
echo "Usage: postgresql {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
esac
 
exit 0

A.5. PostGres Testing

[root@rupert-linux routing]# su - postgres
[postgres@rupert-linux ~]$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createdb test
[postgres@rupert-linux ~]$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql test

B. Installing PostGIS.

B.1. Download Geos

[root@rupert-linux /]# bzip2 -d geos-3.0.0rc4.tar.bz2
[root@rupert-linux /]# tar -xvf geos-3.0.0rc4.tar
[root@rupert-linux /]# ./configure
[root@rupert-linux /]# make
[root@rupert-linux /]# make install

B.2. Download PostGIS.

[root@rupert-linux /]# cp postgis-1.2.1.tar.gz /home/installers/postgresql-8.2.3/contrib/
[root@rupert-linux /]# tar -zxvf postgis-1.2.1.tar.gz
[root@rupert-linux /]# cd /home/installers/postgresql-8.2.3/contrib/postgis-1.2.1/
[root@rupert-linux /]# ./configure --with-pgsql=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config
[root@rupert-linux /]# make
[root@rupert-linux /]# make install

B.3 Reload ldconfig

[root@rupert-linux /]# vi /etc/ld.so.conf
/usr/local/include
/usr/local/lib
[root@rupert-linux /]# ldconfig

B.4. Testing PostGIS

$ su - postgres
$ createlang plpgsql test
$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql -d test -f /usr/local/pgsql/share/lwpostgis.sql
BEGIN
psql:/usr/local/pgsql/share/postgresql/contrib/lwpostgis.sql:39 NOTICE:  type "histogram2d" is not yet defined
DETAIL:  Creating a shell type definition.
.
.
.
COMMIT
$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql -d test -f /usr/local/pgsql/share/spatial_ref_sys.sql
BEGIN
INSERT 0 1
INSERT 0 1
.
.
.
VACUUM

C. Installing pgRouting.

C.1 Install Boost Library if you don’t have it. Download boost

[root@rupert-linux /]# tar -jxvf boost_1_33_1.tar.bz2
[root@rupert-linux /]# ./configure
[root@rupert-linux /]# make
[root@rupert-linux /]# make install
[root@rupert-linux /]# cd /usr/local/include/boost1.3.3
[root@rupert-linux /]# cp -Rf boost /usr/local/include/

C.2 Download and install CGAL.

[root@rupert-linux installers]# tar zxvf CGAL-3.2.1.tar.gz
[root@rupert-linux installers]# cd CGAL-3.2.1
[root@rupert-linux CGAL-3.2.1]# ./install_cgal --prefix=/usr/local/cgal --with-boost=n --without-autofind -ni /usr/bin/g++
Copy libCGAL.so to the pgsql/lib directory...
[root@rupert-linux CGAL-3.2.1]#  cp -Rf /usr/local/cgal/lib/i686_Linux-2.6_g++-3.4.3/libCGAL.so /usr/local/pgsql/lib/

C.3 Download and install GAUL.

[root@rupert-linux installers]# tar zxvf gaul-devel-0.1849.tar.gz
[root@rupert-linux gaul-devel-0.1849-0]# ./configure -prefix=/usr/local/gaul
[root@rupert-linux gaul-devel-0.1849-0]# make
[root@rupert-linux gaul-devel-0.1849-0]# make install
[root@rupert-linux gaul-devel-0.1849-0]# cd /usr/local/gaul (Note: Copy gaul includes and libraries to standard directories...)
[root@rupert-linux gaul]# cp -Rf include/* /usr/include/
[root@rupert-linux gaul]# cp -Rf lib/* /usr/local/lib/

C.4 Download and install pgRouting.

[root@rupert-linux installers]# tar -jxvf pgRouting-0.9.9.tgz
[root@rupert-linux routing]# vi configure
##########################################
Edit line 3036...
CGAL_MKF='find /usr/local/cgal/include/CGAL.....'
##########################################
[root@rupert-linux routing]# ./configure --with-cgal=/usr/local/cgal --with-gaul=/usr/local/gaul --with boost=/usr/local --pg-sql=/usr/local/pgsql
[root@rupert-linux routing]# make
[root@rupert-linux routing]# make install

Unattended Linux Installation using KickStart

rupert — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:01:35 +0000

I have found this very handy in installing the same Linux OS on similar machines.

1. Download the isos from CentOS. I’m using CentOS4.4

2. Make available via http the CentOS installers. The directory should be as follows:

wwwroot/ /CentOS /headers /images /isolinux /NOTES /repodata .discinfo centosdocs-man.css GPS RELEASE-NOTES-en RELEASE-NOTES-en.html RPM-GPG-KEY RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 yumgroups.xml

3. Create your kickstart files as follow:

#Generated by Kickstart Configurator
#platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T
 
#System  language
lang en_US.UTF-8
#Language modules to install
langsupport --default=en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
#System keyboard
keyboard us
#System mouse
mouse
#Sytem timezone
timezone Asia/Manila
#Root password
rootpw --iscrypted $1$U0Buucop$JgH/lyirJj2Pb36OGvA521
#Reboot after installation
reboot
#Install OS instead of upgrade
install
#Use Web installation
url --url http://192.168.224.1/centos/
#System bootloader configuration
bootloader --location=mbr 
 
xconfig --card "VMWare" --videoram 16384 --hsync 31.5-37.9 --vsync 50-70 --resolution 800x600 --depth 16
#network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp --hostname centos
#network --bootproto=static --ip=192.168.224.10 --netmask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=192.168.1.1 --hostname centos
network --bootproto=static --ip=192.168.224.10 --netmask=255.255.255.0 --hostname centos 
 
#Clear the Master Boot Record
zerombr yes
#Partition clearing information
clearpart --all --initlabel
#Disk partitioning information
part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 100 --asprimary
part swap --recommended
part / --fstype ext3 --size 2048 --grow
#System authorization infomation
auth  --useshadow  --enablemd5
#Firewall configuration
firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp --port=80:tcp --port=3306:tcp
selinux --disabled
#Do not configure XWindows
skipx
#Package install information
%packages
grub
kernel-smp
e2fsprogs
 
%post
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.98.EL.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.25.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.25.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/cpp-3.4.6-3.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/vim-common-6.3.046-0.40E.7.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/vim-enhanced-6.3.046-0.40E.7.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/gcc-3.4.6-3.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/autoconf-2.59-5.noarch.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/automake14-1.4p6-12.noarch.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/automake15-1.5-13.noarch.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/automake16-1.6.3-5.noarch.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/automake17-1.7.9-5.noarch.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/automake-1.9.2-3.noarch.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/bzip2-devel-1.0.2-13.EL4.3.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/libidn-0.5.6-1.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/pkgconfig-0.15.0-3.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/libidn-devel-0.5.6-1.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/e2fsprogs-devel-1.35-12.4.EL4.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/krb5-devel-1.3.4-33.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/zlib-devel-1.2.1.2-1.2.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/openssl-devel-0.9.7a-43.10.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/flex-2.5.4a-33.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/libstdc++-devel-3.4.6-3.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/libxml2-devel-2.6.16-6.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/libxslt-devel-1.1.11-1.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/nmap-3.70-1.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/umb-scheme-3.2-36.EL4.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/guile-1.6.4-14.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/swig-1.3.21-6.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/apr-0.9.4-24.5.c4.2.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/apr-util-0.9.4-21.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/neon-0.24.7-4.i386.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/perl-URI-1.30-4.noarch.rpm
rpm -i http://192.168.224.1/centos/CentOS/RPMS/subversion-1.1.4-2.ent.i386.rpm
 
/sbin/chkconfig cups-config-daemon off
/sbin/chkconfig cups off
/sbin/chkconfig gpm off
/sbin/chkconfig isdn off
/sbin/chkconfig kudzu off
/sbin/chkconfig mysql off
/sbin/chkconfig netfs off
/sbin/chkconfig nfslock off
/sbin/chkconfig pcmcia off
/sbin/chkconfig portmap off
/sbin/chkconfig rawdevices off
/sbin/chkconfig rpcgssd off
/sbin/chkconfig rpcidmapd off
/sbin/chkconfig rpcsvcgssd off
/sbin/chkconfig sendmail off
/sbin/chkconfig smartd off
/sbin/chkconfig xfs off
/sbin/chkconfig xinetd off

4. Insert the CentOS4.4 CD1 and boot the machine. On prompt type:

linux ks=http://path-to/centos/ks.cfg

Installing a qmail server

rupert — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:35:28 +0000

Its been almost two years now since I installed a mail server. Nevertheless, qmail still rocks as qmailtoaster becomes more convenient to install. I also tried the install on a fresh CentOS4.4 machines, and it works like a charm.

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EZ QmailToaster Fresh Install on CentOS 4.3
Nick Hemmesch  June 08, 2006
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CentOS 4.3: This test install was performed on an
P4 3Ghz with 2GB ram on an Intel m/b. 
 
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This tutorial is for CentOS 4.3 (cnt40) i386 
 
To install CentOS 4.3 x86_64, replace cnt40 with cnt4064
 
To install Fedora Core 4 & 5, change download path from centos to
fedora & cnt40 to fdr40, fdr4064, fdr50 or fdr5064 per your distro
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Notes:
 
You must have either a local dns server or a local caching name
server. If you need a caching namserver, we will add one in Step 8.
 
Be sure to replace "your-domain.com" with your real domain name,
and "your.fqdn.com" with your server's "Fully Qualified Domain Name".
 
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1. Download CentOS 4.3 CD iso's or the DVD iso.
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  Burn iso's to CD, or DVD if you downloded a DVD iso
 
  Boot with your CD 1 or the DVD
 
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2. CentOS Installation (This is the configuration of my test box):
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  Splash Page:  to install in graphical mode  
 
  CD Found window: Choose "Skip" to bypass media test  
 
  Welcome to CentOS: Click "Next"
 
  Language Selection: Select your language & Click "Next"
 
  Keyboard Configuration: Select language type & Click "Next"
 
  Installation Type: Select "Server" & Click "Next"
 
  Disk Partitioning Setup: Select "Automatically Partition & Click "Next"
 
      Warning: Click "Yes"
 
  Automatic Partitioning: Select "Remove all partitions" & Click "Next"
 
      Warning: Click "Yes"
 
  Disk Setup: Click "Next"
 
  Boot Loader Configuration: Click "Next"
 
  Network Configuration: Click "Edit"
 
      Edit Interface eth0: Deselect "Configure using DHCP"
 
      Select "Activate on boot"
 
      Enter your "IP Address" & "Netmask"
 
      Click "OK
 
      Set the hostname:
 
          Deselect "automatically via DHCP"
 
          Select "manually" & enter your "fully qualified domain name"
 
      Miscellaneous Settings:
 
          Gateway: enter IP address of your gateway
 
          Primary DNS: enter IP address of primary dns server
 
          Secondary DNS: enter IP address of secondary dns server
 
      Click "Next"
 
  Firewall Configuration:
 
      Select "No firewall"
 
      Select "Disabled" mode for SELinux
 
      Click "Next"
 
          Warning - No Firewall: Click "Proceed"
 
  Additional Language Support" Click "Next"
 
  Time Zone Selection: Select your time zone & Click "Next"
 
  Set Root Password: Enter your root password twice & Click "Next"
 
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3. Package Group Selection - Select ONLY the following groups:
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  Server Configuration Tools: Select
 
  Web Server: Select
 
      Click "Details" and add php-mysql plus the defaults
 
  DNS Name Server: Select
 
  FTP Server: Select
 
  MySQL Database: Select
 
      Click "Details" and add mysql-bench, mysql-server plus the defaults
 
  Development Tools: Select
 
      Click "Details" and add expect to the defaults
 
  Administration Tools: Select
 
  System Tools: Select
 
      Click "Details" and add mrtg to the defaults
 
  Click "Next"
 
  About to Install: Click "Next"
 
      Required Install Media: verify and click "Continue"
 
  Installing Packages: Click "Next" & watch the install
 
  After installation: remove your media & Click "Reboot"
 
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4. After reboot, login as root:
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  mkdir -p /usr/src/qtms-install
 
  cd /usr/src/qtms-install
 
  This example is CentOS 4.3 i386 so the qmailtoaster switch is cnt40 
 
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5. Prepare to Install QmailToaster:
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  wget http://www.qmailtoaster.com/centos/cnt40/cnt40-deps.sh
 
      sh cnt40-deps.sh
 
  wget http://www.qmailtoaster.com/centos/cnt40/cnt40-perl.sh
 
      sh cnt40-perl.sh
 
  wget http://www.qmailtoaster.com/centos/cnt40/cnt40-svcs.sh
 
  wget http://www.qmailtoaster.com/centos/cnt40/firewall.sh
 
      nano -w cnt40-svcs.sh
 
      edit MYSQLPW=your-mysql-password
 
      ctl-o and enter to save
 
      ctl-x to exit
 
      nano -w firewall.sh
 
      edit MYIP="your-IP-address"
 
      ctl-o and enter to save
 
      ctl-x to exit
 
      sh cnt40-svcs.sh
 
  === NOTE ===
 
  This script turns on or off all necessary services. Then the script sets
  up your mysql root account, creates and grants privileges for your vpopmail
  mysql account, makes a symlink so your krb5 is read properly, edits your
  php.ini, sets inittab to start at runlevel 3, and sets up your firewall.
 
  Note: You might see some service errors while the script runs,
  don't worry about them.
 
  ============
 
  Update all your packages:
 
      yum -y update
 
  REBOOT
 
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6. Get QmailToaster Packages:
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  cd /usr/src/qtms-install
 
  wget http://www.qmailtoaster.com/info/current-download-script.sh
 
      sh current-download-script.sh
 
  This script downloads all necessary packages into you current
  directory (should be /usr/src/qtms-install/).
 
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7. Install QmailToaster Packages:
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  wget http://www.qmailtoaster.com/centos/cnt40/cnt40-install-script.sh
 
      sh cnt40-install-script.sh
 
  Check your services:
 
      setup: Select Services
 
          See that the following services are selected: acpid anacron
 
          atd autofs cpuspeed crond djbdns freshclam haldaemon httpd
 
          iptables kudzu messagebus mysqld network ntpd qmail rawdevices
 
          smartd sshd syslog xinet
 
          Also: irqbalance (w/dual processors) xfs (w/xwindows)
 
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8. Add djbdns (if you don't want bind)
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  rpm -e --nodeps bind bind-chroot caching-nameserver
 
  rpmbuild --rebuild --with cnt40 djbdns*.src.rpm
 
  rpm -Uvh ../redhat/RPMS/i386/djbdns-localcache*.rpm
 
  echo "search your-domain.com" > /etc/resolv.conf
  echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" >> /etc/resolv.conf
 
  REBOOT
 
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9. Setup QmailToaster:
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  qmailctl stat
 
  (Should look somewhat like this)
 
      [root@gateway ~]# qmailctl stat
      authlib: up (pid 2425) 65 seconds
      clamd: up (pid 2425) 65 seconds
      imap4: up (pid 2421) 65 seconds
      imap4-ssl: up (pid 2423) 65 seconds
      pop3: up (pid 2414) 65 seconds
      pop3-ssl: up (pid 2409) 65 seconds
      send: up (pid 2416) 65 seconds
      smtp: up (pid 2418) 65 seconds
      spamd: up (pid 2407) 65 seconds
      authlib/log: up (pid 2417) 65 seconds
      clamd/log: up (pid 2417) 65 seconds
      imap4/log: up (pid 2422) 65 seconds
      imap4-ssl/log: up (pid 2424) 65 seconds
      pop3/log: up (pid 2415) 65 seconds
      pop3-ssl/log: up (pid 2413) 65 seconds
      send/log: up (pid 2420) 65 seconds
      smtp/log: up (pid 2419) 65 seconds
      spamd/log: up (pid 2408) 65 seconds
      [root@gateway ~]#
 
  Add a domain:
 
      /home/vpopmail/bin/vadddomain your-domain.com

 
  Add a user:
 
      /home/vpopmail/bin/vadduser you@your-domain.com 
 
  Edit /etc/php.ini and set register_globals = On
 
      service httpd restart  
 
  Bring up your browser and go to:
 
      http://www.your-domain.com/admin-toaster/
 
        Username: admin
        Password: toaster
 
      Change your password . . . 
 
  Edit /etc/php.ini and set register_globals = Off
 
      service httpd restart  
 
  Check your mail server:
 
      http://www.your-domain.com/webmail
 
      login with your full email address and your password
 
      Send yourself an email - should show right away
 
      Send an email to yourself if you have another address
 
      Go to your other email account and reply to the message you sent
 
  If Isoqlog doesn't show right away, do this:
 
      sh /usr/share/toaster/isoqlog/bin/cron.sh
 
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10. Add domainkeys:
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  Make dir for yourdomain.com: 
 
      mkdir /var/qmail/control/domainkeys/your-domain.com 
 
  Make domainkey (Remove the "\"): 
 
      dknewkey /var/qmail/control/domainkeys/your-domain.com/private > \
                                                         your-domain-dk.txt 
 
      chown root:qmail /var/qmail/control/domainkeys/your-domain.com/private
      chmod 444 /var/qmail/control/domainkeys/your-domain.com/private
 
  Make dns entry: 
 
      BIND - in the your-domain.com zone file (see yourdomain-dk.txt):
 
         private._domainkey IN TXT "k=rsa; p=MEwwDQY . . . to end of key"
            (NOTE QUOTATION MARKS MUST BE THERE) 
 
      DJBDNS - in /var/djbdns/tinydns/root/data (make from your-domain-dk.txt): 
 
        '_domainkey.your-domain.com:o=-; r=postmaster@your-domain.com
        'private._domainkey.your-domain.com:k=rsa; p=MEwwDQY . . . to end of key 
 
  Test your mailserver:
 
      http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net/policycheck.html
      http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net/selectorcheck.html
 
      In squirrelmail, send a test email, select View Full Header and you
      should find something like the following:
 
      ----------- snip ------------
      DomainKey-Status: good
      Received: by simscan 1.2.0 ppid: 22641, pid: 22644, t: 0.8416s
           scanners: clamav: 0.88.2/m:38/d:1476 spam: 3.1.1
      X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on ndh1.whatgives.org
      X-Spam-Level: *
      X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.6 required=5.0 tests=FROM_DOMAIN_NOVOWEL
           autolearn=no version=3.1.1
      Received: from unknown (HELO ns1.ndhsdns.com) (216.221.100.227)
           by ndh1.whatgives.org with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 22 May 2006 20:03:36 -0000
      Received-SPF: pass (ndh1.whatgives.org: SPF record at ndhsdns.com designates 216.221.100.227 as permitted sender)
      Received: (qmail 28034 invoked by uid 89); 22 May 2006 20:03:36 -0000
      Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys
      DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws;
           s=private; d=ndhsdns.com;
           b=XVKQZe446BXMnSoQKvgchf0DRx4v8YQYZn5KVLj5O8XYf7V1dX7ETaJ1VGWGp5Bf ;
      Received: from unknown (HELO www.ndhsdns.com) (127.0.0.1)
           by ns1.ndhsdns.com with SMTP; 22 May 2006 20:03:36 -0000
      ----------- snip ------------
 
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11. Logs for all packages except freshclam are at:
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  /var/log/qmail/*
 
  Freshclam is at /var/log/clamav

Notes:
The only problem I stumbbled upon is when using vadddomain, as the mysql password was still set to “SsEeCcRrEeTt”. Edit these files before adding a domain. I dont use the web interface when adding a domain, i prefer it by command line.
[root@mail vpopmail]# find . | grep mysql ./etc/vpopmail.mysql.dist ./etc/vpopmail.mysql

After all the installs is completed, reboot and check if qmail is running.
Administrator links: http://your-mail-server-ip/admin-toaster/ -> this is the main administration interface http://your-mail-server-ip/qmailadmin/ -> administrative interface to manage accounts http://your-mail-server-ip/webmail/ -> an email account interface