From: Dan Scott Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:35:17 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Bring more of the wiki docs over to the README X-Git-Tag: sprint4-merge-nov22~5310 X-Git-Url: https://old-git.evergreen-ils.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=74f732104c1eeb9abc40856471fbd01cef0d0a54;p=working%2FEvergreen.git Bring more of the wiki docs over to the README Document Perl prerequisites for a standalone PostgreSQL server. Include a section on starting Evergreen and basic troubleshooting. Signed-off-by: Dan Scott Signed-off-by: Thomas Berezansky --- diff --git a/README b/README index 357198c9e0..4e62264459 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -45,10 +45,19 @@ deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-backports main universe multiverse re ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ make -f Open-ILS/src/extras/Makefile.install ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ++ Note: `centos` and `rhel` are less tested than the `debian`, `fedora`, and `ubuntu` options. Your patches and suggestions for improvement are welcome! ++ +6. Add `/usr/local/lib/dbd` to the system dynamic library path by issuing + the following commands as the root user: ++ +[source, bash] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +echo "/usr/local/lib/dbd" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/eg.conf +ldconfig +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Configuration and compilation instructions: ------------------------------------------- @@ -69,16 +78,27 @@ make Installation instructions: -------------------------- -Once you have configured and compiled Evergreen, issue the following -command as the root user to install Evergreen: - +1. Once you have configured and compiled Evergreen, issue the following + command as the root user to install Evergreen, build the server portion of + the staff client, and copy example configuration files to `/openils/conf`. + Change the value of the `STAFF_CLIENT_STAMP_ID` variable to match the version + of the staff client that you will use to connect to the Evergreen server. ++ [source, bash] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -make install +make STAFF_CLIENT_STAMP_ID=rel_name install +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ++ +2. The server portion of the staff client expects `http://hostname/xul/server` + to resolve. The following command creates a symbolic link pointing to the + `server` subdirectory of the server portion of the staff client that we just + built using the staff client ID 'rel_name': ++ +[source, bash] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +cd /openils/var/web/xul +ln -sf rel_name/server server ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - -This command installs Evergreen, including example configuration files in -`/openils/conf/` that you can use as templates for your own configuration files. Create the oils_web.xml configuration file: ------------------------------------------- @@ -196,13 +216,13 @@ cp /openils/conf/opensrf_core.xml.example /openils/conf/opensrf_core.xml cp /openils/conf/opensrf.xml.example /openils/conf/opensrf.xml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -When you installed OpenSRF, you will have created four Jabber users on two +When you installed OpenSRF, you created four Jabber users on two separate domains and edited the `opensrf_core.xml` file accordingly. Please refer back to the OpenSRF README and edit the Evergreen version of the `opensrf_core.xml` file using the same Jabber users and domains as you used while installing and testing OpenSRF. -`eg_db_config.pl`, described in the following section, will set the database +`eg_db_config.pl`, described in the following section, sets the database connection information in `opensrf.xml` for you. Creating the Evergreen database: @@ -210,22 +230,48 @@ Creating the Evergreen database: By default, the `Makefile.install` prerequisite installer does not install the PostgreSQL 9.0 database server required by every Evergreen system; -most libraries install the PostgreSQL database server on a dedicated -machine. You can install the packages required by Debian, Ubuntu, or Fedora -using the following commands: +for production use, most libraries install the PostgreSQL database server on a +dedicated machine. You can install the packages required by Debian, Ubuntu, or +Fedora on the machine of your choice using the following commands: -.Installing PostgreSQL 9.0 server packages on Debian and Ubuntu +.(Debian / Ubuntu) Installing PostgreSQL 9.0 server packages [source, bash] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ make -f Open-ILS/src/extras/Makefile.install install_pgsql_server_debs_90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -.Installing PostgreSQL 9.0 server packages on Fedora +.(Fedora 15) Installing PostgreSQL 9.0 server packages [source, bash] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ make -f Open-ILS/src/extras/Makefile.install install_fedora_pgsql_server ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +For a standalone PostgreSQL server, install the following Perl modules as the +root user: + +.(Debian / Ubuntu) Installing additional Perl modules on a standalone PostgreSQL 9.0 server +[source, bash] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +aptitude install gcc libxml-libxml-perl libxml-libxslt-perl +cpan Business::ISBN +cpan JSON::XS +cpan Library::CallNumber::LC +cpan MARC::Record +cpan MARC::File::XML +cpan UUID::Tiny +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +.(Fedora 15) Installing additional Perl modules on a standalone PostgreSQL 9.0 server +[source, bash] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +yum install gcc perl-XML-LibXML perl-XML-LibXSLT perl-Business-ISBN +cpan JSON::XS +cpan Library::CallNumber::LC +cpan MARC::Record +cpan MARC::File::XML +cpan UUID::Tiny +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + Once the PostgreSQL database server has been installed, you must create the database and add the appropriate languages and extensions to support Evergreen. Issue the following commands as the `postgres` user to set @@ -247,12 +293,12 @@ psql -f /usr/share/postgresql/9.0/contrib/hstore.sql -d evergreen Once you have created the Evergreen database, you need to create a PostgreSQL user to access the database. Issue the following command as the `postgres` -user to create a new PostgreSQL user named `evergreen`. When prompted, enter -the new user's password and answer `yes` to make the new role a superuser: +user to create a new PostgreSQL superuser named `evergreen`. When prompted, +enter the new user's password: [source, bash] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -createuser -P evergreen +createuser -s -P evergreen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Once you have created the Evergreen database, you also need to create the @@ -271,7 +317,7 @@ perl Open-ILS/src/support-scripts/eg_db_config.pl --update-config \ --database --admin-user --admin-pass ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -This will create the database schema and configure all of the services in +This creates the database schema and configures all of the services in your `/openils/conf/opensrf.xml` configuration file to point to that database. It also creates the configuration files required by the Evergreen cgi-bin administration scripts, and set the user name and password for the default @@ -281,7 +327,7 @@ Developer instructions: ----------------------- Developers working directly with the source code from the Git -repository will also need to install some extra packages and perform +repository must also install some extra packages and perform one more step before they can proceed with the `./configure` step. Install the following packages: @@ -309,6 +355,114 @@ tar -C /openils/var/web/js -xzf dojo-release-1.3.3.tar.gz cp -r /openils/var/web/js/dojo-release-1.3.3/* /openils/var/web/js/dojo/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Starting Evergreen +------------------ +1. As the root user, start the `memcached` and `ejabberd` services (if they aren't already running): ++ +[source, bash] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +/etc/init.d/ejabberd start +/etc/init.d/memcached start +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ++ +2. As the opensrf user, start Evergreen. The `-l` flag in the following command +is only necessary if you want to force Evergreen to treat the hostname as +`localhost`; if you configured `opensrf.xml` using the real hostname +of your machine as returned by `perl -ENet::Domain 'print +Net::Domain::hostfqdn() . "\n";'`, you should not use the `-l` flag. ++ +[source, bash] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +osrf_ctl.sh -l -a start_all +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ++ + ** If you receive the error message `bash: osrf_ctl.sh: command not found`, + then your environment variable `PATH` does not include the `/openils/bin` + directory; this should have been set in the opensrf user's `.bashrc` + configuration file. To manually set the `PATH` variable, edit the + configuration file `~/.bashrc` as the opensrf user and add the following + line: ++ +[source, bash] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +export PATH=$PATH:/openils/bin +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ++ +3. As the `opensrf` user, generate the Web files needed by the staff client + and catalogue and update the organization unit proximity (you need to do + this the first time you start Evergreen, and after that each time you + change the library hierarchy in `config.cgi`): ++ +[source, bash] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +autogen.sh -u +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ++ +4. As the `root` user, restart the Apache Web server: ++ +[source, bash] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +/etc/init.d/apache2 restart +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ++ +If the Apache Web server was running when you started the OpenSRF services, you +might not be able to successfully log in to the OPAC or staff client until the +Apache Web server is restarted. + +Testing connections to Evergreen +-------------------------------- + +Once you have installed and started Evergreen, test your connection to +Evergreen via `srfsh`. Start `srfsh` and try to log onto the Evergreen server +using the administrator user name and password that you set using the +`eg_db_config.pl` command: + +[source, bash] +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +/openils/bin/srfsh +srfsh% login +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +You should see a result like: + + Received Data: "250bf1518c7527a03249858687714376" + ------------------------------------ + Request Completed Successfully + Request Time in seconds: 0.045286 + ------------------------------------ + + Received Data: { + "ilsevent":0, + "textcode":"SUCCESS", + "desc":" ", + "pid":21616, + "stacktrace":"oils_auth.c:304", + "payload":{ + "authtoken":"e5f9827cc0f93b503a1cc66bee6bdd1a", + "authtime":420 + } + + } + + ------------------------------------ + Request Completed Successfully + Request Time in seconds: 1.336568 + ------------------------------------ + +If this does not work, it's time to do some troubleshooting. + + * As the opensrf user, run the `settings-tester.pl` script to see if it + finds any system configuration problems. The script is found at + `Open-ILS/src/support-scripts/settings-tester.pl` in the Evergreen source + tree. + * Follow the steps in the http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=troubleshooting:checking_for_errors[troubleshooting guide]. + * If you have faithfully followed the entire set of installation steps + listed here, you are probably extremely close to a working system. + Gather your configuration files and log files and contact the + http://open-ils.org/listserv.php[Evergreen development mailing list] + for assistance before making any drastic changes to your system + configuration. + Getting help: -------------