Forum OpenACS Development: Response to OACS installation sequence change

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Posted by Torben Brosten on
<p>Torben, Order (B) misrepresents the current OACS4.x docs which actually use the following sequence:</p>
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Install an Operating System  <br>
Install AOLserver 3.3+ad13 and modules  <br>
Install Oracle 8.1.6  <br>
Install Postgres 7.1.3  <br>
Install a Database Driver  <br>
Install OpenACS 4  <br>
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This translates to an installation Order (B) of: <br>
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Order (B)  <br>
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          1.Operating system install and configure <br>
          2.Webserver install and configure  <br>
          3.RDBMS(s) install and configure  <br>
          4.OACS install and configure <br>
          5.any specific OACS modules (custom etc.)  <br>
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The only difference between sequence (A) and (B) is the reversal of Webserver and RDBMSs.  These two items can be switched in sequence so long as PostgreSQL and Oracle installer scripts do not require AOLserver to be installed first.  The scripts are generic install scripts that come with each individual RDBMS package.
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One can safely presume that there are no dependencies on installing AOLserver before the RDBMSs.
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Install OACS4.x using Order (A), and see if it works. Keep us posted.</p>