Forum OpenACS Q&A: How can I start OpenACS and access OpenACS page on my browser?

1: How can I start OpenACS and access OpenACS page on my browser?

Posted by h p on 03/08/17 02:22 PM

I have installed OpenACS under guide of install page( https://openacs.org/xowiki/ubuntu ), by the following steps:
1. apt-get update
2. apt-get install postgresql
3. apt-get install openacs
4. apt-get install dotlrn

then , I cannot get any guides about how to start my OpenACS server, and login by my brower.

Please help!
Thank you very much!

2: Re: How can I start OpenACS and access OpenACS page on my browser? (response to 1)

Posted by Benjamin Brink on 03/08/17 03:32 PM

Try:

service dotlrn start

Apparently[1], aolserver4 config.tcl file is at:

/etc/dotlrn/config.tcl

1, http://packages.ubuntu.com/yakkety/all/dotlrn/filelist

For dotlrn, consider requesting support at: http://www.dotlrn.org/support/

cheers,
Ben

3: Re: How can I start OpenACS and access OpenACS page on my brower? (response to 2)

Posted by h p on 03/09/17 07:09 AM

I tried:
service dotlrn start
service openacs start

But it shows fails:
Failed to start dotlrn.service: Unit dotlrn.service not found.
Failed to start openacs.service: Unit openacs.service not found.

And I search /etc/init.d, but cannot found executable files of dotlrn or openacs.

My question is that cannot find any tips about start openacs and have no idea about how to visit the openace page on brower.

4: Re: How can I start OpenACS and access OpenACS page on my brower? (response to 1)

Posted by Héctor Romojaro on 03/09/17 09:19 AM

Hi!

Ubuntu's dotlrn package is a very old version (2.5.0), and it is probably uncompatible with "recent" versions of postgres (>= 9).

There is work ongoing to fix this situation and update all the openacs/dotlrn stack in Debian/Ubuntu, including a naviserver package, openacs 5.9.1 and probably a new dotlrn package dependent on the latter, but, until this is done, the best way to install an up-to-date dotlrn in Ubuntu is using the installer:

https://openacs.org/xowiki/naviserver-openacs

After installing OpenACS, it is possible to install the dotlrn packages directly from the "Install from Repository" page, pointing a browser to "/acs-admin/install/" in your instance.

Kind regards,
Héctor