OpenACS Debian Install quicksheet

# PostgreSQL

 apt-get install postgresql postgresql-dev postgresql-doc 
 ln -s /usr/include/postgresql/ /usr/include/pgsql 
 ln -s /var/lib/postgres /usr/local/pgsql 
 ln -s /usr/include/pgsql /usr/local/pgsql/include 
 su postgres -c "/usr/lib/postgresql/bin/createlang plpgsql template1" 
 su postgres -c "createuser -a -d service1" 
 su postgres -c "createdb -E UNICODE service1" 
 

# AOLServer

 apt-get install aolserver4 aolserver4-nspostgres aolserver4-nssha1 aolserver4-nscache tdom

# OpenACS

 groupadd web 
 useradd -g web service1 
 mkdir /var/lib/aolserver 
 chown -R service1 /var/lib/aolserver 
 chgrp -R web /var/lib/aolserver 
 chmod -R 770 /var/lib/aolserver 
 exit 
 
 su - service1 
 cd /tmp 
 wget https://openacs.org/projects/openacs/download/download/openacs-5.1.5.tar.gz 
 cd /var/lib/aolserver 
 tar xzf /tmp/openacs-5.1.5.tar.gz 
 mv /tmp/openacs-5.1.5 service1 
 
 chmod -R 755 service1 
 chown -R service1.web service1 
 
 exit  

# Copy Files (where / is root of OpenACS instance):
# [edit hostname and address]
config.tcl => /etc/
set homedir                   /usr/lib/aolserver4
set bindir                    /usr/lib/aolserver4/bin


# init/d script:

    
 #!/bin/sh 
 # 
 # Start the AOLServer HTTP server. 
 #  
 
 NAME="OpenACS on service1" 
 SERVICEPATH=/var/lib/aolserver/service1 
 PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/pgsql/bin 
 trap "" 1 

 start() 
 { 
 
    echo -n "Starting web server: $NAME" 
    echo -e -n "\r" 
 
    #!/bin/sh  

    
    #we need to export the library stuff first 
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/pgsql/lib 
    export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/pgsql/bin 
 
 
     # give time for Postgres to come up 
     sleep 1 
     exec /usr/sbin/aolserver4-nsd -it $SERVICEPATH/etc/config.tcl -u service1 -g web & 
 
     # For AOLserver 4 using privileged ports (usually < 1024), add the flag 
     # -b youraddress:yourport  
     echo "" 
 } 
 
 
 
 stop() 
 { 
     echo -n "Stopping web server: $NAME" 
     killall aolserver4-nsd 
     echo ""   
 } 
 
 
 case "$1" in 

   start)   
     start 
     ;; 
 
   stop) 
     stop   
     ;; 
 
 
   restart) 
     stop 
     sleep 2 
     start 
     ;; 
 
   *) 
     echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|restart}" 
     exit 1 
     ;;   
 esac 
 
 echo -n -e "\c\r\n" 
 exit 0 
 
 
 # End of script  
  

# avoid pid not found errors in the log

 mkdir /usr/lib/aolserver4/log 
 chown root:web /usr/lib/aolserver4/log 
 chmod 775 /usr/lib/aolserver4/log 

# Set openacs to start on boot

 update-rc.d openacs-service1 defaults 
 chmod u+x openacs-service1   
 ln -s /var/lib/aolserver/service1