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OpenACS Installation Guide

Roberto Mello (rmello@cc.usu.edu) and the OpenACS Team

June 2000 - OpenACS 3.2.2 final

This is the Installation Guide for the ArsDigita Community System port for the PostgreSQL Relational Database Management System. This documentation is based on Philip Greenspun's ACS installation docs with parts of it (marked with [1]s) being quoted here.

1. What is OpenACS

2. What you need to run OpenACS

3. Getting ready to Untar [1]

4. Your AOLserver installation

4.1 Installing AOLserver
4.2 Configuring AOLserver
4.3 Sample nsd.tcl file

5. Your PostgreSQL Installation

5.1 Installing PostgreSQL
5.2 PG 6.5.3 or 7 ?
5.3 Compiling the PostgreSQL driver for AOLserver
5.4 Some PostgreSQL tips from Don Baccus
5.5 Loading the data model

6. Configuring OpenACS itself

6.1 What is where (OpenACS directories and what is inside each of them)
6.2 Configuring OpenACS
6.3 Configuring Permissions [1]
6.4 Adding Yourself as a User and Making Yourself a Sysadmin [1]
6.5 CAVEAT for those that want encrypted passwords in the DB
6.6 Closing Down Access [1]
6.7 Making sure that it works (and stays working)
6.8 Ensure that your service automatically starts on boot (or any other time

7. Everything works, now what ?

7.1 Backing up your PostgreSQL databases

8. Where do go I for help and how can I help ?

8.1 Why Not MySQL ?
8.2 Some Useful Links

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