shared workspace at a distance
# Installing SWAD Antonio Cañas Vargas, 1999-2015
Renting a server from an external provider (optional) Domain registration (optional) Installing system software Installing and configuring Apache web server Installing and configuring MySQL Downloading SWAD core Creating SWAD database Creating SWAD directories and files Installing SWAD icons Installing jstz and populating Time Zone Tables Installing DropzoneJS Installing MathJax Compiling and installing gSOAP, required to compile SWAD core Compiling and installing SWAD core Installing photo processing program `fotomaton` Installing photo averaging programs `foto_mediana` and `foto_promedio` Installing chat server `swad-ircd` Installing the script to send email `swad_smtp.py` Automating startup of services Installing mail server (optional)
3. - ## Renting a server from an external provider (optional) This section is not aplicable if we have our own server. For example, swad.ugr.es is hosted in a server at the University of Granada. An example of the server hiring process used to install SWAD is described here. Specifically, we focus in the case of the OpenSWAD server. First, note that there are various types of web hosting services, the most common: Virtual hosting: hardware resources are shared and the benefits are not very large, it is cheap and ideal for single pages or with few visits.. Virtual private server: hardware resources are shared, but the customer sees a complete machine where he/she can install the desired software. Dedicated hosting server: a full real machine exists and the customer has all its resources. For OpenSWAD we choose the third option, hosting in a dedicated server, thinking about the medium-term needs. There are a lot of providers of this type of hosting, and we opted for the company Hetzner Online AG, that offers good service at a competitive price. On March 2012 we choosed a Dedicated server EX4 for its good price / performance ratio. In this server we have root user and we must configure everything on our own, as opposed to "managed server", much more expensive because is managed by the supplier. The monthly cost of this server is €49 (19% VAT included) and it also has a starting cost of setup of €149 (19% VAT included). Application is made online through web forms and the payment is conducted through credit card. In response they email the assigned IP and the root password to access the server, that we should change. Chosen server features included: Intel® Core™ i7-2600 Quadcore, Hyper-Threading Technology RAM: 16 GiB DDR3 Hard disks: 2 HD of 3 TB SATA, 6 Gbit/s, 7200 rpm (Software-RAID 1) NIC: 1 Gbit/s network card connected at 100 Mbit/s Backup space: 100 GB Trafic: connection is restricted to 10 Mbit/s if more than 10 TB/month are output. On the software side, in the same form used to request the server, we choosed, amongst various pre-installed operating systems, the distribution of GNU / Linux CentOS 5.7. On May 2014 we have upgraded the server to a Dedicated server EX40, which includes the following features by €49/month (19% VAT included) and a setup fee of €49 (19% VAT included): Intel® Core™ i7-4770 Quadcore Haswell incl. Hyper-Threading Technology RAM 32 GiB DDR3 RAM Hard Drive 2 x 2 TB SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 rpm. HDD (Software-RAID 1) Class Enterprise Connection 1 Gbit/s-Port Guaranteed Bandwidth 200 Mbit/s Backup Space 100 GB Inclusive Traffic 20 TB, connection is restricted to 10 Mbit/s if more than 20 TB/month are output. In this new server we have choosed the distribution of GNU / Linux CentOS 6.5. In the rest of this installation guide we give instructions for CentOS 6.5 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, assuming that the user is root for some commands in CentOS 6.5 and a sudoer user in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. ## Domain registration (optional) This section is not aplicable if we have a domain or subdomain asociated to the server. In the case of OpenSWAD, we decided adquire the domain through the same company that provided the hosting: Hetzner Online AG. We only needed openswad.org, but we decided adquire openswad.com and openswad.net also. Each of these three domains has a yearly cost of €7,90 (19% VAT included) if we make a initial payment of €29 (19% VAT included). In our case we were exempt from this initial payment having previously engaged the dedicated hosting service. In order to obtain a user and a password required in the domain registration, Hetzner requires the sending of a FAX with the bank details for the direct debit from the receipts. After sending the FAX, they immediately emailed the credentials to access, and through web forms we proceeded to register the three domains. ## Installing system software In our case, once changed the root password with `passwd`, we found that the distribution CentOS 6.5 was really minimal. In case of minimal distribution, it is necessary to install several packages. Install the C compiler (necessary to compile SWAD):
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     `yum -y install gcc` |
   - Install the C++ compiler if not installed (necessary to compile gSOAP and the programs used for processing users' photographs):
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     `yum -y install gcc-c++` | `sudo apt-get install build-essential`
   - Install the programs `zip` and `unzip` if not installed:
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     `yum -y install zip unzip` |
   - Install `wget`, `gmake`, `automake` and `make` if our distribution is so minimal that they are not already installed:
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     `yum -y install wget` `yum -y install gmake` `yum -y install automake` `yum -y install make` |
   - It may be necessary to update packages and reboot after the update:
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     `yum -y update` `reboot` | `sudo apt-get update` `sudo reboot`
   - Some of the programs used in SWAD (for example the program to process users' photographs `fotomaton`) need Git, libjpeg, and OpenCV. To install Git, we can use:
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     `yum -y install git` | `sudo apt-get install git`
   - If this method does not work, because `git` is not in the repositories, we can try the following: `yum -y install zlib-devel openssl-devel cpio expat-devel gettext-devel` `wget http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.9.3.tar.gz` (or later version) `tar -xzvf ./git-1.7.9.3.tar.gz` (or later version) `cd ./git-1.7.9.3` (or later version) `./configure` `make` `make install` To install libjpeg:
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     `yum -y install libjpeg-devel` | `sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev`
   - To install OpenCV, may be that we need having installed previously version 2.6 or later of CMake:
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     `yum -y install cmake` | `sudo apt-get install cmake`
   - or manually: `wget http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.8/cmake-2.8.12.2.tar.gz` (or later version) `tar xvzf cmake-2.8.12.2.tar.gz` (or later version) `mkdir cmake-build` `cd cmake-build` `../cmake-2.8.12.2/bootstrap` (or later version) `gmake` `gmake install` For the configuration of OpenCV it is also necessary to have `pkg-config` installed:
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     `yum -y install pkgconfig` | `sudo apt-get install pkg-config`
   - To install OpenCV, download the code from http://opencv.org/downloads.html. We recommend to follow the steps of the installation guide, available in: http://docs.opencv.org/doc/tutorials/introduction/linux_install/linux_install.html. As an example, we followed these steps:
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     `cd ~` `wget sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/files/opencv-unix/2.4.9/opencv-2.4.9.zip` (or later) `unzip opencv-2.4.9.zip` (or later) `cd opencv-2.4.9` (or later) `mkdir release` `cd release` `cmake ..` `make` `make install` `cd ~` | `cd ~` `git clone https://github.com/Itseez/opencv.git` `cd opencv` `mkdir release` `cd release` `cmake ..` `make` `sudo make install` `cd ~`
   - SWAD needs `pandoc` 1.10 or later and `iconv` to convert from Markdown format to HTML format. To install `pandoc`:
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     We probably need to install the latest epel-release rpm from http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/: `wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm` `rpm -Uvh epel-release*rpm` Then we can download pandoc rpm from http://pkgs.org/centos-6/epel-x86_64/pandoc-1.9.4.1-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm.html: `wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/pandoc-1.9.4.1-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm` and install it: `yum install pandoc` Unfortunately this rpm is too old, but the following rmp for Fedora works in CentOS: `wget https://petersen.fedorapeople.org/pandoc-standalone/epel-5/x86_64/pandoc-1.12.4.2-1.x86_64.rpm` If we do not find a valid pandoc binary package, try to install the Haskell platform by following the instructions in https://medium.com/@jtpaasch/install-haskell-on-centos-5be42b76c7a4: `yum install haskell-platform` Once Haskell is installed, follow the instructions in http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/installing.html#installing-from-source: `cabal update` `cabal install pandoc pandoc-citeproc` This probably will fail due to an old version of the Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC). Update it as indicated in https://gist.github.com/grownseed/4fd2e91eca829cc039de: `wget https://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/7.8.4/ghc-7.8.4-x86_64-unknown-linux-centos65.tar.bz2` `tar xf ghc-7.8.4-x86_64-unknown-linux-centos65.tar.bz2` `cd ghc-7.8.4` `./configure` `make install` Then repeat: `cabal update` `cabal install pandoc pandoc-citeproc` | `sudo apt-get install pandoc`
   - SWAD needs `convert` (part of ImageMagick) to convert the size and format of the images uploaded by users. To install `ImageMagick`:
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     `yum -y install ImageMagick` | `sudo apt-get install ImageMagick`
4. ## Installing and configuring Apache web server If Apache is not installed, we can install it with:
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   `yum -y install httpd` `yum -y install mod_ssl openssl` | `sudo apt-get install apache2 apache2-utils` Activate the cgi module: `sudo a2enmod cgi` `sudo service apache2 restart` Optionally, if we want to rewrite some URIs, activate the rewrite module: `sudo a2enmod rewrite` `sudo service apache2 restart` Activate the secure server: `sudo a2enmod ssl` `sudo service apache2 restart` `sudo a2ensite default-ssl` `sudo service apache2 reload` (While installing swad in a Raspberry Pi 2 with Ubuntu Mate 16.04, this failed because the files: `/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem` `/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key` did not exist. Following the instructions in http://askubuntu.com/questions/49196/how-do-i-create-a-self-signed-ssl-certificate we created them by writing: `sudo make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil --force-overwrite`)
   Once Apache is installed, we have to configure it. The configuration is in the directories:
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   `/etc/httpd/conf/` `/etc/httpd/conf.d/` | `/etc/apache2/` `/etc/apache2/conf.d`
   Go to configuration directory and make a backup of the original configuration file:
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   `cd /etc/httpd/conf/` `cp -a httpd.conf httpd.conf.original` | `cd /etc/apache2/` `sudo cp -a apache2.conf apache2.conf.original`
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   Edit the file `httpd.conf`, make the following changes, and save it: In `Section 1: Global Environment`, search the line: `Timeout 60` / `Timeout 120` (or another value) and replace it by: `Timeout 300` This allows running SWAD CGI during 5 minutes, because some slow options require a lot of time. If response time expires before the end of the CGI, an error 500 will be generated. In `Section 2: 'Main' server configuration`, search the line: `ServerAdmin root@localhost` and replace the email address by that of the admin. In `Section 2: 'Main' server configuration`, search the commented line: `#ServerName www.example.com:80` and add the line: `ServerName our-URL` after it. `our-URL` is the server address, for example `openswad.org`. In the options for the root directory for web pages, usually `/var/www/html`, search the line: `Options Indexes FollowSymLinks` and replace it by: `Options FollowSymLinks` Remove `Indexes` to not list files in directories. To cache contents, before the options for the root directory for web pages, usually `/var/www/html`, insert the lines: `# # Cache # ExpiresActive On ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 day"` Also, inside the root directory for web pages, usually `/var/www/html`, insert the lines: `# # Cache # ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 day" ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 day" ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 day" ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year" ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 year" ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"` In the section `DirectoryIndex` search the line: `DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var` and replace it by: `DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php` | Edit the file `apache2.conf`: `sudo gedit apache2.conf` Make the following changes, and save it: In `Global configuration` check that the following line is present: `Timeout 300` This allows running SWAD CGI during 5 minutes, because some slow options require a lot of time. If response time expires before the end of the CGI, an error 500 will be generated. Inside the options for the directory `/var/www/`, search the line: `Options Indexes FollowSymLinks` and replace it by: `Options FollowSymLinks` Remove `Indexes` to not list files in directories. Optionally, if we want to rewrite some URIs, inside the options for the directory `/var/www/`, add lines like the following before `</Directory>`: `#` `# Rewrite URIs` `#` `RewriteEngine On` `RewriteRule /institution/([^/]+)/?$ /swad/index.html?ins=$1` `RewriteRule /centre/([^/]+)/?$ /swad/index.html?ctr=$1` `RewriteRule /degree/([^/]+)/?$ /swad/index.html?deg=$1` `RewriteRule /course/([^/]+)/?$ /swad/index.html?crs=$1` `RewriteRule /user/([^/]+)/?$ /swad/?usr=$1`
   Go to configuration directory and make a backup of the original configuration files:
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   `cd /etc/httpd/conf.d/` `cp -a ssl.conf ssl.conf.original` | `cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/` `sudo cp -a 000-default.conf 000-default.conf.original` `sudo cp -a default-ssl.conf default-ssl.conf.original`
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   Edit the file `ssl.conf`, make the following changes, and save it: At the end of the file, before `</VirtualHost>`, add the following lines: `ScriptAlias /swad/index.html "/var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_es"` `ScriptAlias /swad/ca "/var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_ca"` `ScriptAlias /swad/de "/var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_de"` `ScriptAlias /swad/en "/var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_en"` `ScriptAlias /swad/es "/var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_es"` `ScriptAlias /swad/fr "/var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_fr"` `ScriptAlias /swad/gn "/var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_gn"` `ScriptAlias /swad/it "/var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_it"` `ScriptAlias /swad/pl "/var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_pl"` `ScriptAlias /swad/pt "/var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_pt"` In the previous lines, `/var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` is the path to the SWAD executable programs, that could be in another location. | Edit the file `000-default.conf`: `sudo gedit 000-default.conf` Make the following changes, and save it: Find the line: `ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost` and replace the email address by that of the admin. Edit the file `default-ssl.conf`: `sudo gedit default-ssl.conf` Make the following changes, and save it: Find the line: `ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost` and replace the email address by that of the admin. At the end of the file, before `</VirtualHost>`, add the following lines: `ScriptAlias /swad/index.html "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/swad_es"` `ScriptAlias /swad/ca "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/swad_ca"` `ScriptAlias /swad/de "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/swad_de"` `ScriptAlias /swad/en "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/swad_en"` `ScriptAlias /swad/es "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/swad_es"` `ScriptAlias /swad/fr "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/swad_fr"` `ScriptAlias /swad/gn "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/swad_gn"` `ScriptAlias /swad/it "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/swad_it"` `ScriptAlias /swad/pl "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/swad_pl"` `ScriptAlias /swad/pt "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/swad_pt"` In the previous lines, `/usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/` is the path to the SWAD executable programs, that could be in another location.
   To allow the META tags in HTML content to override a charset choice, comment out this directive: `AddDefaultCharset UTF-8` by adding #: `#AddDefaultCharset UTF-8` Optionally, if we want to redirect from http://... to https://... we should add some lines to configuration files:
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   Edit the file `/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf`, add the following lines at the end of the `Section 3: Virtual Hosts` section: `<VirtualHost _default_:*> Redirect permanent / https://openswad.org/ </VirtualHost>` (replace https://openswad.org/ by your https address), and save it. | Edit the file `/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf`, add the following line into the `<VirtualHost *:80>` section: `Redirect permanent / https://openswad.org/` (replace https://openswad.org/ by your https address), and save it.
   Restart the Apache web server with the changes just made:
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   `service httpd restart` | `sudo service apache2 restart`
5. ## Installing and configuring MySQL Install the database manager MySQL, if not installed:
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   `yum -y install mysql mysql-server` | `sudo apt-get install mysql-server`
   Install the development system for MySQL (necessary to compile SWAD):
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   `yum -y install mysql-devel` | `sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev`
   We asume that MySQL is already installed. Now we must configure it. Go to configuration directory and make a backup of the original file `my.cnf`:
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   `cd /etc/` `cp -a my.cnf my.cnf.original` | `cd /etc/mysql/` `sudo cp -a my.cnf my.cnf.original`
   Edit inside the file `my.cnf` all the optimizations that we consider neccesary for MySQL, in function of the configuration of our server. Probably we should increase `query_cache_size` and `key_buffer` / `key_buffer_size`. Start MySQL server with the changes just made:
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   `service mysqld restart` | `sudo service mysql restart`
   Set a password for the MySQL root user:
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   To do so, start the server, then issue the following command: `/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'` Alternatively we can run: `/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation` which will also give us the option of removing the test databases and anonymous user created by default. This is strongly recommended for production servers. |
8. - Alternativelly, we can install the database manager MariaDB. ## Downloading SWAD core The source code of SWAD core is in GitHub: https://github.com/acanas/swad-core We can work in the home directory of a user: `/home/<user_directory>` Create the directory `/home/<user_directory>/swad`: `mkdir /home/<user_directory>/swad` and go to that directory: `cd /home/<user_directory>/swad` Download the last version of SWAD: `git clone https://github.com/acanas/swad-core` A directory `swad-core` should have been created inside `/home/<user_directory>/swad`. We already have the source code and other directories of SWAD core in the directory `/home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core` ## Creating SWAD database Use `mysql` command to connect to server with MySQL user `root`: `mysql -u root -p mysql` If we have not set a password for the MySQL user `root` in the installation process, we must do it now: `mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost'=PASSWORD('mypass');` (instead of `mypass` we should a personal password) and enter again in `mysql` command with the MySQL root user: `mysql> quit` `mysql -u root -p mysql` Create a new database called `swad`: `mysql> CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS swad DEFAULT CHARACTER SET=latin1 DEFAULT COLLATE latin1_spanish_ci;` (by now, SWAD does not use UTF-8) Create a new MySQL user called `swad` with all the permissions over the `swad` database just created: `mysql> CREATE USER 'swad'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass';` (instead of `some_pass` we should use our own password) `mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON swad.* TO 'swad'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;` `mysql> SHOW GRANTS FOR 'swad'@'localhost';` `mysql> quit` Inside the directory `/home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/sql` it should exist a script file `swad.sql`. At the script start, a new database is created and the type of character comparison (collation) by default is stored. Comparisons when searching users or courses depend on the default collation. We can change by another if we want, preferably case insensitive (ending in `_ci`). Move to that directory and create the database tables `swad` using the file `swad.sql`: `cd /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/sql` `mysql -u swad -p < swad.sql` Check that `swad` database tables are created: `mysql -u swad -p swad` `mysql> SHOW TABLES;` `mysql> quit` Inside the directory `/home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/sql` it should also exist other SQL files: `actions.sql` `countries.sql` `institutions.sql` `centres.sql` (optional) `deg_types.sql` (optional) `degrees.sql` (optional) `departments.sql` (optional) `mail_domains.sql` (optional) `places.sql` (optional) that were created respectively from http://swad.ugr.es/ with the commands: `mysqldump -l -h localhost -u swad -p swad actions > actions.sql` `mysqldump -l -h localhost -u swad -p swad countries > countries.sql` `mysqldump -l -h localhost -u swad -p swad institutions > institutions.sql` `mysqldump -l -h localhost -u swad -p swad centres > centres.sql` (optional) `mysqldump -l -h localhost -u swad -p swad deg_types > deg_types.sql` (optional) `mysqldump -l -h localhost -u swad -p swad degrees > degrees.sql` (optional) `mysqldump -l -h localhost -u swad -p swad departments > departments.sql` (optional) `mysqldump -l -h localhost -u swad -p swad mail_domains > mail_domains.sql` (optional) `mysqldump -l -h localhost -u swad -p swad places > places.sql` (optional) Move to this directory and create the contents of the respective tables in database:: `cd /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/sql` `mysql -u swad -p swad < actions.sql` `mysql -u swad -p swad < countries.sql` `mysql -u swad -p swad < institutions.sql` `mysql -u swad -p swad < centres.sql` (optional) `mysql -u swad -p swad < deg_types.sql` (optional) `mysql -u swad -p swad < degrees.sql` (optional) `mysql -u swad -p swad < departments.sql` (optional) `mysql -u swad -p swad < mail_domains.sql` (optional) `mysql -u swad -p swad < places.sql` (optional) Create a superuser: `mysql -u swad -p swad` `mysql> SET @MyID:='my_id';` Instead of `my_id` we should use our ID number (DNI / cédula / passport...). `mysql> SET @EncryptedUsrCod:='base64url_string_43_chars';` Instead of `base64url_string_43_chars` we will use a random 43 characters string where every character can be one of the following 64 ones (they can be repeated): 'A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M','N','O','P','Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z', 'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z', '0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','-','_' `mysql> INSERT INTO usr_data (EncryptedUsrCod,Comments) VALUES(@EncryptedUsrCod,'');` `mysql> INSERT INTO usr_IDs (UsrCod,UsrID,CreatTime,Confirmed) VALUES(LAST_INSERT_ID(),@MyID,NOW(),'Y');` `mysql> INSERT INTO admin (UsrCod,Scope,Cod) VALUES (LAST_INSERT_ID(),'Sys','0');` `mysql> quit` ## Creating SWAD directories and files Hereinafter, SWAD will use three main directories: The directory for SWAD executable programs. It is either the `cgi-bin` main directory or a child of it. Usually we will create a directory `swad` inside the directory `cgi-bin`, so that the directory for SWAD executable programs will be:
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     `/var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` | `/usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/`
   - The directory for SWAD public pages. It may be the main directory for public pages or either it may be a child of it:
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     `/var/www/html/swad/` | `/var/www/html/swad/`
   - The directory for SWAD private data. It may be in any place not visible in the web:
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     `/var/www/swad/` | `/var/www/swad/`
   The directory `swad` inside `cgi-bin`, will be created later. Create the public directory `swad`, that will store the SWAD public content, inside the main public directory:
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   `mkdir /var/www/html/swad` | `sudo mkdir /var/www/html/swad`
   Create the public directory `crs`, that will store the public content of the courses, inside the SWAD public directory:
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   `mkdir /var/www/html/swad/crs` | `sudo mkdir /var/www/html/swad/crs`
   Create the directory private `swad`, that will store the SWAD private content, inside a directory not visible by browsers:
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   `mkdir /var/www/swad` | `sudo mkdir /var/www/swad`
   Create the private directory `crs`, that will store the private content of the courses, inside the SWAD private directory:
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   `mkdir /var/www/swad/crs` | `sudo mkdir /var/www/swad/crs`
   Change the owner of the public and private directories:
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   `chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/swad /var/www/swad` | `sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/swad /var/www/swad`
   To show the icon in the address bar of browser, we can put a file `favicon.ico` in the main web directory:
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   `/var/www/html/` Sometimes in CentOS SELinux is activated, and it will be necessary to change the permissions of the file `favicon.ico`: `ls -lZ /var/www/html/favicon.ico` `chcon -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/html/favicon.ico` `ls -lZ /var/www/html/favicon.ico` | `/var/www/html/`
9. This favicon could be distinct from the SWAD logo. In the file `favicon.ico` included inside the directory `icon` indicated below, there is a SWAD icon that wil be shown when the platform is on screen. ## Installing SWAD icons In the directory `/home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core` it should exist a directory `icon` that must be copied into the SWAD public directory:
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   `cp -R /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/icon /var/www/html/swad/` `chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/swad/icon` If in CentOS SELinux is activated, it should be necessary to change the permissions of the directory `icon` and its contents: `ls -lZ /var/www/html/swad/` `chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/html/swad/icon` `ls -lZ /var/www/html/swad/` | `sudo cp -R /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/icon /var/www/html/swad/` `sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/swad/icon`
10. ## Installing jstz and populating Time Zone Tables jstz, available in https://bitbucket.org/pellepim/jstimezonedetect/ or http://pellepim.bitbucket.org/jstz/, is a Javascript script used by SWAD to get the user's time zone. For example, if the user's operating system is configured with local time of Madrid (Spain), the script `jstz.js` running in the user's browser determines a user's time zone "Europe/Berlin". This user's time zone name is necessary to compute some stats of page hits using user's local time instead of server time. The script `jstz.js` is available in: https://bitbucket.org/pellepim/jstimezonedetect/ > Downloads > Download repository > pellepim-jstimezonedetect-xxxxxxxxxxxx.zip > dist > jstz.js To install it, we must copy the directory `jstz`, located inside the directory `/home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core`, to the SWAD public directory:
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    `cp -R /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/jstz /var/www/html/swad/` `chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/swad/jstz` If in CentOS SELinux is activated, it should be necessary to change the permissions of the directory `jstz` and its contents: `ls -lZ /var/www/html/swad/` `chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/html/swad/jstz` `ls -lZ /var/www/html/swad/` | `sudo cp -R /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/jstz /var/www/html/swad/` `sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/swad/jstz`
11. After installation, we must populate the Time Zone Tables in our mysql database by following the instructions in http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/time-zone-support.html: `mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | mysql -u root -p mysql` ## Installing DropzoneJS DropzoneJS is a Javascript library required to upload one or more files using drag and drop. To install it, we must copy the directory `dropzone`, located inside the directory `/home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core`, to the SWAD public directory:
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    `cp -R /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/dropzone /var/www/html/swad/` `chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/swad/dropzone` If in CentOS SELinux is activated, it should be necessary to change the permissions of the directory `dropzone` and its contents: `ls -lZ /var/www/html/swad/` `chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/html/swad/dropzone` `ls -lZ /var/www/html/swad/` | `sudo cp -R /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/dropzone /var/www/html/swad/` `sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/swad/dropzone`
12. ## Installing MathJax MathJax is a Javascript library required to display math. In SWAD, it is used in combination with Markdown and Pandoc. To install it, follow the instructions in http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/installation.html. The directory downloaded and uncompressed must be located inside our main HTML directory `/var/www/html/swad/`:
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    `mv our-downloaded-copy-of-mathjax /var/www/html/swad/MathJax` `chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/swad/MathJax` If in CentOS SELinux is activated, it should be necessary to change the permissions of the directory `dropzone` and its contents: `ls -lZ /var/www/html/swad/` `chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/html/swad/MathJax` `ls -lZ /var/www/html/swad/` | `sudo mv our-downloaded-copy-of-mathjax /var/www/html/swad/MathJax` `sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/swad/MathJax`
13. ## Compiling and installing gSOAP, required to compile SWAD core Install yacc if not installed:
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    `yum -y install byacc` | `sudo apt-get install byacc`
    Install flex if not installed:
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    `yum -y install flex` | `sudo apt-get install flex`
    Install GNU bison if not installed:
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    `yum -y install bison bison-devel` | `sudo apt-get install bison`
    Install the library `ssl` if not installed:
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    | `sudo apt-get install libssl-dev`
    We need to install the gSOAP toolkit, that can be downloaded from: http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/soap.html http://sourceforge.net/projects/gsoap2/files/ (Tested with the version 2.8.30, probably more recent versions also work.) Inside `/home/<user_directory>/swad`, create a directory `gsoap`: `mkdir /home/<user_directory>/swad/gsoap` Go to directory `/home/<user_directory>/swad/gsoap`: `cd /home/<user_directory>/swad/gsoap` Download the file `gsoap_2.8.30.zip` (or later) and copy it in `/home/<user_directory>/swad/gsoap` `wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gsoap2/gSOAP/gsoap_2.8.30.zip` Uncompress gSOAP: `unzip gsoap_2.8.30.zip` (or later) It should have been created the directory `gsoap-2.8`. Go to that directory: `cd gsoap-2.8` Configure: `./configure` Check if all the necessary packages are installed. Otherwise, install them. Compile: `make` Install:
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    `make install` | `sudo make install`
14. ## Compiling and installing SWAD core We asume that the public and private directories have been created, and the source code of SWAD core is in `/home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core`. Go to directory `/home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/soap`: `cd /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/soap` Edit the file `swad_web_service.h`. Search the line: `//gsoap swad service location: URL` Replace `URL` (everything after the two points) by our SWAD address, for example `https://openswad.org/` or `https://swad.ugr.es/`, and save the file. Compile the SWAD web service: `soapcpp2 -c -S swad_web_service.h` Copy the file WSDL just created (`swad.wsdl`) to a public location:
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    `mkdir /var/www/html/swad/ws/` `cp /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/soap/swad.wsdl /var/www/html/swad/ws/` | `sudo mkdir /var/www/html/swad/ws/` `sudo cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/soap/swad.wsdl /var/www/html/swad/ws/`
    Go to directory `/home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/sha2`: `cd /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/sha2` to compile `sha2`: `gcc -O2 -c sha2.c -o sha2.o` Return to directory `/home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core`: `cd /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core` Edit the file `swad.cfg` making the necessary modifications and save it. Copy the file `swad.cfg` just edited to SWAD directory for executable programs:
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    `cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/swad.cfg /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` | `sudo cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/swad.cfg /usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/`
    Edit the file `swad_config.h` making the necessary modifications and save it. If the directories or other constants indicated in the file `swad_config.h` change, we must modify `swad_config.h` and recompile the SWAD core. Compile SWAD core: `make clean; make` An executable file for each language should have been created: `swad_ca` `swad_de` `swad_en` `swad_es` `swad_fr` `swad_gn` `swad_it` `swad_pl` `swad_pt` Create the directory of SWAD executable programs, if not exist:
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    `mkdir /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` | `sudo mkdir /usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/`
    Edit the script `swad_copy.sh`, in the directory `/home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core`. The content of the script `swad_copy.sh` should be similar to this:
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    `#!/bin/bash CGI=/var/www/cgi-bin/swad PUBLIC_HTML=/var/www/html/swad APACHE_USER=apache APACHE_GROUP=apache USER=<user> CORE=/home/$USER/swad/swad-core cp -af $CGI/swad_ca $CGI/swad_ca.old cp -af $CGI/swad_de $CGI/swad_de.old cp -af $CGI/swad_en $CGI/swad_en.old cp -af $CGI/swad_es $CGI/swad_es.old cp -af $CGI/swad_fr $CGI/swad_fr.old cp -af $CGI/swad_gn $CGI/swad_gn.old cp -af $CGI/swad_it $CGI/swad_it.old cp -af $CGI/swad_pl $CGI/swad_pl.old cp -af $CGI/swad_pt $CGI/swad_pt.old cp -f $CORE/swad_ca $CORE/swad_de $CORE/swad_en $CORE/swad_es $CORE/swad_fr $CORE/swad_gn $CORE/swad_it $CORE/swad_pl $CORE/swad_pt $CGI cp -f $CORE/js/swad.js $PUBLIC_HTML cp -f $CORE/css/swad_desktop.css $CORE/css/swad_mobile.css $PUBLIC_HTML chown -R $APACHE_USER:$APACHE_GROUP $CGI chown $APACHE_USER:$APACHE_GROUP $PUBLIC_HTML/swad.js chown $APACHE_USER:$APACHE_GROUP $PUBLIC_HTML/swad_desktop.css chown $APACHE_USER:$APACHE_GROUP $PUBLIC_HTML/swad_mobile.css` | `#!/bin/bash CGI=/usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad PUBLIC_HTML=/var/www/html/swad APACHE_USER=www-data APACHE_GROUP=www-data USER=<user> CORE=/home/$USER/swad/swad-core cp -af $CGI/swad_ca $CGI/swad_ca.old cp -af $CGI/swad_de $CGI/swad_de.old cp -af $CGI/swad_en $CGI/swad_en.old cp -af $CGI/swad_es $CGI/swad_es.old cp -af $CGI/swad_fr $CGI/swad_fr.old cp -af $CGI/swad_gn $CGI/swad_gn.old cp -af $CGI/swad_it $CGI/swad_it.old cp -af $CGI/swad_pl $CGI/swad_pl.old cp -af $CGI/swad_pt $CGI/swad_pt.old cp -f $CORE/swad_ca $CORE/swad_de $CORE/swad_en $CORE/swad_es $CORE/swad_fr $CORE/swad_gn $CORE/swad_it $CORE/swad_pl $CORE/swad_pt $CGI cp -f $CORE/js/swad.js $PUBLIC_HTML cp -f $CORE/css/swad_desktop.css $CORE/css/swad_mobile.css $PUBLIC_HTML chown -R $APACHE_USER:$APACHE_GROUP $CGI chown $APACHE_USER:$APACHE_GROUP $PUBLIC_HTML/swad.js chown $APACHE_USER:$APACHE_GROUP $PUBLIC_HTML/swad_desktop.css chown $APACHE_USER:$APACHE_GROUP $PUBLIC_HTML/swad_mobile.css`
    Change the directories indicated in the script by the correct ones and save it. Copy the script `swad_copy.sh` to SWAD directory for executable programs and give execution permission to the file `swad_copy.sh`:
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    `cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/swad_copy.sh /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` `chmod a+x /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_copy.sh` | `sudo cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/swad_copy.sh /usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/` `sudo chmod a+x /usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/swad_copy.sh`
    Run the script `swad_copy.sh` now and every time we compile SWAD if we want to update the executables:
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    `/var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_copy.sh` | `sudo /usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/swad_copy.sh`
15. Now, SWAD should work in: `https://our_server/swad/` However, it is still necessary to install other programs, as detailed below. ## Installing photo processing program `fotomaton` Before compiling a program that uses OpenCV, we must do this: `PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}` `export PKG_CONFIG_PATH` The source code of photo processing program `fotomaton` is available in the forge de GitHub: https://github.com/dcalandria/swad-fotomaton We can compile this program in the local directory: `cd /home/<user_directory>/swad` Download the program from the forge using the following command: `git clone git://github.com/dcalandria/swad-fotomaton.git` This will create the directory `swad-fotomaton` inside `/home/<user_directory>/swad`. Go to directory `swad-fotomaton`: `cd swad-fotomaton` And compile: `make` As result, it should have been created an executable file `fotomaton`. Try to execute the program directly to check that there are no errors in libraries: `./fotomaton` If there are errors related with OpenCV libraries, check what libraries use OpenCV: `pkg-config --libs opencv` Create a file called `opencv.conf` in `/etc/ld.so.conf.d/` that holds the path to the OpenCV libraries (by default `/usr/local/lib`), and then run `ldconfig` as `root`: `ldconfig` Or either, add the location of the OpenCV libraries to `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`. Copy the executable file `fotomaton` created after the make, into the directory of SWAD executable programs:
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    `cp -a ./fotomaton /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` Sometimes in CentOS SELinux is activated, and it could be necessary to change the permissions of the file `fotomaton`: `ls -lZ /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` `chcon -t httpd_sys_script_exec_t /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/fotomaton` `ls -lZ /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` | `sudo cp -a ./fotomaton /usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/`
    To make `fotomaton` work, the correct call is: `fotomaton <classifier> <input_file> <width>` The first parameter is a data file that is needed by face recognizer, and that we must place in the same directory where we have copied the program `fotomaton`. In the package downloaded from GitHub or in the directory `/home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/fotomaton_data` we should find a file `options` that holds these data necessary for the face recognizer. Copy it in the same directory of SWAD executable programs where we have copied the executable `fotomaton`:
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    `cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/fotomaton_data/options /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` `chown -R apache:apache /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/options` Sometimes in CentOS SELinux is activated, and it could be necessary to change the permissions of the file `options`: `ls -lZ /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` `chcon -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/options` `ls -lZ /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` | `sudo cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/fotomaton_data/options /usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/` `sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/options`
16. ## Installing photo averaging programs `foto_mediana` and `foto_promedio` Before compiling a program that uses OpenCV, we must do this: `PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}` `export PKG_CONFIG_PATH` The source code of the programs `foto_mediana` and `foto_promedio`, that calculate respectively the median and the average (pixel by pixel) of several photos, is available in the GitHub forge: https://github.com/dcalandria/foto_promedio We can compile these two programs in the local directory: `cd /home/<user_directory>/swad` Download the programs from repository using the following command: `git clone git://github.com/dcalandria/foto_promedio.git` This will create the directory `foto-promedio` inside `/home/<user_directory>/swad`. Go to directory `foto_promedio`: `cd /home/<user_directory>/swad` `cd foto_promedio` And compile: `make` As result it should have been created the executable files `foto_mediana` and `foto_promedio`. Copy the executable files `foto_mediana` and `foto_promedio`, created after the make, to the directory of SWAD executables:
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    `cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/foto_promedio/foto_mediana /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` `cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/foto_promedio/foto_promedio /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` Sometimes in CentOS SELinux is activated, and it could be necessary to change the permissions of the files `foto_mediana` and `foto_promedio`: `ls -lZ /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` `chcon -t httpd_sys_script_exec_t /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/foto_mediana` `chcon -t httpd_sys_script_exec_t /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/foto_promedio` `ls -lZ /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` | `sudo cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/foto_promedio/foto_mediana /usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/` `sudo cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/foto_promedio/foto_promedio /usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/`
17. ## Installing chat server `swad-ircd` The source code of chat server `swad-ircd` is available in the GitHub forge: https://github.com/dcalandria/swad-ircd We can make the compilation of this program in the local directory: `cd /home/<user_directory>/swad` Download the program from repository using the following command: `git clone git://github.com/dcalandria/swad-ircd.git` This will create the directory `swad-ircd` inside `/home/<user_directory>/swad`. Go to directory `swad-ircd`: `cd swad-ircd` Compile: `make` As result it should have been created an executable file `swad_ircd`. For reasons of order, copy the executable file `swad_ircd` created after the make in the directory of SWAD executables:
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    `cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-ircd/swad_ircd /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` Sometimes in CentOS SELinux is activated, and it could be necessary change the permissions of file `swad_ircd`: `ls -lZ /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` `chcon -t httpd_sys_script_exec_t /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_ircd` `ls -lZ /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` | `sudo cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-ircd/swad_ircd /usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/`
    Actually this program is a daemon that always shall be in execution, and it could be placed in any directory. Go to directory of SWAD executables and run the daemon `swad-ircd` as `root`:
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    `cd /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` `nohup ./swad_ircd &` | `cd /usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/` `sudo nohup ./swad_ircd &`
    In the local directory `/home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core` it should exist a directory `chat`, with two files: `chat.html` `swad_chat.jar` Check it: `cd /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/chat` `ls -l` Create a directory `chat` in the public directory for web pages of SWAD and copy the file `swad_chat.jar` in that directory:
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    `mkdir /var/www/html/swad/chat` `cp /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/chat/swad_chat.jar /var/www/html/swad/chat` | `sudo mkdir /var/www/html/swad/chat` `sudo cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/chat/swad_chat.jar /var/www/html/swad/chat`
    Edit the file `chat.html`, change all the paths and URLs in order to reflect the particular configuration of our server, and save it. Copy the modified file `chat.html` in the directory of SWAD executables:
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    `cp /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/chat/chat.html /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` Sometimes in CentOS SELinux is activated, and it should be necessary to change the permissions of the file `chat.html`: `ls -lZ /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` `chcon -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/chat.html` `ls -lZ /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` | `sudo cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/chat/chat.html /usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/`
    Finally, it is necessary to open the port 5000, through which the chat server comunicates with the clients.
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    To activate permanently the port 5000, in CentOS we can edit the file `/etc/sysconfig/iptables` and add a line like the following: `-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 5000 -j ACCEPT` It will be necessary to restart the `iptables` service: `/sbin/service iptables restart` | To activate permanently the port 5000, in Ubuntu we can execute the following commands: `sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5000 -j ACCEPT` `sudo iptables-save`
18. ## Installing the script to send email `swad_smtp.py` Copy the script `swad_smtp.py`, that should be in the directory `/home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/py`, to the directory of SWAD executables. Then give execution permission to file `swad_smtp.py`:
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    `cp /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/py/swad_smtp.py /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` `chmod a+x /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_smtp.py` Sometimes in CentOS SELinux is activated, and it could be necessary to change the `swad_smtp.py` file permissions: `ls -lZ /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` `chcon -t httpd_sys_script_exec_t /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_smtp.py` `ls -lZ /var/www/cgi-bin/swad/` This script connects to the network to send emails. As stated in the manual of httpd_selinux, if we want the script can connect to the network when SELinux is working, it is necessary to activate `httpd_can_network_connect`: `setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1` | `sudo cp -a /home/<user_directory>/swad/swad-core/py/swad_smtp.py /usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/` `sudo chmod a+x /usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/swad_smtp.py`
19. The script `swad_smtp.py` has been tested to work properly with Python 2.6.6 and Python 2.7.1. If it does not work, try to upgrade Python. ## Automating startup of services It is desirable that MySQL, Apache and chat servers start automatically when the server is reset.
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    `chkconfig httpd on` `chkconfig mysqld on` `chkconfig --list` And we can add to file `/etc/rc.d/rc.local` the following line: `/var/www/cgi-bin/swad/swad_ircd &` | `sudo update-rc.d mysql defaults` `sudo update-rc.d apache2 defaults` We can add to file `/etc/rc.local` the following line before `exit 0`: `/usr/lib/cgi-bin/swad/swad_ircd &`
## Installing mail server (optional) If the server used to send e-mail is our server, we need to check that an SMTP mail server is installed, and if not, install and start it. In CentOS 6.5 we can install and configure it by following these instructions: ### Installing and configuring Postfix and Dovecot We can install and configure Postfix and Dovecot by following the instructions in http://www.krizna.com/centos/setup-mail-server-in-centos-6/, http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/postfix, http://www.ostechnix.com/setup-mail-server-using-postfixdovecotsquirrelmail-in-centosrhelscientific-linux-6-3-step-by-step/, or http://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_5&p=mail. ### Settings to become a trusted mail server If we want email providers, like GMail, to accept emails coming from our server instead of rejecting them or labeling them as SPAM, it is necessary to perform various settings detailed in this section. #### Activating reverse DNS We have activated Reverse DNS for our IPv4 address in our server by following the rules from http://wiki.hetzner.de/index.php/DNS-Reverse-DNS/en. Instructions say that the address used for the mail command HELO should be used. Our reverse DNS is `mail.openswad.org`. Finally, we have also activated Reverse DNS from our IPv6 to `mail.openswad.org`. If we write the command `nslookup our-server-IPV6-address`, the result is `mail.openswad.org`. #### Setting SPF SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is an open standard specifying a technical method to prevent sender address forgery. By following instructions in: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/9008 https://support.google.com/a/answer/183895 http://wiki.hetzner.de/index.php/DNS_SPF/en we have added the following TXT record at the end of our DNS configuration page: `@ IN TXT "v=spf1 a mx ip6:our-server-ipv6-address ~all"` #### Installing and setting DKIM We need to install OpenDKIM to sign emails. Following the instructions in https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-install-and-integrate-opendkim-with-postfix-on-a-centos-6-vps/: `yum install opendkim` Make a copy of configuration file: `cd /etc` `cp -a opendkim.conf opendkim.conf.original` and edit file `opendkin.conf`: `vim /etc/opendkim.conf` Change option: `Mode v` to: `Mode sv` Comment the line: `# KeyFile /etc/opendkim/keys/default.private` and add this: `KeyFile /etc/opendkim/keys/openswad.org/default` Uncomment the lines: `KeyTable /etc/opendkim/KeyTable` `SigningTable refile:/etc/opendkim/SigningTable` `ExternalIgnoreList refile:/etc/opendkim/TrustedHosts` `InternalHosts refile:/etc/opendkim/TrustedHosts` Generate set of keys for our mydomain.com domain name: `mkdir /etc/opendkim/keys/openswad.org` `opendkim-genkey -D /etc/opendkim/keys/openswad.org/ -d openswad.org -s default` `chown -R opendkim: /etc/opendkim/keys/openswad.org` `mv /etc/opendkim/keys/openswad.org/default.private /etc/opendkim/keys/openswad.org/default` Edit `/etc/opendkim/KeyTable`: `cd /etc/opendkim` `cp -a KeyTable KeyTable.original` `vim /etc/opendkim/KeyTable` and add the following record to OpenDKIM's key table `/etc/opendkim/KeyTable`: `default._domainkey.openswad.org openswad.org:default:/etc/opendkim/keys/openswad.org/default` Edit `/etc/opendkim/SigningTable`: `cd /etc/opendkim` `cp -a SigningTable SigningTable.original` `vim /etc/opendkim/SigningTable` and add the following record to OpenDKIM's signing table `/etc/opendkim/SigningTable`: `*@openswad.org default._domainkey.openswad.org` Add our domain and our hostname as trusted hosts in `/etc/opendkim/TrustedHosts`: `cd /etc/opendkim` `cp -a TrustedHosts TrustedHosts.original` `vim /etc/opendkim/TrustedHosts` We add the following lines: `openswad.org` `mail.openswad.org` Edit our DNS zone and add the TXT record from `/etc/opendkim/keys/mydomain.com/default.txt`: `cat /etc/opendkim/keys/openswad.org/default.txt` We add something like this: `default._domainkey IN TXT ( "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; " "p=our-DKIM-key" ) ; ----- DKIM key default for openswad.org` In order to integrate OpenDKIM with Postfix we need to edit `/etc/postfix/main.cf`: `vim /etc/postfix/main.cf` and add the following few lines: `smtpd_milters = inet:127.0.0.1:8891` `non_smtpd_milters = $smtpd_milters` `milter_default_action = accept` `milter_protocol = 2` Finally, add OpenDKIM to our system's start-up and start opendkim and restart postfix using the following commands: `service opendkim start` `chkconfig opendkim on` `service postfix restart` #### Setting DMARC Finally, we add a DMARC record to our DNS by following the recommendations of https://support.google.com/a/answer/2466563: `_dmarc IN TXT "v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:postmaster@our-domain"` #### Final test After the settings, we can check the health of our mail domain using web tests like this: http://mxtoolbox.com/domain/openswad.org/