Modified: trunk/installers/fedora/README.txt (2968 => 2969)
--- trunk/installers/fedora/README.txt 2012-03-16 16:49:18 UTC (rev 2968)
+++ trunk/installers/fedora/README.txt 2012-03-19 15:30:42 UTC (rev 2969)
@@ -4,50 +4,60 @@
The files in this directory are an installer for myExperiment on Fedora 13 and
consequently RedHat 6 and CentOS 6.0. The installer is designed to work on a
freshly installed version of these operating systems, you may have problems if
-you are installing on an existing system.
+you are installing on an existing system, which has configuration that
+conflicts with that in the installer.
-install.bash is the main install script and can be downloaded and run from
-the current working directory as follows:
+install.bash is the main installer script and can be run from the current
+working directory as follows:
/bin/bash install.bash
-This install script requires the settings file, settings.bash, which needs to be
-kept in the same directory. This can be created by copying the
+This install script requires the settings file, settings.bash, which needs to
+be kept in the same directory. This can be created by copying the
default_settings.bash to settings.bash and making the following changes
before running install.bash:
-myexp_root_password - Choose a password for the root account of MySQL. If for
-whatever reason MySQL is already installed set this to the current MySQL root
-password. MySQL musr have a root password for the installer to succeed
+myexp_root_password -
+ Choose a password for the root account of MySQL. If for whatever reason
+ MySQL is already installed set this to the current MySQL root password.
+ MySQL must have a root password for the installer to succeed. See
+ http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?10,355736 if you want to have set no MySQL
+ password after the installer has run.
-fq_server_name - The fully-qualified server name and domain for your server,
-i.e. the A record. E.g. myexperiment.example.org
+fq_server_name -
+ The fully-qualified server name, i.e. the A record.
+ E.g. myexperiment.example.org
-sendmail_smarthost_server - The mail server you want to user as a relay for emails.
-E.g. smtp
+sendmail_smarthost_server -
+ The mail server you want to user as a relay for emails.
+ E.g. smtp
-sendmail_smarthost_domain - The mail server you want to user as a relay for emails.
-E.g. example.org
+sendmail_smarthost_domain -
+ The domain of the mail server you want to user as a relay for emails.
+ E.g. example.org
-myexp_cname - The location you intend to host the myExperiment site. This may
-be the same as fq_server_name.
-E.g. myexperiment.example.org
+myexp_cname -
+ The location you intend to host the myExperiment site. This may be the
+ same as fq_server_name.
+ E.g. myexperiment.example.org
== Post-installation configuration ==
-The installer is designed to work on a freshly installed version of Fedora 13 /
-RedHat 6 / CentOS 6.0 and will do minimal configuration of myExperiment. To do
-further configuration you will need to edit settings.yml in the config directory
-of the SVN checkout of myExperiment by default this /var/rails/myexperiment/config/.
+The installer is designed to work on a freshly installed version of Fedora 13
+/ RedHat 6 / CentOS 6.0 and will do minimal configuration of myExperiment.
+To do further configuration you will need to edit settings file in the config
+directory of the SVN checkout of myExperiment by default this is:
+ /var/rails/myexperiment/config/settings.yml
+
Some configuration may require restarting myExperiment using the following command:
-sudo service myexperiment restart
+ sudo service myexperiment restart
== Further Information ==
Please refer to the wiki page:
- http://wiki.myexperiment.org/index.php/Developer:FedoraInstallation
+ http://wiki.myexperiment.org/index.php/Developer:FedoraInstallation
Modified: trunk/installers/ubuntu/README.txt (2968 => 2969)
--- trunk/installers/ubuntu/README.txt 2012-03-16 16:49:18 UTC (rev 2968)
+++ trunk/installers/ubuntu/README.txt 2012-03-19 15:30:42 UTC (rev 2969)
@@ -1,54 +1,62 @@
myExperiment Ubuntu Installer Instructions
==========================================
-The files in this directory are an installer for myExperiment on Ubuntu 10.04
-that has had all the latest updates installed (based on updates available on
-18/10/2011). The installer is designed to work on a freshly installed version
-of Ubuntu, you may have problems if you are installing on an existing system.
+The files in this directory are an installer for myExperiment on Ubuntu 10.04.
+The installer is designed to work on a freshly installed version of Ubuntu, you
+may have problems if you are installing on an existing system, which has
+configuration that conflicts with that in the installer.
-install.bash is the main install script and can be downloaded and run as follows:
+install.bash is the main installer script and can be run as follows:
RAILS_ROOT/installers/ubuntu/install.bash
-This install script requires the settings file, settings.bash, which needs to be
-kept in the same directory. This can be created by copying the
-default_settings.bash to settings.bash and making the following changes
-before running install.bash:
+This install script requires the settings file, settings.bash, which needs to
+be kept in the same directory. This can be created by copying the
+default_settings.bash to settings.bash and making the following changes before
+running install.bash:
-myexp_root_password - Choose a password for the root account of MySQL. If for
-whatever reason MySQL is already installed set this to the current MySQL root
-password. MySQL must have a root password for the installer to suceed. See
-http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?10,355736 for how to unset a MySQL password.
+myexp_root_password -
+ Choose a password for the root account of MySQL. If for whatever reason
+ MySQL is already installed set this to the current MySQL root password.
+ MySQL must have a root password for the installer to succeed. See
+ http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?10,355736 if you want to have set no MySQL
+ password after the installer has run.
-fq_server_name - The fully-qualified server name and domain for your server,
-i.e. the A record. E.g. myexperiment.example.org
+fq_server_name -
+ The fully-qualified server name, i.e. the A record.
+ E.g. myexperiment.example.org
-exim_smarthost_server - The mail server you want to user as a relay for emails.
-E.g. smtp
+exim_smarthost_server -
+ The mail server you want to user as a relay for emails.
+ E.g. smtp
-exim_smarthost_domain - The mail server you want to user as a relay for emails.
-E.g. example.org
+exim_smarthost_domain -
+ The domain of the mail server you want to user as a relay for emails.
+ E.g. example.org
-myexp_cname - The location you intend to host the myExperiment site. This may
-be the same as fq_server_name.
-E.g. myexperiment.example.org
+myexp_cname -
+ The location you intend to host the myExperiment site. This may be the
+ same as fq_server_name.
+ E.g. myexperiment.example.org
== Post-installation configuration ==
-The installer is designed to work on a freshly installed version of Ubuntu and
-will do minimal configuration of myExperiment. To do further configuration
-you will need to edit settings.yml in the config directory of the SVN checkout
-of myExperiment by default this /var/rails/myexperiment/config/.
+The installer is designed to work on a freshly installed version of Ubuntu
+10.04 and will do minimal configuration of myExperiment. To do further
+configuration you will need to edit settings file in the config directory of
+the SVN checkout of myExperiment by default this is:
+
+ /var/rails/myexperiment/config/settings.yml
-Some configuration may require restarting myExperiment using the following command:
+Some configuration may require restarting myExperiment using the command:
-sudo service myexperiment restart
+ sudo service myexperiment restart
== Further Information ==
Please refer to the wiki page:
- http://wiki.myexperiment.org/index.php/Developer:UbuntuInstallation
+ http://wiki.myexperiment.org/index.php/Developer:UbuntuInstallation