Thank you for selecting RackTables as your datacenter management
solution. Feel free to address your questions to the mailing list
before contacting the authors directly. The project web-site
(http://racktables.org/) is usually kept up to date with the
current version and URLs. And we've got a bugtracker finally :)

Mailing list: <racktables-users/=@=/freelists.org>
Bug tracker and Wiki: http://trac.racktables.org/trac
Authors: <info/=@=/racktables.org>

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*             INSTALLING RACKTABLES                   *
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I. Dependencies.

For database you must have a MySQL server installation version 4.x or 5.x:
Fedora Core 6: yum install mysql-server mysql
Fedora 8: yum install mysql-server mysql
ALTLinux Compact 3.0: apt-get install MySQL-server MySQL-client
ALTLinux Desktop 4.0: apt-get install MySQL-server 

For web-frontend you must have Apache and PHP 5 with PDO extension:
Fedora Core 6: # yum install httpd php php-mysql php-pdo php-gd
Fedora 8: yum install httpd php php-mysql php-pdo php-gd php-snmp

II. Layout
1. Unpack the tarball and make it web-accessible, e.g. http://yourcompany.com/racktables
or http://racktables.mysite.org.
2. Edit install/init-auth.sql and change admin password

III. Database setup
mysql> create database_name;
mysql> use database_name;
mysql> source install/init-structure.sql
mysql> source install/init-auth.sql
$ rm -f install/init-auth.sql
mysql> source install/init-dictbase.sql
mysql> source install/init-dictvendors.sql
mysql> grant all privileges on database_name.* to XXX@YYY identified by 'ZZZ';

Make sure your inc/secret.php matches real values you used in the above request.

IV. $ rm -f install/init-auth.sql
(Just to be sure you did.)

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RackTables now provides an automatic database upgrade feature.
If you already have a working installation, the following
procedure should be sufficient:

0. BACKUP YOUR DATABASE
1. Remove all existing files except inc/secret.php and gateways'
   configuration (in the gateways directory).
2. Unpack the new tarball into the place.
3. Open the RackTables page in your browser.
4. Follow instructions. Normally, everything should be Ok. If it
   is not so, write down the failed quieries for further investigation.