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
+
+II. Prepare the server.
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
+2. mysql> create database_name; grant all privileges on database_name.* to XXX@YYY identified by 'ZZZ';
+
+
+There are two mutually exclusive ways to install RackTables, they are described as III-A and III-B.
+
+
+III-A. HTTP installation (starting with 0.14.12 release)
+Open your RackTables URL and follow the instructions. In a suitable
+environment everything should take a minute or so.
+
-III. Database setup
-mysql> create database_name;
+III-B. Manual installation.
+1. Edit install/init-auth.sql and change admin password
+
+2. Init database.
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.
+3. Edit inc/secret.php
-IV. $ rm -f install/init-auth.sql
+4. $ rm -f install/init-auth.sql
(Just to be sure you did.)
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4. Follow instructions. Normally, everything should be Ok. If it
is not so, write down the failed quieries for further investigation.
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+* RELEASE NOTES *
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Upgrading to 0.14.12
The upgrade may show a failed query "alter database character set utf8", in
this case the user should issue the query manually from the mysql command