How to set up Sql-Ledger to serve from AOLserver
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Install SQL-Ledger with the following modifications:
Note that I'm using this on an isolated LAN so have not done any testing to verify the integrity of SQL-Ledger security on it.
Be sure AOLserver is installed, and shutdown.
- Get SQL-Ledger.
- Follow the directions for INSTALLATION WITHOUT setup.pl. Be sure to skip using the sql-ledger supplied "setup.pl" file.
We adapt the instructions for setting setting up httpd (aolserver's nsd in this case):
- Download and build the AOLserver nscgi module. Usually nscgi is already included with the AOLserver distribution.
You can see examples of how to build AOLserver modules by reading the AOLserver install docs for OpenACS 5.2.
In the OpenACS config.tcl file, activate the nscgi module in this section:
ns_section ns/server/${server}/modules
ns_param nscgi ${bindir}/nscgi.so
And modify the nscgi module configuration in config.tcl to something like this:
ns_section "ns/server/${server}/module/nscgi"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger /usr/local/sql-ledger"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/css /usr/local/sql-ledger/css"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger /usr/local/sql-ledger" # ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/css /usr/local/sql-ledger/css" # there is no need to post to css files ;)
ns_param Interps CGIinterps ns_section "ns/interps/CGIinterps" ns_param .pl "/usr/bin/perl"
Security: Jon Griffin has some advice about nscgi and security at http://jongriffin.com/static/consultant/nscgi For greater security, map each .pl file individually that is in the directories mapped above. For example:
# ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger /usr/local/sql-ledger"
# becomes:
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/admin.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/admin.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/login.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/login.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/am.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/am.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/ap.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/ap.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/ar.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/ar.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/bp.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/bp.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/ca.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/ca.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/cp.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/cp.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/ct.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/ct.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/gl.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/gl.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/hr.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/hr.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/ic.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/ic.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/ir.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/ir.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/is.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/is.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/jc.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/jc.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/menu.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/menu.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/oe.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/oe.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/pe.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/pe.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/ps.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/ps.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/rc.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/rc.pl"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/rp.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/rp.pl"
# skipping: setup.pl
# have to specify images too:
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/favicon.ico /usr/local/sql-ledger/favicon.ico"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/sql-ledger.gif /usr/local/sql-ledger/sql-ledger.gif"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/sql-ledger.png /usr/local/sql-ledger/sql-ledger.png"
# ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/css /usr/local/sql-ledger/css/"
# becomes:
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/css/sql-ledger-blue.css /usr/local/sql-ledger/css/sql-ledger-blue.css"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/css/sql-ledger-brown.css /usr/local/sql-ledger/css/sql-ledger-brown.css"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/css/sql-ledger-purple.css /usr/local/sql-ledger/css/sql-ledger-purple.css"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/css/sql-ledger-red.css /usr/local/sql-ledger/css/sql-ledger-red.css"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/css/sql-ledger-yellow.css /usr/local/sql-ledger/css/sql-ledger-yellow.css"
ns_param map "GET /sql-ledger/css/sql-ledger.css /usr/local/sql-ledger/css/sql-ledger.css"
# ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger /usr/local/sql-ledger"
# becomes:
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/admin.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/admin.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/login.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/login.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/am.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/am.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/ap.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/ap.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/ar.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/ar.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/bp.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/bp.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/ca.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/ca.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/cp.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/cp.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/ct.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/ct.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/gl.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/gl.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/hr.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/hr.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/ic.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/ic.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/ir.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/ir.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/is.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/is.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/jc.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/jc.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/menu.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/menu.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/oe.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/oe.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/pe.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/pe.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/ps.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/ps.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/rc.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/rc.pl"
ns_param map "POST /sql-ledger/rp.pl /usr/local/sql-ledger/rp.pl"
# skipping setup.pl
Do *not* put the SQL-Ledger directory in the AOLserver's pageroot directory. Put sql-ledger dir in the /usr/local directory per SL docs:
mv sql-ledger /usr/local/.
# set permissions to match the rest of the aolserver files, for example: cd /usr/local/ chown -R nsadmin:web sql-ledger chmod -R 770 sql-ledger
cd /usr/local/sql-ledger chmod 640 *.gif chmod 640 *.png chmod 640 *.ico cd css chmod 660 *.css
Follow the SL directions to create a SQL-Ledger database and user for PostgreSQL, and proceed with the configuration in the SL README. Hopefully you see a login page at http://yourservername:port/sql-ledger/admin.pl and are able to follow standard SQL-Ledger configuration directions.
