Note: These directions are not complete, and may contain errors. If you encounter an omission or error, please correct this document.

  1. Request Server Ops setup the standard system user configuration on this system. This will include groups and system users for logs, www, and db.
  2. Secure access to the AMIT Definative Software Library on afs. If you have afs mounts available, it is located at /afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public. If you have an athena account, you can cut and paste the following, replacing the 'dracus' username with your own.
  3. Download the following software from the ISDA software repository onto the system being configured: 
    mkdir -p /home/www/tmp
cd /home/www/tmp
scp dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/Apache/httpd-2.2.4.tar.gz \
    dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/PHP/php-5.2.6.tar.gz \
    dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/common-init/apache_home.sh \
    dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/common-init/web \
    /home/www/tmp
  4. Check that the Apache installed is greater then version 2.2.3. If it is not, and this is RHEL 5 or greater, use YUM to install it. 
    yum -y install httpd-2.2.3 httpd-devel-2.2.3
  5. If the installed Apache is version 2.2.3 or greater, link the config directories into place. 
    mkdir /home/www/apache-2.2.3
ln -s /home/www/apache-2.2.3 /home/www/apache
scp -r dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/Apache/config-files/conf \
dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/Apache/config-files/logs \
dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/Apache/config-files/htdocs \
dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/Apache/config-files/icons \
dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/Apache/config-files/man\*  \
/home/www/apache
scp dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/common-init/apache_home.sh \
dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/common-init/web \
/home/www/tmp
chown -R www:www /home/www
mv /etc/httpd /etc/httpd.bak
ln -s /home/www/apache /etc/httpd
ln -s /usr/lib64/httpd/modules /home/www/apache/modules
  6. If the current version of MySQL is below 5.0, or if MySQL is not installed, update it to a recent version.
    1. Download the needed packages for RHEL 4 or 5.
      • RHEL 5, 32 bit 
        mkdir -p /home/db/tmp
cd /home/db/tmp
scp dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/MySQL/5.0.45/rhel5/i386/* \
dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/MySQL/perl-DBI-1.52-1.rhel5.i386.rpm \
/home/db/tmp
      • On RHEL 5, 64 bit systems, we are able to use the OS provided version of MySQL (5.0.45), installed through yum. 
        yum -y install mysql-server
      • RHEL 4 
        mkdir /home/db/tmp
cd /home/db/tmp
scp root@trogdor:/opt/software-repository-tmp/MySQL/MySQL-client-community-5.0.45-0.rhel4.i386.rpm \
root@trogdor:/opt/software-repository-tmp/MySQL/MySQL-server-community-5.0.45-0.rhel4.i386.rpm \
root@trogdor:/opt/software-repository-tmp/MySQL/MySQL-shared-community-5.0.45-0.rhel4.i386.rpm \
root@trogdor:/opt/software-repository-tmp/MySQL/MySQL-shared-compat-5.0.45-0.rhel4.i386.rpm \
root@trogdor:/opt/software-repository-tmp/MySQL/MySQL-test-community-5.0.45-0.rhel4.i386.rpm \
root@trogdor:/opt/software-repository-tmp/MySQL/perl-DBI-1.52-1.fc6.i386.rpm \
root@trogdor:/opt/software-repository-tmp/MySQL/my.cnf \
/home/db/tmp
    2. Stop the MySQL server if it is running, remove the old version, and install the new one.
      • RHEL 4 
        /etc/init.d/mysql stop
rpm -ev cyrus-sasl-sql-2.1.19-5.EL4.i386
rpm -ev dovecot-0.99.11-4.EL4.i386
rpm -ev mysql-4.1.20-1.RHEL4.1.i386
rpm -ev mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1.i386
rpm -ivh MySQL-client-community-5.0.45-0.rhel4.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh MySQL-test-community-5.0.45-0.rhel4.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh MySQL-devel-community-5.0.45-0.rhel4.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh MySQL-server-community-5.0.45-0.rhel4.i386.rpm
      • RHEL 5, 32 bit 
        /etc/init.d/mysql stop
rpm -ev cyrus-sasl-sql
rpm -ev dovecot
rpm -ev mysql
rpm -ev mysqlclient10
rpm -ivh perl-DBI-1.52-1.rhel5.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh MySQL-client-community-5.0.45-0.rhel5.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh MySQL-test-community-5.0.45-0.rhel5.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh MySQL-devel-community-5.0.45-0.rhel5.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh MySQL-server-community-5.0.45-0.rhel5.i386.rpm
      • On RHEL 5, 64 bit system, we have already installed MySQL using yum.
  7. Stop the MySQL server and reconfigure my.cnf. The MySQL server startups as part of the rpm install process. 
    /etc/init.d/mysql stop
mv /var/lib/mysql /home/db
chown -R db:db /home/db ; chmod 755 /home/db
cd /etc/
scp dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/MySQL/my.cnf . # this one seems busted; steal my.cnf from some working machine --amb
/etc/init.d/mysql start
    • Be certain to use the my.cnf file from the ISDA software repository, as it sets the database user to be 'db' (and not the default 'mysql'), and put the home and data directories into /home/db.
  8. Install OpenSSL and setup certificates.
    • If the version of OpenSSL is greater the 0.9.8, skip the install step. 
      openssl version
    • Install OpenSSL, if needed. 
      mkdir /home/www/tmp
cd /home/www/tmp
tar -xzvf /root/openssl-0.9.8a.tar.gz
cd openssl-0.9.8a
./config --prefix=/home/www/ssl --openssldir=/home/www/ssl
make
make install
  9. Setup certificates
    1. Create home directories for ssl. 
      mkdir /home/www/ssl
mkdir /home/www/ssl/certs
mkdir /home/www/ssl/private
    2. get the MIT CA cert from http://ca.mit.edu/mitClient.crt and save it as /home/www/ssl/certs/mitClient.crt and convert mitCA.crt to pem format: 
      cd /home/www/ssl/certs/
wget http://ca.mit.edu/mitClient.crt
openssl x509 -in mitClient.crt -inform DER -outform PEM -out mitCA.pem
    3. Alternatively, download mitCA.pem from the MAP repository. 
      scp dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/common-init/mitCA.pem /home/www/ssl/certs
    4. Generate rsa key. This simply generates some random stuff: 
      ps > /tmp/foo
ps -elf >> /tmp/foo # this is pretty bad.  /dev/random may be a better bet. --amb
openssl genrsa -rand /tmp/foo 1024 >/home/www/ssl/private/`hostname`-key.pem
    5. Generate request for a certificate 
      cd /home/www/ssl/private
chmod 700 .
openssl req -key `hostname`-key.pem -new > ../certs/`hostname`-req.pem
      send the file /usr/local/ssl/certs/`hostname`-req.pem to mitcert@mit.edu,
      • Please be aware, the organization (O) is Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the common name (CN) is the name of the server or service, including the domain name (.mit.edu).  Also, some servers, such as Thalia servers, can represent an entire subdomain.  These servers will need certificates issued with a wildcard in the domain name, such as *.isda-thalia-1.mit.edu.
      • Remember, if the server is a Thalia server, if will need a wildcard certificate and DNS record for *.[hostname], and if it is doing any type of authentication, it will need a joint client/server certificate to be able to connect to the Shibboleth server (and have end users connect to it as well).
    6. Also generate a self signed temporary certificate, add the x509 and nodes options to the openssl command line. This will allow continuation of the install process while waiting for the official certificate to be generated. 
      cd /home/www/ssl/private
openssl req -key `hostname`-key.pem -new -x509 -nodes > ../certs/`hostname`-temp-cert.pem
    7. When you receive a certificate from MIT Certificates, save it as /home/www/ssl/certs/`hostname`-cert.pem
      • to look at a request: 
        openssl req -in ./req.pem -text
      • to look at the private key: 
        openssl rsa -in /home/www/ssl/private/`hostname`-key.pem -text
      • to look at the server certificate: 
        openssl x509 -in /home/www/ssl/certs/`hostname`-cert.pem -text
  10. Install Apache. If you are using RHEL 5, skip this step. 
    cd /home/www/tmp
tar \-xzvf /root/httpd-2.2.4.tar.gz
cd httpd-2.2.4
./configure \--prefix=/home/www/apache-2.2.4 \--enable-ssl \
\--with-ssl=/home/www/ssl \
\--enable-modules="most mod_rewrite"  \--enable-so
make
make install
ln \-s /home/www/apache-2.2.4 /home/www/apache
  11. Install additional packages to support PHP, and build it. 
    cd /home/www/tmp
scp dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/PHP/php-5.2.6.tar.gz .
yum -y remove php php-common php-cli php-ldap
yum -y install libxml2-devel
yum -y install openssl-devel
yum -y install ncurses-devel
yum -y install e2fsprogs-devel
yum -y install krb5-devel
yum -y install libidn-devel
yum -y install bzip2-devel
yum -y install curl-devel
yum -y install libpng-devel
yum -y install gmp-devel
yum -y install libxslt-devel libxslt-python
yum -y install openldap-devel
yum -y install httpd-devel
yum -y install mysql-devel
tar -xzvf php-5.2.6.tar.gz
cd php-5.2.6
./configure --enable-shared --with-mysql=shared --with-kerberos=/usr/kerberos \
 --with-jpeg-dir --with-libdir=lib64 --prefix=/home/www/php-5.2.6 --with-apxs2 \
--enable-fastcgi --with-openssl --with-mysql-sock=/home/db/mysql/mysql.sock \
--with-mysqli=shared --enable-sockets --enable-soap=shared \
--with-openssl-dir=/home/www/ssl --with-pear=/usr/share/pear \
--enable-bcmath=shared --with-bz2=shared --enable-calendar=shared \
--with-curl=shared --enable-dba=shared --enable-exif=shared --enable-ftp=shared \
--with-gd=shared --with-gmp=shared --without-iconv --with-ldap=shared \
--enable-mbstring=shared --with-ncurses --enable-pcntl --with-pcre-dir \
--with-pdo_mysql=shared --with-pdo_sqlite=shared --enable-posix \
--enable-reflection --enable-session --enable-shmop --enable-simplexml \
--enable-sockets --enable-spl --enable-sysvmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm \
--enable-tokenizer --disable-wddx --enable-xml=shared --enable-xmlreader=shared \
--enable-xmlwriter=shared --with-xsl --enable-zip --enable-filter --enable-hash \
--enable-json --enable-dom --enable-pdo=shared --with-sqlite=shared --enable-libxml
make
make test
make install
cd /usr/local
ln -s php-5.2.6 php
scp dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/PHP/php.ini /usr/local/php/lib
scp dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/PHP/phpinfo.php /home/www/apache/html
chown -R www:www /home/www
  12. Configure PHP
  13. Configure Apache
    1. edit /home/www/apache/conf/httpd.conf (N.B.: May not be necessary after above configuration steps, but do check..)
      • edit the following directives: 
        ServerRoot "/home/www/apache"          # change to apache home directory
User www                               # change from daemon
Group www                              # change from daemon
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf   # Uncomment
Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf      # Uncomment
      • add to /home/www/apache/conf/httpd.conf, and the bottom of the other includes: 
        # PHP module includes

LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so
AddHandler php5-script .php
AddType text/html .php
DirectoryIndex index.php
\#AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
    2. edit /home/www/apache/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf to have ONLY one of the following VirtualHost blocks: 
      <VirtualHost *:80>
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://hostname.mit.edu/$1 [L,R]

</VirtualHost>
    3. To prevent some web pages from being redirected to https, add an escape clause between "RewriteEngine On" and the RewriteRule: 
      RewriteCond %
{REQUEST_URI}
\!/WarehouseService
    4. edit /home/www/apache/conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf and alter the following directives: 
      # points to directory for static html files
DocumentRoot "/home/www/apache/htdocs"
# the servername of the server
ServerName gybe.mit.edu:443
# the admins of this server
ServerAdmin map-support@mit.edu
# error log file
ErrorLog /home/www/apache/logs/error_log
# access log file
TransferLog /home/www/apache/logs/access_log
# public server certificate
SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/ssl/certs/gybe.mit.edu.pem
# private server certificate
SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/ssl/private/https-key.pem
\#certificate path
SSLCACertificatePath /usr/local/ssl/certs
# certificate authority key
SSLCACertificateFile /usr/local/ssl/certs/mitCA.pem

SSLVerifyClient require
SSLVerifyDepth 10
      • Set the allow and deny line for "<Directory />" section from "Deny from all" to "Allow from all" if you are testing the SSL configuration.
    5. add the following after the '<Directory "/home/www/apache/cgi-bin">' block in /home/www/apache/conf/extras/httpd-ssl.conf 
      SSLOptions +StdEnvVars +ExportCertData
  14. Setup the home and init scripts, and link them into runlevels 
    cp /home/www/tmp/web /etc/init.d
cp /home/www/tmp/apache_home.sh /etc/profile.d/
    1. edit the variables in the top section of the web file to use the directories and binaries correct for this system
    2. be certain to check if apache is using a httpdctl or apachectl starter program, usually contained in /home/www/apache/bin, and set the apachectl variable accordingly
    3. set web to be executable 
      chmod a+rx,a-w /etc/init.d/web /etc/profile.d/apache_home.sh
    4. link startweb and stopweb to the web program, from wherever it is located, and link start scripts in /etc/init.d: (this should be turned into a one-line chkconfig invocation --amb) 
      ln -s /etc/init.d/web /root/startweb
ln -s /etc/init.d/web /root/stopweb
ln -s /etc/init.d/web /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K15web
ln -s /etc/init.d/web /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/K15web
ln -s /etc/init.d/web /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K15web
ln -s /etc/init.d/web /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/K15web
ln -s /etc/init.d/web /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/K15web
ln -s /etc/init.d/web /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K15web
ln -s /etc/init.d/web /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S15web
ln -s /etc/init.d/web /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S15web
ln -s /etc/init.d/web /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S15web
ln -s /etc/init.d/web /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S15web
  15. update paths in /etc/profile, by adding the following line in the path manipulation code block (you can find it by searching for /usr/local/sbin) 
    pathmunge /usr/local/bin
pathmunge /usr/kerberos/bin
  16. If this is going to be a SDLS server, install Zend Platform. Otherwise, skip this step.
    1. Go to the web user temp directory, install the Zend Platform installer from Trogdor, and untar it.
      • If this is a 32 bit system, use the 32 bit installer. 
        cd /home/www/tmp
scp root@trogdor:/opt/software-repository-tmp/PHP/ZendPlatform-3.6.2-linux-glibc23-i386.tar.gz .
tar \-xzvf ZendPlatform-3.6.2-linux-glibc23-i386.tar.gz
cd ZendPlatform-3.6.2-linux-glibc23-i386
      • If this is a 64 bit system, use the 64 bit installer. 
        cd /home/www/tmp
scp root@trogdor:/opt/software-repository-tmp/PHP/ZendPlatform-3.6.2-linux-glibc23-x86_64.tar.gz .
tar \-xzvf ZendPlatform-3.6.2-linux-glibc23-x86_64.tar.gz
cd ZendPlatform-3.6.2-linux-glibc23-x86_64
    2. Check that /usr/lib is listed in /etc/ld.so.conf and update it if not. 
      echo /usr/lib/ >> /etc/ld.so.conf
ldconfig
    3. Shutdown Apache and (temporarily) disable vhosts and ssl. Zend Platform will not install if they are configured. 
      /etc/init.d/web stop
      • Comment out the following lines in /home/www/apache/conf/httpd.conf: 
        \#Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
\#Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
    4. Change to the Zend installer directory and start the installer. 
      cd /home/www/tmp/ZendPlatform-3.6.2-linux-glibc23-x86_64
./install
    5. Press enter through the opening screens, and accept their license.
    6. Pick option #4, 'Manually specify a different web server' when they ask you which web server to use.
    7. Give the path to the apachectl program.
      • If this is a OS installed version of Apache, give it the standard OS path. 
        /usr/sbin/apachectl
      • If this is a custom build of Apache, give the Apache bin directory for the web user. 
        /home/www/apache/bin/apachectl
    8. Select yes to autodetect the configuration directories, and confirm the startup command.
    9. Once the Zend installer detects the directories, confirm the directories listed are correct.
      • The PID file directory will need to be changed to include the full path: /home/www/apache-2.2.3/log/httpd.pid
      • The URL will need to FQDN: http://ist-dev-sdls1.mit.edu:80
      • Then press '<Ok.>'
    10. Select 'Custom installation'.
    11. Select 'Cluster Manager/Standalone server'.
    12. Specify '/home/www/Zend/Platform' as the install directory.
    13. Specify 'ZendPlatform' as the directory for administrative files. It will be created under /home/www/apache/htdocs.
    14. Enter and confirm a password. Make it unique, secure, etc. You will need to enter it twice.
    15. Review the install preferences, and if they are correct, press '<Yes>'.
    16. Enable Web Services.
    17. Do not configure a Java bridge.
    18. Enable Session Clustering.
    19. Enable High Availability mode.
    20. Skip the domain name cookie.
    21. Select the IP address of the system being configured to use for session clustering.
    22. Enter the number of processors on the system (available in /proc/cpuinfo). This is '1' for VMs.
    23. Cache data to the hard disk.
    24. Accept the default cache size.
    25. If this is a stand alone server, use '127.0.1.*' for the clustering IP range. If it is part of a larger cluster, put the IP addresses of the other systems in here.
    26. Select 'Write Through' to store cached sessions.
    27. Enable Job Queues.
    28. Select the IP address of the system being configured to use for Job Queues.
    29. Enter `FQDN`:10003 for the URL and port for Job Queues.
    30. Enter and confirm a password for Job Queues.
    31. Enter an alias for the Queue server. May only contain letters and numbers. Example: 'sdlstestqueue'
    32. Enter the IP address of the system being configured and the IP cluster range from above.
    33. After a couple of minutes of processing, you should get an installation report. If all components installed successfully, press enter 3 times to get out of the installer. If not, get out of the installer, use the uninstall script in /home/www/Zend/Platform/bin/uninstall_Plat.sh to remove the installation, and move the php.ini file from /etc before making corrections and trying again.
    34. If Zend Platform has been successfully installed, reconfigure Apache to use SSL and Vhosts by uncommenting their associated lines in /home/www/apache/conf/httpd.conf, and bounce Apache with /etc/init.d/web.
  17. Install the PHP info file. 
    scp dracus@athena.dialup.mit.edu:/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/amit-dsl/Public/PHP/phpinfo.php /home/www/apache/htdocs/
  18. Make certain all files have appropriate ownership. 
    chown -R www:www /home/www
  19. To start and stop tomcat and apache, use the initialization scripts in /etc/init.d. Be certain to leave them running when you are finished.
    • starting 
      /etc/init.d/web start
    • stopping 
      /etc/init.d/web stop
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