PHProjekt how-to for e-smith 4.1 and 5 by: Tyrone miles. www.teesco.com
It took me a few days to get this down but I have it all worked out now and this should help anyone out there to install PHProjekt with ease.
PHProjekt
[Groupware
tool]
PHProjekt is a modular application for the coordination of group activities and
to share information and documents via intranet and internet.
Components of PHProjekt:
"Of
course - open source" - PHProjekt is free software.
Actual version: 3.0a (02.11.2001)
Available languages: Catalan, Chinese (traditional and simplified), Czech, Danish,
Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese,
Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.
The help system is available in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Turkish
and German.
PHProjekt needs PHP4 and a database (mysql/postgres/oracle/informix/ms-sql)
Step 1:
First thing
you want to do is create yourself an “ibay” to hold the files for your
application.
Create an
ibay with the permissions:
Group: (You
can create a group just for this app or use an existing group.)
User access via file sharing or user ftp: Write = Group, Read = Everyone
Public access via web or anonymous ftp: Entire Internet (No password
required)
Execution of dynamic content (CGI, PHP, SSI): Enabled
(This
leaves the directory open to anonymous FTP to be secure make sure you have FTP
off in the remote access section of your e-smith admin page.)
Step 2:
Next you
need to download the setup files to the html folder in the directory you just
made from:
ftp://ftp.phprojekt.com/phprojekt.tar.gz
(Delete the
index.html file from the ibay before you continue.)
Step 3:
Next you
want to go to the console of your server or use telnet to log in as root with
your admin password.
Next you
want to change to the directory that you created and downloaded your file to.
On my computer the path is:
/home/e-smith/files/ibays/project/html (project being the ibay I created)
Step 4:
Check the
directory to make sure the file is there. If it is then you need to now
uncompress the file using the command:
# gunzip phprojekt.tar.gz
Do an “ls”
of the directory and you should now have the file “phprojekt.tar”
Now run the
command:
# tar xvf phprojekt.tar
This should
create all the folders and files you need and you should end up with a folder
named:
phprojekt-X.Xx (Where the X’s are the software
version which could change at anytime)
Next you
need to move all the files out of the phprojekt-X.Xx dir to the root of the html
directory in the ibay you created.
Then
delete the downloaded files and the phprojekt-X.Xx directory. (Double check
that you copied all the files over to the ibay before you delete everything.)
Step
5:
Now
you need to add a database to your mysql server..
Login
using the command : mysql
Use
the command to list what you have: show databases; (Make sure you use the semicolon at the end
of the command) You should get an output similar to this:
+----------+
|
Database |
+----------+
|
horde |
|
mysql |
|
test |
+----------
You
should just have a couple of databases in there like: test, horde and mysql.
If
you get this list then you have access.
Next
you want to create a database using the same name as the ibay you created to
hold your setup files using the command: create database databasename; (Where databasename is
the name you gave the directory you created, mine is project.)
mysql>
create database project;
Query
OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
Use
the show databases; command again to make sure you created it.
mysql>
show databases;
+----------+
|
Database |
+----------+
|
horde |
|
mysql |
|
test |
|
project |
+----------+
If
all went well you should be ready to get the application up and running now.. Use
the exit command to get out of mysql.
Step
6:
This
is the part where it gets sticky. When I first made a database for this app I
assigned a new admin user to the database (For security) with the GRANT ALL
command: But when I went through the application set up process it would not
let the app make tables etc in the database, even though I could make tables using
the command line. So after hours of playing with it I just decided to use the
root admin. Problem is I didn’t know the password until someone told me I could
get the 75 character password out of the file : ldap.pw
To
find the file you can use the locate command:
locate
ldap.pw
it
should be in the dir: /etc/openldap/ldap.pw
Next
you want to copy that file over to the folder where you PHProjekt files are (So
you don’t make changes to the original file by mistake:
cp
/etc/openldap/ldap.pw /home/e-smith/files/ibays/project/html/
Then
you can use pico command to open the file:
Change
to the PHProjekt ibay you made, then use the command:
pico
ldap.pw
All
that should be in it is the mysql root password that you need to copy and paste
or write down because you will need it to config the PHProjekt application.
Once
you get that down you can then move on to configuring the app it’s self.
(If
you can not get the 75 character password to work, you can make it shorter by
using the directions here: http://www.mysql.com/doc/P/a/Passwords.html)
Step
7:
Now
you need to go to a PC that can access your server from the web. You need to go
to the url: http://yourhostname/phprojekt_dir/setup.php
(your
hostname being the name or IP of your server and phprojekt_dir is the ibay you
made.)
You
will come to a set up screen that asks for :
|
Installation |
|
|
language: |
|
|
db_type: |
|
|
|
|
Choose
installation, English and db type: mysql. Then hit submit.
Next
you will come to a screen that will ask for:
Please remark:
Please fill in the fields below
(In few cases the script won't respond.
Cancel the script, close the browser and try it again).