Installing the Alephino server under Unix/Linux

Start script setup.sh which is contained in the installation package, after having assigned executive permissions to it:

$ chmod +x setup.sh
$ ./setup.sh

The installation itself should be performed under the identity of a "regular" user; preferably, before starting the installation, a user and a separate 'Alephino' group are defined.
The installation programm answers with:

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Installation Alephino 5.0 (c) ExLibris(D) GmbH 2014
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(Protocol can be found in /home/alephino/alephino_50.prot)

Operating system: SunOS 5.10

Please enter target directory for Alephino :

Your operating system (i.e. SunOS) is supported. Otherwise the installation would end here with the message:

sorry - OS not supported!

Installation aborted

Now enter the (absolute) path for the root of your Alephino installation (in the example /work/alephino). If the specified directory doesn't exist it will be automatically created after confirmation of a corresponding inquiry. Make sure that you have the required write privileges in the target file system. In case of success you receive the following messages from the installation program:

Directory /work/alephino_50 doesn't exist.
Should it be created? (y/n):y

For the update procedure the installation directory of the currently operated Alephino server is needed.
Please note, that the Alephino server process must be shut down before continuing.

Update from Release 3.0 or 4.x? (y/n): y
Where Alephino can be found? :

Then you'll be asked for IP address or -even better- network name of the Alephino server.
Enter here the address (resp. the network name) under which the Alephino Web services should be reachable in your local network.
Please note that the default values (see 'uname -n') suggested by the installation program correspond to a code which is often not valid for your Alephino server in the entire network.

Please enter IP address or network name of the server in order
to configure Alephino Web services: alephino.mydomain.de

For sending e-mails from the Web OPAC setup needs the following information:

Please enter IP address or network name of SMTP-server,
to be used by Alephino: mail.mydomain.de

Please enter a valid email to be used as sender address
for Web-OPAC mail messages: alephino@mydomain.de

Next step is to specify the port numbers which are needed by setup to create virtual servers for Apache. The default values 8070 and 8040 are due to historical reasons according to earlier Alephino releases; they are not mandatory.

Please enter port number for the Web-OPAC: 8070
Please enter port number for the Web-Administration: 8040

After this, a summary is displayed of all the information you've entered so far:

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Installation Alephino 5.0 (c) ExLibris(D) GmbH 2014
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(Protocol can be found in /home/alephino/alephino_50.prot)

Target directory: /work/alephino_50
Server name or IP address: alephino.mydomain.de
SMTP-server: mail.mydomain.de Sender: alephino@mydomain.de
OPAC-port: 8070 Admin-port: 8040
Update Release 3.0 from: /work/alephino_30

Do you want to start with the above values now? (y/n):

At this point you have the opportunity to quit the installation. Once you've confirmed with 'y'(es), the installation procedure will start; after it's successfully completed you'll get the following messages:

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Installation Alephino 5.0 (c) ExLibris(D) GmbH 2014
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(Protocol can be found in /home/alephino/alephino_50.prot)

1) Preparing Alephino runtime environment...
2) Preparing scripts...
3) Copying programs for SunOS 5.10...
4) Set access permissions...
5) Creating Apache configuration...
6) Creating Web-OPAC configuration...
7) Cleaning up...

If you choose "update" installation, an additional set of messages appears:

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Installation Alephino 5.0 (c) ExLibris(D) GmbH 2014
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(Protocol can be found in /home/alephino/alephino_50.prot)

1) Copying license and user file...
2) Copying patron photographs...
3) Copying update utilities...

or (for upgrade from version 4.x)

3) Copying databases...

Installation successfully completed <ENTER>

Finally, some instructions for completing the installation are displayed:

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Installation Alephino 5.0    (c) ExLibris(D) GmbH 2014
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       (Protocol can be found in /home/alephino/alephino_50.prot)

In order to complete your installation, please:

1) copy license file alephino.lic into
    directory /work/alephino_50/etc

2) Add Web-services to httpd.conf using directive:
    Include /work/alephino_50/vhost.alephino

3) If digital repository has been used:
    Move directory "objects" from /work/alephino_41/data to /work/alephino_50/data