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OpenGnSys Server Installation v. 1.0.3
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Notes
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It is assumed OpenGnSys Server will be installed in a GNU/Linux distro, Ubuntu 10.04 Server LTS or later, Linux Mint 12 or later, Debian 6 or later.


Installation Methods
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There are three basic ways OpenGnSys installation:

    Installation script. Which uses Subversion to download the application.
    Starting from a tar.gz This application is now complete.
    Installation step by step manual. It is obvious the installation script and install each component. 


1. Download the Installation Script

OpenGnSys installation is done by running the installation script opengnsys_installer.sh, which can be downloaded directly from http://www.opengnsys.es/svn/trunk/installer/opengnsys_installer.sh

1.1. Download the script.  Examples with various tools:

        Download with wget.
           wget http://www.opengnsys.es/svn/trunk/installer/opengnsys_installer.sh
        Download with curl.
           curl http://www.opengnsys.es/svn/trunk/installer/opengnsys_installer.sh > opengnsys_installer.sh
        Download with a web browser. Click on the link http://www.opengnsys.es/svn/trunk/installer/opengnsys_installer.sh and save the file as opengnsys_installer.sh 

1.2. Or, installation from tar.gz.

    If we do not have access to Subversion, we will have to download the package tgz from the web.  Access to http://www.opengnsys.es/browser/tags and load it on a server temporary directory.

    Descompress the file:
        tar xvzf opengnsys-version.tar.gz

    Change to the installer directory:
        cd opengnsys/installer


2. Basic Configuration

        For security reasons, it is very important modify defaults users and passwords to access to the system. For this, edit the installation file opengnsys_installer.sh and change the values of configuration variables:
            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD - MySQL root user password.
            OPENGNSYS_DB_USER - OpenGnSys access user and OpenGnSys super-user.
            OPENGNSYS_DB_PASSWD - User password.
            OPENGNSYS_CLIENT_PASSWD - Password for client access to remote services. 


3. Installation process.

The installation script must be run as root:

           sudo bash opengnsys_installer.sh


4. Check the configuration files. 

Init Configuration
        /opt/opengnsys/etc/ogAdmServer.cfg - OpenGnSys Server config file
        /opt/opengnsys/etc/ogAdmRepo.cfg - OpenGnSys Repository config file
        /opt/opengnsys/etc/ogAdmAgent.cfg - OpenGnSys Agent config file
        /opt/opengnsys/client/etc/ogAdmClient.cfg - OpenGnSys Client config file
        /opt/opengnsys/www/controlacceso.php - OpenGnSys Web Admin Console config file 

Configure DHCP server, insert clients data and restart the service.

Access as Administrador in Web Admin Console.
        Use the user and password set in the installer to access to database (variables OPENGNSYS_DB_USER and OPENGNSYS_DB_PASSWD).
        Check the default organizaed configuration and default user. 
    Access as user in Web Admin Console.
        Use the user and password configured as administrador in the Organizational Unit.
        Check the server IP in section "Servidores->Servidor OpenGnSys (Default)".
        If you change the configuration, you must to restart the server: sudo /etc/init.d/opengnsys restart 


Updating OpenGnSys
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Run opengnsys_update.sh script as "root" to update all OpenGnSys components from the Subversion repository:

        sudo bash /opt/opengnsys/lib/opengnsys_update.sh

Follow the instructions.


Uninstalling OpenGnSys
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Run opengnsys_uninstall.sh script as "root" to uninstall all OpenGnSys components:

        sudo bash /opt/opengnsys/lib/opengnsys_uninstall.sh

Follow the instructions.