This is a brief tutorial on installing and running tomcat in Linux.

Prerequisites:
Java SDK should be installed.

Tested in CentOS 5.X

1. Download Java SDK from sun.com website

http://java.sun.com/javaee/downloads/index.jsp

In this tutorial, we will be using Java EE 5 SDK

2. Install Java SDK, any location is ok.

[root@flt ~]# cd /home/darwin
[root@flt darwin]# chmod +x java_ee_sdk-5_01-linux.bin
[root@flt darwin]# ./java_ee_sdk-5_01-linux.bin

You will see something like this

[root@flt darwin]# ./java_ee_sdk-5_01-linux.bin
Checking available disk space…
Checking Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment…
Extracting Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment files…
Extracting installation files…
Launching Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment…

You are running the installation program for Java Platform, Enterprise Edition
5 SDK. This program asks you to supply configuration preference settings that
it uses to install the server.

Just follow the steps, type yes to agree, “<” to go back, “!” to exits
* set Java Environment Variables

Installation Directory [/opt/SDK] {”<” goes back, “!” exits}: /home/darwin
Supply the admin user’s password and override any of the other initial
configuration settings as necessary.
Admin User [admin] {”<” goes back, “!” exits}:
Admin User’s Password (8 chars minimum):
Re-enter Password:
Do you want to store admin user name and password in .asadminpass file in
user’s home directory [yes] {”<” goes back, “!” exits}?
Admin Port [4848] {”<” goes back, “!” exits}:
HTTP Port [8080] {”<” goes back, “!” exits}:
HTTPS Port [8181] {”<” goes back, “!” exits}:

The following items for the product Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 SDK
will be installed:

Product: Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 SDK
Location: /home/darwin
Space Required: 215.65 MB
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Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition 5.0
Sun Java System Message Queue 4.0
Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9 Update 1
Sample Applications
Java BluePrints
First Cup of Java Tutorial
Open ESB Starter Kit with JBI and BPEL

Ready to Install

1. Install Now
2. Start Over
3. Exit Installation

What would you like to do [1] {”<” goes back, “!” exits}? 1

Installing Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 SDK
|-1%————–25%—————–50%–Dec 9, 2009 6:52:55 AM com.sun.jbi.installer.OpenEsbInstaller main
INFO: OpenESB Starter Kit successfully installed in /home/darwin/addons/jbi
—————75%————–100%|

Installation Successful.

3.Set the Java Environment variables

[root@flt ~]# export JAVA_HOME=/home/darwin/jdk
[root@flt ~]# echo $PATH
/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin
[root@flt ~]# export PATH=$PATH:${JAVA_HOME}/bin
[root@flt ~]# echo $PATH
/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin:/home/darwin/jdk/bin

4. Test Java by displaying the version

[root@flt ~]# java -version

java version “1.5.0_09″
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_09-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_09-b03, mixed mode)

5. Download Tomcat from tomcat.apache.org website

if you want to download apache tomcat ver.5.5.x, get it from http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi

For this tutorial, we will be downloading and installing version 6.0, get it from http://tomcat.apache.org/download-60.cgi

#cd /usr/local/src
# wget http://www.ip97.com/apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-6/v6.0.20/bin/apache-tomcat-6.0.20.tar.gz

6.Extract the binary tarball file

[root@flt src]# tar zxvf apache-tomcat-6.0.20.tar.gz

7. Install Tomcat

[root@flt src]# cd apache-tomcat-6.0.20
[root@flt apache-tomcat-6.0.20]# cd bin
[root@flt bin]# tar zxvf jsvc.tar.gz
[root@flt bin]# cd jsvc-src/
[root@flt jsvc-src]# chmod +x configure
[root@flt jsvc-src]# ./configure
[root@flt jsvc-src]#make
[root@flt jsvc-src]#cp jsvc ..
[root@flt jsvc-src]#cd ..

8. Run tomcat

[root@flt bin]# ./startup.sh

It will show something like:
Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/src/apache-tomcat-6.0.20
Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/src/apache-tomcat-6.0.20
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/src/apache-tomcat-6.0.20/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /home/darwin/jdk

9. Using your favorite browser, type http://serverip:8080

You should see the Apache tomcat default homepage, meaning tomcat was successfully installed

Notes: If you did not see the default tomcat page, you can try this following troubleshooting steps
a. Check if tomcat is running using ps
e.g.

[root@flt bin]# ps -ef |grep tomcat

It will show something like:
root 5872 1 1 07:24 pts/2 00:00:03 /home/darwin/jdk/bin/java
-Djava.util.logging.config.file=/usr/local/src/apache-tomcat-6.0.20/conf/logging.properties
-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager
-Djava.endorsed.dirs=/usr/local/src/apache-tomcat-6.0.20/endorsed -classpath
:/usr/local/src/apache-tomcat-6.0.20/bin/bootstrap.jar -Dcatalina.base=/usr/local/src/apache-tomcat-6.0.20
-Dcatalina.home=/usr/local/src/apache-tomcat-6.0.20 -Djava.io.tmpdir=/usr/local/src/apache-tomcat-6.0.20/temp org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start

b.check if tcp port 8080 is open or on “LISTEN” status
e.g.

[root@flt bin]# netstat -an |grep 8080

It will show something like:
tcp 0 0 :::8080 :::* LISTEN

* you can also use nmap port scanner to verify

[root@flt bin]# nmap localhost

If port is open, you can see something like:
8080/tcp open http-proxy

c. check if the tcp port 8080 is allowed in your iptables, if you don’t have a customized script, you can add it on your “setup” firewall configuration or in your /etc/sysconfig iptables, add this

-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m state –state NEW -m tcp –dport 8080 -j ACCEPT

10. Test tomcat if it can display html

a. Go to webapps/ROOT in the tomcat directory and create a test page titled test.html and write in it

This is a tomcat test html page!

b. Open the URL http://serverip:8080/test.html you should see your page

11. Test tomcat if it can display java server pages (jsp)

a. Go to webapps/ROOT in the tomcat directory and create page test.jsp and write in it:

<html>
<head>
<title>Hello World</title>
<%!
String message = “Hello World!Tomcat is running.”;
%>
</head>
<body>
<hr color=”#000000″ />
<center>
<h2><font color=”#3366cc”><%= message%></font></h2>
<h3><font color=”#0000ff”><%= new java.util.Date() %> </font></h3>
<hr color=”#000000″ />
</center>
</body>
</html>
b.save and open in your browser, http://serveriplocalhost:8080/test.jsp

you should see the “Hello World!Tomcat is running” and below that is the current date

11. Shutting down tomcat process
a. Go to tomcat bin directory

[root@flt bin]# ./shutdown.sh

It will display something like:
Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/src/apache-tomcat-6.0.20
Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/src/apache-tomcat-6.0.20
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/src/apache-tomcat-6.0.20/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /home/darwin/jdk

Quick Tip: Installing as a service and auto-boot in start up

A.  Create tomcat file under /etc/init.d directory and put the script below

[root@flt bin]# cd /etc/init.d/
[root@flt init.d]# vi tomcat

here’s the script:

—————————————————————————————————————————————-

# This is the init script for starting up the
#  Jakarta Tomcat server
#
# chkconfig: 345 91 10
# description: Starts and stops the Tomcat daemon.
#

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Get config.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

# Check that networking is up.
[ "${NETWORKING}" = "no" ] && exit 0

tomcat=/usr/local/src/apache-tomcat-6.0.20
startup=$tomcat/bin/startup.sh
shutdown=$tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
export JAVA_HOME=/home/dar/jdk

start(){

echo -n $”Starting Tomcat service: ”
#daemon -c
$startup
RETVAL=$?
echo
}

stop(){
action $”Stopping Tomcat service: ” $shutdown
RETVAL=$?
echo
}

restart(){
stop
start
}

# See how we were called.
case “$1″ in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
status)
# This doesn’t work
status tomcat
;;
restart)
restart
;;
*)
echo $”Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart}”
exit 1
esac

exit 0

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B. Replace the variables based on your setup:

tomcat=/usr/local/src/apache-tomcat-6.0.20
startup=$tomcat/bin/startup.sh
shutdown=$tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
export JAVA_HOME=/home/dar/jdk

C. Make tomcat file executable

[root@flt init.d]# chmod 755 tomcat

D.  Try to start and stop tomcat by issuing the command

[root@flt init.d]# service tomcat start
[root@flt init.d]# service tomcat stop

E.  Type “setup” to check under System services if “tomcat” already selected to boot during start-up,if not you can issue this command

[root@flt init.d]# chkconfig –add tomcat

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This release touts huge improvement in support for tablets accompanied by tweaks to our favorite software such as a new pen preset tool in Inkscape, Brush dynamics tool in Gimp, Handwriting recognition tool named Cellwriter, a notes taking application (Xournal) to name a few.

To see the  other new features you will find in Fedora 12, you can follow this link below:

Fedora 12 Release Announcement: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-November/msg00006.html
Fedora 12 Announcement: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Announcement
Fedora 12 In-dept features: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:F12_in-depth_features
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Oct 29,2009

“The latest version of Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) has been released. Offering numerous enhancements for both desktop and server environments, this release includes notable features like Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud images, the Ubuntu One “personal cloud”, and Linux kernel version 2.6.31. Please be sure to use a release mirror close to your geographic location to help reduce the stress on Ubuntu’s primary servers; using BitTorrent for downloads can help alleviate the load even more. If your organization has adequate network and server resources, please consider hosting a mirror as well.”

For new features of Ubuntu 9.10 , you can go directly to official Ubuntu website http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/910features

with 8.04, wifi (using WPA-PSK at home) is not working and sound is looping
with 9.04, wifi is ok but audio playback is damn too slow.

8.04 or known as hardy heron, I have no wifi. I tried to use ndiswrapper to use my windows drivers but no avail. I have an Ralink RT61 chipset and tried installing it’s linux drivers but failed. Here’s what I did:
a. download driver from ralinktech.com
b. uncompress the tarball file “2005_1230_RT61_Linux_STA_Drv1.0.3.0.tar.gz”  and follow the readme for installing

$ sudo cp Makefile.6 Makefile
$ sudo make all
$ sudo mkdir /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/
$ sudo cp *.bin /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/.
$ sudo cp rt61sta.dat /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/.

c. edit /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/rt61sta.dat

$ cd /etc/Wireless/RT61STA
$ sudo vi -b rt61sta.dat

d. copy the rt61.ko driver file to the modules folder, after that load it

$ sudo cp rt61.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/.
$ sudo depmod
$ sudo modprobe rt61

e. check if driver loaded

$iwconfig

I can connect thru unsecured wifi, but for WPA it cannot. Tried wpa_supplicant but again failed

RESULT: FAILED

Looping sound issue- did not bother to troubleshoot it

For 9.04 or Jaunty Jackalope, i can connect to my WPA without problems but audio playback is very slow, my mp3s are messed. It’s never a performance issue.

I thought it’s my Realtek HD audio driver, so it’s time to test to upgrade my alsa driver. I downloaded the latest version which is 1.0.21 and compile it

Here’s what I did:

sudo rm /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ubuntu/media/snd-hda-intel/snd-hda-intel.ko
sudo aptitude install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev
sudo cd /usr/src
sudo mkdir alsa
sudo cd alsa
sudo wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.21.tar.bz2
sudo tar -xf alsa-driver-1.0.15.tar.bz2
sudo cd alsa-driver-1.0.15.tar.bz2
sudo ./configure --with-cards=hda-intel
sudo make
sudo make install

RESULT: FAILED

SOLUTION: More GOOGLE

There I got the idea to use i386 kernel instead of the default generic linux. I thought an apt-get update and upgrade will do the trick, but later thought just a waste of bandwidth

I fire the command:

$sudo apt-get install linux-headers-386 linux-image-386 linux-386

Reboot and then select that on grub to boot

Then alas, all problems were gone

RESULT: SUCCESS

Well, I guess it’s not really an ubuntu issue, it’s more on the hardware part.

Anyway, stressing but good experience in the end

Conclusion: Google is still my best friend.

BTW, I just tried Opensuse this morning, and wifi WPA and sound card issue as well. my laptop really for i386 kernel only.

So many things have changed, as we all know, from asterisk 1.2 to asterisk 1.6 , and Asterisk Management Portal is popularly known now as FreePBX. Other packages were also updated now, many changes but still asterisk is standing there as the best open source telephony system.  We had many community and commercial PBX softwares today that are asterisk-based, that’s how big asterisk right now comparing back 2006

The convenience of installing asterisk is easier as well today, just burn the ISO and you are good to go,mostly managed thru web interface. You can even install asterisk in just one line command once you put asterisk repository in your config.

As easy as ” yum install asterisk16″

Here are my step-by-step procedure (old documentation). AMP was used not only to ease us from asterisk administration but to educate us as well on how things will change or how the dial plan will work. Of course, still the geeky way is to write your own dial-plan, but it will soon cover on this tutorial, as well as updated asterisk installation.

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This configuration  was created and tested on:

Fedora Core 4 (run yum –y update for updated kernel and packages)

Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz/Intel Celeron 2.4 GHz

2 GB RAM/256 MB RAM

10/100 Mbps LAN card
Standard configuration, no extra hardware

Asterisk

1. Login to your server as root

#cd /usr/src

2. Download Asterisk stable distribution tarball from www.asterisk.org or ftp.digium.com ,including all needed addons and packages of Asterisk Management Portal (AMP) as follow: (you can get them using wget command or obtain source code from CVS)

asterisk-1.2.x.tar.gz

zaptel-1.2.x.tar.gz

libpri-1.2.x.tar.gz

asterisk-addons-1.2.x.tar.gz

asterisk-sounds-1.2.x.tar.gz

AMP:

mime-construct-1.x.tar.gz

asterisk-perl-0.0x.tar.gz

mpg123-0.xxr.tar.gz (optional for musiconhold)

AMP-1.10.x.tar.gz

spandsp-0.0.x.tar.gz

lame-3.96.1-2.x.el4.rf.i386.rpm

3. Uncompress all tarball file

#tar zxvf asterisk-1.2.x.tar.gz
#tar zxvf  zaptel-1.2.x.tar.gz
#tar zxvf libpri-1.2.x.tar.gz
#tar zxvf asterisk-addons-1.2.x.tar.gz
#tar zxvf asterisk-sounds-1.2.x.tar.gz
#tar zxvf mime-construct-1.x.tar.gz
#tar zxvf  asterisk-perl-0.08.tar.gz
#tar zxvf mpg123-0.59r.tar.gz
#tar zxvf AMP-1.10.010.tar.gz
#tar zxvf spandsp-0.0.2.tar.gz

3.1 Install lame rpm

#rpm –ivh lame-3.96.1-2.2.el4.rf.i386.rpm

4. Compiling Zaptel

#cd /usr/src/ zaptel-version
#make clean
#make
#make install

5. Compiling libpri

#cd /usr/src/libpri-version
#make clean
#make
#make install

6. Compiling Asterisk

#cd /usr/src/asterisk-version
#make clean
#make
#make install
#make samples
#make progdocs (optional)

7. Compiling Asterisk-sounds

#cd /usr/src/asterisk-sounds-version
#make install

8. Compiling Asterisk-addons

#cd /usr/src/asterisk-addons-version
#make
#make install

Asterisk Management Portal

1. The following packages need to be installed with yum:

● libxml2

● libtiff

● libtiff-devel

● httpd

● mysql

● mysql-devel

● mysql-server

● php

● php-gd

● php-mysql

● php-pear

● openssl

● openssl-devel

● kernel-devel

● perl

● perl-CPAN

● cvs

● bison

● ncurses-devel

● audiofile-devel

e.g. #yum install libtiff-devel

2. Installed needed perl  module dependencies:

#perl -MCPAN -e "install Net::Telnet"
#perl -MCPAN -e "install IPC::Signal"
#perl -MCPAN -e "install Proc::WaitStat"
#perl -MCPAN -e "install MIME::Types"

3. Compiling mime-construct

#cd /usr/src/mime-construct-version
#perl Makefile.PL
#make install

4. Compiling asterisk-perl

#cd /usr/src/asterisk-perl-version
#perl Makefile.PL
#make install

5. Compiling mpg123

#cd /usr/src/mpg123-version
#make linux
#make install

6. Compiling spandsp

#cd /usr/src/spandsp-version
#./configure
#make
#make install

7.Create a group and non-root user

# groupadd asterisk
# useradd -c "asterisk PBX" -d /var/lib/asterisk -u 5060 -g  asterisk asterisk

XXXX 8. Building/Compiling Asterisk to run as our non-root user

#mkdir /var/run/asterisk
#cd /usr/src/asterisk-version
#make &&  make install

9. Install Asterisk sound

#cd /usr/src/asterisk-sounds-version
#make install

10. Setting up MySQL for CDR (Call Detail Reports)

#/usr/bin/mysql_install_db
#service mysqld start
# mysqladmin -u root password 'blackxxxxxx'
# mysqladmin create asteriskcdrdb -p
Enter password:
# mysql -u root -p asteriskcdrdb < /
usr/src/AMP/SQL/cdr_mysql_table.sql
#mysql -u root -p
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON asteriskcdrdb.* TO asteriskuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'amp109';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> exit

11. Build/Compile cdr_mysql module for Asterisk

#cd /usr/src/asterisk-addons-version
# perl -p -i.bak -e \
> 's/CFLAGS.*D_GNU_SOURCE/CFLAGS+=-D_GNU_SOURCE\nCFLAGS+=-
DMYSQL_LOGUNIQUEID/' \
> Makefile
# make && make install

12. Setup MySQL for AMP web interface

# mysqladmin create asterisk -p
# mysql -u root -p asterisk < /
usr/src/AMP/SQL/newinstall.sql
# mysql -u root -p
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES
-> ON asterisk.*
-> TO asteriskuser@localhost
-> IDENTIFIED BY 'amp109';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> \q

13. Apply the AMP/Asterisk configuration files

#cd /usr/src/AMP
# ./install_amp

14. Edit Apache/PHP environment

#vi /etc/php.ini

Edit such that the line looks like this:

upload_max_filesize = 20M

Chown the PHP session.save_path directory:

#chown asterisk /var/lib/php/session/

Edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf such that it lincludes:

<Files *.php>

SetOutputFilter PHP

SetInputFilter PHP

LimitRequestBody 20000000

</Files>

15. Edit web server configuration file

Edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf such that:

User asterisk

Group asterisk

and:

#Password protect /var/www/html/admin

<Directory /var/www/html/admin>

AuthType Basic

AuthName “Restricted Area”

AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/passwd/wwwpasswd

Require user wwwadmin

</Directory>

To create the wwwpasswd file:

# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf
# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
# mkdir /usr/local/apache
# mkdir /usr/local/apache/passwd
# htpasswd -c /usr/local/apache/passwd/wwwpasswd wwwadmin
New password:
Re-type new password:

Adding password for user wwwadmin
16. amportal control script

The amportal script is the recommended way to stop and start asterisk:

# /usr/sbin/amportal stop
# /usr/sbin/amportal start

17. Automatic startup

Add the following line on /etc/rc.local

/usr/sbin/amportal start

Make sure also httpd and  mysqld services ( type setup on console, then go to System Services, and select httpd and mysqld, or you can use chkconfig –add command)

17. Reboot and access the AMP administration interface

#shutdown -r now

I. Operating System Installation

1.    The typical type of installation is thru  CD-ROM or DVD. If you want network install, you should have a CentOS boot disk to boot the server

How to create boot disk?
A. how to create boot disk in linux
a. insert CD then copy boot.iso to a folder

#cp boot.iso /home/test/

b.unmount the cd-rom

#cd; eject

c. Insert the blank cdr and find the dev name

cdrecord -scanbus

d. Write the .iso to that blank cd

#cdrecord -v -dao dev=1,2,3 /home/test/boot.iso

the 1,2,3 value is just a sample. Just replace it with the actual device name that you get upon running
the cdrecord -scanbus.

B. how to create boot disk in windows
a. copy boot.iso in any folder
b. run your favorite cd burning program and open boot.iso
c. start the cd writing process

2.    Assign a static IP address & the hostname for the server.

3.    Select network install from FTP or NFS depends on your setup
ex:
ftp: 192.168.17.100
path: /pub/centos5

Setting up NFS or FTP is discussed on the other tutorial

4.    When finish, do the update. The -y parameter denotes automatic update and install of the package, no more prompt.

#yum –y update

5.    Configure the file “network” at /etc/sysconfig/network with the following lines.

NETWORKING=yes
NETWORKING_IPV6=yes
HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain

6.    Configure the file “ifcfg-eth0” at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 with the following lines.

# Broadcom  Gigabit Ethernet
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=static
HWADDR=00:29:EE:F2:45:4L
IPADDR=Static IP Address (Example: 192.168.17.5)
NETMASK=Subnet Mask (Example: 255.255.255.0)
GATEWAY=Gateway IP address (Example: 192.168.17.1)

7.    Configure the file “hosts” at /etc/hosts with the following lines. (optional)

# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1               localhost.localdomain localhost
10.0.0.174              c5.freelinuxtutorials.com c5 (Add the server hostname here)
::1             localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6

8.    Configure your DNS  at /etc/resolv.conf with the following lines.

nameserver Primary DNS (Example: 192.168.17.228)
search freelinuxtutorials.com

9.    Restart the network interface by the following commands.

#service network restart

10.   Close unnecessary services via the “setup” menu tool or  use chkconfig to turn off auto start of certain services
e.g.

#chkconfig cups off
#chkconfig nfslock off

11.     After first restart, check your logs to see some errors

cat /var/log/messages |grep error
cat /var/log/messages |grep warning

II. Apache Installation

1.    Apache can be installed as package during custom selection of packages on the installation process, labeled as “Web Server”

2.   Make Apache service start on boot-up via:

# chkconfig httpd on

Let say the default version of your apache is 2.2.3 and you want to upgrade it to the latest version

UPGRADING OF APACHE 2.2.3 TO APACHE 2.2.4

1.    # yum remove httpd

Removing:
httpd                   x86_64        2.2.3-7.el5.centos  installed         2.9 M
Removing for dependencies:
httpd-devel             x86_64     2.2.3-7.el5.centos   installed         512 k
httpd-devel             i386         2.2.3-7.el5.centos   installed         512 k

2.    

shell#  rm –rf  php-5.2.3

3.    Download httpd-2.2.4-4.x86_64.rpm from http://rpmfind.net/
4.    Download httpd-devel-2.2.4-4.x86_64.rpm from http://rpmfind.net/
5.    Download lib64db4.5-4.5.20-1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm http://rpmfind.net/
6.    Install lib64db4.5-4.5.20-1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm

Shell# rpm –Uvih lib64db4.5-4.5.20-1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm

7.    Install httpd-2.2.4-4.x86_64.rpm

Shell# rpm –Uvih httpd-2.2.4-4.x86_64.rpm

8.    Install httpd-devel-2.2.4-4.x86_64.rpm

Shell# rpm –Uvih httpd-devel-2.2.4-4.x86_64.rpm

G.   MySQL Installation

1.    Download the MySQL software at http://www.mysql.org.

2.    Select Linux Source to download. File name should be “mysql-5.0.41.tar.gz”

3.    Before installation, ensure that gcc compiler has installed. Please verify by

gcc –v

If gcc does not install, please install it by

yum install gcc

4.    Install gcc-c++ compiler by

yum install gcc-c++

5.    Install the ncurses-devel library by

yum install ncurses-devel

It is require by the MySQL during compile process.

6.    Run the following commands.

shell> groupadd mysql
shell> useradd -g mysql mysql
shell> gunzip < mysql-VERSION.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
shell> cd mysql-VERSION
shell> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql
shell> make
shell> make install
shell> cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf
shell> cd /usr/local/mysql
shell> chown -R mysql .
shell> chgrp -R mysql .
shell> bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
shell> chown -R root .
shell> chown -R mysql var
shell> bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql &

7.    To make MySQL start automatically after reboot, do the following.

shell> cp /mysql-VERSION/support-files/mysql.server /etc/init.d/mysql
shell> chmod +x /etc/init.d/mysql
shell> chkconfig --add mysql

8.    To test the MySQL, type the following command.

shell>/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin version

If it can display the version, installation is preliminary success.

9.    Do the following simple testing.

shell>mysql

mysql> show databases;
+——————–+
| Database           |
+——————–+
| information_schema |
| mysql              |
| test               |
+——————–+
3 rows in set (0.02 sec)

mysql> use mysql;

Database changed

mysql> show tables;

+—————————+
| Tables_in_mysql           |
+—————————+
| columns_priv              |
| db                        |
| func                      |
| help_category             |
| help_keyword              |
| help_relation             |
| help_topic                |
| host                      |
| proc                      |
| procs_priv                |
| tables_priv               |
| time_zone                 |
| time_zone_leap_second     |
| time_zone_name            |
| time_zone_transition      |
| time_zone_transition_type |
| user                      |
+—————————+
17 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select * from db;

+——+———+——+————-+————-+————-+————-+————-+———–+————+—————–+————+————+———————–+——————+——————+—————-+———————+——————–+————–+
| Host | Db      | User | Select_priv | Insert_priv | Update_priv | Delete_priv | Create_priv | Drop_priv | Grant_priv | References_priv | Index_priv | Alter_priv | Create_tmp_table_priv | Lock_tables_priv | Create_view_priv | Show_view_priv | Create_routine_priv | Alter_routine_priv | Execute_priv |
+——+———+——+————-+————-+————-+————-+————-+———–+————+—————–+————+————+———————–+——————+——————+—————-+———————+——————–+————–+
| %    | test    |      | Y           | Y           | Y           | Y           | Y           | Y         | N          | Y               | Y          | Y          | Y                     | Y                | Y                | Y              | Y                   | N                  | N            |
| %    | test\_% |      | Y           | Y           | Y           | Y           | Y           | Y         | N          | Y               | Y          | Y          | Y                     | Y                | Y                | Y              | Y                   | N                  | N            |
+——+———+——+————-+————-+————-+————-+————-+———–+————+—————–+————+————+———————–+——————+——————+—————-+———————+——————–+————–+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

10.    Add password for “root” in MySQL Database by typing the following commands. The default password is same as Linux root password.

shell> mysql -u root mysql

mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD(’default password’) WHERE user=’root’;

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

11.     Test it by the following commands.

shell>mysql - u  root - p
Enter password: ********

H.    PHP Installation

1.    Download the tar.gz file with filename “php-5.2.3.tar.gz” at http://www.php.net

2.    Install Flex by,

yum  install flex

3.    Install libxml2 by

yum install libxml2-devel.x86_64

4.    Install httpd-devel by

yum install httpd-devel

5.    Uninstall the installed php by

yum remove php

6.    Type the following commands.

shell> gunzip < php-VERSION.tar.gz | tar -xvf –

or

shell> tar zcvf php-VERSION.tar.gz
shell> cd php-VERSION
shell> ./configure --with-apxs2 --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql/ --prefix=/usr/local/php
shell> make
shell>make install
shell> cp php.ini-recommended /usr/local/php/php.ini

7.    Modify httpd.conf by

vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Add the following two lines after all “AddType” or after “AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz”.

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

Add the following line after all “LoadModule”.

LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so

8.    To test, prepare a file with filename “index.php” with the following contents.

<?
phpinfo();
?>

Store it in /var/www/html/

9.    Remarks all line in the file /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf

10.    Restart the Apache server by

/etc/init.d/httpd restart

11.    Use IE to access the server by

http://hostname/index.php

The Debian Release Team is pleased to announce that it sees the port of
the Debian system to the FreeBSD kernel fit to be handeld equal with the
other release ports.  The upcoming release codenamed ‘Squeeze’ is
planned to be the first Debian distribution to be released with Linux
and FreeBSD kernels.

The kFreeBSD architectures for the AMD64/Intel EM64T and i386 processor
architectures are now release architectures.  Severe bugs on these
architectures will be considered release critical the same way as bugs
on other architectures like armel or i386 are.  If a particular package
does not build or work properly on such an architecture this problem is
considered release-critical.

http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20091007

KDE Community Ships Second Translation and Service Release of the 4.3 Free Desktop, Containing Numerous Bugfixes, Performance Improvements and Translation Updates

October 6th, 2009. Another month has passed since the release of KDE 4.3.0, so today the KDE Community announces the immediate availability of KDE 4.3.2, a bugfix, translation and maintenance update for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop. KDE 4.3.2 is a monthly update to KDE 4.3. It ships with a desktop workspace and many cross-platform applications such as administration programs, network tools, educational applications, utilities, multimedia software, games, artwork, development tools and more. KDE’s award-winning tools and applications are available in more than 50 languages.

For full detail of enhancements and official announcement, you can visit @

http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.3.2.php

Trademark Notices. KDE^® and the K Desktop Environment^® logo are registered trademarks of KDE e.V. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries.

Official Dimdim Website:  www.dimdim.com

You can try the Open source Community Edition.

This is based on Dimdim Installation Procedure for CentOS

This step-by-step procedure was tested and implemented successfully on CentOS 5.2 32 bit (64 bit won’t work since the dimdim installation pack is for 32-bit only)

Requirements

1. Libc – ver. required is 2.5
2. OpenOffice – ver. required is 3.0
3. Java Runtime Environment(JRE) – ver. required is 1.6
4. CherryPy – ver. required is 3.1
5. Flup  – ver. required is 1.0
6. Pycurl – ver. required is 7.19
7. demjson – ver. required is 1.3
8. Python – ver. required is 2.5

DimDim is very easy to install since it’s available in RPM package. The pre-requisites will take some of your time installing.

Here are the steps:

1. Chceck if you have libc v2.5 installed by using this command below:

[root@freelinuxtutorials]#ldconfig -v |grep libc

You should get similar output

libcidn.so.1 -> libcidn-2.5.so
libcrypt.so.1 -> libcrypt-2.5.so
libc.so.6 -> libc-2.5.so
libcap.so.1 -> libcap.so.1.10
libcom_err.so.2 -> libcom_err.so.2.1
libcrypto.so.6 -> libcrypto.so.0.9.8b
libcapi20.so.3 -> libcapi20.so.3.0.4
libcairo.so.2 -> libcairo.so.2.9.2
libckyapplet.so.1 -> libckyapplet.so.1.0.0
libcddb-slave2.so.0 -> libcddb-slave2.so.0.0.0
libcspi.so.0 -> libcspi.so.0.10.11
libcdda_interface.so.0 -> libcdda_interface.so.0.9.8
libcupsimage.so.2 -> libcupsimage.so.2
libcrack.so.2 -> libcrack.so.2.8.0
libcryptsetup.so.0 -> libcryptsetup.so.0.0.0
libcdda_paranoia.so.0 -> libcdda_paranoia.so.0.9.8
libcurl.so.3 -> libcurl.so.3.0.0
libcamel-provider-1.2.so.8 -> libcamel-provider-1.2.so.8.1.0
libcamel-1.2.so.0 -> libcamel-1.2.so.0.0.0
libcups.so.2 -> libcups.so.2
libcroco-0.6.so.3 -> libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1

2. Check if you have OpenOffice installed by following this step:

[root@freelinuxtutorials]# find / -name soffice.bin | grep openoffice | grep program | grep org3″

Or query it via rpm

[root@freelinuxtutorials]#rpm -qa |grep openoffice

* If openoffice 3.0 not yet installed, install it by following this step

a. Get the installater from

URLs: http://mirrors.isc.org/pub/openoffice/stable
http://download.openoffice.org/other.html#en-US

HOW TO INSTALL:
a. Download the tarball file, choose the JRE version
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#wget http://mirrors.isc.org/pub/openoffice/stable/3.1.1/OOo_3.1.1_LinuxIntel_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.gz

b.To install open office v-3.0.0.0 please follow below steps:
b.1. Uncompress the open office pack you have downloaded.
[root@freelinuxtutorials]# tar zxvf OOo_3.1.1_LinuxIntel_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.gz
b.2. Go to open office directory
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#cd OOo_3.1.1_LinuxIntel_install_wJRE_en-US
b.3. go to RPMS directory
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#cd RPMS
b.4. You will find many rpm files ,install these rpm files by running the command
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#rpm -ivh *.rpm

3. Install Java Runtime Environment ( JRE )

Check if you have JRE Installed,issue the below command:

[root@freelinuxtutorials]#java -version

You should get similar output

java version “1.6.0?
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-b105, mixed mode, sharing)

Type echo $JAVA_HOME
You should get
/usr/bin/java

Some time java -version shows lower version even after installing newer version. This is because newer java is not in the system path.
you can locate jre1.6 by the following command

[root@freelinuxtutorials]#find / -name java | grep /bin/java | grep jre | grep 1.6

It will show similar output:

[root@freelinuxtutorials]# /usr/java/jre1.6.0_05/bin/java

then type:

[root@freelinuxtutorials]# /usr/java/jre1.6.0_05/bin/java -version
java version “1.6.0?
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-b105, mixed mode, sharing)

Note: If you have version lower that 1.6 then you need to install v1.6

Go to URL below to download and install JRE v1.6

http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

4. Install CherryPy

Check if you have CherryPy Installed,issue the below command:

*CHECK:
Type python2.4
Type import cherrypy

You should get similar output
[root@freelinuxtutorials]# python2.4
Python 2.4.3 (r252:60911, Oct  9 2008, 08:13:08)
[GCC 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)] on linux2
Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
>>>import cherrypy
>>>
Above output indicates that cherrypy is installed.If it gives an output
saying “NO SUCH MODULE” then please follow below steps.

If you encounter such message above then you need to install CherryPy

Go to below URL to download and install CherryPy v3.1

http://www.cherrypy.org/wiki/CherryPyDownload

CherryPy Installation:

a) Download
[root@freelinuxtutorials]# wget http://download.cherrypy.org/cherrypy/3.1.0/CherryPy-3.1.0.zip
b) UnZip
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#unzip CherryPy-3.1.0.zip
c) Go to the directory and change permission to executable
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#cd CherryPy-3.1.0
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#chmod +x *
d) Run the following command to install
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#python2.4 setup.py install
e) Check if Cherrypy is already imported in python2.4
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#python2.4
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#import cherrypy

5. Flup

a) See if you have Flup Installed:

Type python2.4
Type import flup

You should get similar output

[root@freelinuxtutorials]# python2.4
Python 2.4.3 (r252:60911, Oct  9 2008, 08:13:08)
[GCC 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)] on linux2
Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
>>>import flup
>>>

Above output indicates that flup is installed.If it gives an output
saying “NO SUCH MODULE” then please follow below steps.

If you encounter such message above then you need to install Flup

b. Installing Flup

Go to below URL to download and install Flup v1.0

http://www.saddi.com/software/flup/dist/flup-1.0.tar.gz

Flup installation:
Follow these steps:
a) Download Flup
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#wget http://www.saddi.com/software/flup/dist/flup-1.0.tar.gz
b) Uncompress the tarball file
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#tar xvzf flup-1.0.tar.gz
c) Go to the directory and change permission to executable
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#cd flup-1.0 and chmod +x *
d)Setup
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#python2.4 ez_setup.py -U setuptools
e) Install
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#python2.4 setup.py install
f)Check if Flup is already imported in python2.4
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#python2.4
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#import flup

6.    pycurl
Upgrade your curl 7.15 to 7.19.
a)Download curl 7.19
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#wget http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.19.0.tar.gz
b)Uncompress
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#tar xzf curl-7.19.0.tar.gz
c) Go to the curl directory and compile it
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#cd curl-7.19.0
[root@freelinuxtutorials]# ./configure
[root@freelinuxtutorials]# make
[root@freelinuxtutorials]# make install
d) Soft link the curl
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#ln -s /usr/local/lib/libcurl.so.4 /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4
e) Install pycurl, make sure you have python-devel package installed
[root@freelinuxtutorials]# yum install python-devel
f)Install pycurl
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#easy_install-2.4 pycurl
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#cd ..
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#python2.4
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#import pycurl

You should get similar output
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#python2.4
Python 2.4.3 (r252:60911, Oct  9 2008, 08:13:08)
[GCC 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)] on linux2
Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
>>>import pycurl
>>>

7. demjson
a) Check if demjson Installed:
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#python2.4
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#import demjson

You should get similar output
[root@freelinuxtutorials]# python2.4
Python 2.4.3 (r252:60911, Oct  9 2008, 08:13:08)
[GCC 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)] on linux2
Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
>>>import demjson
>>>

b) Install demjson
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#wget http://deron.meranda.us/python/demjson/dist/demjson-1.3.tar.gz
c) Uncompress tar
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#tar xzf demjson-1.3.tar.gz
d) Go to demjson directory and change permission to executable
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#cd demjson-1.3
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#chmod +x *
e)Install
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#python2.4 setup.py install
f)Check if demjson is already imported in python2.4
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#python2.4
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#import demjson

8. Python2.5
a)Before installation of python2.5, you need to check and install zlib
[root@freelinuxtutorials]# yum install zlib*
b) Download demjson
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.2/Python-2.5.2.tgz
c) Uncompress
[root@freelinuxtutorials]# tar xvzf Python-2.5.2.tgz
d) Go to that directory and compile
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#cd Python-2.5.2
[root@freelinuxtutorials]# ./configure
[root@freelinuxtutorials]# make && make install

NOTE: BEFORE PROCEEDING FURTHER PLEASE NOTE THAT we need pycurl,demjson,flup,cherrypy modules in python 2.5 also.To
do this follow below steps.It will be using the same cherrypy,flup,demjson,pycurl which you have already downloaded

9. Configure those with python2.5 as follows

9-a) CherryPy for python2.5

Version Required: v3.1

a. Go to the directory where you downloaded the cherrypy package.
b. cd CherryPy-3.1.0
c. python2.5 setup.py install
d. rm -rf CherryPy-3.1.0
e. rm -rf CherryPy-3.1.0.zip

You should be out of Cherrypy-3.1.0 directory and then
Type python2.5
Type import cherrypy

You should get similar output which indicates that cherrypy is successfully installed with python2.5
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#python2.5
Python 2.5.X (r252:60911, Oct  9 2008, 08:13:08)
[GCC 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)] on linux2
Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
>>>import cherrypy
>>>

Above output indicates that cherrypy is installed and imported in Python2.5 correctly.

9-b) Flup for python2.5

a. Version Required: v1.0

b. Go to the directory where you downloaded flup

c. cd flup-1.0 and chmod +x *

d. python2.5 ez_setup.py -U setuptools

e. python2.5 setup.py install

f. rm -rf flup-1.0

g. rm -rf flup-1.0.tar.gz

Open a terminal or move out from flup-1.0 directory and follow the below steps:

Type python2.5
Type import flup

You should get similar output
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#python2.5
Python 2.5.X (r252:60911, Oct  9 2008, 08:13:08)
[GCC 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)] on linux2
Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
>>>import flup
>>>

Above output indicates that flup is installed and imported in Python2.5 correctly.

9-c) demjson for python2.5
a. Version Required: v1.3

b. Go to the directory where you downloaded demjson i.e. cd demjson-1.3

c. cd demjson-1.3 and chmod +x *

d. python2.5 setup.py install

e. rm -rf demjson-1.3

f. rm -rf demjson-1.3.tar.gz

Now to check you must change your directory cd .. and then
Type python2.5
Type import demjson

You should get similar output
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#python2.5
Python 2.5.X (r252:60911, Oct  9 2008, 08:13:08)
[GCC 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)] on linux2
Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
>>>import demjson
>>>

Above output indicates that demjson is installed and imported in Python2.5 correctly.

9-e) pycurl for python2.5
a) Version Required: v7.19

b) Now we can proceed on pycurl installion for python2.5 .

c)for python2.5 pycurl installation do as follows:

Type
easy_install-2.5 pycurl

Type python2.5
Type import pycurl

You should get similar output
[root@freelinuxtutorials]#python2.5
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Oct  9 2008, 08:13:08)
[GCC 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)] on linux2
Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
>>>import pycurl
>>>

Note: Opening ports in the Firewall

Port 80, 1935, 40000, 40001, 40002 , 40005 must be free in the machine.
The Dimdim Servers use ports 80 &1935 for external communication. But port 80 alone is enough to be opened for external communication.

BELOW is the Dimdim Installation based on the README

—————————————————————————-

DIMDIM INSTALLATION:
====================

Installation Steps:

Step 1: Download dimdim rpm package

Step 2: Install rpm package by typing the command rpm -ivh Dimdim-4.5_SF_i386.rpm in a terminal

Dimdim-4.5 will be installed under location /usr/local and a soft link for dimdim will be created under /usr/local.

The place holder will exactly look like
— usr
|
|–local
|
|–dimdim
|
|–ConferenceServer
|
|–CobrowsingManager
|
|–DTP3
|
|–MediaServer
|
|–red5
|
|–nginx
|
|–ThirdPartyPackages

Step 3: By default, ip address of ethernet 0 interface of the box is configured for Dimdim Server.

i) To stop Dimdim, open a terminal and enter stopDimdim
ii) To start Dimdim, open a terminal and enter startDimdim.

To start the meeting do
http://<ip.address>/dimdim/

Note: If the ip address is not the same or if you need to configure with different IP address, follow the below steps:

Step A:    Get the IP Address of the machine

Example:
[root@localhost]# ifconfig eth0

The output will look like:
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:29:CA:FA:7C
inet addr:192.168.1.10  Bcast:125.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0

The IP Address for the above example is 192.168.1.10

Step b: Configure all the Dimdim components

There may be two cases:
1. Network has public and private IP mapping,

ExternalIP:port –> Internal:port

Please note that port should be same, Port 80 is recommended.
For example: 123.X.X.X:80 —> 192.168.X.X:80
publicIP is mapped to privateIP

Use Config-ipaddress.pl like below
cd /usr/local/dimdim
./Config-ipaddress.pl 123.X.X.X 80 192.168.X.X

2. VM has a singleIP, There is no network mapping(no Network Address Translation):

Use Config-ipaddress.pl like below
cd /usr/local/dimdim
./Config-ipaddress.pl 123.X.X.X 80

Step c: On completion of configuration, open a terminal and enter the command “startDimdim”. This will start all the Dimdim components.
To ensure all Dimdim Components are started, check the status of the Dimdim Components.

You are now ready to start meeting. Start the meeting by providing the URL http://<IPAddressORHostnameConfigured>/dimdim/.
Please note the trailing slash is required in the URL after dimdim.Example http://192.168.1.10/dimdim/

Dimdim Sever Machine Restart:
=============================

When the machine where Dimdim Server installed is restarted,
open a terminal and type startDimdim – This will start Dimdim Server

Dimdim SMTP Server Configuration :
==================================

Please note that the current smtp settings are just sample setting. It is adviced that you change these settings to your own smtp configuration.

Below is suggested way to modify the smtp configuration

1) Open dimdim.properties configuration file

Go to folder cd /<dimdim_home>/ConferenceServer/apache-tomcat-5.5.17/webapps/dimdim/WEB-INF/classes/resources/

i.e. cd /usr/local/dimdim/ConferenceServer/apache-tomcat-5.5.17/webapps/dimdim/WEB-INF/classes/resources/

2) Modify the below settings as suggested. Please note that setting “dimdim.smtptype” needs to be configured depending on the type of smtp server.

##    Email Parameters that can be configured by the user.
##
email.server=<gmail smtp server address>
email.user=<your gmail id>
email.password=<your gmail account password>
email.sender=<your gmail account id>
email.PORT=465
email.EMAIL_CC=
email.EMAIL_BCC=
##
##
email.PROTOCOL=smtp
email.DEBUG_MAIL_SESSION=false
email.BUFFER_SIZE=2048
email.EMAIL_SUBJECT = has invited you to a Dimdim web meeting.
email.EMAIL_FROM_PERSON=DimDim Invitations
email.EMAIL_FROM=<your gmail account id>
email.EMAIL_REPLY_TO=<your gmail account id>
email.EMAIL_TO=
email.EMAIL_CHARSET=utf-8
##
##
##  This property refers to type of the SMTP Server
##  1 : Non SSL SMTP Server i.e. Dimdim SMTP Server
##  2 : SSL SMTP Server  i.e. gmail SMTP Server
dimdim.smtptype=2
##
##

DIMDIM UNINSTALLATION:
======================

Step 1:    rpm -e     dimdim

All the Dimdim Components installed by rpm package will be removed.

The Ubuntu  team has announced the beta release of Ubuntu 9.10  Desktop and Server editions, and the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Codenamed  “Karmic Koala”

Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition improves on the work of 9.04 to get you going  faster, with improved startup times and a streamlined boot experience.

Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition integrates Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud setup in the  installer and provides improvements to system security with AppArmor,
including an AppArmor profile for libvirtd to further isolate virtual  machines from the host system.

The Ubuntu 9.10 family of variants, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, and Mythbuntu, also reach beta status today.

The final stable version will be released on October 29th, 2009

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