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===OpenId Installation===
 
===OpenId Installation===

Revision as of 05:46, 1 January 2008

DevelopmentTeam

See also InstallingAboutUsOnOSX

What (summary)

Create instructions and mechanisms for interested people to install AboutUs on Linux machines.


Why this is important

  • We want to reach to the open source community so that more interested people can become part of the DevelopmentTeam
  • We want to on board new hires as seamlessly as possible. New hires often have problems getting their hands ready on the AboutUs version of MediaWiki

DoneDone

  • The git repository of the AboutUs version of MediaWiki is publicly available.
  • We have instructions set so that sophisticated new development team member can install AboutUs version of MediaWiki

Next

  • Figure out where the code is that connects to the database and make sure that we are succeeding.
  • Attach a GPL to our source
  • Expose our GIT repository
  • Further develop our instructions.


Instructions

  1. Install Apache
  2. Install PHP

Apache/PHP/MySQL

  • Install Apache 2.0+
  • Install PHP 5+
  • Install MySQL 5.0.22 Ver 8.41
  • Install Ruby
  • Install gem

OpenId Installation

sudo pear install --alldeps --force http://www.openidenabled.com/resources/downloads/php-openid/pear/Auth_OpenID-1.2.2.tgz 
sudo pear install gmp
sudo pear install http://www.openidenabled.com/resources/downloads/php-yadis/pear/Services_Yadis-1.0.2.tgz


Gitting the AboutUs repository

git clone nimbus.aboutus.com:/opt/git/aboutus $AboutUsPath/aboutus

Create Database Users and Settings

create user = wiki
password = wiki
database = wiki_dev, aboutusbot, wiki_test
cd $AboutUsPath/aboutus
mysql -u wiki -p wiki_dev 


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