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For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 218 \textclass article \begin_preamble \usepackage{fullpage, graphicx, url} \setlength{\parskip}{1ex} \setlength{\parindent}{0ex} \title{phpGroupWare Docs} \end_preamble \language english \inputencoding auto \fontscheme default \graphics default \paperfontsize 10 \spacing single \papersize Default \paperpackage a4 \use_geometry 0 \use_amsmath 0 \paperorientation portrait \secnumdepth 3 \tocdepth 3 \paragraph_separation indent \defskip medskip \quotes_language english \quotes_times 2 \papercolumns 1 \papersides 1 \paperpagestyle default \layout Title \series bold phpGroupWare Installation \layout Author \series bold Joseph Engo \layout Author \series bold Dan Kuykendall \series default \layout Author Editor: Darryl VanDorp \layout Standard $Id$ \layout Standard \begin_inset LatexCommand \tableofcontents{} \end_inset \layout Section* Dedication \layout Standard Thanks to Joesph Engo for starting phpGroupWare (at the time called webdistro) and the core of this HOWTO. Thanks to all the developers and users who contribute to making phpGroupWare such a success. \layout Section What is phpGroupWare \layout Standard phpGroupWare is a web based GroupWare system. It comes with serveral core apps for email, calendar, todo list, address book, file manager, and a notepad. \layout Standard It also provides a framework for add-on applications to integrate seamlessly in phpGroupWare. Some samples are a bookmark manager, a trouble ticket system, a weather reporter, a phone log, a chat program, and a forum system. There are many more in development, and you can develop your own as well. \layout Section Why you should use it \layout Standard You should use it if you would like a powerful groupware system that can be access from anywhere on the Internet, and allows for custom add-ons. For companies with a distributed user base, it's an ideal solution. Oh, and did I mention that its FREE? \layout Section Installation \layout Standard Installation and Configuration of phpGroupWare has never been easier. Just point and click, yeah it's very easy. \layout Standard Since this is still a beta version we do expect some bugs. By carefully reading this document you can easly install phpGroupWare. \layout Subsection Requirements \layout Standard You will need PHP compiled and installed on your system. You will also need MySQL or PostgreSQL setup. If you are planning on using the email system, you will need to have an IMAP server installed and IMAP support compiled into PHP. You can have it installed as an Apache module or command line version, the Apache module is preferred. We will assume that you are running on a Linux or other Unix system for these steps. Windows is supported, but there is no documentation for it currently. \layout Standard In order to check if you have php installed create the file with your favorite text editor named test.php in your webserver root directory: \layout Standard \family typewriter \layout Standard Then point your browser to http://yourserverroot/test.php. You should get a very detailed page describing various options in php. \layout Standard If you need to to compile php and apache the following links are good starting points: \layout Standard A set of scripts to compile and install various modules with apache: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.apachetoolbox.com} \end_inset \layout Standard The Linux Apache MySQL PHP (LAMP) Guide v2 (latest as of this writing): \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.linuxhelp.net/guides/} \end_inset \layout Standard The Soothing Seemless Setup of Apache, SSL, MySQL, and PHP: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/SoothinglySeamless} \end_inset \layout Subsection Tested Systems \layout Standard On Linux 2.2.x, 2.4.x \layout Standard PHP 3.0.15+ / PHP 4.0.x \layout Standard Apache 1.3.x \layout Standard MySQL 3.22.25 or PostgreSQL 7.0.x \layout Standard Courier-IMAP 0.33+ and/or qmail 1.03 for POP3 access \layout Standard We have reports of it working on Windows NT and OS/2, and using Oracle as the database. \layout Section Obtaining and Installing phpGroupWare \layout Standard After you have met the system requirements, You can install it from the TarBall or you can get it directly from CVS. \layout Subsection Installing from TarBall \layout Standard Installing from a TarBall is very easy. The files should be installed in the webserver directory. Example steps (please adjust to your servers config): \layout Standard cp phpgroupware-version.tar.gz /home/httpd/html \layout Standard cd /home/httpd/html \layout Standard tar zxf phpgroupware-version.tar.gz \layout Standard You may have to get required permissions to do this. Contact your system administrator if you dont have the permission to write to your webserver directory. \layout Standard You can get current releases of phpGroupWare at the phpGroupware \emph on website \emph default ( \latex latex \backslash url{http://www.phpgroupware.org/downloads.php} \latex default ). \layout Subsection Installing from CVS \layout Standard Installing from a CVS is fairly easy. The files should be checked out in the webserver directory. Example steps (please adjust to your servers config): \layout Itemize cd /home/httpd/html \layout Itemize cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.phpgroupware.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/phpgroupware login (just hit enter if prompted for a password) \layout Itemize cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.phpgroupware.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/phpgroupware co phpgroupware \layout Standard or if you prefer using CVSROOT: \layout Itemize export CVSROOT=':pserver:anonymous@cvs.phpgroupware.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/phpgro upware' \layout Itemize cvs login (just hit enter if prompted for a password) \layout Itemize cvs co phpgroupware \layout Standard You may have to get required permissions to do this. Contact your system administrator if you dont have the permission to write to your webserver directory. \layout Subsubsection Patched Branches in CVS \layout Standard Recently the phpGroupWare developers started a branch for patches to released versions. This is to facilitate bugs being fixed in a released version without having to wait for the next offical release. There is a developer who has been assigned the responsibility for maintaining that branch and applying patches and fixes. To check out this version of the code using 0.9.9 as an example you would do the following: \layout Itemize login to cvs anonymously as described above \layout Itemize cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.phpgroupware.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/phpgroupware -r Version-0_9_9-patches co phpgroupware \layout Subsection Setting File Permissions \layout Standard There are a few directories which will need special fie permissions set for phpGroupWare to work properly. \layout Standard Temp Directory (Required) - This can be /tmp for simplicity, but it is required for several apps to function properly. Simply make sure that the webserver can add/delete files in it. \layout Standard Files Directory (Required) - This can be should be the files dir under the phpgroupware dir. You will need to give the webserver account owndership of this directory. \layout Standard chown nobody:nobody (note: this assumes your webserver runs as user nobody, adjust for your installation) \layout Standard chmod 700 /home/httpd/html/phpgroupware/files \layout Standard Root Directory (Not recommended) - If you give the webserver account write access to the phpgroupware directory, then the setup program can create the header.inc.php for you. Otherwise you will need to use the setup program to create it, and then you can manually save it to file. \layout Standard If you want to do it: \layout Standard chown :nobody /home/httpd/html/phpgroupware \layout Standard chmod 770 \layout Standard You may have to get required permissions to do this. Contact your system administrator if you dont have the permission to write to your webserver directory. \layout Subsection Setup the database \layout Standard You need to create empty databases for the setup app to create the tables in. \layout Subsubsection Mysql (assuming an existing and working Mysql install) \layout Itemize Mandrake or Redhat: /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start \layout Itemize other: /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld & \layout Itemize create the empty database: mysqldadmin -u someuser create phpgroupware -p \layout Itemize login to mysql: mysql -u someuser -p \layout Itemize issue the following at the mysql prompt: \layout Itemize grant all on phpgroupware.* to phpgroupware@localhost identified by \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset somepassword \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset ; \layout Standard For more detailed user documentation on Mysql see their website : \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.mysql.com} \end_inset \layout Subsubsection Postgresql (assuming an existing and working Postgresql install) \layout Standard To create the required database in Postgresql make sure postgresql is started: \layout Itemize Mandrake or Redhat : /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start \layout Itemize others: /usr/bin/postmaster -D /var/lib/pgsql/data or /usr/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsq/data start (adjust for your install dirs) \layout Itemize create the empty database: /usr/bin/createdb phpgroupware \layout Itemize create a database user: /usr/bin/createuser phpgroupware \layout Standard For more detailed user documentation on Postgresql see their website : \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.postgresql.org} \end_inset \layout Subsection Setup / Configure phpGroupWare \layout Standard Point your browser to http://yourserverroot/phpgroupware/setup/ which will create (or upgrade) the header.inc.php and database tables. Setup will attempt to determine what version of the phpGroupWare databases and header.inc.php you have installed, and upgrade to the most recent version. \layout Standard \series bold Note: \series default You are advised to backup your existing database before running the setup script to avoid problems! \layout Subsection Testing the install \layout Standard If your config is setup properly you can now login. Point your browser to the installed location and login with the username demo and the password is 1234 \layout Standard At this point it would be a good idea to create a new user with administrative privileges and delete the old one. \layout Subsection Installing additional applications \layout Standard Once you have the core phpGroupWare install up and running, you may want to download and install additional applications. \layout Standard You should consult any README or INSTALL files that come with the new applicatio n first, as most require you to create additional tables in the database, and add additional translation data to the lang table (typically a file called lang.sql) \layout Standard You install the new application within the phpGroupWare install tree by copying the application directory into the phpGroupWare install location, and enabling the application through the Administration page. \layout Standard For example, this is the process to install the Headlines application: \layout Standard (see \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/phpgwapps} \end_inset for more applications) \layout Standard Download the .tar.gz file for the application, or check out the source with cvs with \layout Standard export CVSROOT=':pserver:anonymous@cvs.phpgroupware.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/phpgwa pps' \layout Standard cvs login (just hit enter if prompted for a password) \layout Standard cvs co headlines \layout Standard Move the headlines directory into your phpGroupWare install directory. \layout Standard Log into phpGroupWare as an administrative user, and go to the Administration page. \layout Standard In the first section, choose the Applications link. \layout Standard Click on add, and fill in the form. \layout Standard Application name should be identical to the name of the directory you moved into the phpGroupWare install, in this case use headlines \layout Standard Application Title is shown in the navigation bar and other places to refer to the new application. Enter Headlines for this example. \layout Standard Enabled can be used to disable an application for all users temporially. You should normal check the box to enable the application. \layout Standard Back in the Administration page, you need to enable the application for specific users or user groups by editing them, and checking the new Headlines box that appears in the middle of the account editing page. \layout Standard Once you have added the Headlines app to your account, you should see a Headlines entry in the Administration and Preferences pages, and there should be an icon for the Headlines application in the navigation bar. \layout Standard Once you enable a few of the Headlines sites through the Administration page link, you should see headlines grabbed from the sites you selected when you click on the Headlines icon in the navigation bar. \layout Section Trouble Shooting \layout Standard \series bold Warning \layout Standard phpGroupWare is still Beta software, expect some bugs along the way. If you run into a problem not discussed here, contact us through one of the methods listed on the website. \layout Standard  The phpGroupWare developers can most often be seen hanging out in \emph on #phpGroupWare \emph default on \emph on irc.openprojects.net \emph default if you require real-time help. \layout Standard Also check the FAQ in this directory for additional common questions, it is available as FAQ.sgml, FAQ.txt and FAQ.html \layout Subsection It seems to hang when I try to read my mail \layout Standard This is often a problem if you are using POP3 instead of IMAP, and you have more than a few hundred messages in your mailbox. \layout Standard By default, php is set up to time-out a request that takes over 30 seconds to complete. phpGroupWare must do a lot of work the first time your POP3 mailbox is opened, and every time you get new mail, which may take more than the 30 second timeout. \layout Standard You can either clean up your mailbox with another mail program, or add the line \layout Standard set_time_limit(0); \layout Standard to the top of the phpgwapi/inc/phpgw_msg_pop3.inc.php file, just before the line class msg extends msg_common \layout Standard If you choose to edit the file, be patient when loading a large POP3 mailbox - the author tested against a mailbox with 2500 messages in it, but it took 15 minutes to load the page. We highly suggest you use IMAP if you expect to have more than a few hundred messages in your mailbox. \layout Subsection When I log in I see the directory listing instead of a web page \layout Standard You are using Apache, this often means you need to add .php to the DirectoryIndex line in your httpd.conf file. For example: \layout Standard DirectoryIndex index.php index.php3 index.html index.htm index.cgi \layout Subsection I get garbage that looks like code when I go to the phpGroupWare URL \layout Standard This is often because you have php3 installed, which does not map .php to the PHP engine. For PHP3: \layout Standard AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3 .php \layout Standard For PHP4: \layout Standard AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3 .php \layout Section About this document \layout Standard The newest version of this document can be found on our website \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.phpgroupware.org} \end_inset as lyx source, HTML, or TEXT. \layout Standard Comments on this HOWTO should be directed to the phpGroupWare developers mailing list \emph on phpgroupware-developers@lists.sourceforge.net \emph default \layout Standard To subscribe, go to \emph on \latex latex \backslash url{http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group} \latex default _id=7305 \emph default \layout Subsection History \layout Standard This document was started by Joseph Engo reworked by Dan Kuykendall then edited by Darryl VanDorp \layout Subsection Version History \layout Standard Old Version \layout Standard Created by Jengo, wasn't in SGML HOWTO format. \layout Standard v1.0 (July 6, 2000) \layout Standard Built proper SGML version. \layout Standard Included the FAQ. \layout Standard Other minor additions. \layout Standard v1.1 (September 27-29, 2000) - blinky \layout Standard Added Testing Install section \layout Standard Added Trouble-shooting section \layout Standard Added description of application installation \layout Standard Changes for the new setup program \layout Standard v0.01 (October 15 , 2000) - gnrfan , Converted the HOWTO to DocBook format \layout Standard v.0.05 (November 5, 2000) - gnrfan , Completely revamped according to Seek's idea and intregrated the Developers HOWTO. \layout Standard v.0.06 (Jan 10, 2001) - Darryl VanDorp, imported to lyx source reformatted and touched up some sections \layout Standard v.0.07 (Jan 16, 2001) - Darryl VanDorp, added TOC, fixed some Postgresql setup instructions, added some links to install/compilation instructions for apache, php and mysql.` \layout Standard v.0.08 (Feb 22, 2001) - Darryl VanDorp, added a multipart html export \the_end