Chapter 2. Install OLAT in a productive environment
Table of Contents
2.1.
Prerequisites
2.2.
New OLAT installation
2.2.1.
Install the prerequisites
2.2.2.
Getting the sources.
2.2.3.
OLAT configuration
2.3.
Database and UTF-8 configuration
2.3.1.
MySQL
2.3.2.
Postgres
2.3.3.
Other databases
2.3.4.
JUnit tests
2.4.
Tomcat and Apache configuration
2.4.1.
Standalone: Tomcat using the HTTP connector
2.4.2.
Combined: Tomcat and Apache using the JK connector
2.4.3.
Tomcat VM parameters and Operating System issues
2.5.
Configuring the wiki rendering engine to display TeX mathematic formulas
2.6.
Enabling the Instant Messaging component
2.6.1.
Basic install with mysql database
2.6.2.
Features explained
2.6.3.
Issues
2.7.
Enabling the Shibboleth login
2.8.
Directory structure, which files are important
2.9.
Configuration Script
2.10.
Setup graphical server monitoring using MRTG
2.10.1.
Install MRTG
2.10.2.
Build the configuration file
2.10.3.
Installing the monitoring crontabs
2.10.4.
Configuring Apache
2.10.5.
Interpreting the images
2.11.
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This chapter covers the installation and upgrade processes of an OLAT server.