Ubuntu Dapper
From Relay
This was written by Carl Richell from System76, Inc. The original article can be found here: [1]
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[edit] Notice
Please see this article's Discussion Page, where a potential security flaw has been mentioned.
[edit] Install Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper) LAMP Server
Download and burn the Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server CD from here.
Boot from the CD and choose Install LAMP Server
Complete the installation process
Get your server up to date:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade sudo reboot
[edit] Install Required Applications
We will now install ImageMagick, GD2, and GhostScript. These applications are used for creating nice thumbnails of the files on your server.
sudo apt-get install php5-gd imagemagick gs-common unzip libapache2-mod-perl2 sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload
[edit] Setup MySQL
To setup MySQL you will need to first create a password for your mysql root user. After that we create your Relay database and a new MySQL user with access to the Relay database. Record the following information. Adjust with your own passwords, database name, Relay admin username.
MySQL Root Password: mysqlrootpw
Relay Database Name: relay
Relay Database Table Prefix: relay_
Relay Database Username: relaydbuser
Relay Database Password: relaydbpass
Relay Admin Username: admin
Relay Admin Password: relayadminpass
[edit] Create MySQL Root Password
The following commands create your MySQL root password.
sudo mysqladmin -u root password mysqlrootpw
For the next command you will be prompted for a password. Enter the mysqlrootpw you just created.
sudo mysqladmin -u root -p -h localhost password mysqlrootpw
[edit] Create Relay Database and Database User
The following commands will create our Relay database and the database user. When prompted for a password enter your mysqlrootpw.
mysql -u root -p create database relay; grant all privileges on relay.* to 'relaydbuser'@'localhost' identified by 'relaydbpass'; exit
[edit] Download Relay
Now we need to download Relay and place it in the appropriate directory.
wget http://ecosmear.com/relay/download.php?download=true sudo unzip relayb01-070606.zip sudo cp -r relay /var/www/
[edit] Configure Permissions
Next we'll set the appropriate permissions.
cd /var/www/
sudo chown www-data relay/ sudo chown www-data relay/uploads/ sudo chown www-data relay/filestore/ sudo chown www-data relay/upload.pl sudo chmod 755 relay/ sudo chmod 755 relay/upload.pl sudo chmod 755 relay/uploads/ sudo chmod 755 relay/filestore/
sudo nano relay/.htaccess
Add line AllowOverride All at bottom of file
[edit] Apache2 Config
Next we'll edit the apache configuration file to allow CGI Perl execution in the /var/www/relay directory.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Use the down arrow key to reach the bottom of the file. Cut and paste the following lines into your terminal (at the bottom of the file).
<Directory "/var/www/relay/">
AllowOverride All
Options +ExecCGI -Includes
AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl
</Directory>
<Directory "/var/www/relay/filestore/">
Order allow,deny
Allow from none
Deny from all
</Directory>
<Directory "/var/www/relay/uploads/">
Order allow,deny
Allow from none
Deny from all
</Directory>
- Must have "-Includes," Otherwise uploads may fail on some occasions.
Now to save the changes:
press Ctrl+x then y then Enter
Reload Apache
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload
[edit] Install & Configure Relay
From another computer use Firefox (not IE only because it sucks) to browse to your relay server.
Enter the appropriate information that we recorded from above. i.e. database name, username, relay admin & password, etc.
For the Utilities section:
GhostScript: /usr/bin/gs ImageMagick: /usr/bin/convert
Click Submit Query
[edit] Use Relay & Have Fun
Now browse to your new relay server. Enter the admin username and password we created earlier. Tada, woop, and whatever else - you're done. Take a look around - Relay is pretty awesome. Click Admin Panel to create new virtual directories, users, and to view statistics.
