Installing FrontPage® on a virtual server
Quick Start
Run the installation script as root e.g.
su -c $ZEUSHOME/webadmin/bin/fpinst.shand answer the questions posed.Frontpage support will be added.
If any problems occur you will be given an error message and instructions on how to fix the problem.
The following questions will be asked. Press return to use the default value if one is given.
Virtual Server
The name of the virtual server as identified in the admin server, e.g. 'test' or 'frontpage'
Subserver site name (optional)
If the virtual server you specifed has subservers enabled you will be asked to specify a subserver. e.g.
mysite.isp.com or
www.mysite.comUnix user name
This is the user name of the owner of the files in the document root and the user that FrontPage extensions will run as.
You cannot specify root.
Unix group name
The group of the files in the document root.
Administrator user name
The name of the owner of the "root web", used for access control on publishing to this FrontPage "web". The user of this web will be prompted for this when publishing.
Administrator user name and password
The username and password of the owner of the "root web", used for access control on publishing to this FrontPage "web". The user of this web will be prompted for this when publishing.
A password which is the same as the username or the same as the Zeus Admin server is not allowed. If required this can be overidden using the command line options.
Changes
After entering the necessary details, the script will create the configuration files and template files required by the FrontPage extensions for the virtual server.
Specifically it will :
- Create the file /usr/local/frontpage/hostname:port.cfg which contains file pointers to other configurations files.
- Create the directory /usr/local/frontpage/zeus/server-name, and the files access.conf and srm.conf. The srm.conf file contains virtual server specfic settings.
- Create the FrontPage support files needed in the virtual server document root.
After successful completion you should see the text
"Install completed."Command line
Alternatively you can specify some or all of this information using command line options.
A few additional options are also available.
For more information see command line options.