NAME

Catalyst::Manual::Installation::CentOS4 - Catalyst Installation on CentOS 4

DESCRIPTION

This document provides directions on how to install CentOS 4 (a rebuild of RedHat Enterprise 4) and then install Catalyst.

If you already have a functioning install of CentOS, RHEL, or a comparable Linux OS, you should be able to skip this first section and go straight to the INSTALL CATALYST section.

NOTE: You might want to consult the latest version of this document. It is available at: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/trunk/Catalyst-Runtime/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Installation/CentOS4.pod

INSTALL CENTOS

These directions are written for CentOS 4.3 on an i386 machine; however, you can substitute other versions as they become available.

• Go to http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/4/isos/i386/ and click the nearest mirror.

• Download CentOS-4.3-i386-bin1of4.iso (you only need the first disk).

• Burn the .iso to CD.

• Insert the CD into your machine and power it up.

• Hit Enter at the boot: prompt.

• CD media test: you can either select OK or Skip depending on whether or not you trust your burn.

• The installation GUI should start. Click next at the "Welcome to CentOS-4" screen.

• Select a language and click Next.

• Select a keyboard configuration and click Next.

• Select Custom for the installation type and click Next.

• Leave Automatically partition selected on the Disk Partitioning Setup and click Next.

• Uncheck Review (and modify if needed) the partitions created, but leave the rest of the default settings on the Automatic Partitioning screen. Then click Next.

• Click Yes at the Are you sure you want to do this? warning.

• Click Next on the Boot Loader Configuration screen.

• Update the Network Configuration screen as necessary and click Next.

• Check Remote Login (SSH) and click Next on the Firewall Configuration screen.

• Select additional languages as necessary. Click Next.

• Select the appropriate time zone and click Next.

• Enter a root password and click Next.

• Scroll to the bottom of the Package Group Selection screen and check Minimal (the last option). Click Next.

• Click Next at the About to Install screen.

• The installation will prepare the hard drive and then install the required rpm packages.

• Once the installation completes, remove the CD and click Reboot.

• Type vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables and add the following line as the third to last line of the file (above the -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited line):

      -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 3000 -j ACCEPT

  This will allow Catalyst to make use of port 3000 (the default for the development server).

  Type service iptables restart to restart the iptables firewall using the updated configuration.

• Type yum -y update to retrieve the latest patches.

INSTALL CATALYST

• Type yum -y install gcc expat-devel sqlite3 to install several packages used by Catalyst.

• Type the following:

      $ perl -MCPAN -e shell
      
      ...
      
      Are you ready for manual configuration? [yes] n
      
      ...
      
      cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7601)
      ReadLine support available (try 'install Bundle::CPAN')
          
      cpan> force install Module::Build
      
      ...
      
      cpan> quit

• Optional: The remaining steps of the installation could run significantly faster if you configure a fast mirror that uses HTTP vs. FTP (both transfer data at the same rate once the transfer is in progress, but HTTP connects much more quickly... and a Catalyst installation involves many connections). One way to do this is to answer yes to the Are you ready for manual configuration? prompt when you ran perl -MCPAN -e shell above. Or, you can rerun the script by entering the following command at the cpan> prompt:

      cpan> o conf init

  It will then take you through the configuration dialog.

  However, it's often easiesr to avoid the full configuration dialog and manually add a URL. To prepend a new URL to the front of the list, use the unshift option to o conf:

      cpan> o conf urllist unshift http://www.perl.com/CPAN/

  Where http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ is replaced by a nearby, HTTP-based mirror. You can get a list of all mirrors (including where they are located, their bandwidth, and their update frequency) at http://www.perl.com/CPAN/MIRRORED.BY.

  Then, be sure to save your changes (or they will be lost the next time you restart the CPAN shell):

      cpan> o conf commit

  You can view the current settings with o conf urllist (or just o conf to view all settings):

      cpan> o conf urllist
          urllist           
              http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
      Type 'o conf' to view configuration edit options
   

  Note that multiple values can be entered for the urllist option (the first entry will be used as long as it responds).

• Type wget http://www.shadowcatsystems.co.uk/static/cat-install to retrieve a copy of the cat-install script.

• Type vi cat-install to open the installer script, then insert the following lines at the bottom of the file (after the install('Catalyst'); line):

      install('Catalyst::Devel');
      install('ExtUtils::ParseXS');
      install('Digest::SHA1');
      install('Digest::SHA');
      install('Class::DBI');
      install('DBIx::Class');
      install('DBIx::Class::HTMLWidget');
      install('Module::Install');
      install('Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader');
      install('Catalyst::Plugin::Session');
      install('Catalyst::Plugin::Session::State::Cookie');
      install('Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store::FastMmap');
      install('Catalyst::Plugin::Authorization::ACL');
      install('Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication');
      install('Catalyst::Plugin::Authorization::Roles');
      install('Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::Store::DBIC');
      install('Catalyst::Plugin::DefaultEnd');
      install('Catalyst::Plugin::StackTrace');
      install('Catalyst::Plugin::Dumper');
      install('Catalyst::Plugin::HTML::Widget');
      install('Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema');
      install('Catalyst::View::TT');
      install('Test::WWW::Mechanize');
      install('Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst');
      install('Test::Pod');
      install('Test::Pod::Coverage');

• Type perl cat-install. It will take a while to complete.

You should now have a functioning Catalyst installation with the modules and plugins required to run the Catalyst tutorial.

TESTING THE INSTALLATION

• Download the tarball of the final tutorial application:

      $ wget http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/trunk/examples/Tutorial/Final_Tarball/MyApp.tgz

• Untar it:

      $ tar zxvf MyApp.tgz
      $ cd MyApp

• Run the tests:

      $ CATALYST_DEBUG=0 prove --lib lib  t
      t/02pod...............skipped
              all skipped: set TEST_POD to enable this test
      t/03podcoverage.......skipped
              all skipped: set TEST_POD to enable this test
      t/01app...............ok                                                     
      t/controller_Login....ok                                                     
      t/live_app01..........ok 1/0[debug] ***Root::auto User not found, forwarding to /login
      t/live_app01..........ok 2/0[debug] ***Root::auto User not found, forwarding to /login
      t/live_app01..........ok 15/0[debug] ***Root::auto User not found, forwarding to /login
      t/live_app01..........ok 16/0[debug] ***Root::auto User not found, forwarding to /login
      t/live_app01..........ok                                                     
      t/model_MyAppDB.......ok                                                     
      All tests successful, 2 tests skipped.
      Files=6, Tests=55, 11 wallclock secs ( 4.68 cusr +  4.84 csys =  9.52 CPU)

  You should see All tests successful.

AUTHOR

Kennedy Clark, hkclark@gmail.com

Please report any errors, issues or suggestions to the author. The most recent version of the Catalyst Tutorial can be found at http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/trunk/Catalyst-Runtime/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Tutorial/.

Copyright 2006, Kennedy Clark, under Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/).