Howto install Mir on Debian

long version: http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Devel/MiRInstall

old version: http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Devel/MiRInstallDebianOld

original version was sarge 2005-12-05, adjusted for etch 2007-12-06

1. install packages

add "non-free" to /etc/apt/sources.list

# aptitude install sun-java5-jdk ant apache2 libapache2-mod-jk tomcat5.5 postgresql cvs imagemagick

and maybe these additional packages, if you like to have a tomcat interface:

# aptitude install tomcat5.5-admin tomcat5.5-webapps

2. configure java

# update-alternatives --config java

3    /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java

# update-alternatives --config javac

1    /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/javac

3. configure tomcat

# export TOMCAT_HOME=/usr/share/tomcat5.5/

(add line also to /etc/profile)

edit /etc/default/tomcat5.5

TOMCAT5_SECURITY=no

# /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5 restart

check http://localhost:8180/ if tomcat is working

4. get mir (do as user, not root)

get mir-java-sourcecode

$ cd /var/www/cms (or whereever you like)
$ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.codecoop.org:/cvsroot/mir login
(pw <enter>)(don't enter any password, just hit <enter>)
$ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.codecoop.org:/cvsroot/mir checkout -r MIR_1_1 mir

Check out de.indy-specific template-set:
$ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.codecoop.org:/cvsroot/imc-germany login
$ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.codecoop.org:/cvsroot/imc-germany checkout neotemplates

5. update templates (also de.indy-specific)

symlink site-specific templates into /mir/etc-directory:

/var/www/cms/mir/etc$ rm -rf bundles/ extrasource/ open/ producer/
/var/www/cms/mir/etc$ ln -s ../../neotemplates/etc/bundles/
/var/www/cms/mir/etc$ ln -s ../../neotemplates/etc/extrasource/
/var/www/cms/mir/etc$ ln -s ../../neotemplates/etc/open/
/var/www/cms/mir/etc$ ln -s ../../neotemplates/etc/producer/

var/www/cms# mkdir site
/var/www/cms/site$ ln -s ../neotemplates/site/img/
/var/www/cms/site$ ln -s ../neotemplates/site/includes/
/var/www/cms/site$ ln -s ../neotemplates/site/script/
/var/www/cms/site$ ln -s ../neotemplates/site/static/
/var/www/cms/site$ ln -s ../neotemplates/site/style/
/var/www/cms/site$ ln -s ../neotemplates/site/mobile/

6. configure mir

/var/www/cms/mir/etc$ cp config.properties-dist config.properties

adjust config.properties to your likings!

edit line Mir.Localizer (and remove # before)

"Mir.Localizer=Localizer"

7. compile

/var/www/cms/mir$ ant

Symlink your new application in tomcats webapps-directory

# ln -s /var/www/cms/mir/bin/mir/ /var/lib/tomcat5.5/webapps/mir

# /etc/init.d/tomcat55 restart

check http://localhost:8180/mir - you should see db errors because there is no db yet

8. set some file-permissions

so tomcat can write the produced pages and your logfiles to the disk

/var/www/cms/mir# cp perms.sh-dist perms.sh

/var/www/cms/mir# ./perms.sh

9. create db

edit /etc/postgresql/7.4/main/pg_hba.conf

"host    [dbname]         [user]         127.0.0.1         255.255.255.255   md5"

edit /etc/postgresql/7.4/main/postgresql.conf

tcpip_socket = true

# /etc/init.d/postgresql-7.4 restart

/var/www/cms/mir/dbscripts# sudo -u postgres ./createmirdb.sh [dbname] postgres [dbuser] [dbpw]

(as in config.properties - adjust that here at latest)

# /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5 restart

10. configure apache2

# a2enmod include

# a2enmod ssl

# openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -out /etc/apache2/ssl/server.pem -keyout /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key

edit /etc/apache2/ports.conf

Listen 443

edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/[yourvhost]

<VirtualHost *:443>
        ServerName dev.de.indymedia.org
        DocumentRoot /var/www/cms/site
        JkMount /mir ajp13
        JkMount /mir/* ajp13
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        ServerSignature Off
        <Directory /var/www/cms/site>
                AddType text/html .shtml
                AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
                DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.shtml
                Options FollowSymLinks +Includes IncludesNoExec
                AllowOverride None
                ErrorDocument 404 /static/404.shtml
        </Directory>
        <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
                SSLEngine On
                SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.crt
                SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key
        </IfModule>
</VirtualHost>

# ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/[yourvhost] /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

11. misc

• /var/www/cms/site should be writable by tomcat55 user
• evt. adapt the articletypes in the database to these used in your producers.xml

12. profit!

done
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