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Installing
Network Card
Start Apache Server
Start MySQL Sever
Start VSFTPD
Add Users
Other Useful Things
Installing Top
Do a default installation but if you have the disk space, install EVERYTHING
but possibly not the games. This server can be used to demonstrate and
experiment with all the available software as well as acting as the web
and database server.
Once we read the on-screen instructions properly, the installation went
smoothly.
Network Card Top
The network card needs an IP address. Buy your IT services department
beer/s and get them to allocate one.
To configure the IP address, follow this procedure.
- Start Button - Control Center
- YaST2 Modules
- Network Devices
- Network Card
- Locate your network card and click the Change button.
- Make sure the correct card is highlighted and click Edit
- Make the IP address Static and enter the IP address and subnet mask
agreed with your IT Services Dept'.
- Optionally set the Default Gateway and name server/s (under advanced
settings).
- Next - Finish
Start Apache Top
To start Apache, follow this procedure ...
- Start Button - Control Center
- YaST2 Modules
- System
- Runlevel Editor
- Locate and select apache2 in the list of services.
- Click the Enable button.
- Start a web browser (Knoqueror) and view http://localhost/ With luck
you will see a default web page.
- Place your own index.html into /srv/www/htdocs/ and
your own site will be up and running.
Start MySQL Top
To start MySQL, follow this procedure ...
- Start Button - Control Center
- YaST2 Modules
- System
- Runlevel Editor
- Locate and select mysql in the list of services.
- Click the Enable button.
Start vsftpd Top
To start vsftpd, follow this procedure ...
- Start Button - Control Center
- YaST2 Modules
- Network Services
- Network Services (inetd)
- Locate the vsftpd server entry
- Toggle the status ON and Finish.
Add Users Top
To add some users, follow this procedure ...
- Start Button - Control Center
- YaST2 Modules
- Security and Users
- Edit and Create Users
- Add
- Enter the personal details and a username and password and click Next
and Finish.
Other Useful Things Top
- phpMyAdmin
This is an optional but useful remote administration tool for MySQL.
You can create databases and tables and manage users and security. Potentially
very useful. Beginners are probably better off using the command line
console interface. You can easily select a database and table and inspect
its structure. This is useful for debugging students less well thought
out attempts.
- Webmin
This is an optional but useful remote administration tool for Linux.
You can create users and manage passwords without having to leave the
teaching room where you are currently based.
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