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This supplement describes how to use the Fedora Installer. Once you have run the installer, return to the page on Installing Fedora with Solr.
Running the Fedora Installer¶
For full instructions on installing and configuring Fedora, see the Fedora Installation and Configuration Guide on the Fedora Commons wiki.
Key Points¶
REST API¶
ActiveFedora relies on Fedora's REST API, which is turned on by default in Fedora 3.1. Make sure to leave it turned on when you run the installer. In Fedora 3.2+ you don't even have the option of turning it off.
Resource Index¶
ActiveFedora 1.1 will rely on Fedora's Resource Index. You must enable it in the installer.
Installer Options¶
These are the configuration answers I give to the Fedora installer. This is based on Fedora 3.2.1.
You are free to make your own decisions on most of the installer options depending on the deployment setup you desire. The values required by ActiveFedora are marked in bold. Values in [brackets] are the default values, so you can just hit enter for those values without typing anything in.
Installation Type: custom
Fedora Home Directory: --your choice--
Fedora Administrator Password: --your choice--
Fedora Server Host: [localhost]
Fedora application server context: [fedora]
Authentication requirement for API-A: [false]
SSL availability: [true]
SSL required for API-A: [false]
SSL required for API-M: false I leave this false so that I can intercept TCP traffic when debugging
Servlet engine: [included]
Tomcat home directory: [$FEDORA_HOME/tomcat]
Tomcat HTTP port: [8080]
Tomcat shutdown port: [8005]
Tomcat Secure HTTP port: [8443]
Keystore file: included
Database: included
Policy enforcement enabled: [true]
Enable Resource Index: true This will not actually be required until ActiveFedora 1.1, but might as well enable it now.
Enable Messaging: [false] Switch this to true if you intend to write services that are triggered by events on Fedora objects
Deploy local services and demos: [true]
Post-Install¶
Once you have run the installer, return to the page on Installing Fedora with Solr and follow the remaining instructions.