How to install Open Atrium over LAMP stack.

1. How to install & run.
Arturo Borrero González
Februay 2011
cer.inet@gmail.com
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FIRST STEPS
Through this document I will try to explain how to install and run a mixture of different
software in order to get a fully-functional web-system with several services (phpbb forum,
openatrium CMS, etc..) over the bitnami's LAMP stack.
The specific objectives are:
1. Install BitNami LAMP Stack from the bitnami.org web site and install a BitNami module
(phpbb) on top of it.
2. Install the http://openatrium.com/ application manually on top of LAMP Stack.
The OS used in this tutorial is Debian Squeeze amd64, libre-software.
First, we download the BitNami's LAMP Stack from the official website. You can get it with your
web browser or using “wget” tool:
http://bitnami.org/files/stacks/lampstack/1.2-4/bitnami-lampstack-1.2-4-linux-installer.bin
As you can see, it's a binary file, so we need to give execution permission. An easy way to do it is
with “chmod” tool:
arturo@nostromo:~/Downloads$ chmod u+x bitnami-lampstack-1.2.4-linux-intaller.bin
arturo@nostromo:~/Downloads$ ls -l bitnami-lampstack-1.2-4-linux-installer.bin
-rwxr--r-- 1 arturo arturo 63678123 feb 14 22:01 bitnami-lampstack-1.2-4-linux-installer.bin
Now we can start the installation. We have an easy-to-follow installer, so you don't have to worry
about much: just installation path and database password.
In this example, the installation path will be “/usr/local/bin/bitnami/”. I have previously created and
given the appropriate permissions to the directory.
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By the installation end, all will be working right:
arturo@nostromo:~/Downloads$ netstat -putan | grep httpd
tcp6 0 0 :::8080 :::* LISTEN 5087/httpd
The process for installing PHPbb forum is mostly the same: get the software from BitNami's web
site and run the installer.
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You have to specify the previous LAMP installation path, mysql database password and the
user/pass for the phpbb administrator.
At this moment, we have a fully-functional phpbb forum, just with a couple of clicks.
To manage the apache/mysql server, BitNami provides an excellent “sh” script that simplifies the
tasks a lot:
arturo@nostromo:/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4$ ./ctlscript.sh status apache
apache already running
arturo@nostromo:/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4$ ./ctlscript.sh status mysql
mysql already running
arturo@nostromo:/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4$ ./ctlscript.sh stop apache
Syntax OK
/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apache2/scripts/ctl.sh : httpd stopped
arturo@nostromo:/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4$ ./ctlscript.sh start apache
Syntax OK
/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apache2/scripts/ctl.sh : httpd started at port 8080
But the most challenging is the next: installation of the openatrium CMS in our LAMP stack.
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OPENATRIUM DEPLOY
We begin downloading the software from the official website. Again through any web
browser or “wget” tool.
It's a good moment to stop and read the current version documentation of OpenAtrium.
http://openatrium.com/sites/openatrium.com/files/atrium_releases/atrium-1-0-beta9.tgz
We are going to do a “manual” installation, so we start with the command line:
1. Untar the openatrium package:
arturo@nostromo:~# tar -zxvf atrium-1-0-beta9.tgz
2. Move files to a directory within our LAMP installation. We use “/apps/” because it seems to
be the folder of installed applications.
arturo@nostromo:$ mv atrium-1-0-beta9 /usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apps/
3. Then we need to prepare the installation. Inside the openatrium's directory, copy
“sites/default/default.settings.php” into a new file called “settings.php” with the same path
route.
arturo@nostromo:/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apps/atrium-1-0-beta9/sites$ cp default.settings.php
settings.php
4. In order to get the installation process working fine, we need to set some permissions here,
to the “settings.php” file and ”sites/default/” folder:
arturo@nostromo:/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apps/atrium-1-0-beta9/sites$ chmod a+w default/
arturo@nostromo:/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apps/atrium-1-0-beta9/sites/default$ chmod a+w settings.php
5. We are now setting up our LAMP mysql database. Some DCL code are included :)
Notice you have to use “./” to run LAMP's mysql binaries instead of another binaries you
might have in your local system:
arturo@nostromo:/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/mysql/bin$ ./mysqladmin -u root -p create openatrium
Enter password:
arturo@nostromo:/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/mysql/bin$ ./mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
mysql>GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE
TEMPORARY TABLES, LOCK TABLES
>ON openatrium.*
>TO 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'lamp_mysql_installation_pass';
mysql>exit
(note: administrate, manage and/or secure the database exceeds the purposes of this tutorial)
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6. Following BitNami's LAMP configuration philosophy, now we can make some changes in
our openatrium's folder architecture in order to get along with LAMP's apache. We will
make both “htdocs” and “conf” sub-folders. The first containing all openatrium's web-files,
and the last with apache specific configuration:
arturo@nostromo:/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apps/atrium-1-0-beta9$ mkdir htdocs
arturo@nostromo:/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apps/atrium-1-0-beta9$ mv * htdocs/
arturo@nostromo:/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apps/atrium-1-0-beta9$ mkdir conf
arturo@nostromo:/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apps/atrium-1-0-beta9$ ls
htdocs conf
7. Now we add some apache configuration for openatrium. Pay attention to all path routes we
are using:
FILE: /usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apps/atrium-1-0-beta9/conf/openatrium.conf
Alias /openatrium/ "/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apps/atrium-1-0-beta9/htdocs/"
Alias /openatrium "/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apps/atrium-1-0-beta9/htdocs"
<Directory "/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apps/atrium-1-0-beta9/htdocs">
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
8. We need to tell apache where is the openatrium's config file:
FILE: /usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
[…]
[…]
Include "/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apps/phpmyadmin/conf/phpmyadmin.conf"
Include "/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apps/phpBB3/conf/phpbb3.conf"
Include "/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apps/atrium-1-0-beta9/conf/openatrium.conf"
9. At this point, we are near to end. Just relaunch LAMP's apache to start the configuration of
openatrium itself:
arturo@nostromo:/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4$ ./ctlscript.sh restart apache
Syntax OK
/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apache2/scripts/ctl.sh : httpd stopped
Syntax OK
/usr/local/bin/bitnami/lampstack-1.2-4/apache2/scripts/ctl.sh : httpd started at port 8080
10. In the next steps we will be following the visual configuration environment of openatrium.
Openatrium needs to fill the database with his data. The configuration process it's so easy
and its similar to another CMS called “drupal”.
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11. Type in the browser “localhost:8080/openatrium/install.php”. If all is working fine, then you
should see an image like the screenshot below. Select the “Open Atrium” installation:
12. Configure openatrium's connection to the LAMP database. You really don't need advanced
settings here:
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13. Then Open Atrium starts populating the database and configuring itself. It will take a
moment:
14. Add some local information about the website:
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15. Open Atrium will now download and install some additional components. It's an automatic
process. Depending on your internet connection, it will take a while:
16. If all went well, congratulations, now you have Open Atrium integrated in your BitNami's
LAMP stack.
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