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Noah Manual

Noah – Installation

HowTo install Noah on U*ix

Requirements:

U*ix (debian/CentOs/RedHat aso) installed with internet access.

Webserver (Apache2/Lighttpd)

php version 5 release 3 (http://php.net)

mysql server version 5 (http://mysql.com)

Optional: MariaDB server (recommended for speed and functionality additions) (http://mariadb.org)

unzip (#apt-get install unzip)

The following extensions to PHP is to be included in the installation:

• php5-common
• php5-mysql (mysql for php)
• pdo_mysql (mysql pdo for php)
• php5-bcmath (Binary Calculator which supports numbers of any size and precision, represented as strings)
• php5-snmp (snmp for php)
• php5-gmp (gmp for php)
• php5-mcrypt (mcrypt for php)
• xpdf-utils (pdftotext installed)
• php5-ldap (ldap for php)
• php5-imap (imap for php)
• php5-cgi (cgi for php)
• php5-mbstring (mbstring for php)
• php5-soap (soap calls for php)
• php5-curl (CURL is used for various tasks)

Default Values

• Default user "admin" with password "password". It is recommended to change the password upon first login.

Install by following:

• cd /var/www/
• wget http://gnf.dk/files/Noah_upgrade.zip
• unzip Noah_upgrade.zip

copy/rename the dist-config.php file to config.php

Edit the config.php and alter the $server_path, $Site_URL and the db_host, db_name, db_user and db_password

Use the install.sql from the /install path to create the new Noah Database

mysql -u<noah_db_user> -p noah < noah_install.sql

go to upgrade path and run the command:

cd upgrade/

php upgrade.php

for the latest database version

PHP.INI

Note: some versions of .ini needs some alterations to avoid errors.

CentOS / Debian:

; error_reporting

; Default Value: E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

; Development Value: E_ALL | E_STRICT

; Production Value: E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED

and

short_open_tag = On

MySql

In some cases mysql is set to STRICT on basic installation.

Optional remedy: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35287846/mysql-default-value-errors-on-new-server