NAME

Catalyst::Manual::Installation::CentOS4 - Catalyst Installation on CentOS 4

DESCRIPTION

This document provides directions on how to install CentOS 4 (a rebuild of RedHat Enterprise 4) and then install Catalyst.

If you already have a functioning install of CentOS, RHEL, or a comparable Linux OS, you should be able to skip this first section and go straight to the INSTALL CATALYST section.

NOTE: You might want to consult the latest version of this document. It is available at: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/trunk/Catalyst-Runtime/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Installation/CentOS4.pod

INSTALL CENTOS

These directions are written for CentOS 4.3 on an i386 machine; however, you can substitute other versions as they become available.

Go to http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/4/isos/i386/ and click the nearest mirror.
Download CentOS-4.3-i386-bin1of4.iso (you only need the first disk).
Burn the .iso to CD.
Insert the CD into your machine and power it up.
Hit Enter at the boot: prompt.
CD media test: you can either select OK or Skip depending on whether or not you trust your burn.
The installation GUI should start. Click next at the "Welcome to CentOS-4" screen.
Select a language and click Next.
Select a keyboard configuration and click Next.
Select Custom for the installation type and click Next.
Leave Automatically partition selected on the Disk Partitioning Setup and click Next.
Uncheck Review (and modify if needed) the partitions created, but leave the rest of the default settings on the Automatic Partitioning screen. Then click Next.
Click Yes at the Are you sure you want to do this? warning.
Click Next on the Boot Loader Configuration screen.
Update the Network Configuration screen as necessary and click Next.
Check Remote Login (SSH) and click Next on the Firewall Configuration screen.
Select additional languages as necessary. Click Next.
Select the appropriate time zone and click Next.
Enter a root password and click Next.
Scroll to the bottom of the Package Group Selection screen and check Minimal (the last option). Click Next.
Click Next at the About to Install screen.
The installation will prepare the hard drive and then install the required rpm packages.
Once the installation completes, remove the CD and click Reboot.
Type vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables and add the following line as the third to last line of the file (above the -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited line):
```
    -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 3000 -j ACCEPT
```
This will allow Catalyst to make use of port 3000 (the default for the development server).

Type service iptables restart to restart the iptables firewall using the updated configuration.
Type yum -y update to retrieve the latest patches.

INSTALL CATALYST

Type yum -y install gcc expat-devel sqlite3 to install several packages used by Catalyst.

Type the following:

    $ perl -MCPAN -e shell
    
    ...
    
    Are you ready for manual configuration? [yes] n
    
    ...
    
    cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.7601)
    ReadLine support available (try 'install Bundle::CPAN')
        
    cpan> force install Module::Build
    
    ...
    
    cpan> quit

Optional: The remaining steps of the installation could run significantly faster if you configure a fast mirror that uses HTTP vs. FTP (both transfer data at the same rate once the transfer is in progress, but HTTP connects much more quickly... and a Catalyst installation involves many connections). One way to do this is to answer yes to the Are you ready for manual configuration? prompt when you ran perl -MCPAN -e shell above. Or, you can rerun the script by entering the following command at the cpan> prompt:
```
    cpan> o conf init
```
It will then take you through the configuration dialog.

However, it's often easiesr to avoid the full configuration dialog and manually add a URL. To prepend a new URL to the front of the list, use the unshift option to o conf:
```
    cpan> o conf urllist unshift http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
```
Where http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ is replaced by a nearby, HTTP-based mirror. You can get a list of all mirrors (including where they are located, their bandwidth, and their update frequency) at http://www.perl.com/CPAN/MIRRORED.BY.

Then, be sure to save your changes (or they will be lost the next time you restart the CPAN shell):
```
    cpan> o conf commit
```
You can view the current settings with o conf urllist (or just o conf to view all settings):
```
    cpan> o conf urllist
        urllist           
            http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
    Type 'o conf' to view configuration edit options
```
Note that multiple values can be entered for the urllist option (the first entry will be used as long as it responds).
Type wget http://www.shadowcatsystems.co.uk/static/cat-install to retrieve a copy of the cat-install script.

Type vi cat-install to open the installer script, then insert the following lines at the bottom of the file (after the install('Catalyst'); line):

    install('Catalyst::Devel');
    install('ExtUtils::ParseXS');
    install('Digest::SHA1');
    install('Digest::SHA');
    install('Class::DBI');
    install('DBIx::Class');
    install('DBIx::Class::HTMLWidget');
    install('Module::Install');
    install('Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader');
    install('Catalyst::Plugin::Session');
    install('Catalyst::Plugin::Session::State::Cookie');
    install('Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store::FastMmap');
    install('Catalyst::Plugin::Authorization::ACL');
    install('Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication');
    install('Catalyst::Plugin::Authorization::Roles');
    install('Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::Store::DBIC');
    install('Catalyst::Plugin::DefaultEnd');
    install('Catalyst::Plugin::StackTrace');
    install('Catalyst::Plugin::Dumper');
    install('Catalyst::Plugin::HTML::Widget');
    install('Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema');
    install('Catalyst::View::TT');
    install('Test::WWW::Mechanize');
    install('Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst');
    install('Test::Pod');
    install('Test::Pod::Coverage');

Type perl cat-install. It will take a while to complete.

You should now have a functioning Catalyst installation with the modules and plugins required to run the Catalyst tutorial.

TESTING THE INSTALLATION

Download the tarball of the final tutorial application:

    $ wget http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/trunk/examples/Tutorial/Final_Tarball/MyApp.tgz

Untar it:
```
    $ tar zxvf MyApp.tgz
    $ cd MyApp
```

Run the tests:

    $ CATALYST_DEBUG=0 prove --lib lib  t
    t/02pod...............skipped
            all skipped: set TEST_POD to enable this test
    t/03podcoverage.......skipped
            all skipped: set TEST_POD to enable this test
    t/01app...............ok                                                     
    t/controller_Login....ok                                                     
    t/live_app01..........ok 1/0[debug] ***Root::auto User not found, forwarding to /login
    t/live_app01..........ok 2/0[debug] ***Root::auto User not found, forwarding to /login
    t/live_app01..........ok 15/0[debug] ***Root::auto User not found, forwarding to /login
    t/live_app01..........ok 16/0[debug] ***Root::auto User not found, forwarding to /login
    t/live_app01..........ok                                                     
    t/model_MyAppDB.......ok                                                     
    All tests successful, 2 tests skipped.
    Files=6, Tests=55, 11 wallclock secs ( 4.68 cusr +  4.84 csys =  9.52 CPU)

You should see All tests successful.

AUTHOR

Kennedy Clark, hkclark@gmail.com

Please report any errors, issues or suggestions to the author. The most recent version of the Catalyst Tutorial can be found at http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/trunk/Catalyst-Runtime/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Tutorial/.

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