{"id":916,"date":"2012-03-19T01:20:55","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T06:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourLinuxGuy.com\/?p=916"},"modified":"2013-03-24T17:34:39","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T22:34:39","slug":"ifolder-3-8-on-opensuse-12-1-or-11-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourLinuxGuy.com\/?p=916","title":{"rendered":"iFolder 3.8 on Opensuse 12.1 (or 11.4), Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

It looks like some people are working very hard out there to try and preserve iFolder for future versions of Opensuse.\u00a0 To those people (the NoFolder<\/a> crew, Ravi Kumar<\/a>, etc.), I’m indebted; I simply would be at a loss without iFolder.\u00a0 Yes, I use DropBox, and a couple other things, but there’s just nothing like iFolder<\/a> for complete control over the server and the sync’d content.<\/p>\n

But the sad fact is, it has suffered a bit of neglect as of late.\u00a0 Okay, a LOT of neglect.\u00a0 And you’re probably here because you have an Opensuse 12.1 (or 11.4) server, and you tried to install iFolder 3.8.x on it, and had some trouble.<\/p>\n

Notes: I strongly recommend you see my old post about setting up iFolder 3.8 on Opensuse 11.1 for background and additional detail, as this post will be brief and to-the-point without much supporting detail.\u00a0 All the work in this doc was performed on the x86_64 version of Opensuse, and was tested on both 12.1 and 11.4.<\/em><\/p>\n

First, build up an Opensuse 12.1 box.\u00a0 I tend to build them with “Minimum X Window”, “IPv6 Disabled”, “SSH enabled”, and a dedicated partition for iFolder database and content (like \/ifolder); other then that, fairly typical.\u00a0 And I never install patches during installation.\u00a0 So updates are the first thing we do after completion:<\/p>\n

zypper ref; zypper up<\/pre>\n
So first, decide on a single name that you will use for the server for the host configuration, certificate creation, Apache2 configuration, and iFolder service configuration; it is imperative that you use one name!\u00a0 For the following examples, I use “ifolder.yourLinuxGuy.com<\/code>“.\u00a0 Let’s configure that critical name and static address:<\/p>\n
yast lan<\/pre>\n
vi \/etc\/hosts<\/pre>\n
Now, let’s install all the supporting software we need (of course findutils<\/code> isn’t needed for iFolder, but I can’t live without it; but mono-wcf<\/code> is the one most people seem to miss):<\/p>\n
zypper in apache2-worker findutils-locate apache2-mod_mono log4net mono-core mono-data mono-data-sqlite mono-web mono-winforms mono-wcf xsp libflaim<\/pre>\n
Next we configure apache2 and related components, starting by generating a certificate (obviously, replace the values to suit):<\/p>\n
\/usr\/bin\/gensslcert -c US -s MI -l \"City\" -o \"Your Linux Guy\" -e email@yourLinuxGuy.com -d -n ifolder.YourLinuxGuy.com<\/pre>\n
Add SSL to the APACHE_SERVER_FLAGS section:<\/p>\n
vi \/etc\/sysconfig\/apache2<\/pre>\n
Un-comment and change \u201cServerName\u201d to match the name you put in \/etc\/hosts, and optionally set \u201cServerAdmin\u201d to your email address:<\/p>\n
cd \/etc\/apache2\/vhosts.d\/; cp vhost-ssl.template vhost-ssl.conf; vi vhost-ssl.conf<\/pre>\n
Now to open ports 80 and 443, set FW_SERVICES_EXT_TCP=\"80 443\"<\/code>:<\/p>\n
vi \/etc\/sysconfig\/SuSEfirewall2<\/pre>\n
Next, we install the stars of the show, the iFolder packages:<\/p>\n
rpm -Uvh http:\/\/download.opensuse.org\/repositories\/home:\/rkumar1:\/branches:\/network:\/ifolder:\/server_stable\/openSUSE_11.4\/x86_64\/ifolder3-enterprise-3.8.4.0.11091.1-6.2.x86_64.rpm\r\nrpm -Uvh http:\/\/download.opensuse.org\/repositories\/home:\/rkumar1:\/branches:\/network:\/ifolder:\/server_stable\/openSUSE_11.4\/x86_64\/novell-ifolder-enterprise-plugins-3.8.4.10192.1-6.3.x86_64.rpm<\/pre>\n
Update<\/span>: Reader Mike informs me that these links above are no longer in service. In the interim, here’s an alternate download location:<\/p>\n
rpm -Uvh http:\/\/yourlinuxguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ifolder3-enterprise-3.8.4.0.11091.1-6.2.x86_64.rpm\r\nrpm -Uvh http:\/\/yourlinuxguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/novell-ifolder-enterprise-plugins-3.8.4.10192.1-6.3.x86_64.rpm<\/pre>\n
And run all 3 configuration scripts (remember, see my older post<\/a> for reference and detail, and please note I use an alternative simias datastore location of \/ifolder<\/code>):<\/p>\n
simias-server-setup\r\nifolder-admin-setup\r\nifolder-web-setup<\/pre>\n
A note about the next step: If you just stopped here, you’d be able to pull up the \/admin page, but not log in; you’d get a red message saying that your password doesn’t match or whatever.\u00a0 I see this error quite commonly out there…\u00a0 So let’s change the FlaimWrapper softlink pointer to an existing location:<\/p>\n
rm \/usr\/lib64\/simias\/web\/bin\/FlaimWrapper.so\r\nln -s \/usr\/lib64\/libFlaimWrapper.so.0 \/usr\/lib64\/simias\/web\/bin\/FlaimWrapper.so<\/pre>\n
Let’s make sure Apache2 comes up at each boot:<\/p>\n
chkconfig apache2 on<\/pre>\n
And lastly, restart stuff:<\/p>\n
rcSuSEfirewall2 restart;rcapache2 stop; rcapache2 start<\/pre>\n
And that should do it!\u00a0 Log in at \/admin, configure some users, etc., etc., etc.\u00a0 I’m guessing you are here because you know already how to *use* iFolder, just got stuck installing and configuring it, so I’ll not go into any usage detail.<\/p>\n
By the way, the NoFolder.com page has some good troubleshooting tips, but if you follow these steps accurately, and you use the SAME hostname throughout the configuration, you should be fine.<\/p>\n
See, it’s not that bad.\u00a0 And it’s totally worth it.\u00a0 Enjoy!
\n\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
Update, 20130324<\/span>: Please see PART 2<\/a> of this post and story, after reading through the comments below to see how we arrived there….<\/p>\n
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