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| -rw-r--r-- | rpkid/portal-gui/README | 16 |
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diff --git a/rpkid/portal-gui/README b/rpkid/portal-gui/README index 390ec8c7..fcffc43e 100644 --- a/rpkid/portal-gui/README +++ b/rpkid/portal-gui/README @@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ Carol, the directory structure will look something like: /usr/local/var/rpki/conf/Carol/entitydb/ /usr/local/var/rpki/conf/Carol/rpki.conf +NOTE: the ${localstatedir}/rpki/conf/ directory structure *MUST* be writable by +the uid running apache. This is currently a restriction required due to some +of bpki operations. The installation and user creation scripts attempt ensure +this happens automatically, but if you are seeing permission denied errors, it +is almost certainly due to files in this tree not being writable by the apache +process. + === Prerequisites === - install Django @@ -60,8 +67,13 @@ Fedora: yum install mod_ssl ==== Installation === -The portal-gui is configured and installed using the Makefile in the -top level directory of the rpki tools. +The portal-gui is configured and installed using the Makefile in the top level +directory of the rpki tools. The configure script attempts to automatically +determine which user the apache process runs as, but if it guesses incorrectly, +you can override it with the WEBUSER=<username> setting when running configure. +For example: + + ./configure [ ... other options ...] WEBUSER=apache At the end of the installation process, the django-admin.py script will prompt you to create a superuser. You want to say "yes" to this |