[Prev] [Next] [Top] [Bottom] [Contents] (3 out of 6)

System Administration

Preparing to Install Sapphire/Web

Before installing Sapphire/Web, it is necessary to create an installation directory for the product. This will be referred to as the Sapphire/Web home directory. This manual and other Sapphire/Web documentation refer to this directory as sapphire_home.

Create sapphire_home by typing

    mkdir sapphire_home
    setenv SAPPHIRE sapphire_home

Reading the Sapphire/Web Tape

Note: If you have retrieved your copy of Sapphire/Web via FTP, you may skip this section.
To read the Sapphire/Web distribution tape:

1. Check that the tape is write-protected.
2. Insert the tape into the tape drive.
3. Make sure that you are in the Sapphire/Web home directory by typing
    cd  sapphire_home
4. Use the tar command to extract the contents of the tape
    tar xvf device_name
where device_name is the pathname for your tape drive.

Unpacking the FTP Product Archive

Note: If you received your copy of Sapphire/Web on tape, you may skip this section.
The Sapphire/Web product, is delivered as a compressed tar file. Depending upon which file you retrieve, it was compressed with either compress (.Z) or gzip (.gz).

To unpack the Sapphire/Web FTP product archive:

1. Make sure that you are in the Sapphire/Web home directory by typing:
    cd sapphire_home
2. Use uncompress (.Z) or gunzip (.gz) to uncompress the tar file
    uncompress sapphireweb_1.0.tar.Z 
or
    gunzip sapphireweb_1.0.tar.gz
3. Use the tar command to extract the contents of the tar file
    tar xvf sapphireweb_1.0B.tar

Installing Sapphire /Web via CD-ROM

If you are installing Sapphire/Web via CD-ROM, use the CD shipped with Sapphire, then follow the mounting instructions in Chapter 1, Release Notes, in this Manual.

1. Change to the directory of the mounted CD-ROM.
2. You will run the CD Install Script by typing:
./Install

Installing Sapphire/Web from Tape, or FTP archive

After extracting Sapphire/Web from either the tape, or the FTP archive, the installation script needs to be executed. This installation script will configure Sapphire/Web to run at your site.

Running the installation script is easy; simply make sure that your current directory is the one in which you have unloaded the distribution by typing:

cd sapphire_home
then execute the installation script

./Install
Note: Sapphire automatically starts the gateway¯However, if you reboot the machine, you will have to restart the gateway. See Chapter 4, Using the Sapphire/Gateway.


[Prev] [Next] [Top] [Bottom] [Contents] (3 out of 6)