Page "BloodhoundInstall" was changed by gjm Diff URL: <https://issues.apache.org/bloodhound/wiki/BloodhoundInstall?action=diff&version=4> Revision 4 Changes: -------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<-------- Index: BloodhoundInstall ========================================================================= --- BloodhoundInstall (version: 3) +++ BloodhoundInstall (version: 4) @@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ At the moment it is also recommended that you install virtualenv ({{{sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv}}} or {{{pip install virtualenv}}}) as for systems with existing python installations, it allows you to install packages with lower impact to the system provided installation. In addition, virtualenv is a requirement if you wish to take advantage of the installer script. == Databases == -Apache Bloodhound also requires a database and it supports the following popular databases out of the box: [http://sqlite.org/ SQLite], [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL], and [http://mysql.com/ MySQL]. For the moment this guide does not discuss installing with a MySQL database. +Apache Bloodhound also requires a database and it supports the following popular databases: [http://sqlite.org/ SQLite], [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL], and [http://mysql.com/ MySQL]. +=== Easy Option: SQLite === Installing Apache Bloodhound with SQLite is the easiest option as Python comes with SQLite integrated into it. In addition, there are no special access rights required to create or interact with an SQLite database as it is stored in a local file. For larger production installations, SQLite may not be considered appropriate and lacks the possible advantage of using a separate server for the database. +=== Recommended Option: PostgreSQL === Installing with PostgreSQL is complicated by having to create users and a database on the server and adjusting permissions to allow access. It also adds the following dependencies: * [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL] * [http://initd.org/psycopg/ psycopg2] @@ -54,7 +56,10 @@ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql restart }}} -For MySQL these instructions may work on Ubuntu 11.10: +=== If MySQL is your only choice === +Note that the Installation Script does not yet allow for installing with a MySQL database. + +Although MySQL is supported by Bloodhound, the likelihood of success may be expected to be dependent on the version of MySQL you are trying to use. The MySQL 5.0.x versions are recommended at this point but as this is investigated, further this page will be updated. For MySQL these instructions may work on Ubuntu 11.10 (currently using MySQL 5.1.61): {{{ sudo apt-get install mysql-client mysql-server mysql --user=root --password -e "CREATE DATABASE bloodhound DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;" @@ -62,6 +67,8 @@ }}} In the form specified above, the mysql commands will request a password which will be the password set on installing mysql. To change this password, you can run {{{sudo dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.1}}}. + +To continue the installation, refer to BloodhoundDetailedInstallation before continuing to the Testing the Server section below. == Installation Script == -------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<--------
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