Has any one out here installed the OpenSRS domain registration system on a raq4? If so can you give me what has to be done to get it installed and run. Where do I put the perl modules on a raq4?

Rich :)

Worked pretty nicely for me (BTW did you know that a new version of the OpenSRS code came out this week? -- looks like it'll be much better)

I don't remember the details, but there were a few modules I needed to add (the verify_install.cgi will tell you what's missing). I just used the CPAN module to install them.

So my #1 piece of advice would be to read up on the CPAN module. Once you've got the hang of it, you just tell it the name of the module you want to install and it will automagically find it, download it, unpack it, configure what it can and ask you about anything else, compile it (if necessary) and install it in the right place.

I no a new version is out this week I am a seller for them already.

I have installed modules on a real Linux box but not on a Cobalt Raq before. I no they are not in the same place as a standard box.

So need to no where to install them onn the Raq.
Also did you have any problems getting the system to work?

Just need a little help getting this to work.

Rich :)

There has to be some one out there that can help with some info on this subject. I need to no what I need to do different from a regular linux box to install and get working.

Some one?

Rich

Rich,

You can install the modules just as you did on a regular linux machine. I will admit, they are a little out of whack, but not that bad! ;)

I have done it only on their RAQ3s and RAQ4s, but I have done quite a few of them. I am confident that it would work just as well on a RAQ2, but SSL stuff was so much easier to implement on the 3's and 4's. The other comment about CPAN is true, read up on that, and things should work just fine. Just DONT UPGRADE PERL on the raq, you will break their special sauce stuff, so your GUI and everything else cobalt will break.

I've set up OpenSRS on Raq3's a couple times, I don't imagine 4's would be that different. Unfortunately for some of the features of OpenSRS a newer version of perl is required. While replacing the cobalt perl is a very risky proposition, what you can do is install the newer version of perl in a different location. If you use the perl install script it'll install it by default in /usr/local/bin/perl which works pretty well. Make sure you say no when it prompts you to install over /usr/bin/perl. If you tell the configure script this you can safely run 'make install', or if you are worried you can move the files by hand. Then just tell all your OpenSRS scripts to reference the new perl location. To install perl modules make sure you call CPAN with the new version of perl.

/usr/local/bin/perl -MCPAN -eshell

You'll end up with two sets of perl libraries, but it'll work well and won't blow up the cobalt.