Changeset 41730 for trunk/ippMonitor/INSTALL

Timestamp:

Jul 29, 2021, 2:53:32 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

eugene

Message:

ippMonitor scripts are now installed in a distinct location so they can be modified independently of the IPP code for both development and operations installations; disabled the "cleanTmpDirectory" option from the website

File:

• trunk/ippMonitor/INSTALL (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/ippMonitor/INSTALL

@@ -23 +23 @@
 # The value also needs to match the PATH entry in ~/ippconfig/ippmonitor.config
 
-# Choose an appropriate psconfig (must exist and match PATH in ~/ippconfig/ippmonitor.config)"
-# It also must be built for the same O/S as the install machine"
-# for example:"
+# Choose an appropriate psconfig (must exist and match PATH in ~/ippconfig/ippmonitor.config)
+# It also must be built for the same O/S as the install machine
+# for example:
 psconfig ipp-20210708-gentoo
 
 # run psconfigure to generate Makefile and raw/site.php 
-# $CZARPLOTDIR and $METRICSPLOTDIR will be generated a link in the same folder as ippMonitor  
-psconfigure --htdocs /var/www/localhost/htdocs --site ~/ippconfig/ippmonitor.config
+# DO NOT check site.php into the svn tree 
+# $CZARPLOTDIR and $METRICSPLOTDIR will be generated as links in the same folder as ippMonitor  
+# the structure of the names for these two directories are defined in Makefile.in 
+psconfigure --htdocs /var/www/localhost/htdocs --wwwbin /var/www/localhost/wwwbin --site ~/ippconfig/ippmonitor.config 
 
-# copy these files and modify them (CCL removed CZARPLOTDIR)
+## NOTES:
+## psconfigure defines the --prefix and related options based on the psconfig system
+## The --wwwbin option sets the location of the ippMonitor scripts.  
+## If not specified here, this defaults to $prefix/wwwbin.  
+## In order to keep the development and operational systems distinct, it is useful to assign the wwwbin under /var/www
+## For an initial installation, you may need to create /var/www/localhost/wwwbin
+
+# Copy these files and modify them.
+# config.dat is used to generate the site.php file installed in the htdocs location
 cp config.dat.in config.dat
 
-# for running czarpool.pl, 
+# czarconfig.xml is used by czarpool.pl
 cp czartool/czarconfig.xml.in czartool/czarconfig.xml
 
@@ -42 +52 @@
 make
 
-# then set gnuplot path for czartool_plots and ippMetrics in ippMonitor dir
-# <path>/var/www/localhost/htdocs/ippMonitor/czartool_plots</path> 
-# <savelocation>/var/www/localhost/htdocs/ippMonitor/ippMetrics</savelocation>
-
 # czarpoll.pl and roboczar.pl should be launched within 'screen' processes, traditionally
 # named CzarPoll and Roboczar