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| Installing the BillMax Software Bundle | ||
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Chapter 1. BillMax Installation Guide | 
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Several UNIX commands are used by the install program. In addition, there are UNIX commands that BillMax uses that are not required for installation. The install program will attempt to determine where the programs are located. If it can't, the BillMax installer will be prompted for the location. The UNIX commands are:
awk
cp
diff
file
find
hostname
grep
ln
ls
find
lpr
more
mkdir
netstat
sendmail
rm
sh
tar
uname
Prior to installing the software BillMax bundle, please answer the following:
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Does the installer have UNIX superuser access to the system? If |
2. MYSQL mysqld Information | |
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There are three sets of usernames and passwords required. For security reasons, it is recommended that these not be written down and no space is given to do so. | |
| 2.1.1. | What is the username and password for the MYSQL administrator? |
| 2.1.2. | What is the username and password to be used for the BillMax database? This is the username/password that will be used to create and access the BillMax database. |
| 2.1.3. | What is the username and password to be used for the initial BillMax administration account? This a username/password that will be used to administer and configure the BillMax software. |
| 2.2.1. | Will the BillMax delivered MYSQL mysqld Daemon be used. |
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Are any non-BillMax mysqld Daemons running? If |
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Will any non-BillMax mysqld Daemons start up on reboot? If |
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Is the non-BillMax mysqld Daemon running? If |
| 2.4.2. | What is the mysql installation directory? |
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| 2.4.3. | What is the full path to mysqladmin? |
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| 2.4.4. | If applicable, what is the hostname, port and/or socket? The install program may be able to determine this. |
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3. Apache httpd Information | |
| 3.1.1. | Will the BillMax delivered Apache httpd Daemon be used? |
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Are any non-BillMax httpd Daemons running? If |
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Will any non-BillMax httpd Daemons start up on reboot? If |
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Is the non-BillMax httpd Daemon running? If |
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What is the directory name in which the non-Billmax |
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Login to the server.
Gain superuser access.
Change directory to /etc.
Create backups of files by executing the following commands:
cp services services.prebillmax
cp groups groups.prebillmax
If using a non-BillMax httpd server, change directory to where the httpd.conf is located and execute "cp httpd.conf httpd.conf.prebillmax.
Change directory to /tmp.
Execute one of the following two commands:
gunzip -c BxPackage-OSversion-demo.2.2.0.tgz | tar xf -
tar xzf BxPackage-OSversion-demo.2.2.0.tgz
where OSversion will be a string indicating the operating system chosen when downloading the BillMax software bundle and -demo will be present only if the demonstration copy of BillMax was downloaded.
Execute "./BxInstall.pl".
Answer the questions presented. If available, enter the BillMax license. If not available, the license may be entered at a later time.
All BillMax related software is installed in /usr/local/billmax. If a non-BillMax web server was chosen, the supplied httpd.conf will have been edited and the edits done should be reviewed.
The purchased version of BillMax comes with software to do automated Electronic Funds Processing. To enable this software, execute /usr/local/billmax/pkg/libwww_install.pl.
If upgrading from a demo version of BillMax, install the purchased version of BillMax by upgrading the demo version and then executing/usr/local/billmax/pkg/libwww_install.pl.
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| Retrieving the BillMax Software Bundle |  |
Chapter 2. Preliminary BillMax Configuration |