Upgrade oratio 2.0
REQUIREMENT
Version 2.0 demandes Postgres 7.4 et+
Install Perl module for pdf:
- debian systems : libpdf-api2-perl
- other linux/windows systems : PDF-API2
PRECAUTIONS
Before proceeding with the upgrade it is strongly advised to backup database and program files.
INSTALLATION
- Rename the previous Oratio folder (ex. in oratio_1.0)
- Install new program files: extract new files maintaining equal the folder name "oratio"
- Upgrade the database.
The upgrade can be made in the following way:
- go in the Oratio administration page (http://localhost/oratio/admin.pl)
- insert (if needed) password and continue
- select "Pg Database Administration"
- insert host, port, user and password indicating IP address of database server (default is localhost), port (generally 5432), the database user and the password
- select "update dataset"
- check the database to upgrade and press "continue"
- wait for the completion of the elaboration (some minutes are needed)
- Go back to administration page and go in "Change Admin Settings".
In this section insert data of the "master" database that will contain Oratio users.
This will allow to manage the access, with the same login, to different database.
Insert:
- password: administration page password
- host, dataset, port, user e password indicating IP address of database server (default is localhost), name of "master" database, port (generally 5432), the database user and the password
- push "Change Settings" to save
- Bring back in the file oratio.conf modifications eventually made, in the same file, in the previous version
- Import users of version 1.0.
If you want to manually recreate users of new Oratio version go to successive point, otherwise:
- recover from the previous version the file users/members and copy it in users folder of the new version
- go to http://localhost/oratio/members_to_db.pl
replace eventually "localhost" with server address of Oratio installation.
- it will come visualized the folder that contains the file of Oratio users (members)
- confirm the import pressing the button "import"
- Login to use Oratio 2.0 (http://localhost/oratio/login.pl)