Install the CorneliOS Web OS

Step 1 of 5: Download CorneliOS

Step 2 of 5: Move the files to your server

Option A: Upload using an FTP client Use your FTP client to upload both files (installer.pl and software.zip) to the cgi-bin directory on your server. Make sure the security settings of both files are set to "755" once the files are on the server - most FTP clients offer an option to check and set these settings. Option B: Upload using SCP To use SCP you'll need SSH access on your server. Use the "scp" command to send the files to the server (replace "username" by your actual username and replace "/path/to/your/" by the actual path to your cgi-bin directory): scp installer.pl username@example.com:/path/to/your/cgi-bin/ scp software.zip username@example.com:/path/to/your/cgi-bin/ Make sure that the security settings for both files are "755" on the server. You may check this by logging into your server using SSH: ssh username@example.com cd /path/to/your/cgi-bin/ ls -al The server should now list the files in your cgi-bin directory, this should look more or less like this: rwxr-xr-x 1 apache apache      6490 Sep 29 20:24 installer.pl rwxr-xr-x 1 apache apache  36291251 Sep 29 20:25 software.zip It is very important to make sure that the security settings are "rwxr-xr-x" for both files. If they are not, type the following: chmod 755 installer.pl chmod 755 software.zip Option C: Move files to local directory If you're installing the software on your local computer (Linux or MacOSX, this will NOT work on a Windows machine!), just move both files into your cgi-bin directory using your mouse, or move them using a terminal/shell: cd /path/to/your/cornelios/package/ mv installer.pl /path/to/your/cgi-bin mv software.zip /path/to/your/cgi-bin cd /path/to/your/cgi-bin/ chmod 755 installer.pl chmod 755 software.zip

Step 3 of 5: Run the installer

Option A: Install using your web browser Enter the following URL in your browser (replace www.example.com by your actual domain name or IP address): http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/installer.pl This will take some time - please be patient and do NOT reload the page!, It may take some time before your browser window displays the installation log. As soon as the page is loaded your software will be ready. Option B: Install using a terminal/shell If you have SSH access to your server (or if you're installing the software on your local machine) you may install the software using a terminal/shell. The advantage of this option is the fact that you'll get some live feedback and you can see what's being done: ssh username@example.com (ignore this line if you're installing on your local computer) cd /path/to/your/cgi-bin/ ./installer.pl

Step 4 of 5: Test your installation

Step 5 of 5: Change the root password

Troubleshooting

• If nothing is happening at all you probably have to take a look at your web server config.
• If you're getting an "Internal Server Error" there may be something wrong with your web server setup. Check your httpd.conf (or whatever web server config file involved), make sure to chmod everything to 755, make sure all files can be read and written by the webserver, make sure SSI (Server Side Includes) support is enabled, Perl is installed (and more or less up to date), the CPAN CGI modules are there and so on... (if you don't understand these recommendations then this release is probably not for you :-).
• If you're getting some kind of a "Software Error" you probably need to install some more CPAN modules. Check your Apache error log.
• If you can't login, please check the access rights and make sure all directories can be written by Apache (/var/sessions for example).
• If you can't resolve problems and you're stuck, you may still contact us (info@cornelios.org).