Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of FTP Batch Installation

Timestamp:

09/21/10 16:46:48 (3 years ago)

Author:

robert

Comment:

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FTP Batch Installation

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-== Installation ==
+== FTP Batch Installation ==
 
 In order to use the MediaMosa bulkupload facility your system should run a FTP Server to allow users to upload their data to your server using FTP.
@@ -14 +14 @@
 During the ProFTPd configuration, choose 'standalone' is acceptable for most installations.
 
-Now create required group and user (with root privileges);
+Now create required group and user (with root privileges); [[BR]]
+{{{
 groupadd -g 200 ftpgroup
 useradd -u 200 -s /bin/false -d __HOMEDIR__ -c "proftpd user" -g ftpgroup ftpuser
 groupadd -g 60001 nas
 useradd -u 60001 -g nas nas
+}}}
 
+Replace the __HOMEDIR__ with the path to the directory where you want to place the FTP-users' home-direcotries and the newly created user has write-access to this directory.
+
+Create a new file called /etc/proftpd/mediamosa_proftpd.conf (with root) and add the following text;
+
+{{{
+ServerName                      "Batchupload MediaMosa"
+
+DefaultRoot                     ~
+
+# Users require a valid shell listed in /etc/shells to login.
+# Use this directive to release that constrain.
+RequireValidShell               off
+
+# Set the user and group that the server normally runs at.
+User                            www-data
+Group                           nas
+
+DebugLevel 1
+<IfModule mod\verb!_!sql.c>
+SQLBackend                      mysql
+# userid van www-data
+SQLMinID                        33
+SQLDefaultUID                   33
+# groupid van nas
+SQLDefaultGID                   60001
+#SQLHomedirOnDemand             on
+SQLAuthenticate                 users
+SQLAuthTypes                    OpenSSL
+
+## databasename@host database_user user_password
+
+SQLConnectInfo     mediamosa@host user password
+SQLUserInfo        mediamosa_ftp_user userid passwd uid gid homedir shell
+SQLUserWhereClause "active=1"
+
+## create a user's home directory on demand if it doesn't exist
+#SQLHomedirOnDemand      on
+CreateHome      on 777
+
+SQLLog             PASS updatecount
+SQLNamedQuery      updatecount UPDATE "count=count+1, accessed=now() WHERE  userid='%u'" ftpuser
+
+SQLLog             STOR,DELE modified
+SQLNamedQuery      modified UPDATE "modified=now() WHERE userid='%u'" ftpuser
+</IfModule>
+}}}
+
+Make sure you change the SQLConnectInfo with the correct MySQL user connection.
+
+Now edit /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf and add the following line at the end of the file;
+{{{
+Include /etc/proftpd/mediamosa_proftpd.conf
+}}}
+
+To make your changes to take effect, you need to restart the FTP server;
+{{{
+/etc/init.d/proftpd restart
+}}}
+
+=== XML-parser ===
+
+The next step is to install xml-parser by running (with root privileges):
+
+dpkg -i vpx-xp_1.0.3_i386.deb
+
+and apply the following changes to /user/local/xml-parser/settings.php:
+{{{
+define("VPX_HOST",               "localhost");
+define("VPX_URL_PREFIX",         "");
+define("SAN_NAS_BASE_PATH",      "__HOMEDIR__");
+}}}
+Also replace  __HOMEDIR__ with the path to the previously defined upload-directory.
+
+=== Watcher software ===
+
+Finally you need to install and run the watcher software.
+This software will detect any changes in the ftp-upload directory and control the the processing of the uploaded files.
+
+As the watcher-software uses gaminlib0 you will have to install this library first.
+Using root-privileges run:
+
+apt-get install gamin gaminlib0
+
+after that you can install the watcher-software itself:
+
+dpkg -i vpx-dw_1.0.1_i386.deb
+
+Finally you will have to the following changes to /opt/local/etc/watcher/watcher.conf
+{{{
+# The user and group id of the daemon
+ServerId = 33:60001
+
+# The script that will handle created files
+Handler = /var/opt/local/xml-parser/process.php
+
+# Base directory under which user subdirectories will be added.
+BaseDir = __HOMEDIR__
+}}}