Step one is to get the VACM source distribution. The most current release
can always be found on the
filelist page on
SourceForge.
The source distribution is the file with the suffix of .tar.gz.
The first step is to untar the archive. For our example we'll use a version
2.0.0 tarball.
[zacs@denial]$ tar -xvzf vacm-2.0.0.tar.gz |
Next, change into the VACM distribution directory.
It is now time to configure the distribution. Users with openssl installed on
their systems will want to enable the use of SSL encryption in VACM. These
users should add the flag --enable-ssl to the command listed below.
[zacs@denial]$ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr |
The next step is to actually build the vacm distribution. This step will
probably take a few minutes.
Once the distribution is built, it is time to install. Installation of vacm
requires root priviledges. From this point on you will need to be root.
[root@denial]# make install |
Most users will want VACM to start automatically at system bootup. This can
be accomplished by adding the following to the end of the rc.local file. This
file can usually be found in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
If this is a new installation, and not just an upgrade from an older version
of VACM, it is necessary to create a configuration file. For security reasons,
it is important for this file to be readable only by root.
[root@denial]# touch /usr/lib/vacm/vacm_configuration
[root@denial]# chmod 600 /usr/lib/vacm/vacm_comfiguration |
At this point, VACM has been installed, it is now time to start the nexxus
daemon.
[root@denial]# /usr/bin/nexxus &
[VACM] 2.0.0 Nexxus daemon (Build Sep 18 2000 21:55:05) |