1. Install steps are performed as the informix user
2. You must set INFORMIXDIR to an installed copy of Informix software first
3. Transfer the infx software to your host e.g. /home/informix/tar/infx-1.0b.tar.gz
4. Create tmp directory e.g. mkdir /home/informix/tar/tmp
5. Change directory to tmp e.g. cd /home/informix/tar/tmp
6. Extract tar file to tmp directory e.g. tar xvf /home/informix/tar/infx-1.0b.tar.gz
7. run "./install.sh" and follow the prompts to install.
8. view the README file for further instructions

infx default instance

create informix alias

remote installation

Once infx is installed on one host, you can use infx services to install it to other hosts.

The remote host must meet the same requirements for installation i.e. Informix software installed and the /infx location created. Plus, both hosts must have the rsync utility installed.

When ready, send the software to the remote host using the rsync command.

infx rsync dest=mamvps04

You can set up SSH keys between the hosts, which will allow you access without having to enter a password. See setup ssh keys, for details on how to generate a key and send it to the remote host.

You can also use this command to keep remote servers up to date, and to send configuration changes.

README

Example README file contents.

README

Instructions for installation and configuration

i. Installation instructions

1. Extract software to temp directory

2. cd to temp direcrory, run './install.sh' to install

3. Run '/infx/scripts/infx disco' for instance discovery

ii. Futher setup

1. Add infxenv alias to .profile/.bashrc

        alias infxenv='. /infx/scripts/infxenv'

2. Create /etc/init.d/infx or equiv. script to start/stop infx at boot time. Copy is in /infx/scripts/infx.d

        #!/bin/sh

        #

        #       /etc/init.d/infx

        #

        #       Informix instance stop/start

        #

        #       Place in /etc/init.d or equiv. to run infxinit at server start/top

        #

        #       chkconfig: 2345 60 30

        #

        su informix -c "/infx/scripts/infxinit $*"

3. Add these lines to informix crontab to enable automatic backups and logfile cleanup

        0 22 * * * /infx/scripts/infx auto noenv service=backup-dbs >>/dev/null 2>&1

        0 1 1 * * /infx/scripts/infx auto noenv service=clean >>/dev/null 2>&1

4. Setup ssh keys for remote administration. See http://www.infx.me/setup-ssh-keys for more information

iii. Set up Apache access, see http://www.infx.me/setup-apache

1. Apache configuration, add to httpd.conf

        Listen ${host}:${port}

        NameVirtualHost ${host}:${port}

        <VirtualHost ${host}:${port}>

                DocumentRoot /infx/www/docroot

                ServerName ${host}

                ErrorLog /infx/www/logs/infx-error.log

                CustomLog /infx/www/logs/infx.log common

                SetOutputFilter DEFLATE

                ScriptAlias /infx/scgi-bin/ "/infx/www/scgi-bin/"

                Alias /infx/ "/infx/www/docroot/"

                <Directory /infx/www/scgi-bin>

                        AuthType Basic

                        AuthName infxadmin

                        AuthUserFile /infx/www/htpasswd

                        Require user infxadmin

                </Directory>

        </VirtualHost>

2. Set password for infxadmin user

        a  htpasswd -c /infx/www/htpasswd infxadmin

3. To set up Apache daemon to run as informix/informix

        a. Add to httpd.conf:

                User informix

                Group informix

4. Alternatively set up Apache to use suexec and only run the infx cgi as informix

        a. Add to httpd.conf, inside VirtualHost container

                SuexecUserGroup informix informix

        b. Change these paths in httpd.conf

                ScriptAlias /infx/scgi-bin/ "/var/www/infx/scgi-bin/"

                <Directory /var/www/infx/scgi-bin>

        c. relocate /infx/www/scgi-bin to /var/www/infx/scgi-bin

        d. owner/group informix/informix, permissions 755

        e. link /var/www/infx/scgi-bin back to /infx/www/scgi-bin

        f. see http://www.infx.me/setup-apache for more info