1.0.4 Installing RawConnect

To install RawConnect it is required to have ruby version 1.8.6,rubygems,  rails verion 2.0.2, mysql 5.0.22 or later, rmagick, rmovie, openid. to see all the gems that are required, please go to
httpd://www.rawconnect.com/forum .

After you meet all the requirements you can install rawconnect fallowing these steps:

1-create an user for the RawConnect Open Social Software (you must have root access), create a public_html directory inside the new user's home directory and setup the permissions.

$ useradd myuser

    $ chmod 711 myuser

$ su - myuser

$ mkdir  /home/myuser/public_html

$ chmod 755 /home/myuser/public_html

2- You must download the RawConnect application from http://www.rawconnect.com

    $ cd /home/myuser/public_html

$wget http://www.rawconnect.com/downloads/....0.5.01.tar.gz

3- Extract the files that you have downloaded from the RawConnect site. 

   $ tar -xvzf  rawconnect.0.5.01.tar.gz

Note:you should not extract the files as a root user, you have to use the user that you created in the first step.

5- Add an user in mysql database.you must create the user that you are going to use for the RawConnect database. Note. Do not create the Database. The Database will be created by the script.

  $ mysql

   GRANT ALL ON  mydatabase.*  TO 'mydbuser'@'localhost' identified by 'password'

  Ex.

$ mysql > GRANT ALL ON  myraw*  TO 'myraw'@'localhost' identified by 'myraw'

Note: you must use the same information at the moment that you run the script. you will be         asked for this information later.

6- Run the RawConnect's script to install the application. you will have to put the correct information in the script. you will be asked for: domain name, admin email, email settings, database information (name, dbuser, dbpassword), admin account for the RawConnect application.

   $ cd rawconnect

   $ rake rawconnect:setup

Note:you should not run the script as a root user, you have to use the user that you created in the first step.

7- There is no more steps, but you must have to know that the default password will be rawconnect and the last email asked will be the admin for the RawConnect application

After installing the RawConnect Open Social Software, you must configure your server to deploy your application.It is really easy to deploy your RawConnect Open Social Software using ModRails or Mongrel. If you have any question about how to deploy your site, you can check in our forums at http://www.rawconnect.com/forums .