Debian 8 currently uses PHP 5.6 and is not supported. However, it will be supported in a future release.
Before You Begin
Ensure that System Requirements have been met prior to proceeding with the Installation Guide.
Install Requirements
1) Upgrade your current packages
Upgrade your current packages.
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
2) Install Required Packages
PHP
This step is only applicable to Debian 7 users. If you are using Debian 8, please skip this step.
All installations of ProVision require at least PHP 5.5 (and related extensions). Debian Wheezy comes with PHP 5.4 by default. You can either add a repository which provides PHP 5.5 or install PHP manually. In this example, we are going to use 3rd party repository that also upgrades the Apache to 2.4 as well as some other packages.
Edit sources.list:
(shown using the vi editor, though you may use the editor of your choice)
vi /etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following lines to sources.list:
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy-php55 all
deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy-php55 all
Please note that mod_rewrite is required! If it is not enabled in Apache, key elements will not work as expected.
Enable the default vhost for apache
a2ensite default-ssl
Allow overwrites in the apache vhosts
sed -i 's/AllowOverride None/AllowOverride All/g' /etc/apache2/sites-available/default*
6. Reload apache
service apache2 reload
MySQL
MySQL Configuration:
mysql -p -e "SET GLOBAL sql_mode='NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION';SET SESSION sql_mode='NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION';"
Then, enter the MySQL root password when prompted.
4) Optional configurations:
Radius (Optional)
This section only needs to be followed if the customer will be using Radius for authentication.
1. Install radius module:
Debian 7:
Debian 7:
pecl install radius
Debian 8:
Debian 8:
apt-get install php5-radius
Create module loading configuration:
(shown using the vi editor, though you may use the editor of your choice)
vi /etc/php5/mods-available/radius.ini
Add the following lines to radius.ini:
; configuration for php radius module
; priority=20
extension=radius.so
To enable the radius module, type the following command:
php5enmod radius
Source Guardian
Source Guardian is only required for ProVision versions 5.1.2 and earlier. If installing ProVision 5.1.3 or later, skip this step.
Install the Source Guardian php extension
Download and find additional details from http://www.sourceguardian.com/ixeds/. Choose either Linux 32 or Linux 64 .tar.gz depending on architecture.
Download the loader and put it in the appropriate place.
Place the file in your php extension directory as specified in your php.ini
Note: The PHP cli binary path must be set in the ProVision software Admin section if is different from default. By default it is /usr/bin/php.
wget https://www.sourceguardian.com/loaders/download/loaders.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
tar -xjf loaders.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
cp -rpPf ixed.5.5.lin /usr/lib/php5/20121212/
Create module loading configuration:
(shown using the vi editor, though you may use the editor of your choice)
vi /etc/php5/mods-available/ixed.ini
Add the following lines to ixed.ini (adding extension=ixed.x.x.y.y to your php.ini):
; configuration for php ixed module
; priority=20
extension=ixed.5.5.lin
To enable the radius module, type the following command:
php5enmod ixed
Reload apache
service apache2 reload
PRO TIP - Loader Assistant for Source Guardian
If you have any issues with getting Source Guardian installed, and the instructions are not working in your case, please check out http://www.sourceguardian.com/loaders/download.php - this page allows you paste in the output of your phpinfo page and then it will tell you the steps that need to be taken for your particular use case. If you are still having issues, please contact 6connect at support@6connect.com so one of our engineers can assist you.
5) Install 6connect ProVision Software:
1. Remove the current contents in the ProVision web folder (currently the www root) and after extract the archive contents:
tar -xf productionBuild-5.1.2-php5.5.tar -C /var/www/
2. Change the permissions to be the web user permissions
chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www
3. Go to http://﹤web root﹥/install/configTest.php. Follow the provided instructions, correcting any configuration errors if they occur. Once all steps are completed, you are ready to use your ProVision instance!
