Hi Guys
> I think a Win32 installer that addresses some of the issue you and > Micheal have brought up is possible, and I think that a Win32 installer > that is maintained could be good boost for ASSP. It appears that many > Windows Admins out there shy away from it due to the seeming complexity > of the install. If I could make a suggestion in this regard that I've seen used in the past (although now that I think about it I'm fairly sure there would be permission/rights issues but anyway I'll put it out there) Upon first connection to the GUI (by the presence of, or lack thereof of a file) the system could launch a wizard type setup page. At this point all that would be required is a working Perl environment and ASSP. The wizard could then detect OS, and if windows auto add roth.net as a repository and install Win32::Daemon and the ASSP service, if *nix install Sys::Syslog, as well as the other modules that aren't already installed which are required. Also creation of the spam/notspam/error directories. Possibly going to the extent of prompting for optional packages or giving some default install scenerios and installing the correct modules (DB modules for failover installations etc). If the permission/rights issue can't be resolved (since you'd be stuck with the IIS user (in windows)) you could at the very least have a setup.pl that is run from the command line before connecting to the web interface which could do all this, testing for module presence and known module versions that can cause issues etc. Of course this is coming from someone who just setup ASSP and even though I set it up on windows, I have used linux for a number of years and am no stranger to perl, so my thinking is more in line with a linux admin rather than a windows admin. To sum up, an installer would be nice, but it wouldn't be cross platform, and it seems like there are a number of manual steps that could be removed from the setup process on both platforms with a little bit of perl :). Anyway I love ASSP already, thanks for such a great product Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
