"Welcome to the VCL" page does not appear...

[Frento Burton]

Hi guys,

So I was  able to finally get the VCL login page to appear. After inputting
the standard userid and password at the login prompt, I was directed to a
blank page. Does anyone have any idea of what may be the cause for this?

Re: Install problems with VCL

[Frento Burton]

Well guys,

I finally found the problem. It was a naming error in my secrets.php file.
As it turns out, I was using the wrong name for the $vclhost. I was using my
'computername'@localhost but when I changed this to simply localhost, the
VCL login page finally appeared. Thanks for every one's input, it was
greatly appreciated. I'm sure I will have more question to come.

Re: Install problems with VCL

[Frento Burton]

Do you think errors made in the modifications to the vcl/.ht-inc/secrets.php
file would cause the "Error connecting to name@localhost" message? Also,
were there any modifications that needed to be made to the index.php file?

Re: Install problems with VCL

[Frento Burton]

I can in fact view the testsetup.php through my browser, I'm assuming that
means php is configured correctly and that isn't the source of the problem?

Re: Install problems with VCL

[Frento Burton]

Oh sorry, I actually made those modifications to the .ht-inc/conf.php file.
Here is what the top sections looks like:


**
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  limitations under the License.
*/

$myhost='<138.238.148.123>';

define("ONLINEDEBUG", 1); // 1 to display errors to screen, 0 to email
errors


   Things in this section must be modified
#

define("BASEURL", "https://$myhost/vcl";);   // no trailing slash - all of
the URL except /index.php
define("SCRIPT", "/index.php"); // this should only be
"/index.php" unless you rename index.php to something else
define("HELPURL", "https://vcl.example.org/help/";);
define("HELPFAQURL", "http://vcl.example.org/help-faq/";);
define("HELPEMAIL", "vcl_h...@example.org");
define("ERROREMAIL", "webmas...@example.org");
define("ENVELOPESENDER", "webser...@example.org");   // email address for
envelope sender of mail messages
 //   if a message gets
bounced, it goes to this address
define("COOKIEDOMAIN", "");   // domain in which cookies are set
define("HOMEURL", "https://$myhost/vcl";); // url to go to when someone
clicks HOME or Logout

Re: Install problems with VCL

[Frento Burton]

Well, there is actually nothing theredid I miss a step in the php
installation portion?

Install problems with VCL

[Frento Burton]

Hi all,

I am installing VCL on a Dell Desktop running Fedora 13. I have reached the
Management node installation. However upon typing https:/'my ip
address'/vcl, I do not see the login screen. Instead the browser displays
the error message "Error connecting to name@localhost". I know this is
rather broad and there could be many reason the VCL login screen does not
appear. I am wondering if anyone knows where to begin troubleshooting for
this type of problem. I begin troubleshooting by looking at the dependencies
of php, apache, and mysql. Checking the dependencies for mysql returns this
error message;

/usr/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql
--log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
--socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock


 Maybe there's some quicker solution that I am unaware of, your response is
greatly appreciated.

Re: Tested Linux Distributions

[Frento Burton]

Thanks Aaron,

Ok, I have used Fedora before and value its ease of use. Do you know if
there are any known VCL compatibility issues with specific Fedora releases?
As of right now it looks like we will be provisioning a mixture of
standalone machines, and vmware images. This VCL implementation should serve
as a prototype for our university (Howard University) as we are currently
working with IBM to receive a new lab filled with IBM blade servers. Our VCL
implementation will serve as somewhat of a demo to IBM as to what we could
do in the future with dedicated IBM blades.

Tested Linux Distributions

[Frento Burton]

Hi All,

This is my first time mailing to the vcl-dev mailing list. I am brand
spanking new to VCL and I basically would like to install it on a couple of
machines at my university. I pulled the install documentation from the
apache respitory and it appears to be straight forward (However, working
with linux, nothing is a guarantee). I noticed that the documentation
referenced Red-hat and Cent OS. Are these the only distros that have been
tested with VCL? I'm more of an Ubuntu guy and I was wondering if VCL would
also work with Ubuntu or Fedora. Thanks for your help.