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authorBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2018-01-15 14:05:47 +0200
committerBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2018-01-15 14:05:47 +0200
commit505af3c79f7fd4a11e2c33cad7f46b501d810a7e (patch)
tree3878d26984e71aba925c9fd7093c357494fb619f /INSTALL
parentbfec6fffb4acd9673ecf066a0e4f1b4baf2dd831 (diff)
Mention potential issues with SELinux
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@@ -11,8 +11,14 @@ corresponding steps can be omitted.
This user will be used to run the brep package database loader, build database
cleaner, and the database schemes migration utility. We will also use its home
-directory to build and install the brep module, store its configuration,
-etc. We create this user with a disabled password so only root will be able to
+directory to build and install the brep module, store its configuration, etc.
+
+Note: if the deployment machine employs SELinux, then this approach may
+require additional configuration steps (not shown) in order to allow Apache2
+access to the module, configuration, and content (or, alternatively, a
+different deployment approach).
+
+We create this user with a disabled password so only root will be able to
operate as brep. Because of this restriction we will allow brep to run sudo
without a password:
@@ -32,8 +38,6 @@ from root, do:
a) Install a C++ compiler using your distribution's package.
- Also make sure the pkg-config (or one of its replacements) is installed.
-
b) Install PostgreSQL 9.3 or above (including the contrib package containing
the postgres_fdw extension) as well as Apache2 using your distribution's
packages. Below are the names of these packages for some distributions: