General installation steps
Here are the general steps to be taken in order to install AXIGEN.- Unzip the original installation package. Read the Installing AXIGEN under RedHat and SUSE section for an example on how to unzip the installation files.
- Install AXIGEN files. Read the Installing AXIGEN under RedHat and SUSEsection for an example on how to install the product.
- Configure axigen.cfg, as explained in the Configuring AXIGEN using axigen.cfg file section in order to adjust axigen.cfg file to your specific environment.
- Start the AXIGEN server (Read the Starting/Stopping/Restarting AXIGEN section for information on how to start AXIGEN).
- Create domains/accounts for your AXIGEN installation (more information can be found in the User and Domain Configuration section.
- Reconfigure axigen.cfg (if needed).
- Reload AXIGEN server. This way the changes committed in the main axigen.cfg file can take effect (changes to domains and accounts are made on the fly). Read the Starting/Stopping/Restarting AXIGEN section for information on how to reload AXIGEN.
- After the installation, no daemons or related application are started.
Files Provided for Installation
The installation kit consists of the following files:- INSTALL
- UNINSTALL
- README
- Distribution-specific package file(s).
| Directory/File | Description |
|---|---|
| /etc/init.d/ /etc/init.d/axigen |
This is the initscript for AXIGEN. The script will start the daemon for the Gentoo, Debian, RedHat and SUSE distributions. |
| /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S80axigen /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S80axigen /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S80axigen |
Symbolic links to the above mentioned initscript file, needed to start the daemon in the respective run levels (only for RedHat and SUSE distributions). |
| /etc/rc.d/rc.axigen | This is the initscript for AXIGEN in the Slackware distribution. |
| /etc/conf.d/axigen | This is the configuration file used by the AXIGEN initscript in the Gentoo distribution |
| /etc/opt/ /etc/opt/axigen/ /etc/opt/axigen/axigen.cfg |
This is the main configuration file for AXIGEN. |
| /opt/axigen/ /opt/axigen/bin/ /opt/axigen/bin/axigen |
This is the AXIGEN daemon. |
| /opt/axigen/bin/mqview | This is the executable to be used for viewing the status of the queued messages. Please refer to the Command Line Parameters section for instructions on using this tool. |
| /opt/axigen/share/ /opt/axigen/share/doc/ /opt/axigen/share/doc/README |
Document containing the release notes for this version of AXIGEN. |
| /opt/axigen/share/doc/INSTALL | Document containing the installation instructions for AXIGEN |
| /opt/axigen/share/doc/UNINSTALL | Document containing the instructions for uninstalling AXIGEN. |
| /opt/axigen/share/doc/LICENSE | Document containing the license for AXIGEN. |
| /opt/axigen/share/examples/ /opt/axigen/share/examples/axigen.cfg /opt/axigen/share/examples/domain.cfg /opt/axigen/share/examples/account.cfg |
Sample configuration files, containing the default values for AXIGEN parameters, as presented in this User Manual. |
| /var/opt/ /var/opt/axigen/ /var/opt/axigen/Webmail/ |
Default directory used for storing files pertaining to AXIGEN WebMail module. |
See subsections of current page for more details:
Installing under RHEL, Fedora Core, Mandrake and SUSE (gcc3)Installing under Fedora Core, Mandriva and SUSE (gcc4)
Installing under Debian 3.1
Installing under Debian 4.0 and Ubuntu
Installing under Gentoo
Installing under Slackware