Appion

h1. Start with existing CentOS 5.3 64-bit installation

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h2. 3 Download additional software 

[[Download additional Software]]

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h2. 4 MRC PHP Extension Installation and Testing

[[MRC PHP Extension Installation and Testing]]

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h2. 5 Setup MySQL (appiondata) databases 

[[Setup MySQL database]]

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h2. 6 Compile and setup Appion python programs 

[[Setup Appion programs]]

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h2. 7 Install webpages (myamiweb)

Refer to [[Start_with_existing_ANY_Linux_flavor_OS#3-Web-server-side-installation|Web server side installation]]

*TODO:* The next steps have already been completed, grab any extra info from here and move to other location.

h3. Install MRC Tools 

h4. Compile MRC tools 

* Go to your php devel directory and untar the archive

* If unsure where it is, use info.php to find it under *extension_dir*

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$ cd /usr/include/php/ext/

$ sudo mkdir mrc

$ sudo chmod 777 mrc

$ sudo chown $USER mrc

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* Unpackage MRC Tools from http://emg.nysbc.org/software/mrctools/

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$ tar zxvf ~/php_mrc.tgz

$ cd mrc/

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* Compile and install the MRC module

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$ phpize

$ ./configure 

$ make

$ sudo make install

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h4. Configure PHP for MRC Tools 

* Edit your php configuration file php.ini to add "mrc.so" extension.

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$ sudo nano /etc/php.d/mrc.ini

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* add mrc.so to extensions

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; Enable mrc extension module

extension=mrc.so

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* To test MRC tools, go to this website:

http://emg.nysbc.org/software/mrctools/mrc_so.php

h3. Configure PHP 

* increase the memory limit, EM images are big 64MB:

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memory_limit = 256M; Maximum amount of memory

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* Turn error display on:

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display_errors = On

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error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

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* restart the webserver

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$ sudo /sbin/service httpd restart

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h3. Install DBEM and project php source 

Please consult the other [[Start_with_existing_ANY_Linux_flavor_OS#3-Web-server-side-installation|Install guide]]

h3. Configuration 

h4. configure apache 

* allow REMOTE_HOST lookups in apache

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$ sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

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* turn _HostnameLookups_ to On

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HostnameLookups On

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* restart the webserver

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$ sudo /sbin/service httpd restart

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h4. configure project_1_2, dbem_1_5_1, and dbem_1_5_1/processing 

Please consult the other [[Start_with_existing_ANY_Linux_flavor_OS#3-Web-server-side-installation|Install guide]]

h3. Initialize database tables from the web tools 

Please consult [[Start_with_existing_ANY_Linux_flavor_OS#4-Create-a-test-project-and-processing-database|Create a test project and processing database]]

h3. Potential problems 

h4. Firewall settings 

You may need to configure your firewall to allow incoming HTTP (port 80) and MySQL (port 3306) traffic:

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$ system-config-securitylevel

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h4. Security-enhanced linux 

"Security-enhanced linux (SELinux)":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security-Enhanced_Linux  may be preventing your files from loading. To fix this run the following command:

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$ sudo /usr/bin/chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /var/www/html/

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see "this website":http://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-apache-fc3/sn-simple-setup.html  for more details on SELinux

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h2. 8 Install external packages 

*Please follow individual package installation instruction provided with them*

h3. Compile Xmipp for OpenMPI 

[[Install Xmipp]]

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h2. 9 Install a PBS job submission system

[[Install PBS]]

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