DEB Server Setup

Add repository

Currently, we are maintaining packages for Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper. (Packages for dapper were also successfully installed on Debian testing, as of february 2007.)

To use the repository, add following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list:

# DEB server repository
deb http://deb.fi.muni.cz/apt/ dapper debserver

The archive is signed with GPG, and if you wish to verify packages you should use the following key: ​http://deb.fi.muni.cz/apt/gpgpublic.txt

To install the key download it to a file and run:

sudo apt-key add gpgpublic.txt 

And update the package list:

sudo apt-get update

Install packages

To install basic part of DEB server, install package debserver-common

sudo apt-get install debserver-common

Apt should automatically install all the needed software. If you want to use other DEB services also, install the respective packages (e.g. debserver-wordnet for DEBVisDic).

Create certificate

If you have the SSL certificate for your server, copy the files to /var/lib/deb-server/certs and name them host.crt and host.key. If you don't have the certificate, follow the guide in /var/lib/deb-server/certs/README to create self-signed certificate.

Init admin database

Before running the server, common management database is needed. Run:

sudo /var/lib/deb-server/bin/admininit.rb

Run the service

Now, you should be able to run the service.

sudo /etc/init.d/debserver-common start

This command should start administration interface. Point your web-browser to ​http://yourserver:8000 (default login/password is deb/deb)

If you are installing DEBVisDic server, see also DEBVisDic Server Setup.

If you experience problems with the server, see Server Troubleshooting.