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[Ashley Jones <address@concealed>]

Hey again,

Here's the post for getting 6.2.16 on Ubuntu 17.04 with CSS bug fix!! ;)

    https://blog.plip.com/2017/06/04/howto-sympa-6-2-on-ubuntu-17-04/

-adj

On 06/04/2017 11:24 AM, Ashley Jones wrote:
> Flemming,
>
> Awesome!  I published a post on installing Sympa 6.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 a
> bit ago:
>
>     https://blog.plip.com/2017/04/03/howto-sympa-6-1-on-ubuntu-16-04/
>
> Which reminds me, I need to publish the post on installing Sympa 6.2 on
> Ubuntu 17.04 which I have more or less ready to go.
>
> For your install instructions, you didn't have to make any changes to
> main.cf to tweak postfix settings?
>
> cheers,
> -adj
>
> On 06/04/2017 05:04 AM, Flemming Bjerke wrote:
>> Installing sympa on debian 8 - getting started
>> ===============================================
>>
>> This presupposes a new installation of debian8, Jessie. Postfix, mysql
>> and apache2 are used to support sympa. Alternative supporting packets
>> may be used, and the installation may be done in other ways. This
>> tutorial should give a point of departure for adaptions.
>>
>> You must have a domain or subdomain you will use for sympa (example.com
>> or sub.example.com) which must have DNS setup (an a-record and a 
>> mx-record).
>>
>> First install supporting packets:
>>
>> apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client postfix apache2
>>
>> Now install sympa. You must have the root password for mysql ready.
>> During installation, say yes to dbconfig.
>>
>> apt-get install sympa
>>
>> SETTING UP
>>
>> Set up sympa by running:
>>
>> sympa_wizard
>>
>> You must at leaat specify the following:
>>
>> domain       example.com (OR:sub.example.com)
>> listmaster     your-administrator-email (e.g. address@concealed)
>> title             The title of your sympa site
>> http_host    http://example.com/wws (OR: http://sub.example.com/wws)
>>
>> (More detailed setup may be done by editing the sympa.conf file:
>> nano /etc/sympa/sympa.conf
>> and thne restart sympa:
>> /etc/init.d/sympa restart)
>>
>>
>> SUDOERS
>>
>> Then, allow sympa to be run by apache (user www-data):
>>
>> sudoedit /etc/sudoers
>>
>> Add one line containing:
>>
>> www-data ALL = (sympa)  NOPASSWD:
>> /usr/lib/cgi-bin/sympa/wwsympa-wrapper.fcgi
>>
>> APACHE2
>>
>> Now, set up apache2:
>>
>> nano
>> /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
>>
>>
>> Add before </Virtualhost>:
>>
>>        Alias /static-sympa /var/lib/sympa/static_content
>>        ScriptAlias /sympa /usr/lib/cgi-bin/sympa/wwsympa-wrapper.fcgi
>>        <Directory "/var/lib/sympa/static_content">
>>            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
>>            Order allow,deny
>>            Allow from all
>>            Require all granted
>>        </Directory>
>>
>> The result should be something like:
>>
>> <VirtualHost  *:80>
>>    DocumentRoot /var/www/html
>>    ServerName example.com
>>    ServerAlias *.example.com
>>    Alias /static-sympa /var/lib/sympa/static_content
>>    ScriptAlias /sympa /usr/lib/cgi-bin/sympa/wwsympa-wrapper.fcgi
>>    <Directory "/var/lib/sympa/static_content">
>>       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
>>       Order allow,deny
>>       Allow from all
>>       Require all granted
>>    </Directory>
>> ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
>> CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
>> </VirtualHost>
>>
>> Enable apache to use cgi-scripts and disable fastcgi-scripts:
>>
>> a2dismod fcgid
>> a2enmod cgi
>>
>> Reload apache2:
>>
>> service apache2 reload
>>
>> SEE IF IT WORKS
>>
>> Now, check in a browser whether sympa turns up:
>> http://example.com/sympa
>>
>> If it works, hit first login, and add the email of the listmaster.
>>
>>
>>
>>