Help for system administrators
- Highlights of CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.0
Before you get started, here are some things you may need to know about the differences between CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.0 and earlier versions of SourceForge.
- Install CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.0 in a virtual machine
To get the functionality of CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.0 with the ease of installation and maintenance that comes with VMWare, run CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.0 in a VMWare player.
- Install CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.0 on bare metal
To install or upgrade CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.0, you must prepare the environment, configure the site and supply some data to get the site started.
- Install a different build of the same release
You can uninstall the current release and install a new build of the same release without touching your site's data.
- Patch CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.0
When new functionality or bug fixes must be applied to a running SourceForge instance, you may need to install or remove a patch.
- Protect Apache with SSL
Use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to run your Web server securely.
- Back up and restore CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.0 data
CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise 5.0 5.0 stores data in the database and on the file system. Back up all data comprehensively so that it can be restored in the event of unrecoverable failures.
- Specify DNS servers
Define the DNS servers with which you want SourceForge to resolve URLs by listing them in the resolv.conf file.
- Monitor services on your site
To monitor a SourceForge service, activate the monitoring script for that service.
- Get information about a SourceForge site
Use the snapshot.py utility to determine what processes are running on your SourceForge site, how much free memory is available, and other information.
- Change the location of a log file
To change where log files are written to, edit the site-options.conf file and restart the runtime environment.
- Let users see what's in a project template
Help your site's project administrators choose a project template by enabling them to see the contents of the templates that are available.
- System administration reference
This is where you can find your information about your config files, logs, scripts and such stuff.
- Frequently asked questions about administrating an installation
Use this background information to help you set up, maintain and upgrade a SourceForge installation.