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The RPM version of Big Sister tries to implement the File Hierarchy
Standard (FHS) and actually was generated using
./configure --enable-fhs --with-user=bigsis --with-cgi=/bigsis/cgi --with-url=/bigsis make
Due to this there are a few things to note, notably the locations
where you find configuration files:
- local configuration files are stored below /etc/bigsister
- whenever the Big Sister documentation talks about the
"adm" directory, translate it into /etc/bigsister
- the site-wide, shared config files are stored below
/usr/share/bigsister/etc
- the program directory is /usr/share/bigsister
- the documentation is installed in /usr/share/doc/packages/bigsister
- the "var" directory, where all the files are stored Big Sister
itself writes information to, are located below /var/lib/bigsister
- the Big Sister user is "bigsis"
- Big Sister was configured to display under the URL
http://<localhost>/bigsis/, you find a (working) example apache
configuration snippet in /etc/bigsister/httpd.conf
The RPM will install a start script named "bigsister" in your
init directory (/etc/init.d, most probably) and enable it for
starting during boot time. If you want to immediately start Big
Sister just run
/etc/init.d/bigsister start
in a root shell.
Of course, you can browse through Big Sister status via the URL
file:/var/lib/bigsister/www. Anyway, it is better to have a web server
running on the Big Sister server (no need for a web server on agent
machines).
If the Big Sister RPM has detected an installed Apache server it has
probably already configured your webserver appropriately. Start or
re-start your webserver via
/etc/init.d/apache restart
(on some systems: /etc/init.d/httpd restart) and access Big Sister
via the URL
http://<yourhostname>/bigsis/
If you prefer installing and configuring a web server manually:
You find an example Apache configuration fragment in /etc/bigsister/httpd.conf.
You can either directly include it in your main httpd.conf or do whatever
you like with it :-)
Big Sister comes with a minimum of dependencies. It does not require
Apache (though I strongly suggest installing it), it does not require
certain Perl modules, ...
Anyway, please browse through the INSTALL document to see what optional
packages might enable more functionality as soon as they are installed.
Have fun!
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