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{{Admon/important |Backup your VMs!|You MUST perform a '''full backup''' of ALL of your VMs whenever you complete your '''OPS335 labs''' or when working on your '''OPS335 assignments'''. You should be using the dump command, and you should use the Bash shell script that you were adviced to create in order to backup all of your VMs.}}
Adding the webmail investigation.
You have now established that the web server is able to run code which can interract with the database. This will allow dynamic pages to make use of information stored there when providing resources to your users.
'''Record steps, commands, and your observations in INVESTIGATION 2 in your OPS335 lab log-book'''
== INVESTIGATION 3: INSTALL, CONFIGURE & RUN WEBMAIL APPLICATION (Roundcube Mail) ==
*This investigation is was under construction after it somehow did not get saved properly. Students in Fall 2017 are not required to complete this investigation. {|cellpadding="15" width="40%" align="right" |- valign="top" |width="10%" | [[Image:Roundcube.png|thumb|right|200px|'''Roundcube''' webmail application Logo<br>GPL,<br> https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1772791]] |width="10%" |[[Image:roundcube-pic.png|thumb|right|300px|Screencapture of '''roundcube''' webmail application running in order to send and receive mail messages via a web-browser.]] |}In the investigation, we will simply install, configure and run the '''roundcube''' webmail application.'''Perform the following steps on vm1:'''<ol><li>Perform a search on the roundcube application in order to access the website.</li><li>Either Download the "zipped tarball" from their website from a direct link or use the wget command to download directly from a download link (This part may take some effort depending on the Sourceforge website).</li><li>Extract the "zipped tarball" and rename the generated directory that contains download source code to: '''webmail'''.* Use the '''--no-same-owner''' option when extracting the tar achive to ensure that the files do not keep the original owner (who will not exist on your system).</li><li>Change the ownership of the '''temp''' and '''logs''' directories so they belong to apache.</li><li>This service needs to be able to write to several directories ('''temp''' and '''logs''') that SELinux prevents write access to. If you are in a section that has SELinux set to '''enforcing''', run the following commands to let it know that apache should be allowed to write to files in those directories.<source lang="bash">semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_log_t '/var/www/html/webmail/temp(/.*)?'semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_log_t '/var/www/html/webmail/logs(/.*)?'restorecon -v -R /var/www/html/webmail</source></li>::If your machine does not have the semage command, use yum to install the policycoreutils-python package.<li>In the directory now named "webmail", there will be a file named '''INSTALL''' which will walk you through the rest of the Roundcube installation.<br /><br />Some installation tips to consider:::* Be careful about copying & pasting the MySQL setup part: take time and pay attention to detail: do not try to "rush it".::* You will need to install additional Apache modules including: '''php-xml''' and '''php-mbstring'''.::* Don't forget to set the password in the roundcube configuration.</li><li>Note that both of your IMAP and SMTP servers are on different machines (i.e. not on vm1). Therefore, you will need to set the following options for Roundcube: ::* '''$config['smtp_server']'''::* '''$config['default_host']'''::* '''$config['default_port']''' :::'''NOTE:''' The last <u>two</u> entries above refer to your IMAP server </li><li>You should be able to test the configuration in your Roundcube installer after completing Step 3. One it is able to contact both servers, test if the roundcube webmail application is working by logging onsending and receiving e-mail messages.*Using a webbrowser, navigate to vm1.<yourdomain>.ops/webmail and login.*Use the interface provided to send and receive email.</li></ol> {{Admon/important |Backup your VMs!|You MUST perform a '''full backup''' of ALL of your VMs whenever you complete your '''OPS335 labs''' or when working on your '''OPS335 assignments'''. You should be using the dump command, and you should use the Bash shell script that you were advised to create in order to backup all of your VMs.}}
== COMPLETING THE LAB ==
You now have a complete LAMP stack and could host a variety of web-pages that could include dynamically generated content and database access. You also have a webpage that is relying on a number of different services cooperating in order for it to work properly.
'''Depending on your professor you will either be asked to submit the lab in class, or online. Follow the appropriate set of instructions below.'''