------------------------------------------------ | AjaXplorer Installation Instructions | ------------------------------------------------ 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS & QUICK INSTALL To be able to run this system on your webserver, it must have PHP 5 or higher running, and you must have an FTP access to upload the files on the server. That's all! No database is needed. If you want to use it as fast as possible, just change the ADMIN_PASSWORD in the conf/conf.php file and upload on your server. Check that the "data" and its children folders are writeable by apache user. For further configuration, read below. 2 CONFIGURATION After unzipping the file into a local folder on your computer, use a text editor to edit the configuration file located in conf/conf.php 2.1 WORKSPACES (previously "Repositories") In AjaXplorer, a workspace is a folder that you want to browse/modify with the application. A workspace does not have to be inside the ajaxplorer installation folder, since you set it with an absolute path on your server. You can set as many repositories as you want : you will be able to switch from one to another when logged to AjaXplorer, and you can precisely set rights for each users (see paragraph 2.2) on each workspace. By default, the basic workspace is set to the "files" folder inside the ajaxplorer installation folder. You can change it to whatever you want, using absolute path like : /home/login/www/location, or /C:/myfolder/ on windows. Note that a workspace does not have to be accessible to the internet, AjaXplorer will work as a "proxy" between your files and the web. 2.2 USERS MANAGEMENT An evoluted users management system has been developed in AjaXplorer. You are encouraged to use it to secure your data, but it's up to you, you can disable it totally (for example if you are already working in a very secure zone, and don't need any users profiles). If you are a beginner, just change the ADMIN_PASSWORD variable before uploading on your server everything should be fine. If you do not change it, you will be reminded to change the first time you log in, because otherwise anybody knowing AjaXplorer could login with the standard initial password "admin"... You can add / modify / delete users by logging in AjaXplorer as "admin" and clicking on "Settings" button. For each user, you will be able to give read and/or right access separately on each workspace. Note that a user that has no rights on any workspace cannot log in. For a better integration in existing systems, AjaXplorer can "prelog" a user from external data or logging system. Users must still be created in AjaXplorer, since their rights on repositories and preferences are stored by the application. But they will not be able to change their password, since they are in that case managed by an external application. 2.2.1 BASIC USERS CONFIGURATION ENABLE_USERS => 1 Users management is enabled 0 Users management is totally disabled. No logging required and all users share the same preferences. ALLOW_GUEST_BROWSING => 1 In the "Settings" console accessed by admin user, a "guest" user is created on which you can set rights on repositories like any other user. This user will be automatically logged in if no user is identified. 0 When no user is identified, the login screen appears and no workspace is loaded. 2.2.2 AUTHENTICATION METHOD In ajaXplorer, Authentication is (like the repositories as access and the configuration ) plugin-based. By default, in the conf.php file you can see that the basic auth.serial plugin is used to manage your users. This means that the users and their rights and personnal data will be stored on the filesystem, in a specific ajaxplorer format. This plugin is the most performant, but may not be suited for managing a huge amount of users, or when managing users already created in an external system like a CMS. In that case, you should have a look at the auth.ldap or auth.remote plugins, or even auth.mysql, each of these plugin giving you more features for managing plugin. 2.3 FURTHER CONFIGURATION . $max_caracteres => Max number of characters for file and directory names. . $upload_max_number=> Allowed simultaneous upload to the server. . $webmaster_email => The email of the webmaster, not used for the moment . $use_https => Set this to 'true' if you are working on https connexion. This will not set up an secure server! This is here to fix a bug with Internet Explorer when working on a secure server. 3 TIME TO WASTE? Visit http://www.almasound.com/ and listen to good Reggae Dub & Salsa music!