This guide is applicable for Kaltura CE version 4.0.x
When running the Kaltura CE installation script, you will be prompted to provide some information that is required for setting up and configuring your Kaltura CE.
Please prepare for having this information available, before you run the Kaltura CE installation script.
The full pathname to your Apache apachectl script
This information is required, so the Kaltura CE installation script can verify your apache settings prerequisites. Please note the name and location of this file is different if you are using the XAMPP configuration and also has different names in different Linux distributions
For a standard XAMPP configuration the apachectl is usually located at:
/opt/lampp/bin/apachectl
For a standard LAMP configuration the apachectl may be available at one of the following paths:
/usr/bin/apachectl
/usr/bin/apache2ctl
The full pathname to your PHP binary file
This information is required, so the Kaltura CE installation script can verify your php settings prerequisites. Please note the name and location of this file is different if you are using the XAMPP configuration or not
For a standard XAMPP configuration the php binary is usually located at:
/opt/lampp/bin/php
For a standard LAMP configuration the php binary is usually available at the following path:
/usr/bin/php
The full target directory path for the Kaltura application
This is the directory you want the Kaltura CE installation script to set your Kaltura application at. (Should not be the same as the directory to which you extracted the Kaltura CE package). When this directory does not exist it will be created by the installation script. This is where you can later find all the Kaltura CE application source code, scripts, configurations, logs etc. the Kaltura storgae directory will be created as well under this directory within a web subdirectory
Example:
/opt/kaltura
Database information
Database hostname, port, root user, root password
This is the access information to the MySQL database environment you want use for the Kaltura CE. If you are planning to set a distributed setup you can set this database on a dedicated server that can be accessed by the Kaltura CE installation.
Example:
Hostname: localhost/your db server hostname
Port: 3306
User: root
Password: root
Your primary system administrator email address
This is the email address of the person who will serve as your primary system administration for the Kaltura CE. This email address will be set as the login username for the Kaltura CE administration console. The person who will be assigned with this role will have full control on the video platform administration. The email address you use must be a real one, as the system will use this email address for sending system related messages.
A password to set for admin console administrator
This is the password to your system administrator for logging into the Kaltura admin console.
The URL to your xymon - system monitoring – service (optional)
If you installed the xymon monitoring service prior to running the Kaltura installation script, you can provide the xymon service URL, so it will be auto-configured to become part of your Kaltura CE admin console.
You can set the xymon service and it's URL also after installation has been completed. Please note that the format of this URL may be different on different Linux distributions:
Example:
http://www.xymondomain.com/xymon/
http://www.xymondomain.com/hobbit/
The name of the domain name/virtual host you will use for your kaltura CE server
The domain name (or virtual hostname) you use for the Kaltura CE installation should be set within the /etc/hosts file as follows:
127.0.0.1 myCEdomain.com
You are directed to make this change at the end of the installation script.
This entry is needed so that Kaltura internal API client applications (e.g. the admin console application and the kaltura batch application) can be directed to the relevant Kaltura web services according to their internal 'server url' configuration.
Examples:
kaltura.myhost.com
myhost.com
Your permission to send system data for improving Kaltura CE
In order to improve the Kaltura CE, we are asking for your permission to send system data from your Kaltura CE server to Kaltura. This information will not be used for any purpose other than improving service quality. You will also be prompted with an option to provide your email address so we can approach you with specific assistance, based on error events that might be sent from your server.
