Basic eLearning ToolSet (BELTS)

BELTS Installation

Greg Jones

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14 April 2005

Version 1.2.0


Table of Contents

I. Introduction to BELTS
1. About BELTS
2. About The Le@rning Federation
II. Installing BELTS
3. Before Installing
4. Upgrading
5. Installation
5.1. JDK Installation
5.2. Create your BELTS User
5.3. Unpack BELTS
5.4. Setup your database
5.4.1. Postgres Installation
5.5. Web Server Port Setup
5.6. HTTP Proxy Setup
5.7. Mail Dispatcher Service
5.8. Provider Setup
5.8.1. Learning Exchange Provider
5.8.2. BELTS Provider
5.9. Scheduled Update Setup
5.10. Setup your Curriculum Organiser
5.11. Setup your EdNA Searcher
5.12. Setup your Privacy Statement
5.13. Setup your Terms and Conditions
5.14. Start the BELTS server
5.15. Running as a service
5.15.1. Running as a Windows service
5.15.2. Running as a Linux service
6. Accessing BELTS
7. Importing Data
7.1. Importing Core Data
7.2. Importing Test Data
8. Exporting Data
9. Miscellaneous Installation Tips
9.1. Configuring The Viewing Area for Netscape 6
9.2. Potential Problems
9.3. Increasing the allowed size for uploaded content
9.4. Safari browser 60-second timeout
9.5. How to make BELTS listen on a particular IP address
9.6. Configuring The Maximum Heap Space Used by the Java Virtual Machine
9.7. Setting up Jetty instead of Tomcat
Glossary
Index