KB2010010401: Install guide for xn-suite (xn-manage, xn-mem, xn-mon, xn-traff and xn-web)

Overview

Installation on DEB based Linux distributions

Get the URL for the latest xn-suite version for your operating system and system architecture from the Download Center .

Download the package to the system:
wget http://www.xncore.com/download/xn-suite(...).deb

Install the package:
dpkg -i xn-suite(...).deb

As soon as the installation process is finished the services of xn-suite will be startet automatically. For starting or stopping it manually use:
/etc/init.d/xn-daemon (start|stop|restart)

The config files are located in "/etc/xncore/". After the installation procedure a symbolic link it placed in /var/www/xn-web pointing to /usr/share/xn-core/xn-web. If a webserver is in service on that machine you can access the xn-web interface using the URL http://servername/xn-web/ . If a webserver is installed after xn-suite has been installed you have to update the permissions manually. Change user and group of the directory "/var/lib/share/xn-core/xn-web" to the webservers user and group. For example:
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/lib/share/xn-core/xn-web

If you want to enable or disable modules you have to edit the config file /etc/xncore/modules.conf . After the file has been changed it is required to update the running configuration by restarting the services:
/etc/init.d/xn-daemon restart

Installation on RPM based Linux distributions

Get the URL for the latest xn-suite version for your operating system and system architecture from the Download Center .

Download the package to the system:
wget http://www.xncore.com/download/xn-suite(...).rpm

Install the package:
rpm -i xn-suite(...).rpm

As soon as the installation process is finished the services of xn-suite will be startet automatically. For starting or stopping it manually use:
/etc/init.d/xn-daemon (start|stop|restart)

The config files are located in "/etc/xncore/". After the installation procedure a symbolic link it placed in /var/www/xn-web pointing to /usr/share/xn-core/html/xn-web. If a webserver is in service on that machine you can access the xn-web interface using the URL http://servername/xn-web/ . If a webserver is installed after xn-suite has been installed you have to update the permissions manually. Change user and group of the directory "/var/lib/share/xn-core/xn-web" to the webservers user and group. For example:
chown -R apache:apache /var/lib/share/xn-core/xn-web

If you want to enable or disable modules you have to edit the config file /etc/xncore/modules.conf . After the file has been changed it is required to update the running configuration by restarting the services:
/etc/init.d/xn-daemon restart