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Contents
1Introduction.....................................................................................................................................1
1.1Introduction...............................................................................................................................1
1.2Terminology..............................................................................................................................1
2Installation.......................................................................................................................................2
2.1PlatformPrerequisiteHardwareandSoftware..................................................................................2
2.1.1Summary............................................................................................................................2
2.1.2ServerPlatformsandRequirements.........................................................................................2
2.1.3ClientPlatformsandRequirements..........................................................................................3
2.1.4InstallingJava.....................................................................................................................3
2.1.5InstallingPostgreSQL...........................................................................................................4
2.1.6InstallingTomcat.................................................................................................................5
2.1.7ProvidinganXServerunderLinuxandSolaris..........................................................................7
2.2InstallingMapleT.A....................................................................................................................7
2.2.1InformationRequestedbytheInstaller.....................................................................................7
2.2.2RunningtheInstaller.............................................................................................................8
2.2.3ChangesMadebytheInstaller................................................................................................8
2.2.4LinuxConsiderations............................................................................................................8
2.3VerifyingtheMapleT.A.Installation..............................................................................................9
2.3.1MapleT.A.StartupSmokeTest...............................................................................................9
2.3.2BasicMapleT.A.FunctionalityTest........................................................................................9
2.4ReinstallingMapleT.A................................................................................................................9
3Post-InstallationConfigurationOptions...............................................................................................11
3.1TheSystemAdminUserInterface................................................................................................11
3.1.1TheSystemAdminPage......................................................................................................11
3.1.2TheSystemPropertiesPage..................................................................................................11
3.1.3TheIPAddressGroupsSection.............................................................................................15
3.1.4ActiveUsersPage..............................................................................................................16
3.1.5UsagePage....................................................................................................................... 16
3.1.6LogUtilityPage.................................................................................................................18
3.2GradebookPagingandScrolling..................................................................................................18
3.3GradebookCellFormattingOptions.............................................................................................19
4MonitoringandLogging...................................................................................................................20
4.1Monitoring.............................................................................................................................. 20
4.2Logging.................................................................................................................................. 20
4.2.1HowMapleT.A.Logs.........................................................................................................20
4.2.2ConfiguringLogging...........................................................................................................20
4.2.3TheDefaultLogLevel........................................................................................................20
4.2.4ContentsoftheLogFiles.....................................................................................................21
4.2.5Dealingwiththe"ErrorlistenerStart"Problem.........................................................................21
5ImplementingSSL...........................................................................................................................22
6MapleT.A.LDAPAuthentication.......................................................................................................24
6.1Introduction.............................................................................................................................24
6.2RequirementsforMapleT.A.LDAPAuthentication........................................................................24
6.3SpecifyingMapleT.A.LDAPAuthentication.................................................................................25
6.4ChangingtheAuthenticationModeAfterInstallation.......................................................................25
6.5Diagnostics..............................................................................................................................26
6.6TheMapleT.A.LDAPAuthenticationModel.................................................................................26
6.7ConfiguringMapleT.A.LDAPAuthentication...............................................................................26
6.8MapleT.A.LDAPConfigurationExamples...................................................................................28
6.8.1SimpleOpenLDAPSingle-Container.....................................................................................28
6.8.2SimpleOpenLDAPSingle-ContainerwithAnonymousSearch...................................................29
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