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This is a guide on installing RubyCAS on FreeBSD 9.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Make sure the system is up to date:
  

  pkg update && pkg upgrade
  

• Install a few dependencies:
  

  pkg install git ruby ruby21-gems rubygem-bundler rubygem-rake
  

• Create a rubycas user
  

  pw add user -n rubycas -m -s /bin/sh -c "RubyCAS" 
  

Install RubyCAS¶

• Switch to the rubycas user:
  

  su - rubycas
  

• Create a rubycas log file:
  

  touch /var/log/rubycas.log
  chown rubycas /var/log/rubycas.log
  

• Download the latest RubyCAS files from GitHub:
  

  git clone git://github.com/rubycas/rubycas-server.git
  cd rubycas-server
  

• Create a new config from the sample config:
  

  cp config/config.example.yml config.yml
  

• Edit the config.yml file. It is well commented but make sure that you take care of the following:
  

  vi config.yml
  

  1. Configure at least one authenticator
  2. Configure the databse connection.
  3. You might want to change log.file to /var/log/rubycas.log
  4. You might also want to disable SSL for now by commenting out the ssl_cert line and changing the port to something like 8888

• Install the web app:
  

  bundle install --path vendor/bundle
  

• Run the test server:
  

  bundle exec rubycas-server -c config.yml
  

Resources¶

• http://rubycas.github.io/
• https://github.com/rubycas/rubycas-server/wiki/Quick-Start
• https://github.com/rubycas/rubycas-server/wiki/Installation