XAS v0.07 XAS is middleware for Perl. It provides standardized methods, modules and philosophy for constructing large distributed applications. This system is based on production level code. INSTALLATION On Unix like systems, run the following commands: # perl Build.PL installdirs=site # ./Build # ./Build test # ./Build install # ./Build post_install If you are DEB based, then debian build files has been provided. If you have a debian build environment, then you can do the following: # debuild -uc -us # dpkg -i ../libxas-perl_0.07-1_all.deb If you are RPM based, then a spec file has been included. If you have a rpm build environment, then you can do the following: # rpmbuild -ta xas-0.07.tar.gz # yum localinstall perl-XAS-0.07-1.noarch.rpm This will install the software into /usr/local and overlay /var. On Windows, do the following: > perl Build.PL > Build > Build test > Build install > Build post_install This will create the directory structure C:\xas. To change this, set the XAS_ROOT environment variable to something else. This variable should also be set at the system level. It is recommended that you use Strawberry Perl, ActiveState Perl doesn't have all of the necessary modules available. WARNING Not all of the Perl modules have been included to make the software run. You may need to load additional CPAN modules. How you do this, is dependent on how you manage your systems. This software requires Perl 5.8.8 or higher to operate. POST INSTALLATION On Unix like systems, this installation also creates a "xas" user and group. This is used to set permissions on files and for user context when running daemons. A xas.sh file is placed in the /etc/profile.d directory to define environment variables for the XAS system. On Windows, a xas.bat file is placed in %XAS_ROOT%/etc. This defines the environment variables for the XAS system. They are not set at the system level. You may wish to do so. In either environment, if your network name resolution is slow, you may want to define the XAS_HOSTNAME and XAS_DOMAIN environment variables. This will speed up start times considerably. This software requires a STOMP compatible message queue server. If it is not running on the local host, then you will need to define the XAS_MQSERVER environment variable to point to it. If it is not listening on the default port, then you need to define the XAS_MQPORT environment variable. The default STOMP protocol level is v1.0. If you want to change this, you need to set the XAS_MQLEVEL environment variable. The XAS system supports v1.0, v1.1 and v1.2. This software also requires a SMTP based mail server. How mail is sent is defined by the XAS_MXMAILER environment variable. On Unix like systems, this is 'sendmail'. Your system will need a "sendmail" compatible command. Which most mail systems provide. On Windows this is 'smtp'. If the mail server is not running on the local host, then you will need to define the XAS_MXSERVER environment variable to point to it. If it is not listening on the default port, then you need to define the XAS_MXPORT environment variable. SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc XAS Extended documentation is available here: http://scm.kesteb.us/trac The latest and greatest is always available at: http://scm.kesteb.us/git/XAS LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2014 Kevin L. Esteb This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.