Midgard 8.9.0 (1.9beta1) will be released soon. I have planned to make this today, but there are still small issues and bugs which must be fixed to have very nice beta version. If you feel impatient, follow me.

How to install it? It's quite simple. You can get fresh SVN checkout or install binary packages.

Build

SVN checkout

I assume you have svn client installed.

svn co https://svn.midgard-project.org/midgard/branches/branch-1-9 midgard
cd midgard
./makedist

Now you should have all tarballs. Untar all packages and build. In most cases simple build rules should be enough:

./configure 
make 
sudo make install

In case of any problems you can always get help:

./configure --help

Installing binary packages

The easiest way. Download packages from repository. We have debian, ubuntu and opensuse ones. Unfortunately, debian or ubuntu users have to download packages and install them via dpkg. I already reported apt-get way problems and let's hope guys from Opensuse will fix it soon.

Configure and install

Once Midgard package are installed. You can install new database or upgrade existing installation.

Installing new database

Just run datagard.

datagard

In this case, you will be asked few questions and datagard will:

• create new database
• install MidCOM from pear channel
• create new sitegroup ( Midgard Domain )
• create new Midgard host
• create new Apache virtual host

If you fell, you would like to enjoy your coffee, try this:

datagard -t q

'q' or 'quick' is quick and simple mode and 'w' or 'wizard' is the mode when you are need to answer the questions.

In this mode, datagard will try to be smart as much as possible and probably will not ask you any question.

In both cases, datagard will try to use default 'midgard' unified configuration. If you would like to use different configuration, specify it:

datagard -c myconfig

Upgrade exsiting installation

Create configuration which describes your setup best, and run datagard with 'upgrade' action.

datagard -c myconfig -a upgrade

This will remove MidCOM 2.8 ( if exists ) and install new MidCOM 2.9 from new pear channel. Also database will be updated.

Running simple action

Install pear packages.

datagard -a pear

Upgrade database only

datagard -a dbupdate

Install new sitegroup

datagard -a sitegroup

Install new Midgard host

datagard -a vhost