Setup eyeOS At Home
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Welcome to eyeOS home setup! We will guide you through the whole process starting with installing a server, editing the php.ini, getting you on the internet and even getting you a url... Here you can find a list of Requirements. If you are at home setting up a server on a hoster not on your local PC please go to Setup EyeOs On a Hoster if you would like to have eyeOS on portable media go here
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Installing eyeOS  | Installing eyeOS |
- First lets make sure our php.ini is the way we want it. What is php.ini how do we do that? See the example here
- Now we are ready to go to Install EyeOS Instructions
Setting up Office Support | Setting up Office Support |
- You can take some steps to ensure that eyeOffice works to its fullest. First, you need to install openoffice2.4.2 on the server with eyeOS on it. Alternatively, you could install Office support on a separate server (if you choose the second option, please follow this link: oooDaemon ).
- You can download openoffice from the OpenOffice Mirrors Site.
- Pick your closest server
- Select your access method (http or ftp)
- Choose the folder stable
- Choose the folder 2.4.2
- Choose the download file appropriate for your operating system (Linux, Windows, Solaris, etc.)
- Now we need to do some small edits select your OS and we will Get Office runing
Microsoft Windows
Linux
Mac needs making
Setting up Your Network | Setting up Your Network |
- We need to make sure your that port 80 is open to the out side world Selcet your OS
- Mac needs making
- If you connect directly to the internet or only going to use it on a local network please skip this.
- Next If you Are connect through A router or hub(not a cabal or DSL Modem) we need to set up port forwarding. This is really simple to do! There are to many router to show you how to do them all but we do have a ex. of a Linksys WRT54G V5
- Or if you will look at your routers name and Model number You can go to the makers web site you may find what you need there or what most people do go here portforward.com we are not talking about buying anything just to be clear
Get a Url | Get a Url |
- For now we can only get to our eyeOS by typing in our IP address. it would be nice to have a url!
- What we have now looks something like this http: //xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(x = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,or 0). Now that can be hard to remember and If you want others to get to your EyeOS like family and or friends it is better to have some thing like http: //myeyeos .org. so we need a DNS Server
- Getting your own url is really easy and can even be free!
- To see a example just click on this link Get Your Own Url. Below is a list of some DNS Servers as well.
Setup eyeSync | Setup eyeSync |
Backing up you eyeOS | Backing up you eyeOS |
- Now that we have our System the way we want it we need to remember to back it up!
- This is really important Most of use that install eyeOS from this tutorial will be a computer that we use for normal computing. There is always a chance of us getting a virus, mil ware, or having hardware failure on our computer.
- We do have a EyeBackup in the works but for now... I wish we could show you all the ways to back up your system but there are way to many I will so you two ways Backup with 7-zip and Backup with Cobian Backup
- Below is a list of a few other Backup software you will find Howto's for them at their sites
- Windows
- Linux
- Mac