After Installing OpenX, the web based installer suggests some optional installation steps. Sadly some of the links provided on the last page of the web based installer do not lead one in the right direction. Here are the steps with notes on how to take care of this business:
- Lock your configuration files. The configuration file is in the ‘var’ directory (which may be inside the ‘openx’ directory if you install path looks something like http://www.mydomain.com/openxThe file itself will look something like this: mydomain.conf.php You need to change the permissions (CHMOD) of this file to 0644 and while you could do this via FTP, I avoided all this headache by once again accessing my space with ssh shell access and typing: CHMOD 444 mydomain.com.conf.php
- Set up a regular maintenance task. One again the last page of the web installer leaves one out in the cold - but a little Googling reveals an article on Running Maintenance from the OpenX website.This article details good information on how you run Maintenance tasks by asking your server to run particular scripts within the OpenX installation on a recurring schedule courtesy of a Cron job. But leaves a developer out in the cold when it comes to clear instructions about using the built in Maintenance tools (which do the same thing) inside the OpenX admin interface. It’s not as simple as visiting Global Settings > Maintenance within your OpenX admin interface. I needed to (A) Switch to Administrator account from the ‘Working As’ drop down menu in the top right hand corner of the OpenX interface and then (B) Click on ‘Maintenance’. From there you can run a range of Maintenance tasks.
- Review your system configuration settingsThis sounds ominous, but all you need to do is (A) Switch to Administrator account from the ‘Working As’ drop down menu in the top right hand corner of the OpenX interface and then (B) Click on ‘Global Settings’.
