Sahana - DMU

Vesuvius modification to be used by Disaster Preparedness and Response Division, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. Developed by Virtusa Pvt Ltd.

Installation Instructions:

On Windows systems

• Install an Apache server stack. (XAMPP or WAMP is recommended)
• Follow the instructions in the INSTALL file in your checked out code to get a local instance of Vesuvius up and running.
• .htaccess file:
  • If you are using XAMPP or WAMP, editing your apache.conf file and enabling mod_rewrite will enable the rewrite module for .htaccess.
  • Editing httpd.conf and setting AllowOverride All in the root folder section will prevent errors.
• You will also need to edit the php.ini in XAMPP or WAMP and set the short_open_tags option to On.

On Linux systems

• Install an Apache server stack. (LAMP)
• Follow the instructions in the INSTALL file in your checked out code to get a local instance of Vesuvius up and running.
• .htaccess file:
  • Enable apache2 mod rewrite using the command sudo a2enmod rewrite
  • /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file needs to have AllowOverride set to All under the DocumentRoot section
• You might also need to edit the php.ini in your Apache PHP installation and set the short_open_tags option to On.