Lasso 9 Server for Mac OS X Installation

Installation Using the Standard Installer

These instructions tell how to install Lasso 9 Server using the standard installer package, and configure the administrator account & registration. An Intel-based Mac running OS X 10.5 or later is required.

Note for Lasso 8 users: Be sure to read this article on configuring Lasso 8 and 9 to coexist on same server before installation.

Note for OS X Lion users: If you upgrade to OS X Server after installing Lasso 9, you will need to manually move the Lasso conf file from /etc/apache2/other to /etc/apache2/sites for Lasso to continue running.

1. Download Lasso 9 Server for Mac OS X from the LassoSoft website.
2. Run the installer to perform a standard installation, which will install Lasso 9 and restart Apache. By default the following files will be installed:
   • /etc/apache2/other/lasso9.apache2.conf (For Mac OS X Server: /etc/apache2/sites/lasso9.apache2.conf) 
   • /Library/Frameworks/Lasso9.framework
   • /Library/Lasso
   • /usr/local/bin/lasso9, lassoc, lassoserver
3. When finished, wait about five seconds to allow Lasso 9 to start up, then go to the Lasso Server Administration found at /lasso9/admin/ on your domain. (e.g. http://www.example.com/lasso9/admin/ )

Using Server Administration

Lasso Professional Server provides a convenient, Web-based interface for configuring Lasso server settings. This interface is referred to as Server Administration. This chapter provides an overview of Server Administration and is divided into the following sections.

• Accessing Server Administration describes how to connect to Server Administration through a Web browser
• Exploring Server Administration describes the main sections of Server Administration.
• Interface Elements describes the interface elements and conventions used in Server Administration.

Accessing Server Administration

Server Administration is a LassoApp tool which is accessed via a Web browser similar to a standard HTML page. The LassoApp is loaded on-demand by Lasso so does not need to be placed in your Web server root. Server Administration uses the XHTML and CSS standards for rendering pages. Server Administration can be accessed in any Web browser that meets the Web browser requirements listed in the configuration chapters in this guide.

To access Server Administration:

In a Web browser, visit one of the the following URLs. Use localhost if accessing Server Administration from a browser on the same machine as Lasso Service. Otherwise, replace www.example.com with the actual domain name or IP address.

http://localhost/lasso9/admin

http://www.example.com/lasso9/admin

 

The Web browser should prompt for the server administrator username and password. The Web browser will not prompt if Server Administration has already been accessed using the browser in the current session or if the authentication information has been stored in a keychain, passport, or browser preferences.

If an error is displayed, make sure Lasso Service and the Web server are running as described in the configuration chapters of this guide.

Server Administrator Account

Only a person with the server administrator username and password may access Server Administration. The server administrator account is one of the first things that is set up after installing Lasso Professional Server, and is critical to the operation and administration of Lasso. The server administrator username and password should be protected since anyone who has it can make modifications to Lasso’s server settings.

Lasso Quick Code

This video demonstrates a new feature in Lasso 9's Server Admin is called "Lasso Quick Code".  Lasso Quick Code allows you to run code snippets within the Lasso Server Admin web interface.