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+ADBOS
+=====
+
+ADBOS (Automatic Database OPDEF System) manages operational defects, pulling the data from external OPDEF reports.
+
+Licence
+-------
+See the LICENCE file for licensing information. All contributions welcome.
+
+Installation
+------------
+Quick and dirty installation instructions:
+
+If installing offline, Debian DVDs 1-6 will be required (use ```apt-cdrom add``` to add to the system)
+
+* Install required packages:
+```
+apt-get install libapache2-mod-perl2 libapache-session-perl libtemplate-perl libdbix-class-perl libdatetime-format-strptime-perl libmime-types-perl libxml-libxml-simple-perl build-essential postfix libmail-box-perl libemail-valid-perl solr-tomcat libdevice-serialport-perl vim mysql-server libapache2-request-perl libdatetime-format-mysql-perl libstring-random-perl libmime-charset-perl
+```
+
+* Download and install the following packages (alternatively available on later numbered DVDs):
+```
+libcrypt-saltedhash-perl
+liblog-report-perl
+libdatetime-format-duration-perl
+```
+
+* Download and install the following Perl modules (not available as Debian packages):
+```
+Unicode::LineBreak
+String::Print
+Log::Report::Optional
+Any::Daemon
+```
+
+* Make configuration changes:
+```
+a2enmod rewrite
+a2enmod apreq
+```
+
+* Copy schema.xml solrconfig.xml from etc directory to /etc/solr/conf
+* Restart solr (```/etc/init.d/tomcat6 restart```) and check it started okay by looking at log files in /var/log/tomcat6
+* Configure Apache based on example in etc directory
+* Create config file ```/etc/adbos.conf``` based on example in etc directory
+* Add syops.html file if required
+* Import the SQL database
+* Configure firewall and Postfix if required
+