Novell Documentation: iFolder 2.1 - Pre-Install Guidelines

14.1 Pre-Install Guidelines

The following guidelines are not mandatory. These guidelines are required for the administrator to ensure that the iFolder configuration files are backed up and are consistent.

If iFolder server is installed in Coexistent mode, then iFolder install modifies the Apache configuration to redistribute the address configurations. We recommend that you backup the /etc/apache2/listen.conf file before installing iFolder 2.x server in case the administrator needs to revert back to the previous configuration after uninstalling iFolder.
iFolder specific_address binding creates a new IP address for the system. This is identified as the interface "ethn:ifdr" (where n is the interface number on which the iFolder specific_address is added)
Before the install, ensure that the iFolder-specific IP address was not previously configured through ifconfig. If the IP address is already configured, then delete it by ifconfig ethn:ifdr down for the current session.The specific iFolder server entries are available in /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth-id-"MAC ADDRESS" file. Delete all the lines containing the substring "ifdr". A duplication of entries is usually seen when the initial installation of iFolder is incomplete and then iFolder is reinstalled.