Ringside Networks Social Application Server on Linux

This post is based on official documents from Ringside, and describes steps to set up Ringside Networks Social Application Server.
(1) Download
First, download the app server from here. In the distributed package, all dependent packages/libraries are included. Main additional components include: Apache2, PHP5 (core package and some extensions), Mysql and some unix/linux tools(e.g. curl, tidy and their libraries). So size of the whole package is sort of big. But it is an all-in-one package so that you can easily make it work without much configuration. Installation directory structure is explained here.
If you don't want the all-in-one package, check instructions here to individually set up your environment.

(2) Install
A GUI installation wizard is provided. You can get instructions here. The process is easy.

(3) Config
You can change various apache setting by modifying following files:
(*)%RNAS_ROOT%/apps/phpmyadmin/conf/phpmyadmin.conf
//This conf file is related to using of phpmyadmin. By default, users can only access phpmyadmin from IP 127.0.0.1. You can modify it
//if you want to use phpmyadmin from remote client.
(*)%RNAS_ROOT%/apps/ringside/conf/ringside.conf
//ringside related conf. It sets where the document root is... Generally, this file should not be modified.
(*)%RNAS_ROOT%/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
//General apache http server configuration is in this file. If you want to change the port, set it here.

(4) Run
Let me assume you installed Ringside Networks Application Server into directory %RNAS_ROOT%. Under directory %RNAS_ROOT%, you should see a script called "ctlscript.sh" which can be used to start/stop/restart server components. Sample commands are shown below:
./ctlscript.sh start                    //start both apache and mysql
./ctlscript.sh stop mysql           //stop mysql
./ctlscript.sh status apache       //get status of apache server.
Official document is here which has more information.

(5) Setup/Initialization
First, you need to access http://your_ip_or_domain:port/setup.php. Default port is 8080. Then the server will carry out some setup work. For example, a database called ringside is created...
You should see following page:

(6) Test/Using
Main page: http://your_ip_or_domain:port
Phpmyadmin access: http://your_ip_or_domain:port/phpmyadmin.
Login: http://your_ip_or_domain:port/login.php. When you run initial setup in step (5), a user is automatically generated for you. See content in the green box in last picture.

(7) upgrades
[*] Upgrade via PEAR:
You can update Ringside source via PEAR. Instructions are described here.
[*] Check out latest code:
You can checkout latest Ringside code and build your own development/deployment environment. You should install the all-in-one package first. By following instructures here, you substitute new version of Ringside for the original one which is included in the all-in-one package.

(8) Remove
Use executable uninstall. Check instructions here.