Congratulations! You have just installed OpenACS You need a PostgreSQL server installed and configured on your (or a on remote) system. We recommend using the PostgreSQL 8.2.x port located in: databases/postgresql82-server You may need to adjust your PostgreSQL database configuration (for servers v 8.1.x and higher). This can be done with the following script: /usr/local/share/doc/openacs/adjust_pgsql_conf.sh If you want adjust the database configuration manually, please visit: http://openacs.org/xowiki/How_to_install_in_Postgres_8.x After your local PostgreSQL server is configured and running, you can create a default database by running the following script: /usr/local/share/doc/openacs/create_sampledb.sh You can start OpenACS with the startup script: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/openacs If you are using another AOLserver on the default port 8000, please change the port number in the configuration file. Default config: /usr/local/openacs/etc/openacs-config.tcl Then use your web browser to view the welcome page and follow the instructions. http://: (default port is 8000) Errors, if any, are in: /usr/local/openacs/log/error.log If you want to use keepalive via cron, you might want to look here: /usr/local/share/examples/openacs/keepalive/ Please visit the following webpage for more information: http://openacs.org/xowiki/openacs-system-install-freebsd-ports -Martin Matuska mm@FreeBSD.org