Installing Hylafax server on RHEL4

• install RPMs

 yum install a2ps
 rpm -ivh hylafax-5.2.5-1.el4.rf.{i386,x86_64}.rpm

• install PS fonts and:

 yum install ghostscript ghostscript-fonts urw-fonts
 ln -s /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1 /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts

• link configuration directories:

 /bin/cp -irpv /etc/hylafax/* /var/spool/hylafax/etc/
 /bin/mv /etc/hylafax /etc/hylafax.orig
 ln -s /var/spool/hylafax/etc /etc/hylafax

• run faxsetup:

 $ faxsetup
 Warning: /sbin/mgetty does not exist or is not an executable program!
 Warning: /sbin/vgetty does not exist or is not an executable program!
 Warning: /bin/egetty does not exist or is not an executable program!
 Setting Ghostscript font path in /etc/hylafax/hyla.conf.
 Make /var/spool/hylafax/bin/ps2fax a link to /var/spool/hylafax/bin/ps2fax.gs.
 Make /var/spool/hylafax/bin/pdf2fax a link to /var/spool/hylafax/bin/pdf2fax.gs.
 Should an entry be added for the FaxMaster to /etc/aliases [yes]? Enter
 Users to receive fax-related mail [root]? postmaster@ourdom.com
 HylaFAX configuration parameters are:
 [1] Init script starts faxq:            yes
 [2] Init script starts hfaxd            yes
 [3] Start paging protocol:              no
 Are these ok [yes]? Enter
 Modem support functions written to /var/spool/hylafax/etc/setup.modem.
 Configuration parameters written to /var/spool/hylafax/etc/setup.cache.
 Country code [1]? 7
 Area code [000]? 495
 Long distance dialing prefix [1]? 1
 International dialing prefix [011]? 011
 Dial string rules file (relative to /var/spool/hylafax) ["etc/dialrules"]? Enter
 Tracing during normal server operation [1]? Enter
 Default tracing during send and receive sessions [0xFFF]? Enter
 Continuation cover page (relative to /var/spool/hylafax) []? Enter
 Timeout when converting PostScript documents (secs) [180]? Enter
 Maximum number of concurrent jobs to a destination [1]? Enter
 Define a group of modems []? Enter
 Time of day restrictions for outbound jobs ["Any"]? Enter
 Timeout before purging a stale UUCP lock file (secs) [30]? Enter
 Max number of pages to permit in an outbound job [0xffffffff]? Enter
 Syslog facility name for ServerTracing messages [daemon]? Enter
 The non-default scheduler parameters are:
 CountryCode:            7
 AreaCode:               495
 Are these ok [yes]? Enter
 Creating new configuration file /var/spool/hylafax/etc/config...
 Should I restart the HylaFAX server processes [yes]? Enter
 Do you want to run faxaddmodem to configure a modem [yes]? no

• configure with t38modem:

 cp /usr/share/doc/t38modem-0.8.0/config.ttyx /etc/hylafax/config.ttyx0
 faxmodem ttyx0

• configure /etc/inittab:

 # Run hylafax on t38modem
 f3:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/faxgetty ttyx0

• and tell init to reload:

 telinit q

• enable hosts in /etc/hylafax/hosts.hfaxd:

 ^.*@127\.0\.0\.1$
 ^.*@10\.20\..*\..*$
 ^.*@192\.168\.92.\128$

(this means: any user from 10.20.x.x or 127.0.0.1 etc)

• Edit /etc/hylafax/hyla.conf client config:

 Host: fax2.ourdom.com
 Port: 4559
 Verbose: No
 TimeZone: local
 DialRules: "/etc/hylafax/dialrules"
 AutoCoverPage: No
 FontMap: /usr/share/fonts/type1/pscyr
 FontPath: /usr/share/fonts/type1/pscyr

• Prevent hfaxd problems with PAM and SSL in chroot-ed environment:

 cp -a /dev/random /dev/urandom /var/spool/hylafax/dev
 mkdir /etc/hylafax/ssl
 cp -a /etc/pki/ldap/ourdom-ldap-ca.crt /etc/hylafax/ssl

• Create /etc/cron.monthly/hylafax:

 #!/bin/sh
 test -f /usr/sbin/xferfaxstats || exit 0
 # Generate HylaFAX's monthly fax statistics
 test -f /var/spool/hylafax/etc/xferfaxlog || exit 0
 /usr/sbin/xferfaxstats -dest -since `date +%D -d'-1 month'` 2>&1
     | mail -s "Monthly fax stats (fax2.ourdom.com) - by destination" faxmaster
 /usr/sbin/xferfaxstats -send -since `date +%D -d'-1 month'` 2>&1
     | mail -s "Monthly fax stats (fax2.ourdom.com) - by sender" faxmaster

• Create /etc/cron.weekly/hylafax:

 #!/bin/sh
 test -f /usr/sbin/faxcron || exit 0
 test -f /usr/sbin/faxqclean || exit 0
 test -f /var/spool/hylafax/etc/xferfaxlog || exit 0
 # Rotate the HylaFAX logfile
 #savelog -c 5 /var/log/hylafax/hylafax.log >/dev/null
 # HylaFAX routine maintenance script
 faxcron -info 35 -log 35 -rcv 100 -tmp 15 -mode 664
   | mail -n -s "fax cron job on fax2.ourdom.com" faxmaster
 # HylaFAX queue cleaner process (3024000s = 35 day)
 faxqclean -t -j 3024000 -a
   | mail -n -s "fax queue clean job on fax2.ourdom.com" faxmaster

• Configure mail address in /etc/hylafax/hfaxd.conf:

 FaxContact:     faxmaster@fax2.ourdom.com

• Install russian notification templates in /etc/hylafax/templates/ru from ps-hylafax-templates-ru-v01.tgz (the older hylafax package uses a different templating system)
• Configure notifications - same as above
• Restart:

 chkconfig --add hylafax
 chkconfig hylafax on
 telinit q
 service hylafax restart

• try sending faxes back and forth

 ssh fax1
 sendfax -d 25678 /etc/hosts
 faxstat -dirs
 ssh fax2
 sendfax -d 15678 /etc/hosts
 faxstat -dirs

Attachments

hylafax-5.2.5-1.el4_.rf_.i386.rpm

hylafax-5.2.5-1.el4_.rf_.i386.rpm 3.79 MB

hylafax-5.2.5-1.el4_.rf_.x86_64.rpm

hylafax-5.2.5-1.el4_.rf_.x86_64.rpm 1.92 MB

ps-hylafax-templates-ru-v01.tgz

ps-hylafax-templates-ru-v01.tgz 2.84 KB