Incident Management System
http://ims.sib3.ru

INSTALLATION

STEP1
IMS relies on the following freeware products:

HTTP-server (for example, Apache - www.apache.org) 
-a PHP interpreter or module, version 4 or higher (www.php.net)
-MySQL database manager (www.mysql.org)
-In addition, since IMS is encoded by Zend Encoder for distribution, it
 requires Zend Optimizer to interpret the code 
 (http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend-optimizer.php).

Ensure  that  all  these  packages  have  been  installed  and operate
correctly.  You  can  change the main settings related to operation of
the system in the file php.ini (session parameters, upload parameters,
etc.)  or in .htaccess. Ensure that php.ini either does not define the
parameter include_path or sets it according to the OS default: current
directory  and  the  directories  include  and  admin/include. 

STEP2
Unpack  the  archive to the server's document root directory, e.g., in
htdocs/ims/.

Check  the  access  settings  for  uploads  (the directory storing the
attachment   files)   and   for   include/settings.php.  The  required
permissions are "Create Files" and "Write Data".

Start  the  installation program from the browser by typing the URL of
the system (e.g., http://server_name/ims/). Follow the instructions of
the installer.

STEP3
Check  if  the  file  index2.php  still  exists;  if it does, then the
installer  did  not  have  the  write permission. Rename index2.php as
index.php.  Start  the browser, enter the URL of the system, log on as
"admin" and start working.

STEP4
To improve the system's security, we recommend the following: 

install  openSSL and set up a permanent redirection from http to https
and  close  access  to  the  uploads directory via the server (it will
store  the  attached  documents).  For  instance, for Apache enter the
following in httpd.conf:
          <Directory "IMS_ROOT/uploads">
                Order deny,allow
                Deny from all
          </Directory>
 
