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Kefa Rabah Global Open Versity, Vancouver Canada

[email protected] www.globalopenversity.org Table of Contents STEP-BY-STEP INSTALL GUIDE EYEOS CLOUD COMPUTING OPERATING SYSTEM 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Assumptions 3.0 Hands-on Labs Session 4.0 Installing & Configuring Pre-requisites Part 1: Installing XAMPP on Windows Step 1: Installing XAMPP on Windows Step 2: Create eyeos Database Step 3: Access MySQL Command Line in XAMPP on Windows Part 2: Configure "php.in" file Step 1: Increase the PHP memory limit Step 2: Enable Curl Part 3: Install Pre-requisite Packages Step 1: Download & Install Recoll (No Windows software found!) Step 2: Download & Install ExifTool Step 3: Download & Install OpenOffice Daemon Step 4: Download & Install Kaazing Gateway Step 5: Download & Install ActiveMQ Daemon Part 4: Download and Installation eyeOS Step 1: Download eyeOS Step 2: Install eyeOS Part 5: Post Installation Tasks Step 1: Explore the eyeOS Tabs Step 2: Favorite Applications Part 6: New User Online Registration Step 1: Registering as a new user Step 2: Uploading Documents Step 3: Joining an Existing Group Step 4: Adding Contacts Page No. 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 10 12 12 12 16 16 20 24 24 26 28 30 1
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Step-By-Step Install Guide eyeOS Cloud Computing Operating System

By Kefa Rabah, [email protected] Aug 01, 2010 GTI Institute

1.0 Introduction
eyeOS is free Cloud Computing Operating System software which let you access all your necessary files, folders, office, calendar, contacts and much more anywhere in the world. You can use it personally on your computer or you can use it for collaborative work and share data to your company, firm, clients and colleagues for more innovative ideas and better brain storming. You can host eyeOS on your server and make your own Cloud system to access your data anywhere you want to. eyeOS is released under the AGPLv3 license and only needs Apache 2 server, PHP5 and MySQL database server to run. With eyeOS you can build your private Cloud Desktop today. If you dont have webhosting or Webserver anywhere then you can create free account on eyeOS free public server and start your own cloud right away and yeah its Free Moreover, eyeOS 2.0 now comes with Live Collaboration engine which allows you to work collaboratively with other users simultaneously in the same document, thanks to the new Social Bar. It also has a powerful applications bundle that includes 5 powerful applications out of the box thought to be simple and easy to use: Word Processor, Calendar, Mail Client, Spreadsheets and Files Manager. However, the most important element of eyeOS is the built-in cloud privacy - eyeOS is the Safe Cloud Computing system because you can host it in your own Laptop, Desktop, company or organization. Privacy is paramount especially in cloud computing where there has been no research to back it. However, with eyeOS strong believe in privacy in cloud computing the onus remains on how best you implement IT security best practices in your organization network infrastructure. In education sector eyeOS cloud is an excellent tool that can easily be implemented in education environment to complement eLearning tools like Moodle LMS. The eyeOS group has excelled in delivering the design, implementation and maintenance of this desktop cloud solution that is capable of bringing enhancements in learning delivering, flexibility and security while reducing the complexity and investment costs associated with current IT solutions since in any case its open source free to use. For example, a department can install eyeOS to all its Desktop and laptop computers and then integrate all the activities, syllabus, lab materials. Courses can be implemented as group activities and students can be enrolled into such groups. When implemented appropriately, eyeOS cloud has the capability and flexibility to provide the platform for testing the solution and knowledge about IT integration in the classroom. When fully implemented, students will have access to education materials to follow the courses and create their own content. By using the eyeOS Desktop Cloud, they can also collaborate with other students using social networks, communities and web/video conferences. By using this solution, teachers will be able to 1
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completely focus on course content and rather than addressing and solving IT issues. Education partners stakeholder, parents, guardians or relatives will be able to support the students with their education since the virtual classroom can be accessed from any device with Internet access. In general, deploying eyeOS cloud in learning environment is bold initiative that is definitely bound to promote technological innovation that is expected to revolutionize the way education is delivered in the future leading to better learning outcome and experiential learning environment for students. Today building your own private hosting solution have never been so easy especially with the current advances in open source technologies. For example, you can use DTC GPL Control Panel to build your own private ISP hosting solutions. Domain Technologie Control (DTC) is a web-based control panel aimed at providing a graphics-oriented layout for managing commercial and private hosting of web servers, intended for shared web hosting servers, virtual private servers (VPSes), and dedicated servers. Domain Technologie Control is free software released under the GNU LGPL v2.1 license.

2.0 Assumptions
Its assumed that you have a good understanding of Windows operating system and its working environment. Its also assumed that you know how to install and configure Windows XP/Vista/7/2k3/2k8, if not go ahead and pop over to Doctoc.com or Scribd.com and check out a good some of excellent handson lab manuals to get you started, these are: 1. Step-By-Step Windows Server 2008 Installation 2. Step-by-Step Install Guide Windows 7 3. Install Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Domain Controller HowTo

3.0 Hands-on Labs Session

In this Hands-on Lab session, as mentioned above, its assumed that you have installed Windows XP/Vista/7/2k3/2k8 or know how to install one. Next you will learn how to install XAMPP server for Windows, which gives you a head start when it comes to dealing with integrated Apache, MySQL and PHP (or LAMP) configuration, which removes failure that is common when installing applications that require it. Next, youll learn how to configure MySQL and use it to create "eyeos" database, required for installing eyeOS cloud computing operating system. Youll also learn how to install and configure the prerequisites and the required packages for smooth eyeOS installation. Next, Ill show you via step-by-step how to install eyeOS on a Windows machine, in our case Win2k3, and how to secure it. Ill also take you through the process of creating your first documents, handling calendaring etc. Finally youll have an opportunity to do the Hands-on Labs assignments to test what you have learned in this hands-on lab session. Once youre done with this lab session you should have gained an experience and capability to enable you to plan design implement and deploy a secure eyeOS cloud computing environment for your personal or network infrastructure for your organization. Its also highly recommended that you install a firewall to protect your eyeOS network environment.

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4.0 Installing & Configuring Pre-requisites

Before starting to install eyeOS, you must ensure that all the pre-requisites and required packages are installed and working. If during the installation of eyeOS, any of the pre-requisites or required packages is marked in red or orange color, and you continue with the installation then your eyeOS cloud computing operating is bound to occasionally crash or fail to work completely!

Part 1: Installing XAMPP on Windows

XAMPP is a LAMPP package developed by Apache Friends. Many people know from their own experience that it's not easy to install an Apache web server and it gets harder if you want to add MySQL, PHP and Perl as you can see from Method I above. XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start.

Step 1: Installing XAMPP on Windows 1. Go to http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html#641 and click "XAMPP Windows 1.7.1". Download the Installer options. At the time this article was written the version was: "xampp-win32-1.7.1-installer.exe". 2. Run the installer. If you want, you can choose to install the Apache and MySQL servers as Services, which will make them start automatically every time you start Windows. If you don't choose this option, you will need to use the XAMPP Control Panel application to start the servers individually each time you need them. This may be desirable if you don't intend to use your servers that often. 3. Upon completion of installation, the XAMPP Control Panel will open (if not, click Start All Programs Apache Friends XAMPP XAMPP Control Panel). This tool lets you start and stop the various servers installed as part of XAMPP.

Fig. 1

4. Start Apache and MySQL by clicking on the "Start" buttons next to each item. If prompted by Windows Firewall, click the button labeled "Unblock".

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5. Go to http://localhost/xampp . If you are directed to a page with the XAMPP logo, your installation was successful. Congratulations!

Fig. 2

6. Youre done with this section

Step 2: Create eyeos Database 1. To create "eyeos" database, fire-up your browser and point to: http://localhost//xampp/, or http://<your-doamin>//xampp/, also see Fig. 2 above. 2. On the left column click "phpMyAdmin" link, login with root user credentials; and from Fig. 3, under MySQL localhost heading; complete as follows: Create new database: "eyeos" MySQL connection: "utf8_general_ci"

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Fig. 3: phpMyAdmin screen

3. Click the Create button to create the database. 4. You should see a database created confirmation on the next screen as shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

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5. Click logout to exit the XAMPPs phpMyAdmin. 6. Youre done with this section.

Step 3: Access MySQL Command Line in XAMPP on Windows 1. To view database using command-line, change: C:\Program File\xampp\mysql\bin> as follows (see Fig. 5): C:\Program File\xampp\mysql\bin> mysql u root -p

Fig. 5

2. As you can observe from Fig. 5 above, our "eyeos" database was indeed created successfully 3. Youre done with section.

Part 2: Configure "php.in" file

Step 1: Increase the PHP memory limit 1. For the web installer to run properly you will need to allocate at least 128 MB of memory to the PHP process. 2. Modify the following line in C:\xampp\apache\bin\php.ini, as follows: memory_limit = 64M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (16MB) 6
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3. Youre done with this section.

Step 2: Enable Curl cURL stands for Client for URLs. It allows us to transfer files having URL syntax. It supports FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS and FILE. To enable curl library with XAMPP we need to modify the php.ini files in our xampp folder. 1. Locate the following files: C:\Program Files\xampp\php\php.ini 2. Uncomment the following line on your php.ini file by removing the semicolon (i.e., remove ";"). extension=php_curl.dll Also enable (uncomment): extension=php_shmop.dll 4. Save the php.ini file. 5. Restart your apache server. 6. Check your phpinfo if curl was properly enabled. 7. Youre done with this section

Part 3: Install Pre-requisite Packages

There are couples of packages/software that are required for eyeOS to run smoothly; these are listed in the table below with link where to obtain them.
Software recoll exiftool OpenOffice Daemon Kaazing gateway: ActiveMQ Daemon Description Needed for document indexation (No Windows version found!) Needed to extract MP3 metadata Needed to convert office documents Needed for real time notifications Needed for real time notifications)

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Step 1: Download & Install Recoll (No Windows software found!) Recoll is a personal full text desktop search tool based on Xapian. It provides an easy to use, feature-rich, easy administration interface with a Qt-based GUI. Text, HTML, PDF, PostScript, MS Word, OpenOffice, Wordperfect, KWord, Abiword, maildir, and mailbox mail folder formats are supported, along with their compressed versions. Powerful query facilities are provided. Multiple character sets are supported, and internal processing and storage uses Unicode UTF-8. Stemming is performed at query time and the stemming language can be switched after indexing

Step 2: Download & Install ExifTool ExifTool is a platform-independent command-line application for reading, writing, and editing meta information that is contained by image, audio and video files. 1. Download ExiTool, extract and locate and double-click "exiftool(-k).exe". 2. Alternative you can rename "exiftool(-k).exe" to "exiftool.exe". Move "exiftool.exe" o the C:\WINDOWS directory or any other directory in your command path. You can run exiftool by typing "exiftool" at the command-prompt (cmd).

3. Youre done with this section.

Step 3: Download & Install OpenOffice Daemon OpenOffice.org (OOo) is used on server-side for different tasks such as file transforms (e.g., to PDF) or other advanced tasks 1. Download and install Open Office for Windows 2. Launch it one time (so that you have filled the registering form of Open Office which does only popup one time). Also do ensure that you started OpenOffice. 3. Open a Command-Prompt (CMD) and go to your Open Office Executable directory (for example C:\Programme\OpenOffice.org 3\program)

4. Run Open Office in headless Modus with this command (in one line): soffice.exe -headless -nologo -norestore accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager 5. Check if its running by typing: netstat -anp tcp 8
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scroll down and you should find a line: TCP 127.0.0.1:8100 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING See Fig. 7, for the whole process:

Fig. 7:

6. To stop OpenOffice Daemon server, hit Ctrl + Delete, and enter y to stop it. 7. Youre done with this section

Step 4: Download & Install Kaazing Gateway Kaazing WebSocket Gateway connects hundreds of thousands of concurrent users directly to the realtime data flowing through an organization and eliminates the overhead and latency inherent in HTTP by extending the use of any TCP-based messaging format to any browser, delivering ultra high performance bi-directional communication over the Web. This revolutionary technology not only requires no browser plug-ins and integrates quickly and easily with existing enterprise messaging platforms, but more importantly, dramatically simplifies back-end infrastructure and lowers operational costs. 9
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1. Download and extract "kaazing-gateway-8.12_1-bin.zip". 2. Explore the extracted folder and locate and double-click as shown in Fig. 8.

Fig. 8

3. You should see command-prompt window opens indicating server is running, as shown in Fig. 9.

Fig. 9

4. To stop Kaazing Gateway Server, hit Ctrl + Delete, and enter y to stop it. 5. Youre done with this section Step 5: Download & Install ActiveMQ Daemon Apache ActiveMQ is the most popular and powerful open source messaging and Integration Patterns provider. Apache ActiveMQ is fast, supports many Cross Language Clients and Protocols, it comes with easy to use Enterprise Integration Patterns and many advanced features while fully supporting JMS 1.1 and J2EE 1.4. Apache ActiveMQ is released under the Apache 2.0 License. 6. Download and extract ActiveMQ Daemon from here: "apache-activemq-5.3.2-bin.zip". 7. Explore to the extracted folder and locate and double-click as shown in Fig. 10.

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Fig. 10

8. You should see a command-prompt window opens-up indicating server is running, see Fig. 11.

Fig. 11

9. To stop ApacheMQ Daemon server, hit Ctrl + Delete, and enter y to stop it. 10. Youre done with this section. 11. Were also done with all the pre-requisites and configurations needed for our eyeOS 2 to install and run smoothly.

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Part 4: Download and Installation eyeOS

Step 1: Download eyeOS 1. If you have not got a copy of eyeOS you can download it just clicking this link eyeOS it will show what file best fits your needs. At the time of writing this hands-on manual we downloaded "eyeos-2.2.0.0.tar.gz" with this icons

2. If youre working on Windows OS youll WinRAR to unpack the file ".tar.gz" file 3. Uncompress the downloaded package to your web directory you should see a folder named "eyeos-2.2.0.0" with 4 to 6 files and folders (depending on eyeOS version) 4. Rename the folder from "eyeos-2.2.0.0" to "eyeOS". 5. Copy the "eyeOS" folder to your web root folder, in our case its: C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs So that your final setup looks like C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\eyeOS Note: Replace as needed

Step 2: Install eyeOS 1. Open your favorite browser and navigate to: On local Computer from home setup or Portable media: http://localhost/eyeOS/install On your hosting site or server: http://your-domain/eyeOS/install, in our case its http://www.govcloudlabs.com

2. You should see a screen like shown on Fig. 12. Ensure that all the required packages and prerequisite are met. Scroll down and click the forward arrow icon.
Click Install eyeOS 2 on my server to start installation

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Fig. 12

3. From Fig. 13, ensure all pre-requisites are met, and then click the forward arrow icon.

Fig. 13

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4. From Fig. 14, enter the required fields and then scroll down and click the forward arrow icon

Fig. 14

5. From Fig. 15: eyeOS 2 has been installed, click "Go to my new eyeOS!".

Fig. 15

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6. When you click Go to my eyeOS, you should be brought the login page as shown in Fig. 16. 1. The default login to eyeOS is the username "root" and your password. Click Login button.

Fig. 16

7. You should now be login to your eyeOS desktop, a shown in Fig. 17.

Fig. 17: eyeOS Desktop.

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Part 5: Post Installation Tasks

Step 1: Explore the eyeOS Tabs From 27, eyeOS main admin page, you have Applications tab, Groups tab, and Events tab 1. Click Applications tab. From here you can Add Applications as desired, see Fig. 18. All active applications have check mark on their respective icon.

Fig. 18: eyeOS Applications tab

For example, lets add User Management application Click User Management icon and a new handle will appear

Fig. 19

Click on the down-arrow, and then click on Add Application, as shown in Fig. 19. A new window will pop-up prompting to Install Application, and then click Yes to accept Your User Management application icon should now have a check-mark attached to it.

2. Click People tab. From here you can Add Contacts as desired, see Fig. 20.

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Fig. 20: eyeOS People tab

3. Click Groups tab. From here you can Add Workgroups as desired, see Fig. 21. You also have the option to "Create New Workgroup".

Fig. 21: eyeOS Groups tab

For example, lets create a new workgroup, say "Cloud Computing" group: Click Create New Workgroup button to access the Creating a new workgroup dialog box, as shown in Fig. 22. Select Public and "via request" option. Click Next to continue.

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Fig. 22

From Fig. 23, complete the required fields, upload the desired photo and then click Next.

Fig. 23

On the next Configuration screen, add Tag for the group, say "CC_group", click Next. From Fig. 24, you have the option to select and add contact to the CCG group, when done click Create as shown in Fig. 24. 18

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Fig. 24

You should now have "Cloud Computing" group visible in your Added tab, see Fig. 25.

Fig. 25: eyeOS Groups tab

To manage your new group, click on the group icon, choose as desired, as shown in Fig. 26.

Fig. 26

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Youre done with this section; however, go ahead and explore around to get familiarized with adding groups and contacts.

4. Click Events tab. From here you can monitor whats happening with eyeOS server, see Fig. 27.

Fig. 27: eyeOS Events tab

Note: you also window pane on the top right-hand-corner of the eyeOS main from which you can monitor your server events from, i.e., icon.

Step 2: Favorite Applications From here can access your favorite Applications that have been added, in this case: Calculator, File Manager, Calendar, Documents, and Notepad, from the respective icons, as shown in Fig. 28.

Fig. 28

1. Calculator - use calculator to perform quick o screen calculation. Double-click the icon to access on screen calculator pad as shown in Fig. 29.

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Fig. 29

2. File Manager Use File Manager, just like in Windows Explorer to manage your document, files and folders, a shown in Fig. 30.

Fig. 30: File Manager

3. Manage Calendar To checkout your Calendar schedule, double-click on the Calendar icon. From here you can view your current schedules or add new schedules.

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Fig. 31: Calendar

Note: Before you can create a Calendar schedule, you first need to create the type of Calendar, in case we create "My_Calendar". You can do this My Calendar, and click New to create one. To add a schedule on you Calendar, click on any box of choice, to access New Event scheduler, as shown in Fig. 32. You can also click on the Add more details button for granular scheduling.

Fig. 32

Click Save the scheduled event, under "My_Calendar". You should now have a red colored space on Calendar as per the scheduled time.

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Double-click Documents icon to start your word processing tasks, as shown in Fig. 32. Note: You need to use Firefox as IE doesnt support "Collaborative feature". Type your work, as shown in Fig. 33; and when done click File Save, enter the File name: "Install Guide eyeOS Cloud Computing" under "home://~root/Documents".

Fig. 33: Word processing a document

You also have the option to Export your document to any of the applications options, see Fig. 34a.

Fig. 34a

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5. Notepad You can use Notepad application to write new text document or edit an existing one. Double-click Notepad icon to start writing text-based notes. 6. Quick Notes - You can write your quick notes and reminder on the Notes notice board, as shown in Fig. 34b

Fig. 34

7. Youre done with section

Part 6: New User Online Registration

Step 1: Registering as a new user The beauty of eyeOS cloud is that users can register online and get access to their resources. To do this, perform the following procedures: 1. Frig. 35, click New User link (a), to access the Register dialog box shown in Fig. 35b. Enter your details and then click the Register button when done. (Change as desired)

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Fig. 35: Online new user registration.

2. You should now be logged into you eyeOS Desktop as shown in Fig. 36.

Fig. 36: User szulus eyeOS Desktop..

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3. You can access your folders directly under Windows e.g., for user szulu as shown in Fig. 37.

Fig. 37: User szulus eyeOS home directory.

4. Youre done with this section.

Step 2: Uploading Documents Lets assume that you were working on a document which exist on one of the folders your physical Desktop, and now wants to continue working with it. No worrys you can easily access and happily continue working while on the road. To do this, perform the following procedure: 1. Under your files section on your eyeOS desktop, click Upload link, as shown in Figure. 38.

Fig. 38

2. Click on the Add file green icon, as shown in Fig. 39. Ensure that you have selected the Default path location to place the file in.

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Fig. 39

3. Using the Windows Explorer, browse to locate the desired folder and the file and then click Open button, as shown in Fig. 40. As you can observe were going to upload a MSWord .doc document.

Fig. 40

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4. When done uploading the file, you should be able to locate on your Files - Documents section and the respective folded you placed in, like shown in Fig. 41.

Fig. 41

Note: from the right-most pane File Document dialog box, you have the option to select the people youd like to share the document with, under Shared with section.

Step 3: Joining an Existing Group As a new eyeOS cloud user, you have the opportunity to join to join an existing group or start your group altogether. Lets assume the Mr. Shaka is interested in joining group so lets look at the logistic of how to go about it. 1. From the main eyeOS Desktop, click the Groups tab. Next locate the group that you would wish to join and then click as shown to join the group, see Fig. 42.

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Fig. 42: User szulu joining Cloud Computing group.

2. Alert window will pop-up requesting you to confirm your intension to join the group. Click yes to accept. 3. Now from the Event section of the eyeOS Desktop, click the Groups tab. You should see an info listing your request to join the Cloud Computing group as shown in Fig. 42. The group administrator will verify and accept the request as its by invitation only membership.

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4. With time you should the Event changing as shown in Fig. 44.

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Fig. 44

5. Youre done with this section.

Step 4: Adding Contacts 1. To add contacts, click People tab followed Add Contacts tab, see Fig. 45. Next type the name of the contact you wish to add under the Search in the eyeOS Network text box, in this case say, Shaka. Click search.

Fig. 45: eyeOS People tab - Adding contacts

2. Next, click on Add Contact handle to add Shaka Zulu to your contact, see Fig. 46.

Fig. 46

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6. Youll be prompted with a window alert as shown in Fig. 47. Read and then click Yes to close the window.

Fig. 47

7. To accept contact request, click People tab, on the right-hand under Lists heading, click Pending, which shows tasks waiting for action, see Fig. 48.

Fig. 48: eyeOS People tab - Added tab

8. Click and Confirm Contact each individual person to your contact, as shown in Fig. 49.

Fig. 49

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9. Once you have added a contact, youll also have an option to delete them from your contact list as shown in Fig. 50

Fig. 50

10. Youre done with this section and also with this lab session.

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Part 8: Hands-on Labs Assignments

Youre required to complete these assignments as part of class assignments and submit the results to your respective instructor. Continue assessment progress marks will be awarded as part of the grading systems: 1. Install Windows OS of your choice Win XP/Vista/7/2k3/2k8. Install and configure XAMPP on it, and finally install and configure eyeOS. 2. Install Linux OS, any distro as desired. Install and configure XAMPP on it, and finally install and configure eyeOS to power your website i.e., to run from your domain as: http://<your-domain>/.

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