First run make, second run make test and then run the different install commands. make ca and make ext are the same like make You have the following install options for make.
install-ca
install-common is only interesting for package maintainers because they can install the common stuff seperately from the rest.
install-ext is the same like install online. This install target is deprecated.
install-ldap
install-node
install-offline installs ca and node
install-online installs ra, ldap, pub, scep and node
install-pub
install-ra
install-scep
install-docs
OpenCA incudes a startup script for it's daemons. The script is named OPENCADIR/etc/openca_start. The script starts the XML cache and the main server loop of OpenCA. Please remember to run this script after every boot operation. It is recommended to integrate a script openca to the appropriate runlevel.