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This page gives some nice but advanced tricks for a moin Apache setup. The directives on this page assume that you have knowledge about Apache configuration, newbies should stick to the basic setup.

= Apache Root Wiki =

/!\ This requires the Apache module "mod_rewrite" (which should be standard)

An Apache root wiki is easy, but it has limitations. Since moin needs to access certain static files (images, css, etc.), it intercepts a part of the possible WikiName namespace.

1. Install moin as normal.

1. Add the following lines to your VirtualHost config:

{{{

RewriteEngine On

RewriteLogLevel 0

# Point to moin shared static files - DEPENDS ON MOIN VERSION!

RewriteRule ^/moin_static160/(.*)$ /prefix/share/moin/htdocs/$1 [last]

# Map everything else to moin cgi script

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /path/to/moin.cgi$1 [type=application/x-httpd-cgi]

# Setting for FastCGI

##RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /path/to/moin.fcg$1 [type=application/x-httpd-fcgi]

}}}

The RewriteRule for Fast''''''CGI here does not work for me: {{{

[Wed Jan 05 01:43:41 2005] [error] [client 10.0.0.1] File does not exist: /home/apache/moin/wiki/share/moin/pw/moin.fcg/RecentChanges, referer: http://moin.dahoam/StartSeite

duplo:/home/danielt# ls /home/apache/moin/wiki/share/moin/pw/moin.fcg

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root www 1088 Jan 4 23:35 /home/apache/moin/wiki/share/moin/pw/moin.fcg*

}}}

As a workaround I use this: {{{

RewriteRule ^/?(.*) /_Wikiscript_/moin.fcg/$1

RewriteRule ^/_Wikiscript_/(.*) /home/apache/moin/wiki/share/moin/pw/$1 [last]

}}}

= Root wiki on Mac OSX =

/!\ This configuration intercepts all userfolder URLs like ''`http://127.0.0.1/~yourname/`'' and offers a blank wiki page instead, so these instructions are offered as an exercise only. There may be a way around this problem but I don't know what it is.

Using the previous information on the moin OS X installation, you end up with a virtual host block like this:

{{{

ServerName Gnarlodious

Alias /moin_static160/ /usr/local/share/moin/htdocs/

ScriptAlias /mywiki /usr/local/share/moin/mywiki/moin.cgi

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^/moin_static160/(.*)$ /usr/local/share/moin/htdocs/$1 [last]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /usr/local/share/moin/mywiki/moin.cgi$1 [type=application/x-httpd-cgi]

</VirtualHost>

}}}

Remove the following `<IfModule mod_alias.c>` directives added on [[HelpOnInstalling/ApacheOnMacOsx|this page]], as they are now redundant:

{{{

Alias /moin_static160/ "/moinwiki/share/moin/htdocs/"

ScriptAlias /mywiki "/moinwiki/share/moin/mywiki/moin.cgi"

}}}

Now restart Apache. You should be able to open a URL like http://127.0.0.1/HelpOnInstalling/ApacheOnMacOsx

= Root wiki with mod python recipe =

Using the above example, I got this working like this:

1. Install moin as usual and create instance

1. Use this config in httpd.conf

{{{

NameVirtualHost 192.115.134.51:80

ServerName wiki.nirs.dyndns.org

ServerAlias wiki

# Rewrite urls

RewriteEngine On

RewriteLogLevel 0

# map static files to htdocs

RewriteRule ^/moin_static160/(.*)$ /usr/share/moin/htdocs/$1 [last]

# map everything else to server script

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /usr/share/moin/mywiki/moinmodpy.py$1

# These are copied from the default cgi-bin directory

AllowOverride None

Options None

Order allow,deny

Allow from all

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# Modpy stuff

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AddHandler python-program .py

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# Add the path to the wiki directory, where moinmodpy.py and

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# wikiconfig.py are located.

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PythonPath "['/usr/share/moin/mywiki'] + sys.path"

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PythonHandler moinmodpy

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PythonDebug On

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</Directory>

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</VirtualHost>

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}}}

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(!) It seems to be impossible to get a root modpy wiki without using the moinmodpy wrapper script.

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