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<span class="anchor" id="line-9"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-10"></span><p class="line862">This HTML page contains the basic install docs that can be found on <a class="http" href="http://master.moinmo.in/MoinMoin/InstallDocs">http://master.moinmo.in/MoinMoin/InstallDocs</a>. It contains all necessary information to get your wiki up and running, even without being online. If you have a permanent internet connection, you might want to browse the docs on the Help<tt class="backtick"></tt>On<tt class="backtick"></tt>Installing page, which might contain more up-to-date information. <span class="anchor" id="line-11"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-12"></span><p class="line874">After following the procedures on this page, you should have a working wiki and can browse the rest of the online docs there. <span class="anchor" id="line-13"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-14"></span><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HowtoinstallyourownMoinMoinWiki">How to install your own MoinMoin Wiki</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="line-15"></span><p class="line862">This page describes the installation procedure of <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a>. In the next section, there is a list of real-world <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin/InstallDocs#installscenarios">Installation Scenarios</a> that help you to understand how to apply the instructions in different environments. If you already have a wiki running and want to upgrade, see <a class="interwiki" href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnUpdating" title="MoinMaster">HelpOnUpdating</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-16"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-17"></span><p class="line862">A Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin installation is done by some elementary steps: <span class="anchor" id="line-18"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin/InstallDocs#basic-install">Basic Installation</a> explains the "<tt class="backtick">setup.py</tt>" step of the installation in more detail. This is used to get the Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin code and wiki template installed onto your system. This applies equally to all scenarios, and you should read it before trying a live installation. <span class="anchor" id="line-19"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin/InstallDocs#wikiinstance-creation">Wiki Instance Creation</a> explains how you make a new wiki instance (data and configuration), this is also common to all scenarios. <span class="anchor" id="line-20"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Getting the web server to serve static stuff under the <tt class="backtick">url_prefix_static</tt> URL - used for theme CSS and images, etc. - this is slightly different for the various web servers that can be used - see below. <span class="anchor" id="line-21"></span></li><li>Getting the web server to execute the moin code when you access wiki pages. This is done either by CGI, FastCGI, mod_python or Twisted or the built-in stand alone server - this is slightly different for the various web servers that can be used - see below. <span class="anchor" id="line-22"></span></li><li><p class="line862">After a successful installation, you might want to read more about configuration and other options that you, as the wiki administrator, can set up. <a class="interwiki" href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnAdministration" title="MoinMaster">HelpOnAdministration</a> contains links to pages that cover these topics. Especially, the <a class="interwiki" href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnConfiguration" title="MoinMaster">HelpOnConfiguration</a> and <a class="interwiki" href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnUpdating" title="MoinMaster">HelpOnUpdating</a> pages provide additional information regarding wiki setup and maintenance. <span class="anchor" id="line-23"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin/InstallDocs#trouble-shooting">Trouble-shooting</a> helps with fixing any general problems you might encounter, which apply to any installation platform.  <span class="anchor" id="line-24"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-25"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="installscenarios"></span> <span class="anchor" id="line-26"></span>

<h1 id="Installationstepsspecificforsomewebserversandoperatingsystems">Installation steps specific for some web servers and operating systems</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="line-27"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-28"></span><p class="line862">The following links will show you concrete examples of installation sessions, showing the commands used and explaining what they do. You <em>must first read the general information on installing above</em> before doing the installation steps described on the pages linked from below: <span class="anchor" id="line-29"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-30"></span><p class="line874">Linux: <span class="anchor" id="line-31"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin/InstallDocs#linuxapache-install">Linux Installation using Apache</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-32"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin/InstallDocs#linuxstandalone-install">Linux Installation using standalone server</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-33"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-34"></span></li></ul><p class="line874">Long-Running-Process Setup: <span class="anchor" id="line-35"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin/InstallDocs#fastcgi-install">FastCGI Setup using Apache or Lighttpd</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-36"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin/InstallDocs#modpy-install">mod_python Setup using Apache</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-37"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin/InstallDocs#twisted-install">Setup using twisted</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-38"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-39"></span></li></ul><p class="line874">Mac OS X: <span class="anchor" id="line-40"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin/InstallDocs#macosx-install">Mac OS X Installation using Apache</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-41"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-42"></span></li></ul><p class="line874">Windows: <span class="anchor" id="line-43"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin/InstallDocs#win32apache-install">Windows Installation using Apache</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-44"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin/InstallDocs#win32iis-install">Windows Installation using IIS</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-45"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-46"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="basic-install"></span> <span class="anchor" id="line-47"></span><div dir="ltr" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.content" lang="en"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.top"></span>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-8"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-9"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-10"></span><p class="line867"><strong>How to do a basic installation of <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a> on your system.</strong> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-11"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-12"></span><p class="line867"><strong>Contents</strong> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-13"></span><div class="table-of-contents"><p class="table-of-contents-heading">Contents<ol><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.CheckifPythonisworking">Check if Python is working</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.DownloadMoinMoin">Download MoinMoin</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.InstallMoinMoin">Install MoinMoin</a><ol><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.RecommendedinstallationcommandforLinux.28andMacOsX.29">Recommended installation command for Linux (and MacOs X)</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.Debuggingsetupprocess">Debugging setup process</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.Installingtothedefaultsystemlocation">Installing to the default system location</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.Installinginthehomedirectoryoranotherspecificlocation">Installing in the home directory or another specific location</a></li></ol></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.Testinstallation">Test installation</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.Whathasbeeninstalled">What has been installed</a></li></ol></div><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-14"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-15"></span><p class="line862">Before you can integrate Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin into your web environment, you have to install the <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a> source code and data files using the standard Python <em>distutils</em> mechanism (<tt class="backtick">setup.py</tt>). This page explains the steps you usually need to take to do this. For more details on the <em>distutils</em> installation process, consult the <a class="http" href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/inst/inst.html">Installing Python Modules</a> document in your Python documentation set. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-16"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-17"></span><p class="line874">The installation is similar on Windows and Linux (and other POSIX-type systems; for simplicity, we just say "Linux" in the docs). <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-18"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-19"></span><ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><p class="line891"><img alt="(!)" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/idea.png" title="(!)" width="15" /> We use text such as <strong><tt class="backtick">&gt;&nbsp;command&nbsp;arguments</tt></strong> to show what you have to type at the command prompt (also known as shell, terminal, etc.). In our examples "<tt class="backtick">&gt;&nbsp;</tt>" is the prompt, you don't have to type it in, you have to type what comes after it. Lines that do not begin with "<tt class="backtick">&gt;&nbsp;</tt>" are the answers to the commands you have typed. Read them carefully. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-20"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-21"></span></li></ul><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.CheckifPythonisworking">Check if Python is working</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-22"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-23"></span><p class="line862">Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin needs Python to run, so the first step is to check if an usable version of Python is installed and correctly set-up. If this is not the case, you will have to fix that before you can proceed. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-24"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-25"></span><p class="line862">The <tt class="backtick">CHANGES</tt> file in the Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin archive mentions what versions are supported. Python 2.3 is the minimum requirement for Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin 1.7, but we suggest you use the latest Python release version. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-26"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-27"></span><p class="line862">You can download Python at <a class="http" href="http://www.python.org/download/">http://www.python.org/download/</a>. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-28"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-29"></span><p class="line862">If you are pretty sure an acceptable version of Python is installed but the commands below do not work, this may be because your Python files are not in the <em>search path</em>. Correctly setting the search path is outside the scope of this document; please ask for help on your favorite Python, Linux, or Windows discussion board. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-30"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-31"></span><p class="line874">If you have shell access, checking if Python is working is very simple. Just type the following command, and look at the result: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-32"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-33"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-34"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-35"></span><pre>&gt; python -V

Python 2.4.4</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-36"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-37"></span><p class="line862">If you don't have shell access, you can try using this <tt class="backtick">pythontest.cgi</tt> script (it assumes that you are using a Linux kind of webserver). Upload the script to your <tt class="backtick">cgi-bin</tt> directory, use <tt class="backtick">chmod&nbsp;a+rx&nbsp;pythontest.cgi</tt> (or a similar command in your FTP program) to make it executable, and invoke it using your web browser. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-38"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-39"></span><p class="line867"><object data="/HelpOnInstalling/BasicInstallation?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=pythontest.cgi" title="" type="application/octet-stream">pythontest.cgi</object> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-40"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-41"></span><p class="line874">If it doesn't display "CGI scripts work", well, then CGI scripts don't work. If it doesn't show one or more Python version numbers, then Python is not correctly installed. In both cases, before you can proceed, you will have to get in touch with the administrator of the server so that the problems get corrected. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-42"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-43"></span><p class="line862">Also be sure to read <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/ApacheOnLinuxFtp">../ApacheOnLinuxFtp</a> after you've completed the ../BasicInstallation illustrated here. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-44"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-45"></span><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.DownloadMoinMoin">Download MoinMoin</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-46"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-47"></span><p class="line862">To download the distribution archive, go to the <a class="http" href="http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinDownload">download page</a> and fetch the latest archive. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-48"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-49"></span><p class="line862">The next step is to unpack the distribution archive (which you have done already if you are reading this text from your hard drive). If you read this on the web, the distribution comes in a versioned <tt class="backtick">.tar.gz</tt> archive, which you can unpack as shown below. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-50"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-51"></span><ul><li>On Windows <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-52"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">You can use recent versions of programs like <a class="http" href="http://www.7-zip.org/">7-Zip</a>, Win<tt class="backtick"></tt>Zip, Win<tt class="backtick"></tt>Rar, and Win<tt class="backtick"></tt>Ace, which handle .tar.gz kind of archives. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-53"></span></li><li><p class="line862">At the command prompt, you can use <a class="http" href="http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gzip.htm">GNU gzip</a> and <a class="http" href="http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/tar.htm">GNU tar</a> for Windows. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-54"></span></li></ul></li><li>On Linux <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-55"></span><ul><li>You can use your favorite file manager -- it should be able to unpack them. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-56"></span></li><li><p class="line862">At any shell prompt, you can use the <tt class="backtick">tar</tt> command. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-57"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-58"></span></li></ul></li></ul><p class="line862">The distribution archive will always unpack into a directory named <tt class="backtick">moin-&lt;version&gt;</tt>, for example <tt class="backtick">moin-1.7.0</tt>. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-59"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-60"></span><p class="line862">Here is how you would unpack the archive (using GNU tar) and enter the directory with the Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin files: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-61"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-62"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-63"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-64"></span><pre>&gt; tar xzf moin-1.7.0.tar.gz

&gt; cd moin-1.7.0</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-65"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-66"></span><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.InstallMoinMoin">Install MoinMoin</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-67"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-68"></span><p class="line862">You can install Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin to either: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-69"></span><ul><li>a system location (if you have the necessary rights to do that -- on Linux you need to be root) <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-70"></span></li><li><p class="line862">some specific location, like your home directory (Linux) or <tt class="backtick">C:\moin</tt> (Windows). <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-71"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-72"></span></li></ul><p class="line874">The installation to a system location is easier, so choose that if possible. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-73"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-74"></span><p class="line867"><img alt="/!\" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/alert.png" title="/!\" width="15" /> If you have several versions of Python installed, please use the same version for setup and for running the wiki. Usually, the latest Python version will get the best results. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-75"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-76"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.RecommendedinstallationcommandforLinux.28andMacOsX.29">Recommended installation command for Linux (and MacOs X)</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-77"></span><p class="line862">As you have chosen to not use a preconfigured package for your system this time it is highly recommended that you do not install <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a> into the default location. This is because otherwise, if you later want to install a moin package of your distribution this will overwrite your existing installation. The most common path for your own installations is below <tt>/usr/local</tt> (this is called the PREFIX). A command that should be ok for most Linux distributions and also MacOS X is <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-78"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-79"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-80"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-81"></span><pre>&gt; python setup.py install --prefix='/usr/local' --record=install.log</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-82"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-83"></span><p class="line862">This will install the shared files to '/usr/local/share/moin' and the moin code to <tt class="backtick">/usr/local/lib/python2.x/site-packages/MoinMoin/</tt>. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-84"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-85"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.Debuggingsetupprocess">Debugging setup process</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-86"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-87"></span><p class="line862">If you have problems with the <tt class="backtick">setup.py</tt> install step, try using the command: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-88"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-89"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-90"></span><pre>&gt; python -v setup.py --quiet install --record=install.log</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-91"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-92"></span><p class="line862">The additional <tt class="backtick">-v</tt> flag should provide you detailed verbose messages every step of the way. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-93"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-94"></span><p class="line867"><img alt="/!\" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/alert.png" title="/!\" width="15" /> On Linux, if you get an error like <tt class="backtick">Invalid&nbsp;Python&nbsp;installation:&nbsp;cannot&nbsp;find&nbsp;/usr/lib/Python2.x/config/Makefile</tt>, you may not have the python module <strong><tt class="backtick">distutils</tt></strong> installed, it's usually a part of the <strong>Python development libarary (<tt class="backtick">python-dev</tt>)</strong>. Some Linux distributions may not have installed it by default. For example, on Mandrake you need to install the <strong><tt class="backtick">python-devel</tt></strong> package, on Debian it's called <strong><tt class="backtick">python-dev</tt></strong>. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-95"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-96"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.Installingtothedefaultsystemlocation">Installing to the default system location</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-97"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-98"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-99"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-100"></span><pre>&gt; python setup.py --quiet install --record=install.log</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-101"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-102"></span><p class="line862">This installs Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin to the default system location (typically the Python directory, for example on Linux, inside <tt class="backtick">/usr/lib/python2.x/site-packages/MoinMoin</tt> and <tt class="backtick">/usr/share/moin</tt>). Look at the <tt class="backtick">install.log</tt> file to see what was installed, and where. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-103"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-104"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-105"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-106"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.Installinginthehomedirectoryoranotherspecificlocation">Installing in the home directory or another specific location</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-107"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-108"></span><p class="line874">Linux example, installing in the home directory: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-109"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-110"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-111"></span><pre>&gt; python setup.py --quiet install --prefix=$HOME --record=install.log</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-112"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-113"></span><p class="line862">Windows example, installing in the <tt class="backtick">C:\moin</tt> directory: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-114"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-115"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-116"></span><pre>&gt; python setup.py --quiet install --prefix="C:\moin" --record=install.log</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-117"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-118"></span><p class="line862">All Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin files will then be installed inside those directories, see <tt class="backtick">install.log</tt> to know which files were installed, and where. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-119"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-120"></span><p class="line867"><strong>Note:</strong> You will likely see the following warning: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-121"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-122"></span><ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><p class="line891"><tt class="backtick">warning:&nbsp;install:&nbsp;modules&nbsp;installed&nbsp;to&nbsp;'C:\moin\',&nbsp;which</tt><br>

 <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-123"></span><tt class="backtick">is&nbsp;not&nbsp;in&nbsp;Python's&nbsp;module&nbsp;search&nbsp;path&nbsp;(sys.path)&nbsp;--&nbsp;you'll</tt><br>

 <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-124"></span><tt class="backtick">have&nbsp;to&nbsp;change&nbsp;the&nbsp;search&nbsp;path&nbsp;yourself</tt> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-125"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-126"></span></li></ul><p class="line862">This means exactly what it says, you need to add your install directory to the search path of Python, or it won't find the Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin code. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-127"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-128"></span><p class="line862">For example, if you are running using a webserver and standard CGI, edit <tt class="backtick">moin.cgi</tt> and add your installation directory to the Python path, like this: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-129"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-130"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-131"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-132"></span><pre>import sys

sys.path.insert(0, 'C:/moin')</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-133"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-134"></span><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.Testinstallation">Test installation</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-135"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-136"></span><p class="line862">As a final step, if you have access to the shell or the command prompt, you can check that everything is correctly installed and ready to run. Start Python and type <tt class="backtick">import&nbsp;MoinMoin</tt>. Nothing should be displayed in response to this command. Example: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-137"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-138"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-139"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-140"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-141"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-142"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-143"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-144"></span><pre>&gt; python

Python 2.4.4 (...)

Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

&gt;&gt;&gt; import MoinMoin

&gt;&gt;&gt;</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-145"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-146"></span><p class="line874">If you get this instead: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-147"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-148"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-149"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-150"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-151"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-152"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-153"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-154"></span><pre>&gt;&gt;&gt; import MoinMoin

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "&lt;stdin&gt;", line 1, in ?

ImportError: No module named MoinMoin

&gt;&gt;&gt;</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-155"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-156"></span><p class="line862">then you have to tune your installation. Try modifying <tt class="backtick">sys.path</tt>, as described above. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-157"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-158"></span><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.Whathasbeeninstalled">What has been installed</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-159"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-160"></span><p class="line862">So, you have a ready-to-work Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin installation now. Congratulations! Before you go on to configuring it, take a look at the various files and directories that have been installed. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-161"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-162"></span><p class="line867"><img alt="/!\" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/alert.png" title="/!\" width="15" /> It is important that you understand the different locations used in a Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin setup, so read this carefully. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-163"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-164"></span><p class="line862">In the following descriptions, <tt class="backtick">PREFIX</tt> is what you used with the <tt class="backtick">setup.py</tt> command, or a default location if you didn't use the <tt class="backtick">--prefix</tt> option. (Typical default values on Linux are <tt class="backtick">/usr</tt> and <tt class="backtick">/usr/local</tt>.) <tt class="backtick">X.Y</tt> is the version of Python. Typically, this is <tt class="backtick">2.3</tt>, <tt class="backtick">2.4</tt> or <tt class="backtick">2.5</tt>. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-165"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-166"></span><p class="line862">Look into <tt class="backtick">install.log</tt> to find out about following important locations: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-167"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-168"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><strong><tt class="backtick">MoinMoin</tt> directory</strong>, usually <tt class="backtick">PREFIX/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/MoinMoin</tt> -- this is where the Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin <strong>source code</strong> is located <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-169"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><strong><tt class="backtick">share</tt> directory</strong>, usually <tt class="backtick">PREFIX/share/moin</tt> - this is where the <em>templates</em> are located <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-170"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><strong><tt class="backtick">data</tt></strong> directory (wiki pages, users, etc.) - only Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin should access this <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-171"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><strong><tt class="backtick">underlay</tt></strong> directory (wiki pages) - only Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin should access this <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-172"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><strong><tt class="backtick">htdocs</tt></strong> directory with html support files (images for the various themes, etc.) - the web server will need to access this <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-173"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><strong><tt class="backtick">server</tt></strong> - Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin example startup files (like <tt class="backtick">moin.cgi</tt> for CGI, and other files for other startup methods) <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-174"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><strong><tt class="backtick">config</tt></strong> - Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin example configuration files (like <tt class="backtick">wikiconfig.py</tt>) <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-175"></span></li></ul></li><li><p class="line891"><strong><tt class="backtick">bin</tt></strong> directory with some scripts that help you use the Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin shell commands <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-176"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-177"></span></li></ul><p class="line862">We talk of <em>templates</em> in the <tt class="backtick">share</tt> directory because you usually will not use those files at that location, but copy them elsewhere when you need them. This way, you can set-up several wikis without problems, and easily upgrade to new Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin versions. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.line-178"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-BasicInstallation.bottom"></span></div> <span class="anchor" id="line-48"></span><hr class="hr2" /><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="line-49"></span><span class="anchor" id="wikiinstance-creation"></span> <span class="anchor" id="line-50"></span><div dir="ltr" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.content" lang="en"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.top"></span>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-8"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-9"></span><p class="line862">After you have downloaded and installed Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin, you will want to "have a wiki". As explained at the bottom of <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/BasicInstallation">../BasicInstallation</a>, you have to copy several directories and files. This way, you can have as many wikis as you want, and you can easily upgrade Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin: only the original files will be overwritten, not your copies. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-10"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-11"></span><p class="line862">Every time you copy those files (and modify the configuration of your server accordingly), you create what is called a <em>wiki instance</em>. Each wiki instance is independent from the others, with a different configuration, different pages, different users, etc. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-12"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-13"></span><p class="line874">Some of the steps you need to take depend on which web server and which operating system you use. They are described on dedicated pages, which you should read (at least the beginning) before reading this one. Some other steps are common to every webserver and operating system (copying files around, setting permissions), and this is what is described here. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-14"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-15"></span><p class="line862">Linux users can use <a class="attachment" href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/WikiInstanceCreation?action=AttachFile&amp;do=view&amp;target=createinstance.sh" title="attachment:createinstance.sh">createinstance.sh</a> (a bash script that creates the instance) instead of doing all steps manually: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-16"></span><ol type="1"><li>If anything is unclear, just read the sections below for more hints. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-17"></span></li><li>Have a look into the script before running it, if all settings are correct for your setup: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-18"></span><ul><li>USER and GROUP should be the user and group used by your web-server for running moin. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-19"></span></li><li><p class="line862">SHARE is where the shared files were copied to, see install.log from the <tt class="backtick">setup.py&nbsp;install</tt> step <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-20"></span></li></ul></li><li>The script takes a single parameter: the location of your wiki instance (see "Choose a location" section below): <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-21"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-22"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-23"></span><pre># ./createinstance.sh /path/to/mywiki</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-24"></span></li><li>Now continue in section "Tune configuration" <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-25"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-26"></span></li></ol><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.Readthisfirst">Read this first</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-27"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-28"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.Securitywarnings">Security warnings</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-29"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-30"></span><div><table style="color: red"><tbody><tr>  <td><p class="line862"> <img alt="/!\" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/alert.png" title="/!\" width="15" /> <strong>Warning: make sure that your <tt class="backtick">data</tt> directory and your configuration files are not accessible through your web server. Do not put your wiki directory in <tt class="backtick">public_html</tt>, <tt class="backtick">Sites</tt> or any other directory your web server can access. The web server only needs to access the file in the <tt class="backtick">htdocs</tt> directory and the <tt class="backtick">moin.cgi</tt> script! (Or whatever script your server uses to start Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin.)</strong> </td>

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</tbody></table></div><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-31"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-32"></span><div><table style="color: red"><tbody><tr>  <td><p class="line862"> <img alt="/!\" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/alert.png" title="/!\" width="15" /> <strong>Warning: make sure that the <tt class="backtick">data</tt> directory and its subdirectories are not readable and not writeable by users other than the web server user. If you need to give worldwide read-write permissions to get it working, be aware that you are doing a very unsecure setup, that can be compromised by any other user or program on your computer.</strong> </td>

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</tbody></table></div><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-33"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-34"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.NotetoWindowsusers">Note to Windows users</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-35"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-36"></span><p class="line874">All the commands below are Linux commands. The text descriptions that introduce them should be enough to help you understand what you need to do. Use the Windows Explorer, or the appropriate text-mode commands. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-37"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-38"></span><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.Chooseawikiname">Choose a wiki name</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-39"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-40"></span><p class="line874">Choose a unique name for the new wiki instance you want to create. It should be a short word, something that reflects what you intend to use the wiki for, like the name of your organization, of your team, of the project you are working on, etc. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-41"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-42"></span><p class="line862">The name "<tt class="backtick">mywiki</tt>" is used as an example in the various commands below. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-43"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-44"></span><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.Choosealocation">Choose a location</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-45"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-46"></span><p class="line874">Choose a directory on your disk, it will contain all the files needed for your wiki instance. At the beginning, your wiki instance will use approximately 10 MB of disk space. Then of course, it will grow depending on the way your wiki is used. A personal wiki, even with many pages, might only use 30 MB or 40 MB of disk space. A popular wiki, or a wiki with many files attached to the pages, might use much more, of course. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-47"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-48"></span><p class="line862">If you are the administrator (or root) of the server, you can use anything you like or that makes sense to you, for example <tt class="backtick">/usr/local/var/moin</tt>, <tt class="backtick">/mnt/wikis</tt>, etc. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-49"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-50"></span><p class="line862">If you are a simple user, you will probably only be allowed to write in your personal, "home" directory. Choose a subdirectory that makes sense to you, for example the <tt class="backtick">share/moin</tt> subdirectory. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-51"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-52"></span><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.Collectsomeimportantinformation">Collect some important information</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-53"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-54"></span><p class="line874">This is where the instructions differ according to the web server and operating system you use, and whether you are the administrator or a simple user. See the appropriate pages for your web server and operating system combination. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-55"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-56"></span><p class="line862">On Linux, the <tt class="backtick">export</tt> command will be used to remember the collected information. Windows users should write it down carefully (maybe cutting-and-pasting in a Notepad window), or store it in environment variables if they use the command prompt. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-57"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-58"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><tt class="backtick">PREFIX</tt> is the prefix you used during the <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/BasicInstallation">../BasicInstallation</a> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-59"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><tt class="backtick">SHARE</tt> is the name of the <tt class="backtick">share</tt> directory, as discussed at the bottom of <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/BasicInstallation">../BasicInstallation</a> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-60"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><tt class="backtick">WIKILOCATION</tt> is the name of the directory that will contain your wiki instance <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-61"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><tt class="backtick">INSTANCE</tt> is the directory containing the wiki instance. It cannot be an existing directory readable through Apache, otherwise it will fail. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-62"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-63"></span></li></ul><p class="line874">If you are an administrator, you also need to collect the following: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-64"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-65"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><tt class="backtick">USER</tt> is the user name of the web server <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-66"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><tt class="backtick">GROUP</tt> is the name of the group to which the web server belongs <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-67"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-68"></span></li></ul><p class="line874">Now, Linux folks, let's store these settings in memory: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-69"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-70"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-71"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-72"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-73"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-74"></span><pre>&gt; export PREFIX=/usr                # this might be something else

&gt; export SHARE=$PREFIX/share/moin   # this should be correct for most people

&gt; export WIKILOCATION=$SHARE        # this is just an example

&gt; export INSTANCE=mywiki            # this is just an example</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-75"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-76"></span><p class="line874">Administrators also need the following two lines: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-77"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-78"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-79"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-80"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-81"></span><pre>&gt; export USER=www-data              # this is just an example

&gt; export GROUP=www-data             # this is just an example</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-82"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-83"></span><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.Copythefiles">Copy the files</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-84"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-85"></span><p class="line862">To create your new instance, you first need to create a directory named like your instance, inside the <tt class="backtick">WIKILOCATION</tt>. Then you need to copy the <tt class="backtick">data</tt> and <tt class="backtick">underlay</tt> directories from your <tt class="backtick">SHARE</tt> directory into your instance directory. Finally, you need to copy the <tt class="backtick">wikiconfig.py</tt> file from the <tt class="backtick">config</tt> directory into the instance directory. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-86"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-87"></span><p class="line874">Linux folks need to just type these commands: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-88"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-89"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-90"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-91"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-92"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-93"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-94"></span><pre>&gt; cd $WIKILOCATION

&gt; mkdir $INSTANCE                   # make a directory for this instance

&gt; cp -R $SHARE/data $INSTANCE       # copy template data directory

&gt; cp -R $SHARE/underlay $INSTANCE   # copy underlay data directory

&gt; cp $SHARE/config/wikiconfig.py $INSTANCE   # copy wiki configuration sample file</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-95"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-96"></span><ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><p class="line891"><img alt="/!\" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/alert.png" title="/!\" width="15" /> Note that you just need to keep one underlay directory on your system if you are running multiple wikis (e.g. in a farm.) <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-97"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-98"></span></li></ul><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.Setpermissions">Set permissions</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-99"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-100"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.Administrators">Administrators</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-101"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-102"></span><p class="line874">Administrators need to restrict the permissions of the files, so that only the web server (and the administrator of course) can read and write them. For maximum security, no other user on the machine should be able to read or write anything in the wiki instance directory. Don't forget that this directory contains sensitive information, notably the (encrypted) passwords of the wiki users. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-103"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-104"></span><p class="line874">On Linux, the following commands should be enough: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-105"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-106"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-107"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-108"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-109"></span><pre>&gt; chown -R $USER.$GROUP $INSTANCE   # check that USER and GROUP are correct

&gt; chmod -R ug+rwX $INSTANCE         # USER.GROUP may read and write

&gt; chmod -R o-rwx $INSTANCE          # everybody else is rejected</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-110"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-111"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.Normalusers">Normal users</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-112"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-113"></span><p class="line862">Normal users, on the contrary, need to broaden the permissions of the files, so that the web server can read and write them. On recent Windows versions, and on some versions of Linux and other systems, <em>access control lists</em> can be used to that effect. They are, however, powerful and complicated, much beyond the scope of this document. Ask a knowledgeable person about them. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-114"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-115"></span><p class="line862">Without them, normal users have to allow <em>everybody</em> to access the instance directory. This is the only way the web server can enter it and do its work. This is, of course, <strong>VERY INSECURE</strong>, since any other user and program on the server can read the directory. You should <strong>not</strong> use such a setup for a wiki open to the public. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-116"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-117"></span><p class="line874">On Linux, the following commands will open the instance directory to the whole world: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-118"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-119"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-120"></span><pre>&gt; chmod -R a+rwX $INSTANCE</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-121"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-122"></span><p class="line867"><strong>Note:</strong> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-123"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">it is also possible to put the web server and the normal user in the same <em>group</em>, and then only open the instance directory to the members of that group. This is a bit more secure (depending on who else is in the group), but you need the cooperation of the server administrator; he is the one setting up groups. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-124"></span></li><li><p class="line862">the best other possibility is that the server administrator sets up <tt class="backtick">suexec</tt> to execute CGI scripts in user directories under the user id of that user. You don't need to give world permissions that way, so it is a quite secure setup, but you also need cooperation of the administrator. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-125"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-126"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-127"></span></li></ul><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.Tuneconfiguration">Tune configuration</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-128"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-129"></span><p class="line874">Now, you need to tune the configuration of your web server and of your wiki instance. Look at the appropriate help page for your web server, then come back here to tune the settings of your wiki instance. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-130"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-131"></span><p class="line862">Edit <tt class="backtick">wikiconfig.py</tt>. The default settings should work fine in most cases, but there are some things that you will probably want to change, like the name and logo of your wiki! <img alt=":)" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/smile.png" title=":)" width="15" /> Read the comments inside <tt class="backtick">wikiconfig.py</tt>, they will guide you through this process. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-132"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-133"></span><div><table style="color: red"><tbody><tr>  <td><p class="line862"> <img alt="/!\" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/alert.png" title="/!\" width="15" /> <strong>Warning: don't forget to restart your web server in order to apply changes in <tt class="backtick">wikiconfig.py</tt></strong> </td>

</tr>

</tbody></table></div><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-134"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-135"></span><p class="line867"><a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnConfiguration">HelpOnConfiguration</a> contains all the details about all the options, in case the comments in <tt class="backtick">wikiconfig.py</tt> are not enough. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.line-136"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-WikiInstanceCreation.bottom"></span></div> <span class="anchor" id="line-51"></span><hr class="hr1" /><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="line-52"></span><span class="anchor" id="linuxapache-install"></span> <span class="anchor" id="line-53"></span>

<h1>Linux Installation using Apache</h1>

<div dir="ltr" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.content" lang="en"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.top"></span>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-9"></span><p class="line862">This page describes the particular steps that need to be taken to create a wiki instance using <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a> on Linux with the Apache web server. <strong>You should have already performed the <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/BasicInstallation">../BasicInstallation</a>. </strong>Installations on other Unices like FreeBSD are very similar. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-10"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-11"></span><p class="line874">On this page two installation scenarios are discussed: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-12"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-13"></span><ol type="1"><li><p class="line862">You have <strong>Administrator Rights </strong>(you are user 'root' or may use sudo)  for a server and are able to install and modify files almost anywhere on the machine, and notably able to modifiy the Apache configuration. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-14"></span></li><li><p class="line862">You are a <strong>Simple User,</strong> only able to write files into your home directory, and unable to alter the master Apache configuration file. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-15"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-16"></span></li></ol><p class="line874">The following options are not mentioned here: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-17"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">using <strong>suEXEC</strong> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-18"></span></li><li><p class="line862">using <strong>FastCGI </strong> (see <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/FastCgi">../FastCgi</a>) <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-19"></span></li><li><p class="line862">using <strong>mod_python</strong> (see <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/ApacheWithModPython">../ApacheWithModPython</a>) <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-20"></span></li><li><p class="line862">setting up a <strong>Root Wiki</strong> (see <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnConfiguration/ApacheVoodoo">HelpOnConfiguration/ApacheVoodoo</a>) <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-21"></span></li><li><p class="line862">For more advanced configurations and some tricks see also <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpMiscellaneous">HelpMiscellaneous</a>. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-22"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-23"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-24"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"><strong>Table of contents</strong> <div class="table-of-contents"><p class="table-of-contents-heading">Contents<ol><li><ol><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.AdministratorScenario">Administrator Scenario</a><ol><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Createawikiinstance">Create a wiki instance</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Installmoin.cgi">Install moin.cgi</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Configuremoin.cgi">Configure moin.cgi</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.ConfigureApache">Configure Apache</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.ConfigureMoinMoin">Configure MoinMoin</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Testthewiki">Test the wiki</a></li></ol></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.SimpleUserScenario">Simple User Scenario</a><ol><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Makesure.2BAC8Afg-usernameworks">Make sure /~username works</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Createawikiinstance-1">Create a wiki instance</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Installthehtdocsfiles">Install the htdocs files</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Installmoin.cgi-1">Install moin.cgi</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Configuremoin.cgi-1">Configure moin.cgi</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.ConfigureMoinMoin-1">Configure MoinMoin</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Testthewiki-1">Test the wiki</a></li></ol></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a><ol><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Addingpermissiontoservethehtdocsdirectory">Adding permission to serve the htdocs directory</a></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></div><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-25"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-26"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.AdministratorScenario">Administrator Scenario</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-27"></span><p class="line862">The exact location of the various Apache configs varies - often used locations are: <tt>/etc/httpd/,&nbsp;/etc/apache/&nbsp;or&nbsp;/etc/apache2/</tt>. You should have at least <em>some</em> know-how of how to set up and deal with Apache, especially when it comes to virtual host setup. If you do not know what we are talking about, please read about <em>Configuration Files</em> and <em>Apache Virtual Host documentation </em>in the <a class="http" href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/">Apache documentation</a>. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-28"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-29"></span><p class="line862">On Apache2 it is quite usual to have a directory (like /etc/httpd/conf.d) for virtual hosts. So every file ending with <em>.conf</em> will be included into the main Apache configuration file. To look if this is true for your configuration, search for the word "Include". <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-30"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-31"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Createawikiinstance">Create a wiki instance</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-32"></span><p class="line874">Creating a wiki instance involves copying files around and setting appropriate permissions. Before you can proceed, you need to know what user and group your Apache server runs as. The easiest way to know this is to issue this command: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-33"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-34"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-35"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-36"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-37"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-38"></span><pre>&gt; egrep "^User|^Group" /etc/httpd/httpd.conf

User wwwrun

Group nogroup</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-39"></span><p class="line862">This shows a typical result: "<tt class="backtick">wwwrun.nogroup</tt>". Other common results are "<tt class="backtick">nobody.nogroup</tt>", "<tt class="backtick">apache.apache</tt>" and "<tt class="backtick">www-data.www-data</tt>". You can of course use your own. What matters is that you know which ones are in use, because you will need them to set file permissions. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-40"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-41"></span><p class="line862">Once you have gathered this information, read <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/WikiInstanceCreation">../WikiInstanceCreation</a> and follow the steps described there. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-42"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-43"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Installmoin.cgi">Install moin.cgi</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-44"></span><p class="line862">There is one last file you need to copy, the bridge between Apache and Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin: the CGI script that Apache will call every time a wiki page is requested, and that will in turn invoke all the Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin components to handle the request. You can actually put this script anywhere you like (all the paths to the files Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin needs can be configured to match your filesystem layout), but for the sake of simplicity and security, we suggest you follow the instructions below, unless you think you know better. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-45"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-46"></span><p class="line862">We will create a <tt class="backtick">cgi-bin</tt> subdirectory in the instance directory. Using the environment variables defined in <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/WikiInstanceCreation">../WikiInstanceCreation</a>, run the following commands: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-47"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-48"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-49"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-50"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-51"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-52"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-53"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-54"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-55"></span><pre>&gt; cd $WIKILOCATION/$INSTANCE

&gt; mkdir cgi-bin

&gt; cp $SHARE/server/moin.cgi cgi-bin

&gt; chown -R $USER.$GROUP cgi-bin

&gt; chmod -R ug+rx cgi-bin

&gt; chmod -R o-rwx cgi-bin</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-56"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-57"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Configuremoin.cgi">Configure moin.cgi</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-58"></span><p class="line862">When <tt class="backtick">moin.cgi</tt> is launched, it imports a Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin module that in turn imports other modules and the configuration file. While the Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin modules should always be found in a properly configured system (as described in <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/BasicInstallation">../BasicInstallation</a>), it is likely that the configuration file will not be found. Edit the <tt class="backtick">moin.cgi</tt> script to correct that. Add these lines near the top of the file: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-59"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-60"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-61"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-62"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-63"></span><pre>import sys

sys.path.insert(0, '..')</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-64"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-65"></span><p class="line862">An even better way is to use the absolute path name of the directory that contains the <tt class="backtick">wikiconfig.py</tt> file instead of <tt class="backtick">'..'</tt>. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-66"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-67"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.ConfigureApache">Configure Apache</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-68"></span><p class="line874">Now that every file is in place and properly locked down (as far as the filesystem is concerned), we need to configure Apache so that it offers access to the right files, and no others. However, since the default Apache configuration varies a lot depending on the distribution you use, and since administrators often make important additions and changes to it, we cannot give exact instructions that cover all cases. Instead, we will first describe roughly what needs to be done, and then give a few specific lines that you should add at the appropriate place in your Apache config. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-69"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-70"></span><p class="line874">Your Apache should be set up so that: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-71"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-72"></span><ul><li>Access to your instance directory is denied (sane Apache installations should actually deny access to the whole server, and then only allow a few specific directories). <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-73"></span></li><li><p class="line862">An <strong>Alias</strong> is set up to redirect requests from <tt class="backtick">/moin_static160/</tt> (in the URL - see also <tt class="backtick">url_prefix_static</tt> configuration variable) to the <tt class="backtick">htdocs</tt> directory (in the <tt class="backtick">share</tt> directory, as discussed at the bottom of <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/BasicInstallation">../BasicInstallation</a>). Please note that <tt class="backtick">url_prefix_static</tt> will change with every moin release! <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-74"></span></li><li><p class="line862">A <strong>ScriptAlias</strong> is set up to redirect requests from whatever you want (we suggest you use your instance name, for example <tt class="backtick">/mywiki</tt>) to the CGI script you just copied. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-75"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-76"></span></li></ul><p class="line874">The following commands will add two lines at the bottom of your Apache config file. These lines only cover the last two items listed above. You have to check the first one by yourself (there is too much variation in Linux distributions). Note that you may have to move the two lines to the appropriate place in your config file -- maybe near other similar lines. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-77"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-78"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-79"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-80"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-81"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-82"></span><pre>&gt; echo "" &gt;&gt;/etc/httpd/httpd.conf

&gt; echo "Alias /moin_static160/ \"$SHARE/htdocs/\"" &gt;&gt;/etc/httpd/httpd.conf

&gt; echo "ScriptAlias /mywiki \"$WIKILOCATION/$INSTANCE/cgi-bin/moin.cgi\"" &gt;&gt;/etc/httpd/httpd.conf</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-83"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-84"></span><p class="line874">So this would add two lines like the both below to a config file (possibly you use one for each virtual server): <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-85"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-86"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-87"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-88"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-89"></span><pre>Alias /moin_static160/ /usr/local/share/htdocs/

ScriptAlias /mywiki /usr/local/share/moin/mywiki/cgi-bin/moin.cgi</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-90"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-91"></span><p class="line862">You only need to define the Alias for <tt class="backtick">htdocs</tt> once, no matter how many wikis you run with the 1.6.0 version of moin. You need to define a different script alias for each wiki instance you intend to run. So you could also define the Alias in a central Apache configuration file and only define the <a class="nonexistent" href="http://master17.moinmo.in/ScriptAlias">ScriptAlias</a> in virtual host configurations. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-92"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-93"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.ConfigureMoinMoin">Configure MoinMoin</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-94"></span><p class="line862">Finally, check that the <tt class="backtick">wikiconfig.py</tt> file in the instance directory contains correct paths for: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-95"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><tt class="backtick">url_prefix_static</tt> (static stuff like css/img/js) <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-96"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><tt class="backtick">data_dir</tt> (the instance data directory) and <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-97"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><tt class="backtick">data_underlay_dir</tt> (the instance underlay directory). <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-98"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-99"></span></li></ul><p class="line862">You can use relative paths for the directories, but note that they are relative to the CGI script, not the configuration file! Better <strong>use absolute paths</strong>, and save yourself some headaches. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-100"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-101"></span><p class="line874">Here are the settings you should have in the config file if you followed all our suggestions: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-102"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-103"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-104"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-105"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-106"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-107"></span><pre>    data_dir = '../data/'  # better use absolute path

    data_underlay_dir = '../underlay/'  # better use absolute path

    url_prefix_static = '/moin_static160' # depends on moin version</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-108"></span><p class="line862">There are other settings you will likely want to alter, look at the bottom of <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/WikiInstanceCreation">../WikiInstanceCreation</a> for more details about them. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-109"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-110"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Testthewiki">Test the wiki</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-111"></span><p class="line862">Everything should work fine now. It is time to <strong>restart the Apache server</strong> (usually with "<tt class="backtick">/etc/init.d/apache&nbsp;restart</tt>", sometimes with "<tt class="backtick">apachectl&nbsp;restart</tt>") and perform the following steps: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-112"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-113"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">Run the <em>Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin CGI Diagnosis</em>: connect to "<tt class="backtick">http://127.0.0.1/mywiki?action=test</tt>" (or the name and port you have defined in the Apache configuration file). Verify that the displayed information is correct. Check that the directories listed under <em>Checking directories...</em> are <em>OK</em>. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-114"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Access your new wiki with the URL "<tt class="backtick">http://127.0.0.1/mywiki/</tt>" (or the name and port you have defined in the Apache configuration file). You should see some wiki page - read it. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-115"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Then go to the <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/WikiSandBox">WikiSandBox</a> page. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-116"></span></li><li>Try to edit it and save your changes. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-117"></span></li><li><p class="line862">If that works, see if your edit is reflected on the Recent<tt class="backtick"></tt>Changes page. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-118"></span></li><li><p class="line862">If you see them, congratulations, your new wiki works! <img alt=":)" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/smile.png" title=":)" width="15" /> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-119"></span></li></ul><p class="line874">If something goes wrong, have a look at Troubleshooting, at the bottom of this page. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-120"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-121"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-122"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.SimpleUserScenario">Simple User Scenario</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-123"></span><p class="line862">On machines shared by many people, simple users typically have no access to the root account, cannot modify the <tt class="backtick">httpd.conf</tt> file, and cannot copy files into the system-wide <tt class="backtick">cgi-bin</tt> and <tt class="backtick">htdocs</tt> directories. In that case, Apache can be set up so that each user can host a web site in the home directory of his or her shell account, using the <tt class="backtick">UserDir</tt> directive. If the machine administrator decides to use it, all URLs that start with "<tt class="backtick">/~username</tt>" will be redirected to a directory in the users' home directories, where they have write permission and can install Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-124"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-125"></span><p class="line862">As an example, we will consider the case of a user named "<tt class="backtick">mm</tt>". Of course, wherever you see "<tt class="backtick">mm</tt>" below, you will replace it with your own username. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-126"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-127"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Makesure.2BAC8Afg-usernameworks">Make sure /~username works</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-128"></span><p class="line862">The home directory installation can only work if the administrator (root) has allowed it. So, the first step is of course to check that it works. Typically, Apache is set up so that the <tt class="backtick">public_html</tt> subdirectory in the home directory is used as the web site root. So, the first first step is to check if that directory exists. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-129"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-130"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-131"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-132"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-133"></span><pre>&gt; ls -ld ~/public_html

drwxr-xr-x   2 mm       users        4096 Nov 30 00:29 public_html</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-134"></span><p class="line874">If the directory does not exist, create it, and be sure it can be read and entered by the web server. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-135"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-136"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-137"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-138"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-139"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-140"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-141"></span><pre>&gt; mkdir public_html

&gt; chmod a+rx public_html

&gt; ls -ld ~/public_html

drwxr-xr-x   2 mm       users        4096 Nov 30 00:35 public_html</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-142"></span><p class="line862">Now, check if the "<tt class="backtick">/~mm</tt>" URL works: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-143"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-144"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-145"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-146"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-147"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-148"></span><pre>&gt; lynx -error_file=/dev/stderr -dump http://localhost/~mm/ &gt;/dev/null

URL=http://localhost/~mm/ (GET)

STATUS=HTTP/1.1 200 OK</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-149"></span><p class="line862">If you get a "<tt class="backtick">200&nbsp;OK</tt>" response code, then it works, and you can go on to the next check. If you get a "<tt class="backtick">403&nbsp;Forbidden</tt>" or a "<tt class="backtick">404&nbsp;Not&nbsp;Found</tt>" response, then maybe something is wrong with your directory, or maybe the whole thing has not been enabled by your administrator. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-150"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-151"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">Check the permissions for your home directory (<tt class="backtick">~</tt>) and your <tt class="backtick">public_html</tt> directory. The first one should at least end with "<tt class="backtick">--x</tt>", and the second one, as we saw above, with "<tt class="backtick">r-x</tt>". <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-152"></span></li><li><p class="line862">It also possible that the administrator has set up another name for the personal web site directory. "<tt class="backtick">public_html</tt>" is just the usual default, but anything can actually be used. There is no way to know, you have to ask the administrator (root). <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-153"></span></li><li>Finally, if the personal web site feature is disabled, maybe you can ask the administrator to enable it? <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-154"></span></li></ul><p class="line874">Once you have checked you can read the files in the directory, you need to check that you are also able to execute CGI scripts in that directory. Use the following commands to create a simple CGI script in the appropriate location: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-155"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-156"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-157"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-158"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-159"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-160"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-161"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-162"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-163"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-164"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-165"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-166"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-167"></span><pre>&gt; mkdir -p ~/public_html/cgi-bin

&gt; cat &gt; ~/public_html/cgi-bin/test.cgi

#!/bin/sh

&lt;CTRL-D&gt;

&gt; chmod a+rx ~/public_html/cgi-bin/test.cgi

&gt; lynx -dump http://localhost/~jh/cgi-bin/test.cgi

CGI scripts work</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-168"></span><p class="line862">If you get anything else than "<tt class="backtick">CGI&nbsp;scripts&nbsp;work</tt>", then something went wrong. Check the directory permissions as above, try other names (or ask about them). The sad truth might be that you are not allowed to execute CGI scripts. You would then have to ask the administrator (root) for that permission. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-169"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-170"></span><p class="line862">Once you get it, you can set up your wiki instance in the <tt class="backtick">public_html</tt> directory. <img alt=":)" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/smile.png" title=":)" width="15" /> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-171"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-172"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Createawikiinstance-1">Create a wiki instance</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-173"></span><p class="line862">Creating a wiki instance involves copying files around and setting appropriate permissions. Read <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/WikiInstanceCreation">../WikiInstanceCreation</a> and follow the steps described there. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-174"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-175"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Installthehtdocsfiles">Install the htdocs files</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-176"></span><p class="line862">The web server needs to access these files, so we need to copy them into the "<tt class="backtick">public_html</tt>" directory. Just use this: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-177"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-178"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-179"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-180"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-181"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-182"></span><pre>&gt; cd ~/public_html

&gt; cp -R ~/share/moin/htdocs moin_static160

&gt; chmod -R a+rX moin_static160</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-183"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-184"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Installmoin.cgi-1">Install moin.cgi</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-185"></span><p class="line862">There is one last file you need to copy, the bridge between Apache and Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin: the CGI script that Apache will call every time a wiki page is requested, and that will in turn invoke all the Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin components to handle the request. You need to put this file in a directory for which CGI scripts execution is enabled. By default, this should work: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-186"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-187"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-188"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-189"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-190"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-191"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-192"></span><pre>&gt; cd ~/public_html

&gt; mkdir cgi-bin

&gt; cp $SHARE/server/moin.cgi cgi-bin

&gt; chmod -R a+rx cgi-bin</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-193"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-194"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Configuremoin.cgi-1">Configure moin.cgi</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-195"></span><p class="line862">When <tt class="backtick">moin.cgi</tt> is launched, it imports a Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin module (that in turn imports other modules and the configuration file). Since everything has been installed in your home directory, it is likely none of these will be found. Edit the <tt class="backtick">moin.cgi</tt> script to correct that. Add these lines near the top of the file: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-196"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-197"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-198"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-199"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-200"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-201"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-202"></span><pre>import sys

sys.path.insert(0, '/home/mm/lib/python2.4')

sys.path.insert(0, '/home/mm/lib/python2.4/site-packages')

sys.path.insert(0, '/home/mm/share/moin/mywiki')</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-203"></span><p class="line862">Of course, you need to adapt the paths to your situation. The first two lines should help locate the Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin modules, the last one should help locate the <tt class="backtick">wikiconfig.py</tt> file. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-204"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-205"></span><p class="line867"><strong>Note:</strong> You might also need to edit the first line of the file, to point to the correct version of Python. The default should be fine, but a line like "<tt class="backtick">#!&nbsp;/usr/bin/python2.4</tt>" might help you if the default does not work. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-206"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-207"></span><p class="line867"><strong>Note 2:</strong> In this file there is a line reading <tt>request&nbsp;=&nbsp;RequestCGI()</tt>. If you have a complex mod_rewrite case, you might want to add <tt>properties&nbsp;=&nbsp;{'script_name':&nbsp;'/mywiki'}&nbsp;</tt> in the parentheses. This will let <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a> generate URLs that start with <tt>/mywiki</tt> and not the path that the webserver passed to <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a>: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-208"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-209"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-210"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-211"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-212"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-213"></span><pre>def handle_request(req, env, form):

    request = RequestCGI(req, env, form, properties = {'script_name': '/mywiki'})

    request.run()</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-214"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-215"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.ConfigureMoinMoin-1">Configure MoinMoin</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-216"></span><p class="line862">Finally, check that the <tt class="backtick">wikiconfig.py</tt> file in the instance directory contains correct paths for <tt class="backtick">url_prefix_static</tt> (the htdocs directory), <tt class="backtick">data_dir</tt> (the instance data directory) and <tt class="backtick">data_underlay_dir</tt> (the instance underlay directory). You can use relative paths for the directories, but note that they are relative to the CGI script, not the configuration file! It is better to use <strong>absolute paths</strong>, and save yourself some headaches. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-217"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-218"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-219"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-220"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-221"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-222"></span><pre>    data_dir = '/home/mm/share/moin/mywiki/data/'

    data_underlay_dir = '/home/mm/share/moin/mywiki/underlay/'

    url_prefix = '/~mm/moin_static160'</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-223"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Testthewiki-1">Test the wiki</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-224"></span><p class="line874">Everything should work fine, now. It is time to perform the following steps: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-225"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-226"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">Run the <em>Moin<tt class="backtick"></tt>Moin CGI Diagnosis</em>: <tt>&gt;&nbsp;lynx&nbsp;-dump&nbsp;http://localhost/~mm/cgi-bin/moin.cgi?action=test</tt> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-227"></span></li><li><p class="line862">If it worked, try to access your new-born wiki with the URL "<tt class="backtick">http://127.0.0.1/~mm/cgi-bin/moin.cgi</tt>". You should see some wiki page - read it. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-228"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Now go to the <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/WikiSandBox">WikiSandBox</a> page. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-229"></span></li><li>Try to edit it and save your changes. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-230"></span></li><li><p class="line862">If that works, see if your edit is reflected on the Recent<tt class="backtick"></tt>Changes page. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-231"></span></li><li><p class="line862">If you see them, congratulations, you have a new wiki! <img alt=":)" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/smile.png" title=":)" width="15" /> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-232"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-233"></span></li></ul><p class="line874">If something goes wrong, have a look at Troubleshooting, below. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-234"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-235"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-236"></span><p class="line862">See also <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/TroubleShooting">../TroubleShooting</a> for generic stuff. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-237"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-238"></span><p class="line862">The first thing to do when your wiki does not work as expected is to issue the command "<tt class="backtick">tail&nbsp;/var/log/httpd/error_log</tt>" to display the most recent errors. Usually, you will get a hint on what went wrong, like missing file system permissions. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-239"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-240"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.Addingpermissiontoservethehtdocsdirectory">Adding permission to serve the htdocs directory</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-241"></span><p class="line862">In some (sane) Linux distributions (like SuSE 9.0) serving directories other than the document-root "<tt class="backtick">/srv/www/htdocs</tt>" with Apache is switched off by default for security reasons in "<tt class="backtick">/etc/httpd/httpd.conf</tt>" (or for Apache2 "<tt class="backtick">/etc/apache2/httpd.conf</tt>"): <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-242"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-243"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-244"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-245"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-246"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-247"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-248"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-249"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-250"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-251"></span><pre># forbid access to the entire filesystem by default

&lt;Directory /&gt;

  Options None

  AllowOverride None

  Order deny,allow

  Deny from all

&lt;/Directory&gt;</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-252"></span><p class="line862">To allow Apache to serve directories outside of the document root you have to add these lines to "<tt class="backtick">/etc/httpd/httpd.conf</tt>" (in SuSE it is recommended to create a new "<tt class="backtick">http.conf.local</tt>" and include this file in "<tt class="backtick">/etc/sysconfig/apache2</tt>"): <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-253"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-254"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-255"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-256"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-257"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-258"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-259"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-260"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-261"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-262"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-263"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-264"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-265"></span><pre>Alias /wiki/ "/usr/share/moin/htdocs/"

&lt;Directory "/usr/share/moin/htdocs/"&gt;

   Order deny,allow

   Allow from all

&lt;/Directory&gt;

ScriptAlias /mywiki "/usr/share/moin/mywiki/cgi-bin/moin.cgi"

&lt;Directory "/usr/share/moin/mywiki/cgi-bin"&gt;

   Order deny,allow

   Allow from all

&lt;/Directory&gt;</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-266"></span><p class="line874">Of course, you need to adapt the paths to your particular situation. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.line-267"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheOnLinux.bottom"></span></div> <span class="anchor" id="line-54"></span><hr class="hr2" /><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="line-55"></span><span class="anchor" id="fastcgi-install"></span> <span class="anchor" id="line-56"></span>

<h1>FastCGI Setup using Apache or Lighttpd</h1>

<div dir="ltr" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.content" lang="en"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.top"></span>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-9"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-10"></span><p class="line874">FastCGI is a method which enables a web server to communicate with long-running scripts. This has the advantage that the script is only <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-11"></span>started and initialized one time, and that data could be cached in memory from request to request, enhancing the performance of the CGI application. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-12"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-13"></span><ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><p class="line891"><img alt="/!\" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/alert.png" title="/!\" width="15" /> Follow the basic installation for your operating system as described in other parts of the <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a> installation documentation. This is <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/BasicInstallation">HelpOnInstalling/BasicInstallation</a> and <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/WikiInstanceCreation">HelpOnInstalling/WikiInstanceCreation</a>, or <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/ApacheOnLinux">HelpOnInstalling/ApacheOnLinux</a> in most cases.  <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-14"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-15"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"><div class="table-of-contents"><p class="table-of-contents-heading">Contents<ol><li><ol><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.UsingMoinMoinwithFastCgi">Using MoinMoin with FastCgi</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.DeployingonApache">Deploying on Apache</a><ol><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.Scriptoptions">Script options</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.FastCgiExternalServer">FastCgiExternalServer</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.FastCgiServer">FastCgiServer</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.ExampleforApache2onDebian">Example for Apache2 on Debian</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.Runningasanexternalapplicationand.2BAC8-oronWindows">Running as an external application and/or on Windows</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.FallbacktoCGIifFastCGIisnotavailable">Fallback to CGI if FastCGI is not available</a></li></ol></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.Deployingonlighttpd">Deploying on lighttpd</a><ol><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.UsingHTTPAuthentication">Using HTTP Authentication</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.MoinMoinStartupscript">MoinMoin Startup script</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.MacOSX.3AAddingMoinMoinstartupscript">Mac OS X: Adding MoinMoin startup script</a></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></div><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-16"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-17"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-18"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.UsingMoinMoinwithFastCgi">Using MoinMoin with FastCgi</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-19"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-20"></span><p class="line874">For more general information: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-21"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-22"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://fastcgi.com">http://fastcgi.com</a> - FastCGI Homepage <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-23"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://cryp.to/publications/fastcgi/">FastCGI — The Forgotten Treasure</a> (introduction) <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-24"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-25"></span></li></ul><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.DeployingonApache">Deploying on Apache</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-26"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-27"></span><p class="line862">To deploy <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a> using FastCGI you need an apache with mod_fastcgi. Please refer to the documentation of mod_fastcgi ( <a class="http" href="http://www.fastcgi.com/mod_fastcgi/docs/mod_fastcgi.html">mod_fastcgi homepage</a> ). <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-28"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-29"></span><p class="line862">Don't forget to install the fastcgi Apache module (e.g. libapache2-mod-fastcgi). Then in places where the documentation refers to <tt class="backtick">moin.cgi</tt> you use <tt class="backtick">moin.fcg</tt> instead. Be sure that <strong>.fcg</strong> is handled by the FastCGI module (<tt class="backtick">AddHandler&nbsp;fastcgi-script&nbsp;.fcg</tt> in your apache config). <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-30"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-31"></span><p class="line862">Normally Apache will start CGI scripts with its own user and group, or with the user and group of the VirtualHost if you are using the suexec wrapper. To enable this with FastCGI you need to use <tt class="backtick">FastCgiWrapper&nbsp;On</tt> in your Apache config (check your distributions and/or FastCGI Documentation). <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-32"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-33"></span><p class="line874">Be sure to restart your Apache after you changed py files (i.e. the config) for a running FastCGI server, or you won't see any changes! <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-34"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-35"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.Scriptoptions">Script options</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-36"></span><p class="line874">No matter how and where you install or how you configure, you can add some options (in Apache config or as self-running process). Here is a list of some options. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-37"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-38"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-39"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.FastCgiExternalServer">FastCgiExternalServer</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-40"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-41"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-42"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-43"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-44"></span><pre>-host [hostname:port]     - The port and on what host name to respond.

-idle-timeout [seconds]   - The number of seconds of inactivity allowed before request is aborted.</pre><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-45"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-46"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.FastCgiServer">FastCgiServer</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-47"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-48"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-49"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-50"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-51"></span><pre>-port [port]              - The port the application will use for communication with the web server.

-idle-timeout [seconds]   - The number of seconds of inactivity allowed before request is aborted.</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-52"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-53"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-54"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.ExampleforApache2onDebian">Example for Apache2 on Debian</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-55"></span><p class="line874">Edit the /etc/apache2/conf.d/your_wiki: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-56"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-57"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-58"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-59"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-60"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-61"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-62"></span><pre>&lt;IfModule mod_fastcgi.c&gt;

   AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi .fcg

   FastCgiServer /your/path/to/moin.fcg -idle-timeout 60 -processes 1

   ScriptAlias /your_wiki "/your/path/to/moin.fcg"

&lt;/IfModule&gt;</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-63"></span><ul><li>number of processes depends on your hardware.. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-64"></span></li></ul><p class="line874">Expand the Apache installation: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-65"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-66"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-67"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-68"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-69"></span><pre>apt-get install libapache2-mod-fastcgi

a2enmod fastcgi

apache2ctl graceful</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-70"></span><p class="line874">Now, your wiki should respond a little faster. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-71"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-72"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.Runningasanexternalapplicationand.2BAC8-oronWindows">Running as an external application and/or on Windows</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-73"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-74"></span><p class="line867"><em>(see also <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/ApacheOnWin32withFastCgi">../ApacheOnWin32withFastCgi</a> for a Windows-specific how-to)</em> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-75"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-76"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-77"></span><p class="line867">MoinMoin can be run as an external application that answers FastCGI request via a local TCP/IP socket. This works on Windows as well. All you need to do (after having installed <tt class="backtick">mod_fastcgi</tt> and a working MoinMoin instance) is this: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-78"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-79"></span><ol type="1"><li>Select a port number for the internal communication. It should be larger than 1023. For this example, we chose 8888 (just for fun). <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-80"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-81"></span></li><li class="gap"><p class="line862">Add the following lines to your httpd.conf:<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-82"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-83"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-84"></span><pre>Alias /moin.fcg "/your/path/to/moin.fcg"

FastCgiExternalServer "/your/path/to/moin.fcg" -host localhost:8888</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-85"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-86"></span></li><li class="gap"><p class="line862">Edit <tt class="backtick">moin.fcg</tt>. Replace<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-87"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-88"></span><pre>fcg = thfcgi.FCGI(handle_request, max_requests=max_requests, backlog=backlog, max_threads=max_threads)</pre><p class="line862"> with <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-89"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-90"></span><pre>fcg = thfcgi.FCGI(handle_request, 0, 8888, max_requests=max_requests, backlog=backlog, max_threads=max_threads)</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-91"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-92"></span></li><li class="gap"><p class="line862">Start the file <tt class="backtick">moin.fcg</tt> manually like a Python script:<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-93"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-94"></span><pre>python moin.fcg</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-95"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-96"></span></li><li class="gap">Start Apache. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-97"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-98"></span></li></ol><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.FallbacktoCGIifFastCGIisnotavailable">Fallback to CGI if FastCGI is not available</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-99"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-100"></span><p class="line862">Install and test <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a> according to <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/ApacheOnLinux">HelpOnInstalling/ApacheOnLinux</a>. Then make and test the changes to run mod_fastcgi. If you are satisfied, you can add the following block to your apache config: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-101"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-102"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-103"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-104"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-105"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-106"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-107"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-108"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-109"></span><pre>&lt;IfModule !mod_fastcgi.c&gt;

    ScriptAlias /mywiki "/your/path/to/moin.cgi"

&lt;/IfModule&gt;

&lt;IfModule mod_fastcgi.c&gt;

    AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcg

    ScriptAlias /mywiki "/your/path/to/moin.fcg"

&lt;/IfModule&gt;</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-110"></span><p class="line874">Now Apache will use mod_fastcgi if available and otherwise use the slow cgi script. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-111"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-112"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.Deployingonlighttpd">Deploying on lighttpd</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-113"></span><p class="line874">This is about running a wiki under "/" URL with lighttpd. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-114"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-115"></span><p class="line874">The moin.fcg processes will get spawned by lighttpd automatically (thus, if you want to restart moin, just restart lighttpd). <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-116"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-117"></span><p class="line874">It will also take care about handling robots.txt and favicon.ico correctly. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-118"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-119"></span><p class="line874">First add fastcgi and rewriting support to your lighttpd.conf (if you don't already have it): <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-120"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-121"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-122"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-123"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-124"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-125"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-126"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-127"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-128"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-129"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-130"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-131"></span><pre>server.modules              = (

                                "mod_access",

                                "mod_rewrite",      # &lt;--- IMPORTANT!

                                "mod_status",

                                "mod_fastcgi",      # &lt;--- IMPORTANT!

                                "mod_accesslog",

                                "mod_redirect",

                                "mod_auth",

                                "mod_expire",

)</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-132"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-133"></span><p class="line874">Then configure it to run moin.fcg for your wiki site and also serve the static stuff: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-134"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-135"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-136"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-137"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-138"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-139"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-140"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-141"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-142"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-143"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-144"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-145"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-146"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-147"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-148"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-149"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-150"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-151"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-152"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-153"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-154"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-155"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-156"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-157"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-158"></span><pre>$HTTP["host"] =~ "^(www\.)?example\.org" {

    url.rewrite-once = (

        "^/robots.txt" =&gt; "/robots.txt",

        "^/favicon.ico" =&gt; "/favicon.ico",

        "^/moin_static161/(.*)" =&gt; "/moin_static161/$1",

        "^/(.*)" =&gt; "/wiki-engine/$1"

    )

    server.document-root        = "/srv/org.example/htdocs/"

    $HTTP["url"] =~ "^/wiki-engine/" {

      fastcgi.server = ( "/wiki-engine" =&gt;

        (( "docroot"   =&gt; "/",

           "min-procs" =&gt; 10,

           "max-procs" =&gt; 10,

           "max-load-per-proc" =&gt; 2,

           # allocate successive port numbers for each process, starting with "port"

           "bin-path"  =&gt; "/srv/org.example/bin/moin.fcg",

           "host"      =&gt; "127.0.0.1",

           "port"      =&gt; 3060,

           "check-local" =&gt; "disable",

        ))

      )

    }

}</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-159"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-160"></span><p class="line874">Finally adapt moin.fcg: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-161"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-162"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-163"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-164"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-165"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-166"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-167"></span><pre>class Config(FastCgiConfig):

    loglevel_file = logging.INFO

    logPath = '/srv/org.example/logs/moin.log'

    max_requests = 1000

    properties = {'script_name': '/'}  # &lt;--- IMPORTANT!</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-168"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-169"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.UsingHTTPAuthentication">Using HTTP Authentication</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-170"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-171"></span><p class="line874">lighttpd mod_fastcgi does not add the AUTH_TYPE variable to the cgi environment, which will cause http auth in moin to fail.   <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-172"></span>See <a class="http" href="http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/889">http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/889</a> for more information, and an attached diff file to correct to issue. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-173"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-174"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.MoinMoinStartupscript">MoinMoin Startup script</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-175"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-176"></span><p class="line862">Here is a startup script for Mac OS X, using <a class="nonexistent" href="http://master17.moinmo.in/DarwinPortsStartup">DarwinPortsStartup</a> system. It is probably useful for other unix like platforms. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-177"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-178"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-179"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-180"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-181"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-182"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-183"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-184"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-185"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-186"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-187"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-188"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-189"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-190"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-191"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-192"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-193"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-194"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-195"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-196"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-197"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-198"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-199"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-200"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-201"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-202"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-203"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-204"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-205"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-206"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-207"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-208"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-209"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-210"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-211"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-212"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-213"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-214"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-215"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-216"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-217"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-218"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-219"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-220"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-221"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-222"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-223"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-224"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-225"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-226"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-227"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-228"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-229"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-230"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-231"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-232"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-233"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-234"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-235"></span><pre># Start and stop multiple moin fast cgi instances runnings on PORTS

 

NAME="moin"

DIR="/www/org.mywiki/bin"

FCGIAPP="./moin.fcg"

PREFIX="/usr/local"

 

# List of ports to start moin instances on, separated with whitesapce

# Keep in sync with fastcgi.server in lighttpd.conf

PORTS="1080 1081"

 

start_on_port () {

    # Start moin instance on port, leaving pid file

    port=$1

    

    cd "${DIR}" &amp;&amp; sudo -u www "${PREFIX}/bin/spawn-fcgi" \

        -f "${FCGIAPP}" \

        -p $port \

        -P "${NAME}-${port}.pid" \

        &gt; /dev/null

}

 

kill_on_port () {

    # Try to kill process using pid in pid file, then remove the pid file

    pidFile="${DIR}/${NAME}-$1.pid"

    kill `cat "$pidFile"` &amp;&amp; rm -f "$pidFile" &gt; /dev/null 

}

 

start () {

    for port in $PORTS; do start_on_port $port; done 

}

 

stop () {

    for port in $PORTS; do kill_on_port $port; done

}

 

case "$1" in

start)

    # XXX starting twice will break pid files (bug in spawn-fcgi)

    start &amp;&amp; echo -n " $NAME"

        ;;

stop)

        stop &amp;&amp; echo -n " $NAME"

        ;;

restart)

    stop

    start &amp;&amp; echo -n " $NAME"

        ;;

*)

        echo "Usage: `basename $0` {start|stop|restart}" &gt;&amp;2

        ;;

esac

 

exit 0</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-236"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-237"></span><p class="line867">

<h3 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.MacOSX.3AAddingMoinMoinstartupscript">Mac OS X: Adding MoinMoin startup script</h3>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-238"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-239"></span><p class="line874">With this script, moin instances will be started automatically on startup. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-240"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-241"></span><ol type="1"><li><p class="line862">Install <a class="http" href="http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/getdp/">darwinports</a> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-242"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Install DarwinPortsStartup package: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-243"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-244"></span><pre>sudo port install DarwinPortsStartup</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-245"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Copy moin.sh into <tt class="backtick">/opt/local/etc/rc.d</tt>: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-246"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-247"></span><pre>sudo cp moin.sh /opt/local/etc/rc.d</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.line-248"></span></li></ol><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-FastCgi.bottom"></span></div> <span class="anchor" id="line-57"></span><hr class="hr2" /><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="line-58"></span><span class="anchor" id="modpy-install"></span> <span class="anchor" id="line-59"></span>

<div dir="ltr" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.content" lang="en"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.top"></span>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-8"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-9"></span><p class="line867"><div class="table-of-contents"><p class="table-of-contents-heading">Contents<ol><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.WhyUsemodpython">Why Use mod_python</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Basicconfiguring">Basic configuring</a><ol><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Installmodpython">Install mod_python</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Setupawikiinstance">Set up a wiki instance</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Edit.60wikiconfig.py.60">Edit `wikiconfig.py`</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.ChangestoApache.60httpd.conf.60">Changes to Apache `httpd.conf`</a></li></ol></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Solvingproblemsfornon-root-mountedwikis">Solving problems for non-root-mounted wikis</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Configuringrootwiki">Configuring root wiki</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Oldermodpythonversions">Older mod_python versions</a><ol><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Useawrapperscript">Use a wrapper script</a></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Fixmodpython">Fix mod_python</a></li></ol></li><li>

<a href="#HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></li></ol></div><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-10"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-11"></span><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.WhyUsemodpython">Why Use mod_python</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-12"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-13"></span><p class="line867"><a class="http" href="http://modpython.org/">mod_python</a> embeds the python interpreter into <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-14"></span>the apache server. This saves initialization time and the need of <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-15"></span>forking cgi scripts. It doesn't have the ability to run as different <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-16"></span>users. It will always run as the main apache user and group. Be sure <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-17"></span>that your wiki data files are accessible and writable by your apache <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-18"></span>server. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-19"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-20"></span><p class="line867"><img alt="&lt;!&gt;" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/attention.png" title="&lt;!&gt;" width="15" /> The basic configuration is suitable for mod_python 3.1.3 and later. If you use older version, see the section "Older mod_python versions" <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-21"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-22"></span><p class="line867"><img alt="&lt;!&gt;" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/attention.png" title="&lt;!&gt;" width="15" /> mod_python will cause your apache processes to increase their <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-23"></span>memory requirements considerably - especially as apache runs many <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-24"></span>separate processes which will each need to have their own copy of the <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-25"></span>python code and data in the process memory space.  You may find that <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-26"></span>FastCGI, as detailed in <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/FastCgi">HelpOnInstalling/FastCgi</a> is rather <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-27"></span>more efficient in this respect. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-28"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-29"></span><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Basicconfiguring">Basic configuring</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-30"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-31"></span><ol type="1"><li>Install mod_python <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-32"></span></li><li>Set up a wiki instance <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-33"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Edit <tt class="backtick">wikiconfig.py</tt> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-34"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Changes to Apache <tt class="backtick">httpd.conf</tt> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-35"></span></li><li>Restart Apache <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-36"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-37"></span></li></ol><p class="line862">The sample configurations below are for a wiki instance called <tt class="backtick">mywiki</tt> installed in a directory <tt class="backtick">/var/www/moin/mywiki</tt> with the main <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a> installation installed in python's default site library path. The wiki appears as URL <tt class="backtick">/mywiki</tt> under the server - ie <tt class="backtick">http://my.ser.ver/mywiki</tt>.  You will need to change these to reflect your installation. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-38"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-39"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Installmodpython">Install mod_python</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-40"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-41"></span><p class="line862">Most people will just add a <tt class="backtick">mod_python</tt> package to their current operating system installation.  If you are building from source then you should consult the <a class="http" href="http://modpython.org/live/current/doc-html/">mod_python documentation</a>. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-42"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-43"></span><p class="line862">The mod_python installation should have added some lines to the Apache configuration file - either in the file itself or in an included configuration file (for example on Red Hat or Fedora linux the mod_python configuration is in <tt class="backtick">/etc/httpd/conf.d/python.conf</tt>). <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-44"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-45"></span><p class="line862">Make sure you have this line in <tt class="backtick">httpd.conf</tt> or mod_python will not work: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-46"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-47"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-48"></span><pre>LoadModule python_module modules/mod_python.so</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-49"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-50"></span><p class="line874">After this restart Apache and make sure that it starts successfully, and that the error log has a line similar to this:- <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-51"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-52"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-53"></span><pre>[Sat Jan 01 15:40:49 2005] [notice] mod_python: Creating 4 session mutexes based on 150 max processes and 0 max threads.</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-54"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-55"></span><p class="line874">You may need to change some environment variables on (eg) FreeBSD - this is detailed in the port installation message. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-56"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-57"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Setupawikiinstance">Set up a wiki instance</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-58"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-59"></span><p class="line862">This is done as shown in <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/WikiInstanceCreation">WikiInstanceCreation</a>. Its recommended to first configure the wiki with cgi and check that it works, then change the configuratin to use mod_python. This allows you be sure that any problems are in the mod_python transition rather than the basic <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a> installation. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-60"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-61"></span><ol type="1"><li>Copy moin.cgi into your wiki directory <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-62"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Configure <tt class="backtick">httpd.conf</tt> as cgi first (the shown Alias is for moin version 1.6.0): <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-63"></span><ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-64"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-65"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-66"></span><pre>Alias /moin_static160/ "/usr/share/moin/htdocs/"

ScriptAlias /mywiki "/var/www/moin/mywiki/moin.cgi"</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-67"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-68"></span></li></ul></li></ol><p class="line874">Restart Apache and make test that your wiki works. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-69"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-70"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Edit.60wikiconfig.py.60">Edit `wikiconfig.py`</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-71"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-72"></span><p class="line874">Make sure you use only absolute paths - relative paths will not work! <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-73"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-74"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-75"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-76"></span><pre>data_dir = '/var/www/moin/mywiki/data/'

data_underlay_dir = '/var/www/moin/mywiki/underlay/'</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-77"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-78"></span><p class="line874">If you do not want to use absolute paths, you can use Python's os module to construct the relative paths: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-79"></span>{{{import os <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-80"></span>data_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(<span class="u">file</span>), 'data/') <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-81"></span>data_underlay_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(<span class="u">file</span>), 'underlay/') <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-82"></span>}}} <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-83"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-84"></span><p class="line874">Test that the wiki works after this change. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-85"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-86"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-87"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.ChangestoApache.60httpd.conf.60">Changes to Apache `httpd.conf`</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-88"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-89"></span><p class="line874">After your wiki is running as cgi script, convert it to run with mod_python.  <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-90"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-91"></span><p class="line862">If you run your wiki as cgi as we recommended before, remove or comment the <a class="nonexistent" href="http://master17.moinmo.in/ScriptAlias">ScriptAlias</a> directive: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-92"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-93"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-94"></span><pre>#ScriptAlias /mywiki "/var/www/moin/mywiki/moin.cgi"</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-95"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-96"></span><p class="line862">Add a <tt class="backtick">Location</tt> directive: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-97"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-98"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-99"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-100"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-101"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-102"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-103"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-104"></span><pre>&lt;Location /mywiki&gt;

    SetHandler python-program

    # Add the path of your wiki directory

    PythonPath "['/var/www/moin/mywiki'] + sys.path"

    PythonHandler MoinMoin.request.request_modpython::Request.run

&lt;/Location&gt;</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-105"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-106"></span><p class="line862">If you have multiple <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a> instances then add one location directive for each one (changing the paths as appropriate) and add a line with the directive <tt class="backtick">PythonInterpreter&nbsp;mywiki</tt> to each Location section. With this directive different subinterpreters with completely separate namespaces will be used for each wiki (see <a class="http" href="http://modpython.org/live/current/doc-html/pyapi-interps.html">here</a> for details). <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-107"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-108"></span><p class="line862">If you did not install <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a> in the default location, you will have to add the path to <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a> to the system path: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-109"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-110"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-111"></span><pre>    PythonPath "['/var/www/moin/mywiki', '/prefix/lib/python2.x/site-packages'] + sys.path"</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-112"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-113"></span><p class="line874">Restart Apache - everything should now work correctly. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-114"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-115"></span><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Solvingproblemsfornon-root-mountedwikis">Solving problems for non-root-mounted wikis</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-116"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-117"></span><ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><p class="line891"><img alt="/!\" height="15" src="http://static.moinmo.in/moin_static170/modern/img/alert.png" title="/!\" width="15" /> If your wiki does not have a root URL (like <tt class="backtick">http://www.example.com/FrontPage</tt>), then you might need to follow the next steps: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-118"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-119"></span></li></ul><p class="line862">On some installations, mod_python hands <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a> incorrect script_name and path_info. It usually happens when using the Apache Location directive, with a wiki in an arbitary path: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-120"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-121"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-122"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-123"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-124"></span><pre>&lt;Location /farm/mywiki&gt;

    ...

&lt;/Location&gt;</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-125"></span><p class="line874">This will not work, because its not clear what is the script name, since with location setup, there is no real script. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-126"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-127"></span><p class="line862">To solve this problem, use a <tt class="backtick">PythonOption</tt> directive: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-128"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-129"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-130"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-131"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-132"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-133"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-134"></span><pre>&lt;Location /farm/mywiki&gt;

    # Location value must match the Apache Location value!

    PythonOption Location /farm/mywiki

    ...

&lt;/Location&gt;</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-135"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-136"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-137"></span><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Configuringrootwiki">Configuring root wiki</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-138"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-139"></span><p class="line862">You may wish to have your wiki appearing at the root of your webserver - for example so that <tt class="backtick">http://wiki.example.com/</tt> will map to your wiki rather than having to use <tt class="backtick">http://wiki.example.com/mywiki/</tt>.  This requires a slightly different form of configuration using <tt class="backtick">mod_rewrite</tt> - this is a standard module of recent Apache distributions, and is often enabled by default. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-140"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-141"></span><p class="line862">You need to set up your wiki instance as described above, and also copy <tt class="backtick">moinmodpy.py</tt> from the Moin installation directory to the wiki instance directory (<tt class="backtick">/var/www/moin/mywiki</tt> in these examples). <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-142"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-143"></span><p class="line862">The Apache configuration needs <tt class="backtick">mod_rewrite</tt> enabled - so the line <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-144"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-145"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-146"></span><pre>LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-147"></span><p class="line862">should appear in the first part of the <tt class="backtick">httpd.conf</tt> configuration file. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-148"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-149"></span><p class="line874">The wiki and virtual host configuration should look like this (Alias is for moin version 1.6.0):- <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-150"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-151"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-152"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-153"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-154"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-155"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-156"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-157"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-158"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-159"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-160"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-161"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-162"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-163"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-164"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-165"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-166"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-167"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-168"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-169"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-170"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-171"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-172"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-173"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-174"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-175"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-176"></span><pre>&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;

  ServerAdmin postmaster@example.com

  DocumentRoot /var/www/html

  ServerName wiki.example.com

  Alias /moin_static160/ "/usr/share/moin/htdocs/"

 

  # Rewrite urls

  RewriteEngine On

  RewriteLogLevel 0

  # map /wiki static files to Moin htdocs

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

  RewriteRule ^/robots.txt$ /usr/share/moin/htdocs/robots.txt [last]

  RewriteRule ^/favicon.ico$ /usr/share/moin/htdocs/favicon.ico [last]

  # map everything else to server script

  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /var/www/moin/mywiki/moinmodpy.py$1

 

  &lt;Directory "/var/www/moin/testwiki"&gt;

    # Modpy stuff

    AddHandler python-program .py

    # Add the path to the wiki directory, where

    # moinmodpy.py and wikiconfig.py are located.

    PythonPath "['/var/www/moin/mywiki'] + sys.path"

    PythonHandler MoinMoin.request.request_modpython::Request.run

  &lt;/Directory&gt;

&lt;/VirtualHost&gt;</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-177"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-178"></span><p class="line862">Apache should be restarted, and the FrontPage of <tt class="backtick">mywiki</tt> should now appear at <tt class="backtick">http://wiki.example.com/</tt>. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-179"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-180"></span><p class="line862">Other ways of handling root level wikis with Apache are detailed in the appropriately named <a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/HelpOnConfiguration/ApacheVoodoo">HelpOnConfiguration/ApacheVoodoo</a>. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-181"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-182"></span><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Oldermodpythonversions">Older mod_python versions</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-183"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-184"></span><p class="line862">mod_python versions 2.7.10, 3.0.4 and 3.1.2b have a bug in <tt class="backtick">apache.resolve_object</tt>. This bug was reported to the mod_python <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-185"></span>maintainers and has been fixed in the 3.1.3 release. The best fix for this is to update to the current release. However if you are unable to do this there are 2 possible solutions: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-186"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-187"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Useawrapperscript">Use a wrapper script</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-188"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-189"></span><p class="line867"><a href="http://master17.moinmo.in/MoinMoin">MoinMoin</a> come with a <tt class="backtick">moinmodpy.py</tt> wrapper script, and this could be used by changing the <tt class="backtick">PythonPath</tt> and <tt class="backtick">PythonHandler</tt> directives as shown in the <tt class="backtick">moinmodpy.htaccess</tt> file.  <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-190"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-191"></span><p class="line867">

<h2 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Fixmodpython">Fix mod_python</h2>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-192"></span><p class="line874">mod_python has a small resolver bug in versions 2.7.10, 3.0.4 and 3.1.2b. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-193"></span>The method <tt class="backtick">resolve_object</tt> in <tt class="backtick">mod_python/apache.py</tt> checks the wrong <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-194"></span>object, and so the lookup for <tt class="backtick">RequestModPy.run</tt> fails. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-195"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-196"></span><p class="line862">To fix it you need to change the method <tt class="backtick">resolve_object</tt> (around line 551 for <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-197"></span>mod_python 3.1.2b) from <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-198"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-199"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-200"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-201"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-202"></span><pre>        if silent and not hasattr(module, obj_str):

            return None</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-203"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-204"></span><p class="line874">to <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-205"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-206"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-207"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-208"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-209"></span><pre>        if silent and not hasattr(obj, obj_str):

            return None</pre><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-210"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-211"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-212"></span><p class="line867">

<h1 id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.Troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</h1>

<span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-213"></span><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-214"></span><p class="line874">Page access gives apache error:: <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-215"></span><ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><p class="line891"><tt>PythonHandler&nbsp;MoinMoin.request::RequestModPy.run:&nbsp;OSError:&nbsp;[Errno&nbsp;2]&nbsp;No&nbsp;such&nbsp;file&nbsp;or&nbsp;directory:&nbsp;'data/user'</tt> <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-216"></span>This appears to be caused by you not having an absolute path for <tt class="backtick">data_dir</tt> in <tt class="backtick">moin_config.py</tt>.  There are several other lines of error traceback preceding this one in the apache error log.  Fix the path in <tt class="backtick">moin_config.py</tt>. <span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.line-217"></span></li></ul><span class="anchor" id="HelpOnInstalling.2BAC8-ApacheWithModPython.bottom"></span></div> <span class="anchor" id="line-60"></span><hr class="hr2" /><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="line-61"></span><span class="anchor" id="twisted-install"></span> <span class="anchor" id="line-62"></span>