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  1. Apache Root Wiki
  2. Root wiki on Mac OSX
  3. Root wiki with mod python recipe

/!\ Voodoo is not for newbies!

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

Apache Root Wiki

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

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

  1. Install moin as normal.

  2. Add the following lines to your VirtualHost config: 

    •  RewriteEngine On  RewriteLogLevel 0   # Point to moin shared static files - DEPENDS ON MOIN VERSION!  RewriteRule ^/moin_static160/(.*)$ /prefix/share/moin/htdocs/$1 [last]   # Map everything else to moin cgi script  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /path/to/moin.cgi$1 [type=application/x-httpd-cgi]   # Setting for FastCGI  ##RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /path/to/moin.fcg$1 [type=application/x-httpd-fcgi]

The RewriteRule for FastCGI here does not work for me: 

[Wed Jan 05 01:43:41 2005] [error] [client 10.0.0.1] File does not exist: /home/apache/moin/wiki/share/moin/pw/moin.fcg/RecentChanges, referer: http://moin.dahoam/StartSeite duplo:/home/danielt# ls /home/apache/moin/wiki/share/moin/pw/moin.fcg -rwxr-xr-x 1 root www 1088 Jan 4 23:35 /home/apache/moin/wiki/share/moin/pw/moin.fcg*

As a workaround I use this: 

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

Root wiki on Mac OSX

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

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

<VirtualHost *>  ServerName Gnarlodious  Alias /moin_static160/ /usr/local/share/moin/htdocs/  ScriptAlias /mywiki /usr/local/share/moin/mywiki/moin.cgi  RewriteEngine On  RewriteRule ^/moin_static160/(.*)$ /usr/local/share/moin/htdocs/$1 [last]  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /usr/local/share/moin/mywiki/moin.cgi$1 [type=application/x-httpd-cgi] </VirtualHost>

Remove the following <IfModule mod_alias.c> directives added on this page, as they are now redundant: 

 Alias /moin_static160/ "/moinwiki/share/moin/htdocs/"  ScriptAlias /mywiki "/moinwiki/share/moin/mywiki/moin.cgi"

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

Root wiki with mod python recipe

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

  1. Install moin as usual and create instance
  2. Use this config in httpd.conf 
    • NameVirtualHost 192.115.134.51:80 <VirtualHost 192.115.134.51:80>  ServerName wiki.nirs.dyndns.org  ServerAlias wiki   # Rewrite urls  RewriteEngine On  RewriteLogLevel 0  # map static files to htdocs  RewriteRule ^/moin_static160/(.*)$ /usr/share/moin/htdocs/$1 [last]  # map everything else to server script  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /usr/share/moin/mywiki/moinmodpy.py$1   <Directory "/usr/share/moin/mywiki">  # These are copied from the default cgi-bin directory  AllowOverride None  Options None  Order allow,deny  Allow from all   # Modpy stuff  AddHandler python-program .py  # Add the path to the wiki directory, where moinmodpy.py and  # wikiconfig.py are located.  PythonPath "['/usr/share/moin/mywiki'] + sys.path"  PythonHandler moinmodpy  PythonDebug On  </Directory> </VirtualHost>

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