Re: [BULK] Re: [WebDNA] Snow Leopard Server install problems
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texte = Dear Christophe, Thanks for the reply, and I know it was a part of the install earlier = on. Why can't WebDNA reintroduce this... Is your installer not able to = insert the ScriptAlias? Palle On 25/06/2010, at 19.26, christophe.billiottet@webdna.us wrote: > It was, until 10.5. For 10.6, the ScriptAlias line has been removed by = Apple and must be manually added... >=20 > - chris >=20 >=20 > On Jun 25, 2010, at 14:15, Palle Bo Nielsen wrote: >=20 >> Although I do not have the direct answer; I do have the following = question (sorry about hijacking the thread). >>=20 >> Why is this not done by the installer? >>=20 >> Palle >>=20 >>=20 >> On 25/06/2010, at 17.30, WebAdmin wrote: >>=20 >>> Greetings, all. >>>=20 >>> I am struggling to get WebDNA running on OS X Snow Leopard Server = 10.6.3 and 10.6.4. Here is correspondence between me and Christophe = Billiottet. If any Snow Leopard Server users can shed some light on how = to get this running (other than what I've tried, below), I would = appreciate it. >>>=20 >>> thx. >>>=20 >>>>> On Jun 23, 2010, at 17:34, wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>>> Hello Christophe, >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> I downloaded your Mac installer today for use on a new Snow = Leopard Server, and though the installation succeeds in that WebCat is = running, it fails in that Apache gives an "Object Not Found" when going = to http://127.0.0.1/webcatalog >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> I noted that there was no apache module installed for WebCat when = looking at Apache modules in Server Admin. I tried adding it and = enabling it, but that blocked all pages from being served (snow = leopard's wikis for example). >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> Is there an installer that has been tested on Snow Leopard = Server? I am hoping so. Or, what steps do I need to take to get this = working? >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> from Christophe: >>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> Hi ! >>>>>=20 >>>>> For Snow Leopard server, you should just add this line in = httpd.conf: >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables" >>>>>=20 >>>>> then restart apache: sudo apachectl restart >>>>> and webdna: = /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/WebCatalogCtl = restart >>>>>=20 >>>>> It should work without anything else. The problem is Snow Leopard = server removed this line and WebDNA admin is trying to reach = http://yourdomain/cgi-bin/WebCatalogEngine/Admin/AdminPrefs.dna and Snow = Leopard only understands = http://yourdomain/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/Admin/AdminPrefs.dna >>>>>=20 >>>>> - chris >>>>>=20 >>>=20 >>> from me to Chris: >>>=20 >>>> On Jun 24, 2010, at 14:50, wrote: >>>>=20 >>>>> Thank you for the quick reply. Unfortunately, no luck yet. >>>>>=20 >>>>> When I installed it yesterday, I saved the entries I made in the = installer. You'll find them below. >>>>>=20 >>>>> I had also entered this line in httpd.conf yesterday, and double = checked it today; it is there. >>>>>=20 >>>>> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables" >>>>>=20 >>>>> Here is the full content of httpd.conf: >>>>>=20 >>>>> KeepAliveTimeout 15 >>>>> # As of Mac OS X Server 10.5, the compiled-in server limit is 2048 >>>>> ServerLimit 2048 >>>>> # Server Admin manages ListenBackLog as a function of MaxClients: = min(511, MaxClients/2) >>>>> MaxClients 1024 >>>>> ListenBackLog 511 >>>>> #### >>>>> #### The following Include directive is essential for the virtual = hosts to be usable. >>>>> #### >>>>> Include "/etc/apache2/sites/*.conf" >>>>> Include = /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/webdna.conf >>>>> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables" >>>>>=20 >>>>> After installing yesterday, I looked at the modules tab in web = server admin, and there was not a module for WebDNA (should there have = been?) I added it browsing to the path = /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/mod_WebDNA_apache2.2.s= o I restarted Apache and WebCat, even tried rebooting. No luck. = Does that belong (the installer did not add it). >>>>>=20 >>>>> Any other ideas? >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >>>>> INSTALL =20 >>>>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >>>>> To install the WebDNA into your system, you will need=20 >>>>> to provide some infomation about your Apache Server. >>>>> Please be prepared to provide the paths for the following >>>>> directories:=20 >>>>> Default Web Server DocumentRoot directory. >>>>> Default Web Server CGI directory. >>>>> Apache configuration directory (contains the default httpd.conf = file) >>>>> Apache user name >>>>> Enter to accept the defaults >>>>>=20 >>>>> Enter the Default Web Server DocumentRoot directory: = =20 >>>>> ( default is /Library/WebServer/Documents ) >>>>> /Library/WebServer/Sites >>>>>=20 >>>>> Enter the Default Web Server CGI directory: =20 >>>>> ( default is /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables ) >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> Enter the Apache configuration directory (contains the default = httpd.conf file): =20 >>>>> ( default is /etc/apache2 ) >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> Enter the apache user name: =20 >>>>> ( default is _www ) >>>>>=20 >>>>> Installing WebDNA... >>>>> Using ApacheCtl as: apachectl >>>>> Installed WebCatalog documents into directory: >>>>> /Library/WebServer/Sites/WebCatalog =20 >>>>> Installed WebCatalog into directory >>>>> /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine =20 >>>>> Modifying httpd.conf >>>>> Setting Permissions >>>>> /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/WebCatalogCtl = start: WebDNAMonitor started >>>>>=20 >>>>> +-------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> | You now have successfully installed WebDNA in your =20 >>>>> | Apache server. =20 >>>>> | To administer your WebDNA installation, please visit =20 >>>>> | http://127.0.0.1/WebCatalog =20 >>>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> =46rom Chris: >>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> Hi ! adding ScriptAlias /cgi-bin = "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables" should work, we have several users = who came with the same question, and all of them solved the problem with = this line. >>>>=20 >>>> There is no need to add the module in the GUI >>>>=20 >>>> Are you sure your /WebCatalogEngine is in = /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/ and that your = /WebCatalog folder is in your website root folder? it should be = available to http://127.0.0.1/WebCatalog=20 >>>>=20 >>>> - chris >>>>=20 >>>=20 >>> =46rom me to Chris: >>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> I am in the process of reinstalling OS X SL Server now to set up = RAID, and will try installing WebCat again once I am done. Question: = your installer asks for correct paths to certain things or to accept the = defaults. I changed one thing:=20 >>>>=20 >>>>> Enter the Default Web Server DocumentRoot directory: = =20 >>>>> ( default is /Library/WebServer/Documents ) >>>>> /Library/WebServer/Sites >>>>=20 >>>> because when you use Server Admin to set up a new site, it puts it = in /Library/WebServer/Sites not /Library/WebServer/Documents But, = there is a /Library/WebServer/Documents folder. Could this be my = problem?=20 >>>=20 >>> =46rom Chris to me: >>>=20 >>> This might be an extra complication, yes: i don't know how OSX = server handles the CGI-BIN folder in this case. Normally, you get your = files in /Library/WebServer/Documents/ and the engine is in = /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/ (outside the server = folder, with a SciptAlias) >>> Apache loads the engine as a module and every .dna file in = /Library/WebServer/Documents/ is interpreted. >>>=20 >>> Logically, it should work with /Library/WebServer/Sites/ but since = the websites might request files in = /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/ (for instance = shopping carts, sandboxes or global files), i don't know how OSX server = will get that these files must be called through different path. I am = sure it will work, but there migh be some slight modifications to do. = Feel free to ask on the talk-list, there are many users with Snow = Leopard server. They could help you better than i can. >>>=20 >>> sincerely, >>> - chris >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>=20 >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
. > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >=20
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Dear Christophe, Thanks for the reply, and I know it was a part of the install earlier = on. Why can't WebDNA reintroduce this... Is your installer not able to = insert the ScriptAlias? Palle On 25/06/2010, at 19.26, christophe.billiottet@webdna.us wrote: > It was, until 10.5. For 10.6, the ScriptAlias line has been removed by = Apple and must be manually added... >=20 > - chris >=20 >=20 > On Jun 25, 2010, at 14:15, Palle Bo Nielsen wrote: >=20 >> Although I do not have the direct answer; I do have the following = question (sorry about hijacking the thread). >>=20 >> Why is this not done by the installer? >>=20 >> Palle >>=20 >>=20 >> On 25/06/2010, at 17.30, WebAdmin wrote: >>=20 >>> Greetings, all. >>>=20 >>> I am struggling to get WebDNA running on OS X Snow Leopard Server = 10.6.3 and 10.6.4. Here is correspondence between me and Christophe = Billiottet. If any Snow Leopard Server users can shed some light on how = to get this running (other than what I've tried, below), I would = appreciate it. >>>=20 >>> thx. >>>=20 >>>>> On Jun 23, 2010, at 17:34, wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>>> Hello Christophe, >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> I downloaded your Mac installer today for use on a new Snow = Leopard Server, and though the installation succeeds in that WebCat is = running, it fails in that Apache gives an "Object Not Found" when going = to http://127.0.0.1/webcatalog >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> I noted that there was no apache module installed for WebCat when = looking at Apache modules in Server Admin. I tried adding it and = enabling it, but that blocked all pages from being served (snow = leopard's wikis for example). >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> Is there an installer that has been tested on Snow Leopard = Server? I am hoping so. Or, what steps do I need to take to get this = working? >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> from Christophe: >>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> Hi ! >>>>>=20 >>>>> For Snow Leopard server, you should just add this line in = httpd.conf: >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables" >>>>>=20 >>>>> then restart apache: sudo apachectl restart >>>>> and webdna: = /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/WebCatalogCtl = restart >>>>>=20 >>>>> It should work without anything else. The problem is Snow Leopard = server removed this line and WebDNA admin is trying to reach = http://yourdomain/cgi-bin/WebCatalogEngine/Admin/AdminPrefs.dna and Snow = Leopard only understands = http://yourdomain/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/Admin/AdminPrefs.dna >>>>>=20 >>>>> - chris >>>>>=20 >>>=20 >>> from me to Chris: >>>=20 >>>> On Jun 24, 2010, at 14:50, wrote: >>>>=20 >>>>> Thank you for the quick reply. Unfortunately, no luck yet. >>>>>=20 >>>>> When I installed it yesterday, I saved the entries I made in the = installer. You'll find them below. >>>>>=20 >>>>> I had also entered this line in httpd.conf yesterday, and double = checked it today; it is there. >>>>>=20 >>>>> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables" >>>>>=20 >>>>> Here is the full content of httpd.conf: >>>>>=20 >>>>> KeepAliveTimeout 15 >>>>> # As of Mac OS X Server 10.5, the compiled-in server limit is 2048 >>>>> ServerLimit 2048 >>>>> # Server Admin manages ListenBackLog as a function of MaxClients: = min(511, MaxClients/2) >>>>> MaxClients 1024 >>>>> ListenBackLog 511 >>>>> #### >>>>> #### The following Include directive is essential for the virtual = hosts to be usable. >>>>> #### >>>>> Include "/etc/apache2/sites/*.conf" >>>>> Include = /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/webdna.conf >>>>> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables" >>>>>=20 >>>>> After installing yesterday, I looked at the modules tab in web = server admin, and there was not a module for WebDNA (should there have = been?) I added it browsing to the path = /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/mod_WebDNA_apache2.2.s= o I restarted Apache and WebCat, even tried rebooting. No luck. = Does that belong (the installer did not add it). >>>>>=20 >>>>> Any other ideas? >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >>>>> INSTALL =20 >>>>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >>>>> To install the WebDNA into your system, you will need=20 >>>>> to provide some infomation about your Apache Server. >>>>> Please be prepared to provide the paths for the following >>>>> directories:=20 >>>>> Default Web Server DocumentRoot directory. >>>>> Default Web Server CGI directory. >>>>> Apache configuration directory (contains the default httpd.conf = file) >>>>> Apache user name >>>>> Enter to accept the defaults >>>>>=20 >>>>> Enter the Default Web Server DocumentRoot directory: = =20 >>>>> ( default is /Library/WebServer/Documents ) >>>>> /Library/WebServer/Sites >>>>>=20 >>>>> Enter the Default Web Server CGI directory: =20 >>>>> ( default is /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables ) >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> Enter the Apache configuration directory (contains the default = httpd.conf file): =20 >>>>> ( default is /etc/apache2 ) >>>>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> Enter the apache user name: =20 >>>>> ( default is _www ) >>>>>=20 >>>>> Installing WebDNA... >>>>> Using ApacheCtl as: apachectl >>>>> Installed WebCatalog documents into directory: >>>>> /Library/WebServer/Sites/WebCatalog =20 >>>>> Installed WebCatalog into directory >>>>> /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine =20 >>>>> Modifying httpd.conf >>>>> Setting Permissions >>>>> /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/WebCatalogCtl = start: WebDNAMonitor started >>>>>=20 >>>>> +-------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> | You now have successfully installed WebDNA in your =20 >>>>> | Apache server. =20 >>>>> | To administer your WebDNA installation, please visit =20 >>>>> | http://127.0.0.1/WebCatalog =20 >>>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> =46rom Chris: >>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> Hi ! adding ScriptAlias /cgi-bin = "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables" should work, we have several users = who came with the same question, and all of them solved the problem with = this line. >>>>=20 >>>> There is no need to add the module in the GUI >>>>=20 >>>> Are you sure your /WebCatalogEngine is in = /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/ and that your = /WebCatalog folder is in your website root folder? it should be = available to http://127.0.0.1/WebCatalog=20 >>>>=20 >>>> - chris >>>>=20 >>>=20 >>> =46rom me to Chris: >>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> I am in the process of reinstalling OS X SL Server now to set up = RAID, and will try installing WebCat again once I am done. Question: = your installer asks for correct paths to certain things or to accept the = defaults. I changed one thing:=20 >>>>=20 >>>>> Enter the Default Web Server DocumentRoot directory: = =20 >>>>> ( default is /Library/WebServer/Documents ) >>>>> /Library/WebServer/Sites >>>>=20 >>>> because when you use Server Admin to set up a new site, it puts it = in /Library/WebServer/Sites not /Library/WebServer/Documents But, = there is a /Library/WebServer/Documents folder. Could this be my = problem?=20 >>>=20 >>> =46rom Chris to me: >>>=20 >>> This might be an extra complication, yes: i don't know how OSX = server handles the CGI-BIN folder in this case. Normally, you get your = files in /Library/WebServer/Documents/ and the engine is in = /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/ (outside the server = folder, with a SciptAlias) >>> Apache loads the engine as a module and every .dna file in = /Library/WebServer/Documents/ is interpreted. >>>=20 >>> Logically, it should work with /Library/WebServer/Sites/ but since = the websites might request files in = /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/WebCatalogEngine/ (for instance = shopping carts, sandboxes or global files), i don't know how OSX server = will get that these files must be called through different path. I am = sure it will work, but there migh be some slight modifications to do. = Feel free to ask on the talk-list, there are many users with Snow = Leopard server. They could help you better than i can. >>>=20 >>> sincerely, >>> - chris >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>=20 >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >=20
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