Notes about setting up a Moin-1.5.3 Wiki Farm on SL4 with these features:

• Apache/SSL
• mod_python
• multiple wikis

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install Apache with SSL support

 rm -rf /etc/httpd
 yum -y install httpd system-config-httpd mod_python mod_ssl mod_auth_kerb
 /sbin/service httpd start

Check that http and https work. A dummy certificate is ceated automatically during mod_ssl installation.

TODO

• htdocs/index.html should be adapted
• apache config to redirect everything to http
• share the underlay directories
• farmconfig? or stay with one mod_python instance per wiki (safer?)

moin basic installation (single wiki, CGI)

cd /tmp
tar xvfz moin-1.5.3.tar.gz
cd moin-1.5.3
python setup.py --quiet install --prefix=/usr1/moin --record=/tmp/moin.inst.log

Create a Wiki instance:

cd /usr1/moin/share/moin
mkdir testwiki
cp -a data underlay testwiki

mkdir testwiki/cgi-bin
cp server/moin.cgi testwiki/cgi-bin

cp config/wikiconfig.py testwiki

chown -R apache:apache testwiki
chmod -R ug+rwX testwiki
chmod -R o-rwx testwiki

Deal with SELinux:

chcon -R system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t /usr1/moin
chcon -R system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_script_exec_t testwiki/cgi-bin

chcon system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t /usr1

The last one is important, or apache cannot access the wiki.

• => better have a separate filesystem under / for that

These lines are needed in testwiki/cgi-bin/moin.cgi:

sys.path.insert(0, '/usr1/moin/share/moin/testwiki')
sys.path.insert(0, '/usr1/moin/lib/python2.3/site-packages')

Edit wikiconfig.py:

sitename = u'Test Wiki'
page_front_page = u"TestWiki"
data_dir = '/usr1/moin/share/moin/testwiki/data/'
data_underlay_dir = '/usr1/moin/share/moin/testwiki/underlay/'

The default of './data' for data_dir and './underlay' for data_underlay_dir doesn't work. The paths are relative to the cgi executable, hence would need to be '../data' etc.

Create /etc/httpd/conf.d/moin.conf:

Alias /wiki/ "/usr1/moin/share/moin/htdocs/"
<Directory "/usr1/moin/share/moin/htdocs/">
   Order deny,allow
   Allow from all
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /testwiki "/usr1/moin/share/moin/testwiki/cgi-bin/moin.cgi"
<Directory "/usr1/moin/share/moin/testwiki/cgi-bin/">
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
</Directory>

mod_python

Simply change the Apache config to this:

Alias /wiki/ "/usr1/moin/share/moin/htdocs/"
<Directory "/usr1/moin/share/moin/htdocs/">
   Order deny,allow
   Allow from all
</Directory>

<Location /testwiki>
    SetHandler python-program
    # Add the path of your wiki directory
    PythonPath "['/usr1/moin/share/moin/testwiki', '/usr1/moin/lib/python2.3/site-packages'] + sys.path"
    PythonHandler MoinMoin.request::RequestModPy.run
    PythonInterpreter testwiki
</Location>

So instead of the ScriptAlias we define a Location and heve it handled by mod_python. The PythonInterpreter directive is not needed if just a single Wiki is set up, but it's crucial if multiple wikis are used:

add another Wiki

Simply create another directory:

cd usr1/moin/share/moin
mkdir DVInfo
cp -a data underlay DVInfo
cp testwiki/wikiconfig.py DVInfo

chown -R apache:apache DVInfo
chmod -R ug+rwX DVInfo
chmod -R o-rwx DVInfo

The selinux context should be correct without having to chcon. Now Make the obvious changes in DVInfo/wikiconfig.py and create Apache configuration for the wiki in /etc/httpd/conf.d/moin-DVInfo.conf:

<Location /DVInfo>
    SetHandler python-program
    # Add the path of your wiki directory
    PythonPath "['/usr1/moin/share/moin/DVInfo', '/usr1/moin/lib/python2.3/site-packages'] + sys.path"
    PythonHandler MoinMoin.request::RequestModPy.run
    PythonInterpreter DVInfo
</Location>

Don't forget the last directive, or the subinterpreters for the wikis will share a single namespace. This doesn't work well...