Since wikidot is self-contained and insists on being at the root of the server, my only real option is to proxy requests to wikidot through Apache. I have wikidot running on port 8080, only accessible from the server. I have Apache configured as a reverse proxy with mod_proxy and mod_proxy_html, and it's halfway working: it serves pages and rewrites the links in the sidebar. It doesn't rewrite the @import style directive, so no CSS, but I could get that working with regexp's. The bigger problem is ajax, which I've never personally dealt with so I have no idea how to fix.

When I try to login/create a page/pretty much anything, I get this error:

 The ajax request failed. Please check your internet connection or report a bug if the error repeats during your work. code:404 

Has anyone gotten wikidot running behind an apache proxy? Or, barring that, any other ajax web app? I'm not sure where to go from here.

If you're not trying to install Wikidot and are just looking for WAMP support, you're in the wrong place. There are several WAMP projects out there. Which one are you using?

Of course I need to know how to set user name and password and probably more

Have been held up a bit further down the line now though :S

I've run that, exited (logged out) of the postgres user), and then attempted to run make, however every time I run it I get errors (and the output is so long that I can't see it all because the top part is cut off when I try to scroll up to it).

 bin/bootstrap_db.php files/dump/db/*.sql PHP Warning: pg_query(): Query failed: ERROR: relation "admin" already exists in /home/shane/Desktop/wikidot/lib/ozone/php/core/database/PgConnection.php on line 104 Error occured at query number 1, file files/dump/db/0-schema.sql: CREATE TABLE admin ( admin_id integer NOT NULL, site_id integer, user_id integer, founder boolean DEFAULT false ) bin/generate_om.php database name: wikidot ---------------------------------------- processing file base-db.xml: ---------------------------------------- table: ozone_lock table: ozone_session table: ozone_user table: ozone_group table: ozone_permission table: ozone_user_group_relation table: ozone_user_permission_modifier table: ozone_group_permission_modifier table: unique_string_broker table: form_submission_key table: storage_item ---------------------------------------- processing file petition-db.xml: ---------------------------------------- table: petition_campaign table: petition_signature ---------------------------------------- processing file simpletodo-db.xml: ---------------------------------------- table: simpletodo_list ---------------------------------------- processing file wikidot-db.xml: ---------------------------------------- table: site table: site_tag table: category table: page table: page_revision table: page_source table: page_compiled table: page_metadata table: comment table: comment_revision table: fts_entry table: file table: files_event table: ucookie table: page_link table: page_inclusion table: page_external_link table: member table: admin table: moderator table: member_application table: member_invitation table: page_edit_lock table: theme table: theme_preview table: license table: site_settings table: site_super_settings table: notification table: private_message table: profile table: user_settings table: user_karma table: global_ip_block table: ip_block table: global_user_block table: user_block table: private_user_block table: watched_page table: watched_forum_thread table: page_abuse_flag table: user_abuse_flag table: anonymous_abuse_flag table: admin_notification table: log_event table: contact table: page_tag table: page_rate_vote table: email_invitation table: membership_link table: site_backup table: domain_redirect table: site_viewer table: openid_entry table: api_key ---------------------------------------- processing file wikidot-forum-db.xml: ---------------------------------------- table: forum_group table: forum_category table: forum_thread table: forum_post table: forum_post_revision table: forum_settings table: front_forum_feed generating classes generating classes for ozone_lock generating classes for ozone_session generating classes for ozone_user generating classes for ozone_group generating classes for ozone_permission generating classes for ozone_user_group_relation generating classes for ozone_user_permission_modifier generating classes for ozone_group_permission_modifier generating classes for unique_string_broker generating classes for form_submission_key generating classes for storage_item generating classes for petition_campaign generating classes for petition_signature generating classes for simpletodo_list generating classes for site generating classes for site_tag generating classes for category generating classes for page generating classes for page_revision generating classes for page_source generating classes for page_compiled generating classes for page_metadata generating classes for comment generating classes for comment_revision generating classes for fts_entry generating classes for file generating classes for files_event generating classes for ucookie generating classes for page_link generating classes for page_inclusion generating classes for page_external_link generating classes for member generating classes for admin generating classes for moderator generating classes for member_application generating classes for member_invitation generating classes for page_edit_lock generating classes for theme generating classes for theme_preview generating classes for license generating classes for site_settings generating classes for site_super_settings generating classes for notification generating classes for private_message generating classes for profile generating classes for user_settings generating classes for user_karma generating classes for global_ip_block generating classes for ip_block generating classes for global_user_block generating classes for user_block generating classes for private_user_block generating classes for watched_page generating classes for watched_forum_thread generating classes for page_abuse_flag generating classes for user_abuse_flag generating classes for anonymous_abuse_flag generating classes for admin_notification generating classes for log_event generating classes for contact generating classes for page_tag generating classes for page_rate_vote generating classes for email_invitation generating classes for membership_link generating classes for site_backup generating classes for domain_redirect generating classes for site_viewer generating classes for openid_entry generating classes for api_key generating classes for forum_group generating classes for forum_category generating classes for forum_thread generating classes for forum_post generating classes for forum_post_revision generating classes for forum_settings generating classes for front_forum_feed bin/bootstrap_pages.php files/dump/sites/* Saving files/dump/sites/profiles/admin.manage.page Saving files/dump/sites/profiles/how-to-edit-pages.page Saving files/dump/sites/profiles/nav.side.page Saving files/dump/sites/profiles/search.site.page Saving files/dump/sites/profiles/start.page Saving files/dump/sites/profiles/system.list-all-pages.page Saving files/dump/sites/profiles/system.page-tags.page Saving files/dump/sites/profiles/system.recent-changes.page Saving files/dump/sites/profiles/template.profile.page Saving files/dump/sites/profiles/what-is-a-wiki.page Saving files/dump/sites/template-plain/admin.manage.page Saving files/dump/sites/template-plain/how-to-edit-pages.page Saving files/dump/sites/template-plain/nav.side.page Saving files/dump/sites/template-plain/search.site.page Saving files/dump/sites/template-plain/start.page Saving files/dump/sites/template-plain/system.list-all-pages.page Saving files/dump/sites/template-plain/system.page-tags.page Saving files/dump/sites/template-plain/system.recent-changes.page Saving files/dump/sites/template-plain/what-is-a-wiki.page Saving files/dump/sites/www/account.you.page Saving files/dump/sites/www/admin.manage.page Saving files/dump/sites/www/admin.superuser.page PHP Deprecated: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated in /home/shane/Desktop/wikidot/lib/Text_Wiki/Text/Wiki/Parse/Default/Module.php on line 77 PHP Warning: pg_query(): Query failed: ERROR: function set_curcfg(unknown) does not exist LINE 1: SELECT set_curcfg('default') ^ HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need to add explicit type casts. in /home/shane/Desktop/wikidot/lib/ozone/php/core/database/PgConnection.php on line 104 PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'OzoneDatabaseException' with message 'error: ERROR: function set_curcfg(unknown) does not exist LINE 1: SELECT set_curcfg('default') ^ HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need to add explicit type casts. ' in /home/shane/Desktop/wikidot/lib/ozone/php/core/database/PgConnection.php:107 Stack trace: #0 /home/shane/Desktop/wikidot/php/utils/Indexer.php(75): PgConnection->query('SELECT set_curc...') #1 /home/shane/Desktop/wikidot/php/utils/Outdater.php(735): Indexer->indexPage(Object(DB_Page)) #2 /home/shane/Desktop/wikidot/php/utils/Outdater.php(68): Outdater->indexPage(Object(DB_Page)) #3 /home/shane/Desktop/wikidot/php/class/Wikidot/Facade/Page.php(282): Outdater->pageEvent('source_changed', Object(DB_Page)) #4 /home/shane/Desktop/wikidot/bin/bootstrap_pages.php(24): Wikidot_Facade_Page->save(Array) #5 {main} thrown in /home/shane/Desktop/wikidot/lib/ozone/php/core/database/PgConnection.php on line 107 make: *** [db] Error 255 

After reading up on "man make" I found that I could use -i (ignore errors) and -k (keep going after errors).

When I used those I actually reach the end and am given a URL to configure the super user but it doesn't work (probably something to do with the errors I ignored).

Something about needing to perform type casts in this file: PgConnection.php

If you'd like, I'll post the output for make -i -k … I think there's a huge amount of output for that one though, so by the time it finishes the first part is no longer visible even when I scroll upwards, and I can only copy and paste the second part into a comment here.

$ cd ~/Desktop/wikidot
$ su postgres
Password:
$ make prepare_db

and continue following the instructions.

Any ideas?

And yes I did download something that was more than 90 MB in size (possibly the "Zend Framework"), and am pretty sure I have all dependencies installed without errors.

I wrote a guide for doing this a long while ago. You shouldn't follow it to the letter since so much has changed since I did that, but getting Ubuntu installed in a VM should be pretty straight-forward. Once you get a clean Ubuntu base, you can copy that and have an easy fall back if something goes awry with the Wikidot install.

-Ed

 $ sudo aptitude install postgresql-8.3 php5-cgi php5-cli php5-pgsql lighttpd imagemagick tetex-bin tetex-extra gs-gpl php5-gd php5-tidy php-pear file git-core 

However due to slow internet speed, I'd rather download it from my Windows laptop (difference of 16 kbps compared to 1500 kbps).

I think I've found the correct files for most of them, but am unable to find:

• ImageMagick
• PHP gd extension
• PHP tidy extension
• file program (? what is this ?)
• Git to retrieve the source (? do I already have it on ubuntu ?)

php -v still says cli.

This should always say cli, because this is the binary you call from commandline (cli). This however should say cgi-fcgi:

php-cgi -v
php5-cgi -v

Cheers!

So I actually went ahead and installed php5-cgi again. And once thats done, reboot, run make again, and it is running! I can get to my page!

So php5-cgi was somehow missing since the beginning. It is either not installed, or not properly installed when installing all the packages together (I reinstalled everything from scratch 3 times before I started asking for help here). Which is weird.

Thank you very much for all your help Gabrys! :)

"bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php5-cgi"

in conf/lighttpd/single-wiki.conf

execute that command with "-v" and check if it says cgi or cli. (You should have php5-cgi installed before).

PHP 5.2.10-2ubuntu6.3 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.7 (cli) (built: Nov 26 2009 14:42:49)

2009-12-29 22:17:27: (log.c.97) server started
2009-12-29 22:17:27: (mod_fastcgi.c.1051) the fastcgi-backend /usr/bin/php5-cgi failed to start:
2009-12-29 22:17:27: (mod_fastcgi.c.1055) child exited with status 2 /usr/bin/php5-cgi
2009-12-29 22:17:27: (mod_fastcgi.c.1058) If you're trying to run PHP as a FastCGI backend, make sure you're using the FastCGI-enabled version.
You can find out if it is the right one by executing 'php -v' and it should display '(cgi-fcgi)' in the output, NOT '(cgi)' NOR '(cli)'.
For more information, check http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/Docs%3AModFastCGI#preparing-php-as-a-fastcgi-programIf this is PHP on Gentoo, add 'fastcgi' to the USE flags.
2009-12-29 22:17:27: (mod_fastcgi.c.1365) [ERROR]: spawning fcgi failed.
2009-12-29 22:17:27: (server.c.902) Configuration of plugins failed. Going down.
2009-12-30 13:53:26: (log.c.97) server started
2009-12-30 13:53:26: (mod_fastcgi.c.1051) the fastcgi-backend /usr/bin/php5-cgi failed to start:
2009-12-30 13:53:26: (mod_fastcgi.c.1055) child exited with status 2 /usr/bin/php5-cgi
2009-12-30 13:53:26: (mod_fastcgi.c.1058) If you're trying to run PHP as a FastCGI backend, make sure you're using the FastCGI-enabled version.
You can find out if it is the right one by executing 'php -v' and it should display '(cgi-fcgi)' in the output, NOT '(cgi)' NOR '(cli)'.
For more information, check http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/Docs%3AModFastCGI#preparing-php-as-a-fastcgi-programIf this is PHP on Gentoo, add 'fastcgi' to the USE flags.
2009-12-30 13:53:26: (mod_fastcgi.c.1365) [ERROR]: spawning fcgi failed.
2009-12-30 13:53:26: (server.c.902) Configuration of plugins failed. Going down.
2009-12-30 17:10:21: (log.c.97) server started
2009-12-30 17:10:21: (mod_fastcgi.c.1051) the fastcgi-backend /usr/bin/php5-cgi failed to start:
2009-12-30 17:10:21: (mod_fastcgi.c.1055) child exited with status 2 /usr/bin/php5-cgi
2009-12-30 17:10:21: (mod_fastcgi.c.1058) If you're trying to run PHP as a FastCGI backend, make sure you're using the FastCGI-enabled version.
You can find out if it is the right one by executing 'php -v' and it should display '(cgi-fcgi)' in the output, NOT '(cgi)' NOR '(cli)'.
For more information, check http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/Docs%3AModFastCGI#preparing-php-as-a-fastcgi-programIf this is PHP on Gentoo, add 'fastcgi' to the USE flags.
2009-12-30 17:10:21: (mod_fastcgi.c.1365) [ERROR]: spawning fcgi failed.
2009-12-30 17:10:21: (server.c.902) Configuration of plugins failed. Going down.
2009-12-30 17:59:24: (log.c.97) server started
2009-12-30 17:59:24: (mod_fastcgi.c.1051) the fastcgi-backend /usr/bin/php5-cgi failed to start:
2009-12-30 17:59:24: (mod_fastcgi.c.1055) child exited with status 2 /usr/bin/php5-cgi
2009-12-30 17:59:24: (mod_fastcgi.c.1058) If you're trying to run PHP as a FastCGI backend, make sure you're using the FastCGI-enabled version.
You can find out if it is the right one by executing 'php -v' and it should display '(cgi-fcgi)' in the output, NOT '(cgi)' NOR '(cli)'.
For more information, check http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/Docs%3AModFastCGI#preparing-php-as-a-fastcgi-programIf this is PHP on Gentoo, add 'fastcgi' to the USE flags.
2009-12-30 17:59:24: (mod_fastcgi.c.1365) [ERROR]: spawning fcgi failed.
2009-12-30 17:59:24: (server.c.902) Configuration of plugins failed. Going down.
2010-01-01 15:00:18: (log.c.97) server started
2010-01-01 15:00:18: (mod_fastcgi.c.1051) the fastcgi-backend /usr/bin/php5-cgi failed to start:
2010-01-01 15:00:18: (mod_fastcgi.c.1055) child exited with status 2 /usr/bin/php5-cgi
2010-01-01 15:00:18: (mod_fastcgi.c.1058) If you're trying to run PHP as a FastCGI backend, make sure you're using the FastCGI-enabled version.
You can find out if it is the right one by executing 'php -v' and it should display '(cgi-fcgi)' in the output, NOT '(cgi)' NOR '(cli)'.
For more information, check http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/Docs%3AModFastCGI#preparing-php-as-a-fastcgi-programIf this is PHP on Gentoo, add 'fastcgi' to the USE flags.
2010-01-01 15:00:18: (mod_fastcgi.c.1365) [ERROR]: spawning fcgi failed.
2010-01-01 15:00:18: (server.c.902) Configuration of plugins failed. Going down.
2010-01-02 11:16:03: (log.c.97) server started
2010-01-02 11:16:03: (mod_fastcgi.c.1051) the fastcgi-backend /usr/bin/php5-cgi failed to start:
2010-01-02 11:16:03: (mod_fastcgi.c.1055) child exited with status 2 /usr/bin/php5-cgi
2010-01-02 11:16:03: (mod_fastcgi.c.1058) If you're trying to run PHP as a FastCGI backend, make sure you're using the FastCGI-enabled version.
You can find out if it is the right one by executing 'php -v' and it should display '(cgi-fcgi)' in the output, NOT '(cgi)' NOR '(cli)'.
For more information, check http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/Docs%3AModFastCGI#preparing-php-as-a-fastcgi-programIf this is PHP on Gentoo, add 'fastcgi' to the USE flags.
2010-01-02 11:16:03: (mod_fastcgi.c.1365) [ERROR]: spawning fcgi failed.
2010-01-02 11:16:03: (server.c.902) Configuration of plugins failed. Going down.

bin/configure.php

Once you have both *.ini files in conf/wikidot, go to your Wikidot root directory and run this as root:

lighttpd -D -f conf/lighttpd/single_wiki.conf

This is what Wikidot calls in order to run Lighttpd. Additionally here's the -D flag, that makes Lighttpd not go to background. If errors don't show on the consele, they should be logged to tmp/lighttpd/error.log (in Wikidot root directory).

Put here any errors on console or logged to file.

port 8080 is not being listed. So I guess wikidot is not binding to lighttpd properly. What should be configured so that it would bind to lighttpd? Thanks.

Alex

1. netstat -natp | grep lighttpd

This should return at least two lines, one for default :80 lighttpd server, second for lighttpd run from wikidotctl. If you have indeed two different ports listed (for example :80 and :8080) try http://127.0.0.1:8080/ in your browser to see what Lighttpd has to say :-).

Yes, I did use that to start wikidot, and it did give me a message stating that wikidot has started, without any errors. So I assume everything has been installed correctly.

Do I need to make any manual configurations or changes to other files in order to get this to work? For example, the ones mentioned in the previous posts, or any other files that you can think of?

Alex