I'm starting to feel like I'm talking to myself!

For those that read my previous post before I deleted it, you can disregard it. The errors in the Apache log came from my frustration in not getting the Wikidot home page to load and trying different URL combinations.

I'm now thinking the problem is with Wikidot, not my Apache config. I placed a static dummy.html in /var/www/wikidot/web and I can open that page via http://localhost/dummy.html.

When I try to open http://localhost/index.php, I get a page displaying "The site does not exist." After examining index.php, I saw that it checks to see if setup.php has completed its setup. I reset 'WIKIDOT_SETUP_COMPLETED' to false so setup could run again. This time I got this error:

Fatal error: Class 'WikiFlowController' not found in /var/www/wikidot/web/index.php on line 35

I'm trying to get this running on a "clean" Ubuntu 7.10 Server install. I did install the Ubuntu Desktop so I could navigate in more familiar territory and use a GUI editor, etc.

Michal? Anyone?

Thanks,
Ed

Wikidot needs www.yourdomain.com for the main wiki. You can create almost anything.yourdomain.com.

Hi!
I'm glad someone else is taking the plunge with a home install!!!

I have a registered domain name that I pointed at my home IP and setup my router to forward port 80 to my Wikidot server. That works great. I can also create additional mywiki.mydomain.com Wikidot sites and access them. I don't know how it will work if a subdomain.domain.com is the address of the base Wikidot install. Is it even possible to have a mywiki.subdomain.domain.com address?

I have a second machine that I can test with a dynamic IP. I'll mess around with it this weekend and see if I can figure it out. You may want to spend the few dollars a year to register a domain name. I believe you can still use a dynamic dns to point to that domain name.

Which dynamic dns service are you using? I can test with my no-ip account, but am willing to set up another one to match your setup.

-Ed

st_ray and all,

Using DynDNS.com actually worked very well! I'm switching to their service and dropping no-ip. The reason? DynDNS allows enabling wildcards (no-ip requires you to buy premium services to enable this feature).

I just finished setting up my other Ubuntu server for testing.

Here's all I had to do:
1. Set up my DynDNS.com account and activated it.
2. I added a hostname (pizzageek.is-a-geek.com) and pointed it at my home, external IP address (you can install the client so this gets automatically updated if your IP is vunerable to changing like most home DSL/Cable accounts are).
3. (This is the key step) I was sure to check the Wildcard: [x] Yes, alias "*.hostname.domain" to same settings. for my hostname.
4. I made sure the /etc/hosts file on my Ubuntu server had the following entry:

127.0.0.1 localhost www.pizzageek.is-a-geek.com

5. I restarted Apache and PostgreSQL for good measure.
6. I logged into my router and made sure that port 80 was forwarded to the internal IP address of my Ubuntu/Wikidot server.
7. I went to my main Windows PC and connected to http://www.pizzageek.is-a-geek.com and I hit my base Wikidot install. I then created a new user account and created 2 new wiki sites:

http://ejwiki.pizzageek.is-a-geek.com (this is a public site)
http://ejtest.pizzageek.is-a-geek.com (this is a private site)

8. I got really excited that I didn't have to edit the /etc/hosts file on the Ububtu server to accommodate the new wiki sites I created and rushed back here to report my findings!

As I said, the ability to enable wildcards with DynDNS was the key. This appears to allow any newwiki.mainwiki.dyndnsdomain.com to work without a hitch!

I'll leave my test server running as much as possible through the weekend. I would love it if you could test it from your end by creating an account and a wiki site or two. Don't do anything permanent - this server will soon be redeployed at my work for our private Wikidot server. This is just my "proof of concept" setup. Once I do more testing, I'll be going forward with an install at work.

Assuming you don't find any issues connecting, creating an account and creating new wikis, this stuff can be added to the howto documentation.

Hope this helps!
-Ed