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TWiki.WindowsInstallSummaryr1.1 - 15 Aug 2004 - 23:02 - PeterThoenytopic end
---+!! Nutshell Summary of Windows Install Cookbook

This summary of WindowsInstallCookbook is for you if:
   * You've already installed TWiki on Windows before and want a quick refresher of the important points.
   * You've never installed TWiki on Windows before, but find the WindowsInstallCookbook too much to swallow right now. It is recommended you read through this summary to build a picture of the overall process, and then use the full cookbook as your guide as you actually do the install.

Table of Content:
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---++ The Essentials

TWiki will run on any combination of *Operating System + Perl + Webserver*. *TWiki requires all three but doesn't care which three*. Each permutation has its own quirks to deal with. Which combination is easiest depends on your personal background and experience. This guide covers only one possible configuration of many: Windows 2000/XP + Perl-Cygwin + Apache-Win32.

TWiki also requires the RCS revision control system but is more picky about which flavour (this guide uses RCS-cygwin).

Head to http://twiki.org/ and download the latest release.

---++ Download, Install & Test Apache-Win32
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi  and download *apache_1.3.X-win32-x86-no_src.msi* where 'X' is 20 or higher. There are some issues with Apache 2, see TWiki:Codev.IssuesWithApache2dot0.

---++ Download, Install & Test Cygwin
http://cygwin.com, and click the _Install Cygwin Now_ link. Save the setup.exe in a directory, e.g. c:\download\cygwin-dist. Run the Cygwin setup.exe file - this will also install Perl and RCS in one fell swoop.
   * Choose _Internet Install_ ; make sure default text file type is unix.; If you have the bandwidth and the drive space it is easier just to install everything ( _Install All_ ).
   * The following packages are the minimal installation (~12mb): =bash, binutils, diffutils, gcc, grep, gzip, make, nano, ncftp, pcre, perl (5.6.1-2 or higher, but *not* 5.8.0), rcs (5.7-2 or higher), tar, textutils, unzip, w32api, wget=

Set the =HOME= environment variable to =c:\cygwin\home\administrator= through the Control Panel, System applet.

Fire up Cygwin and verify the version numbers are correct. RCS: 5.7, Perl: 5.6.1.

Configure cygwin for binary mode __omitting this step leads to a partially working system that corrupts RCS files__. 
   * Configure: =mount -b -s c:/twiki /twiki && mount -b -s c:/ /c && mount -b -c /cygdrive && mount=
   * Test: =cd /twiki && echo hi >t && cat -v t= ;the output should be ==hi== _anything else indicates a problem._

---++ Configure Apache

Edit =c:/apache/conf/httpd.conf= and adapt to local environment as necessary. Change
   * <nop>DocumentRoot from "C:/apache/htdocs" to "C:/twiki"
   * &lt;Directory "C:/apache/htdocs"> to &lt;Directory "C:/twiki">
   * Add:
<verbatim>
<Directory  "C:/twiki/bin/">
    # Changing default None to All in next line, to enable .htaccess
    AllowOverride All
    Allow From All
    Options  ExecCGI
    SetHandler cgi-script
</Directory>

# Environment setup required to run Apache as service or as a
# standalone process.
<IfModule mod_env.c>
   # Adjust TZ for your server timezone, e.g. EST5EDT - put the non-daylight-savings
   # timezone code first (e.g. EST or GMT), followed by the number of hours that it's behind GMT 
   # during non-daylight-savings time (use '-5' for timezones in advance of GMT).
   SetEnv TZ GMT0BST
   SetEnv RCSINIT -x,v/
   # Adjust TEMP and TMP for your server and create directories if necessary
   SetEnv TEMP c:/temp
   SetEnv TMP c:/temp
   SetEnv LOGNAME system
   SetEnv HOME c:/twiki
</IfModule>
</verbatim>

Add an !AddHandler line to the ==&lt;IfModule mod_mime.c>== section of httpd.conf - this removes the need to rename all the TWiki CGI scripts later in the installation. Note the trailing '.' on the !AddHandler line.
<verbatim>
#
# Document types
#
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
    # TWiki setup - avoid renaming scripts
    AddHandler cgi-script .
</IfModule>
</verbatim>

---++ Install TWiki

Download the latest TWiki release and save it in the c:/twiki directory. Unzip in place.

---+++ Configure TWiki

Edit =c:/twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg= and adapt to local environment. Pay attention to the section "# variables that need to be changed when installing on a new server:". Example values (assumes cygwin-perl is being used. !ActiveState users need a different syntax. Read the real cookbook for details,):
<verbatim>
$wikiHomeUrl      = "http://yourdomain.com/bin/view";
$defaultUrlHost   = "http://yourdomain.com";
$scriptUrlPath    = "/bin";
$pubUrlPath       = "/pub";
$pubDir           = "/twiki/pub";
$templateDir      = "/twiki/templates";
$dataDir          = "/twiki/data";
$safeEnvPath      = "/bin";
$rcsDir           = "c:/cygwin/bin";
$egrepCmd         = "/bin/grep -E";
$fgrepCmd         = "/bin/grep -F";
</verbatim>

---+++ Edit the CGI Scripts

You must use the Cygwin shell to do this (unless you are a Perl expert) - don't use the Windows command shell, cmd.exe (aka DOS Prompt).  Change =#!/usr/bin/perl -wT=  _to_  =#!c:/cygwin/bin/perl -wT= . Example script to do this ([[WindowsInstallCookbook#Editing_the_CGI_scripts][explanation]]):
   * =$ perl -pi~ -e 's;#!/usr/bin/perl;#!c:/cygwin/bin/perl;' *[a-z]=

---+++ Perl module installation

From the Cygwin shell, type =export TEMP=/c/temp= (add it to =~/.profile), then fire up ==cpan== (will ask a schwack configuration questions if it hasn't been run before) and install =Net::SMTP, Digest::SHA1, MIME::Base64= 

---+++ Re-lock RCS files

Go to http://yourdomain.com/bin/testenv - this provides a lot of detail, including warnings. Write down the Apache server's userid that is given by this script - typically either 'system' or 'administrator' - I'll assume 'system' from now on.
   * backup all the twiki data files: <code>cd /twiki/data && tar czvf all-files.tar.gz */*</code>
   * Edit all the RCS files at once: <code>perl -pi~~~ -e 'NR &lt;= 10 && s/nobody:/system:/' <nop>*/*,v </code>

If something goes wrong: to restore your existing files from the backup, just type =tar xzvf all-files.tar.gz= and all your files, both .txt and .txt,v, will be back as they were before the edits.

After a few days of everything working well come back and delete the files which end with ~~~.

---+++ Email Setup

Set the =SMTPMAILHOST= variable in TWiki.TWikiPreferences to an SMTP email host that is reachable and currently working. In the same place, you also want to change =WIKIWEBMASTER= and =SMTPSENDERHOST=.

---++ Testing your TWiki Installation

   * testenv - use http://yourdomain.com/bin/testenv and check for warnings
   * Page viewing (view script) - click around a few pages and make sure the links are OK
   * RCS diffs (rdiff script) - click on the Diffs link and on the '>' links at bottom of page
   * Edit a page, and register as a new user - tests page creation, use of register script to create a new user entry in /twiki/data/.htpasswd (the Apache password file), ability to send email via Net::SMTP, and whether SMTPMAILHOST was set correctly in TWikiPreferences.
      * If you get a failure to register or send email, check the Apache error log, and that all CPAN modules were installed correctly in Step 6, Installing required Perl modules.
      * Try typing tail -30 /c/apache/logs/error_log to see last 30 errors from Apache
   * Edit a page - check revision increased and set to current date/time
   * Edit the same page using another browser or PC, logging in as a different user - check there's a lock message (which you can override) and no double lines
   * Check the Apache error_log file to see if there are any RCS errors so far
   * Index - tests whether ls and grep are working
   * Search - more tests for whether ls and grep are working
   * Attachments - tests access to /twiki/pub directory.

      * Try a binary attachment upload and check the number of bytes in the file has not changed - if it has, see the Install Cygwin section's note on the default text file type.
   * Check the Apache error_log file again

If anything doesn't work, go back and check the configuration of the Apache httpd.conf file, and TWiki.cfg. Have a look at the Apache error log, =c:/apache/logs/error_log= ,and the TWiki error log, =/twiki/data/log*.txt= ,and if necessary enable debugging on selected scripts (the commands are right at the top of each script) - the results go into =/twiki/data/debug.txt= .There is also a =/twiki/data/warning.txt= file that contains less serious messages.
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