22 Jan
2008
22 Jan
'08
8:38 p.m.
Vincent Massol wrote:
On Jan 22, 2008, at 5:57 PM, justanotheradress(a)gmail.com
<mailto:justanotheradress@gmail.com> wrote:
I second that. All you need to know about configuring XWiki so that it
works behind httpd and tomcat is already documented. Setting up httpd,
tomcat and the link between them (mod_proxy or mod_jk) is NOT something
XWiki must document. For example, the documentation for a game should
contain information about installing Windows, DirectX, drivers for the
video card, where to get a joystick from and how to install such a
device? I say no. The same is true here. XWiki is a web application,
comes packaged as a .war, and it is installed as any other .war.
Sergiu
On Jan 22, 2008 11:40 AM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net
<mailto:vincent@massol.net>> wrote:
then you shouldn't try to install it!
You could use an already setup xwiki farm instead.
-Vincent
<http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs>
Boah, that's a bit harsh, don't you think? It's like the old Linux
developer behavior. I like to play with new technology, but I'm not a
developer. I'm just a student who spend some spare time on IT-topics.
I do that because it's fun for me and because I think, when I'm
becoming a manager in a company, I understand the IT guys better and
that helps both sides. You on the other hand tell me I shouldn't do
that. Thanks a lot.
No, no you've misunderstood me :)
You were saying in your emails that you didn't want to try installing
xwiki and that you wanted to pay someone to do it for you. Hence my
suggestion to use an already installed version for testing/using XWiki
(i.e. a farm install like netcipia, the pro xwiki.com farm, etc).
I'm more than happy that you install it, actually I even prefer that. If
you follow this list archive you'll see we've always been supportive and
answered questions from people trying to install it. However since
people are going to donate their time to help you, all we ask is that in
return you help the project in some way. For example you can do this by
improving the documentation or by writing a tutorial for newbie, etc.
I think our misunderstanding came from the email I saw from you where
you stated that you were not technical and that you wanted someone to do
the install for you..
XWiki is very easy to install. Takes less than 10 seconds if you follow
the packaged distribution. Now if you want to do fancy things (which you
said you wanted to do) it's another matter which is btw completely
separate from XWiki (Apache has nothing to do with xwiki, same as
configuring your OS, knowing how to install a specific database, etc).
Thanks
-Vincent
Thanks to the Howtos on www.Howtoforge.com
<http://www.Howtoforge.com>
I'm running a secured dedicated Debian server with fully automated
backup jobs, firewall and so forth and I'm not even a "real" Linux
freak. I was able to run a CMS with a forum, over 400 active members
and over 1 Terabyte traffic a month (in 2 years, my server was not one
time down). So what's the point? Technology is only for guys who
studied it? Well, I thought technology is only as good as ppl can use
it. Right now you think XWIKI is only good to use it as a user, but I
believe with a little bit more polished documentation, advanced users
(I'm not talking about my grandma) could (I'm not saying they have to)
be able to install it by themself. That's all I was asking (not
demanding, that's a big difference!) for.