Hi, If you really need professional services to help the XWiki SAS company can certainly help (http://xwiki.com). However the cost won't be 50$ (or 50 euros) but much higher. From a professional organization you won't get this for less than 1000-1500 euros I'd say. From an individual you could get it done from 500 to 1000 euros. Of course you could also try to do the install yourself or ask a friend to do it for you... The xwiki documentation is enough to get xwiki installed (provided you have some minimal J2EE knowledge - Servlet especially). I don't understand this part of your mail ;) There are already how to on how to install xwiki. Maybe you meant something else? Thanks -Vincent

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>

On Jan 22, 2008, at 5:57 PM, justanotheradress(a)gmail.com <mailto:justanotheradress@gmail.com> wrote: 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

Ok, sorry that for the misunderstanding on both sides :) But I'm nevertheless not agree with Sergiu (but that doesn't matter). I'll try to figure out how to do a running installation and then I'll write a complete A-Z Howto for a Xwiki-Installation (for my chosen apps/OS) and post it afterwards under Xwiki.org.

On Jan 22, 2008 2:38 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu &lt;sergiu(a)xwiki.com&gt; wrote: Vincent Massol wrote: not a topics. and installing XWiki that. If supportive and that in this by etc. where to do follow (which you etc). 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 > 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 not one use but I users have to) >> be able to install it by themself. That's all I was asking (not >> demanding, that's a big difference!) for. _______________________________________________ devs mailing list devs(a)xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list devs(a)xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs

Hi, JAA! Surely this HowTo will help, but the problem could be that the number of combinations database/software platform/servlet tend to infinite... Please, what do you miss in the available installation pages? For instance, considering you want to install a full-featured wiki system like the one provided by XWiki Enterprise, what do you miss here... http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Installation#HInstallin… I am sure your experience will help to improve this wiki document. HTH, Ricardo

justanotheradress wrote the Localhost can be replaced by any host name, yourcomputer.yourdomain.com, resolved by a DNS (domain name server) or simply include in the host file of your system. But you can skip this part until you have a running system accessible at http://localhost/xwiki/... This part has nothing to do with XWiki by itself but with general Internet functioning issues. Forget about it at the moment. If you have a running Tomcat instance it will probably be accessible at http://localhost:8080. The number after : is the port number at witch the standalone Tomcat http server is running. As you are running Tomcat as a servlet container, xwiki must be copied to your /webapps folder. If you have installed Tomcat by yourself, you must know where its folder is. It could be under /usr/share, or under /Library/Tomcat,... I've no Debian distribution running here. Sorry. As per security: concerns about security can be as bigger as you want!!! Physical security? Logical security? Encryption? Users management?... Once again, I will delay this issue until you gain some experience working with a local installation. If you have a Firewall installed, probably nobody can access your 8080 port from the Internet. I think you could follow this thread at the users list. This devs one is devoted to developing aspects with witch your doubts has few or nothing to do. Hope this helps, Ricardo

justanotheradress wrote: Well, the mod_proxy thing does not work it seems. I can only access the wiki with "MyIP:8180/wiki". I will leave the Apache part blank in the upcoming Howto. One thing that bothers me is the performance. I don't know whether it's a configuration issue or if it's XWIKI or Tomcat itself. Everytime I click on a link it connects dozens of times to the server and needs couple of seconds to load a page (up to 10 long seconds). It has roughly the same speed as XWIKI.org but I guess XWIKI.org has way more load, or? Usually my server is fast and right now not under any load. AMD 3400+ 1GB RAM 100mbit/s Ping (from Canada to Germany, where the server is): ~18ms Is that in anyway known?

justanotheradress wrote: Ok, I think I got it. My ping is not 18ms but 180ms and with those many connections it add's up of course (the speed itself is ok, just the ping not). Is it maybe planned to reduce those connections? this would help a lot if your server is on another continent ;)