Hi Tim,
One of the main problems there is that you're using localhost in your
configuration - which as it stands is not accessable outside your
physical pc by design (this applies pretty much to all operating
systems). This is because localhost is treated as a special entity.
For XWiki to understand what you're wanting to do, you're going to have
to use the actual name of the pc where XWiki is installed (and not
localhost or even the ip address for that matter). If you're on a
TCP/IP network, each pc on the network requires a name - so you should
already have a domain name to work with. In my case, I'm using a deep
domain name ([
virtualname].servername.d1.d2.domain.com, with altered
[virtualname]'s for each virtual xwiki instance) which XWiki uses
without any problems.
-> Instead of a virtual XWiki, you could try to run seperate full xwiki
installations - I'm not sure if the linking is fixed yet (it was a bug
when v1.0Beta1 was released); if it is fixed this is as simple as
copying the xwiki folder to a new name once the war is expanded by
tomcat.
Accessing the different xwiki sites would be a matter of changing the
\xwiki\ string in the URL (if that makes sense - it's late wednesday and
I had an really early morning).
-> On the other hand, if you're really keen on a virtual XWiki setup and
you've got access to a knowledgable network administrator you'll
probably find the configuration will take a few minutes; whether using
LMHOSTS (a very bad idea for more than a handful of workstations on a
network), or setting up DNS forward addresses.
PS: Please keep all replies/queries in the group, this ensures that this
problem can be researched in future. Also, as my domain stems from
________________________________
From: Campbell, Timothy D [mailto:tcampbell106@wssu.edu]
Sent: 13 June 2007 16:33
To: Esbach, Brandon
Subject: Virtual XWiki problems
Brandon,
While following the documentation, I followed all the steps and created
all necessary documents(except for network pointers) and classes but the
problem comes when I try to fill in the server spot for the page. I put
localhost one time and it gave me the fresh database but replaced my old
database. Basically, I need to know how I can do this using Tomcat since
the directions are mostly focused on domain names and I am not using a
web host for this project. Any information you need or steps that I took
let me know.
Thanks,
Tim
PS
http://localhost/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ (this is the address of my main
wiki)