Recent Posts by kamko

Topic: Trac / .htaccess forwarding in the /apache2/htdocs directory?

Your welcome antonio! I’m glad to help: i’m sure I’m not the only one with this question and i’m glad to help the bitnami community.

I read in the main forum that you’re transitioning from bitnami forum support. Perhaps I can help with bitnami.

Can you private message me as well, or have the your colleague message me. Or send me an email at the address I registered with for the forums. I’d like to ask a followup question on this thread on how I can help however I need some input on it over email before I just go ahead and post away.

Thanks, and your help has really been valuable. I’ve learned so much from your posts.

Topic: Trac / .htaccess forwarding in the /apache2/htdocs directory?

Ah, found the answer.

Here’s the step by step process to make the top level ”/apache2/htdocs directory” enable redirects via mod_alias (ie: a visit to index.html will be forwarded to another page due to an .htaccess file’s Redirect instruction).

I have tested this and this should work on a vanilla, just created, instance of the bitnami Trac stack. (PLEASE verify though)

Open the httpd.confg file and where the <directory /> </ Directory> command is, replace with either [note: if possible, please tell me which is better so we can update this thread!]

<Directory />
  Options FollowSymLinks 
  AllowOverride All
  Order deny,allow
  Deny from all
  Satisfy all
</Directory>

Or:

<Directory />
   Options All
   AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Also, under :

<Directory "/home/falconviewuserssh/trac-0.10.4-9/apache2/htdocs">

update the AllowOverride attribute, from:

  AllowOverride None 

to:

    AllowOverride All 

Finally: make an .htaccess file and give it the following instruction:

Redirect /index.html http://domain.com/trac/our_proj

Please reply back if you had a chance to verify the instructions above. Thanks!

Topic: Trac / .htaccess forwarding in the /apache2/htdocs directory?

Antonio,

thanks for responding.

Which module are we talking about? Hmm, The guy in the last post never got a chance to followup on the post.

Do I need to turn on mod_rewrite?

When I check the mod_rewrite doc at: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_rewrite.html

That website doesn’t mention specifically the ‘Redirect’ command in htaccess anywhere … it does talk about Rewrite rules a lot though, but I think I’m looking for info on Redirect.

Topic: Trac / .htaccess forwarding in the /apache2/htdocs directory?

Hello,

Hopefully from what I did so far, this doesn’t come off as a newbie question. I did look at another user’s post in the forum on htaccess config with joomla [1] that I thought was useful but perhaps someone can provide some insight here:

Steps so far:

I created an .htaccess file in the /apache2/htdocs directory to redirect. it had this instruction only:

Redirect /index.html http://domain.com/trac/our_proj

That by itself didn’t work.

I found in the httpd.conf file that AllowOverride was set to “AllowOverride None” so i changed it to:
AllowOverride All

still didn’t work.

Are there any are additional settings anywhere that I need to modify for .htaccess files to work?

[1] http://bitnami.org/forums/forums/3/topics/741 – I want to get some guidance before I start messing around more with the comments in this thread so that I know I’m on the right track and doing the steps to get this to work…

Topic: Trac / How to prepare for future bitnami Trac update?

Hey Antonio,

Trying to be thorough here with this post. Bear with me. ;)

Let me clarify on the question that you requested more information on, where you mentioned:

• I don’t think I really understand this one

So, to install trac, we install trac by using the following file (at present time this is true, at least): bitnami-trac-0.10.4-9-linux-installer.bin

Obviously, that file is a binary and we all know that is not possible for one to ‘review’ binaries in a text editor like they would source code. However, will the update from trac-0.10.4-9 to trac.-0.11 be:

a. a closed, unable to be viewed, binary file (as well) or
b. something transparent, like a script

I think some of this question could possibly have been answered when you mentioned above that you guys
“usually create new installers” for an upgrade instead of a “upgrade script”. However, I feel similarly that Trac upgrading ‘doesn’t seem as simple’ and has quite a few dependencies.

• If there’s a “new installer” then I understand that chances are it’s going to be a binary. Afterwards, system admins will just have to migrate the data.
• If it’s an ‘upgrade’ script, however, then it is possible system admins may need/want to review it?

The only reason I ask is that people modify their Trac installations, and they may want to review what happens in an update.

For instance, I use some plugins with my trac installation, so I might really need to know what’s in the update script to make sure the upgrade is compatible and so I can do testing before I certify the update for my installation of Trac. If there is a problem, I’ll like to know what I have to do to adjust my settings so that the upgrade will function. :)

Topic: Trac / Updated version of the Trac stack ? ...

jphlechene, Can you provide a link to the “post on the bitnami website to describes the manipulation required to manually update from 0.10.4-9 to 0.11”? I’m having some trouble locating it. :/

In addition, since I notice now it’s February 2009 and this thread was last updated in September 2008, if any information on updating that was published then is now outdated, please forward me to a better source if you know of it.

Topic: Trac / How to prepare for future bitnami Trac update?

hi,

I noticed jphlechene’s post dated Sep 25, 2008 7:53AM (http://bitnami.org/forums/forums/18/topics/664#posts-2404) asking about the plans for an updated Trac Stack. However, my question is different but in the same area.

I am currently using Trac to manage a project and I was wondering how the update process will work before our team customizes or modifies Trac / SVN / Apache in any way, which I fear could make more difficult or jeopardize our ability to update Trac via the bitnami process.

• Once a Trac update is released, how will the update process look? (just clarify a little bit… maybe some other stacks have had an update released that you think I should take a look at?)

• Will there some script involved in the process, or will it be manual or even a split between manual and automatic?

• I know the bitnami Trac install script had source code I couldn’t read (it seemed like a binary), will the update script be open to review? The only reason I ask is given that people modify their Trac installations and may want to review what happens in an update given this fact.

• Will the bitnami Trac Stack update also include updates for SVN, Apache in addition to Trac? (Again, I don’t know what to expect)

kamko