This page provides checklists to debug installation issues - lists of things that need to be in place for Deki Wiki to install and run perfectly.

Note: Where no details are given below, see the Installation Guides...

Common List

General
  1. ImageMagick Ver.... or above
  2. Aspell Ver.... or above with the English Dictionary
  3. PHP 5.2.x
  4. Apache 2.2.x
  5. MySQL 5.0.x
  6. .NET Ver 2.0 runtime / Mono
  7. No firewalls/anti-virus/ISA server that blocks the following ports
    1. 8080(http)
    2. 3306(MySQL) - unless you use a different port (see Variations From Standard Installations)
    3. 8081 (dekihost)
  8. No other web-servers (such as IIS) or other applications running on any of the above ports.
  9. Etc....?
PHP
  1. Must be configured to run with Apache Module 2.2.x (how to ?)
  2. In PHP.ini:
    1. extension=php_curl.dll
    2. extension=php_gd2.dll
    3. extension=php_mysql.dll
    4. extension=php_mysqli.dll
    5. extension=php_mbstring.dll
    6. extension=php_mime_magic.dll
    7. short_open_tag = On
  3. ...
MySQL
  1. In my.ini:
    1. Sql-mode DOES NOT contain NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER
    2. Remember to restart MySQL after editting configuration
  2. Runs on port 3306 (see Variations From Standard Installations for configuring other ports...)
  3. ...
Apache
  1. In Httpd.conf:
    1. LoadModule php5_module "c:/Program Files/PHP/php5apache2_2.dll"
    2. LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
    3. LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
    4. LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so
    5. Under <Directory /> have "Allow from all"
    6. Have a Virtual Host created for Deki
    7. Remember to restart Apache after editting configuration
  2. ...
Anti-Virus
  1. Add Apache.exe to exclusion list in Internet Monitors (eg. IMON in NOD32)

Specific Lists

Debian

  

  

Windows
Files - BEFORE running Deki Wiki's web installation:
  1. Add 127.0.0.1 deki-hayes to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

      

  2. LocalSettings.php and AdminSettings.php should NOT exist in C:\Deki-Hayes\web\
Files - AFTER running Deki Wiki's web installation:
  1. LocalSettings.php in C:\Deki-Hayes\web\
    1. Must contain valid database username, password, and databasename
    2. ...
  2. AdminSettings.php in C:\Deki-Hayes\web\
    1. Must(?) contain ...
    2. ...
  3. ...
Windows 2000 (as it differs from Windows above)

.NET 2.0 does not support http.sys which is required for the dekiwiki service.  To get things up and running you'll need to use Mono. 

Windows Vista  (as it differs from Windows above)

  

Windows SBS 2003 (as it differs from Windows above)

  

  

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Deki Wiki looks great (aside from the resource requirements, which are a bit burdensome).

Regarding the instructions here: it does not inspire a lot of confidence that anyone with an OpenID can modify this page!
Posted 16:41, 6 Jan 2008
BTW: I added a line, and immediately deleted it.
Posted 16:42, 6 Jan 2008
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