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Getting extensions to run behind a Proxy

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      1. 1.1. Linux
      2. 1.2. Windows
    1. 2. Notes

    If your MindTouch Deki is hosted behind a proxy and you are encountering issues with MindTouch Deki extensions working, then you may be encountering issues with Deki not being able to communicate with the externally hosted Extensions.  You can work around this by running the extensions locally.  To run them locally do the following:

    Create a directory on your server in the Deki web directory and call it scripts using the following command:

    Linux

    mkdir /var/www/dekiwiki/scripts
    

    Make sure it is the same permissions as the rest of the folders, depending on what OS you are on it will vary but would be something like this:

    chown dekiwiki:www-data scripts/ 

    Then you can download the xml file by running the following (note: the dhtml extension is given as an ex):

    cd scripts
    wget http://scripts.mindtouch.com/dhtml.xml 

    Then edit the extension and set the manifest to:

    /var/www/dekiwiki/scripts/dhtml.xml 

    Then click edit extension to save it.

    This will then allow the extension to work

    Windows

    Navigate to C:\Program Files\MindTouch\MindTouch Deki\web

    Right click in the directory and create a new folder named scripts

    Download the xml files for the extensions that you want to work and add them to the scripts folder

    Then edit the extension and for manifest put the location of the xml file on your system like so:

    C:\Program Files\MindTouch\MindTouch Deki\web\scripts\dhtml.xml
    

     

    Notes

    You may want to test out an extension that calls an external webservice too to make sure that your proxy won't interfere with the xml file's access to the web. Try the Digg extension to see if it works: http://scripts.mindtouch.com/digg.xml

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    This works great for the "script" extensions.
    Is it possible to do the same for the "extension" extensions (like graphviz and Atom/RSS feeds)?
    There's no file at these locations to download.
    Posted 22:18, 15 Apr 2009
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