Re: [VuFind-Tech] VF2 multiple configurations: need Apache expert advice

[John W. <joh...@un...>]

Ah yes.  Missed that small part about the shared public directory.  Just
thinking out loud.

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Demian Katz <dem...@vi...>wrote:

>  The problem is that there is only one public directory -- all the
> instances share the same public/index.php; we just load different
> configuration files based on environment variables set up by Apache... and
> it's the conditional setting of these variables that is failing in the
> current configuration.
>
> As I just mentioned in a follow-up to my original message, I did discover
> a workaround that, similar to your suggestion, relies on having a different
> public directory for each instance (or, at least, simulating different
> directories by using symbolic links).  I really don't like it much, but at
> least it offers some kind of solution.
>
> Now if we can find a solution that a) doesn't create duplicate stuff in
> the file system and b) can be easily automated through install.php in a
> cross-platform way, I'll be really happy.  But at least I can rest easy
> that Monday's beta release can be made to work in a multisite
> configuration, even if it's not especially pretty.  For a beta, that's good
> enough... but we should improve this before the true 2.0 release.
>
> - Demian
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* John Wynstra [joh...@un...]
> *Sent:* Friday, September 28, 2012 2:06 PM
> *To:* Demian Katz
> *Cc:* vuf...@li...
> *Subject:* Re: [VuFind-Tech] VF2 multiple configurations: need Apache
> expert advice
>
>  Just a thought. If I am understanding this correctly,  what about moving
> the directory based configurations over to a .htaccess file in the
> respective directories instances.  Things like the rewrite rules and
> rewrite base directives?
>
>  Disclaimer - I don't claim to be an Apache expert.
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Demian Katz <dem...@vi...>wrote:
>
>>  I've been testing and documenting VuFind 2.0's multisite capabilities
>> -- the fact that you can set up multiple configurations for a single
>> instance of VuFind -- and am running into some unexpected problems.
>>
>> There are ideally two ways to do this -- host-based (site1.vufind.org,
>> site2.vufind.org, etc.) or directory-based configuration (
>> vufind.org/site1, vufind.org/site2, etc.).
>>
>> I thought the host-based configuration would be the hard part, but that
>> seems to work quite nicely.
>>
>> I'm having trouble with the directory-based configuration, however.  It
>> appears that if you load multiple instances of VuFind's default
>> httpd-vufind.conf file, the RewriteBase directives conflict with one
>> another, and only the last-loaded configuration works properly.  I've been
>> banging my head against this all day and can't find a good solution.  It
>> probably requires reinventing the mod_rewrite configuration.  I don't want
>> to make the default configuration incredibly complicated just to satisfy
>> this one edge case.
>>
>> Any brilliant ideas?  You can learn more about the current state of the
>> art here:
>>
>> http://vufind.org/wiki/vufind2:installing_multiple_instances
>>
>> thanks,
>> Demian
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Got visibility?
>> Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like.
>> Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite.
>> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y?
>> http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html
>> _______________________________________________
>> Vufind-tech mailing list
>> Vuf...@li...
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vufind-tech
>>
>>
>
>
>  --
> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> John Wynstra
> Library Information Systems Specialist
> Rod Library
> University of Northern Iowa
> Cedar Falls, IA  50613
> wy...@un...
> (319)273-6399
> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
>
>


-- 
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
John Wynstra
Library Information Systems Specialist
Rod Library
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA  50613
wy...@un...
(319)273-6399
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>