Re: [BackupPC-users] Install config questions

[Arch W. <ar...@tu...>]

That worked...thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: Curt Grimley [mailto:Curt@CMGrimley.net]
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 3:05 PM
To: Arch Willingham
Cc: bac...@li...
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Install config questions


Arch Willingham wrote:
> I installed Backup PC 3.0 a while back. I remember going through a lot =
of websites trying to get it configured but it worked. That machine is =
no longer available and I am trying to install it again (Fedora FC7). In =
going through the install script, I have run into a couple places I =
don't understand.
>
> *	CGI bin Directory - Instructions say "You should decide where the =
BackupPC CGI script resides. This will usually be below Apache's cgi-bin =
directory." but where is "Apache's cgi-bin directory"? How do I find it? =
I did a search for "cgi-bin" and found one at "/var/www/cgi-bin"...is =
that it??
> *	Apache image directory - Instructions say "A directory where =
BackupPC's images are stored so that Apache can serve them. This should =
be somewhere under Apache's DocumentRoot directory.". Again, where is =
"Apache's DocumentRoot directory"?
>
>  =20
Hi Arch,

I don't know about Fedora Core 7, but generally there are two flavors of =

Apache, version 1 & 2.   You can learn about the different versions =
here:
    http://httpd.apache.org/

First you should review your FC7 installation to make sure Apache is=20
installed, this might not happen if you chose a "workstation"=20
configuration over a "server" configuration during installation.=20

More specifically, you need to investigate the configuration of your=20
apache installation.  You will be looking into the contents of a file=20
called httpd.conf.  Here is a good basic description of apache=20
configuration... a description of the various directories will be found=20
about 60% of the way into the article.
    =
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/apache/2000/03/02/configuring_apache.html

The "DocumentRoot" directory is the place that represents the main=20
directory ( / ) on your web server and is accessible as=20
"http://myserver/" through your browser. An "image" directory would be=20
located in that directory, and accessible as "http://myserver/image"=20
through your browser.=20

If your installation is new, it is possible that you may have to create=20
an image directory within the document root directory.

The cgi-bin location is indicated by a "ScriptAlias" directive.

You will need to inspect your apache configuration file (httpd.conf) to=20
confirm these things.

If /var/www is your server's main directory (called "ServerRoot" as=20
opposed to "DocumentRoot"), it probably is organized like this, with=20
respect to your questions:

    /var/www/cgi-bin/      ScriptAlias
    /var/www/htdocs/      Document Root
    /var/www/htdocs/image   A directory that can be used to store image=20
files.
             (The name of the directory isn't important, it is just=20
where YOU want the image files stored.)

~ Curt