Wiki's - Where are they stored on Server?

From the web admin guide you can download from the leopard server support page.

Restoring Deleted Wiki Pages
Wiki files are stored in a file system, so backup is just like backing up ordinary files. The
default files are kept in the /Library/Collaboration/Groups/<groupname>/ folder.

it would be best to back up the whole /Library/Collaboration folder.

It does seem to create some .db files in /Library/Collaboration etc, so I am going to assume we should not manipulate the files in typical ways.

The index.db files in the groups' folders are just that: indices. The revisions.db files inside each page bundle contain the page's history. Throwing away a page's revisions.db file will result in a loss of page history. Throwing away the group's index.db file, however, is harmless. In fact, we may periodically delete these index files ourselves, in future software updates.

Backing up these flat files wholesale should work fine. Do be aware that we match up group GUIDs as well as names when displaying content; if you set up a group with the same name on a new directory, you will need to edit the group's metadata.plist file with the new GUID.

Ah, that's my problem. Where can I find the group new GUID's? I moved my collaboration files over from a back up, but my group #'s are different. I need to edit metadata.plist with the new numbers. Thanks.

If you open up the metadata.plist file (inside the group's folder in your data store) you'll see it.

Thanks for the quick reply, I did find the file. However, the real problem is that I did a fresh install, and wanted to recover the web/wiki files from a backup so I replaced the NEW collaboration folder with the OLD one. Now I think my group GUID's don't match, resulting in a 503 error (service unavailable) when I try to load the site. I was hoping to find a file where the NEW GUID's are stored so I could insert them into the metadata.plist file.

Is this possible, or should I start over? If I should start over with a new install, how do I restore existing group pages?

Thanks for any thoughts on this.

Ref: Apple.com >Support>Discussions> Mac OS X Server v10.5 Leopard > Web
Item: Replacing/Restoring Wiki data – seems to break Wiki entry by Doug Whitmore
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5739048&#5739048


Based on this:
Ensure the groups in LDAP Open Directory are the same Long and short named as in the group data files.
In Workgroup Manager using the Inspector for the Group:
Change each Generated UID (GUID) in LDAP to be the same as the old metadata.plist.
Install the previous Collaboration folder in the new data store location to be used by the web service.
Change the Owner and Permissions of Collaboration and files to
Owner: _teamsserver -rwx, Group: _teamsserver -rwx, Others: -rx.

Thanks this is very helpful. One thing though, where do I find the full group GUID in Workbook Manager? All I see is the short GID. The string in metadata.plist is much longer. Thanks!

WGM -> Group -> your group -> Inspector -> Generated UID -> Edit

You'll see it is all there. Copy from metadata.plist and paste into the edit window. Save with OK then Save for the group.