Apache symlinks in Leopard

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Apache symlinks in Leopard

I'm installing the Koha library catalog system on an OS X 10.5.7 server. Because of the other services running on the computer, I want to use the built-in Apache, MySQL, etc. After some struggles building some CPAN modules, I am pretty sure that I have everything up and running.

I used the instructions here <http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=koha 3_install_guide_ubuntuhardy> as a guide, but altered some methods in order to get them to work with the standard Leopard Server install. Everything runs, but I am wondering what the purpose of one particular command line code is:

+sudo a2enmod rewrite && sudo a2ensite koha+

I've read the documentation and they both refer to creating symlinks for the user in question (koha), but I am not sure if the command is necessary on Leopard.

iMac 20", MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jul 16, 2009 2:35 PM

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Camelot

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Jul 16, 2009 6:31 PM in response to J-Unit

I am wondering what the purpose of one particular command line code is:
sudo a2enmod rewrite && sudo a2ensite koha

http://www.penguin-soft.com/penguin/man/8/a2enmod.html

a2enmod is a command to enable an Apache module. You can achieve the same thing by editing /etc/apache2/httpd.conf and uncommenting the line for the rewrite module:

LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so

Note that this is enabled by default, so shouldn't be necessary anyway.

a2ensite creates a symlink from your site's actual configuration file to the directory that Apache's actually looking in. I have no idea why they decided to do it that way, and isn't the way that Mac OS X Server employs Apache. If you've configured your site via Server Admin, this step is irrelevant, too.

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Jul 17, 2009 9:11 AM in response to Camelot

Camelot wrote:

I am wondering what the purpose of one particular command line code is:
sudo a2enmod rewrite && sudo a2ensite koha

http://www.penguin-soft.com/penguin/man/8/a2enmod.html

a2enmod is a command to enable an Apache module. You can achieve the same thing by editing /etc/apache2/httpd.conf and uncommenting the line for the rewrite module:

LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so

Note that this is enabled by default, so shouldn't be necessary anyway.

a2ensite creates a symlink from your site's actual configuration file to the directory that Apache's actually looking in. I have no idea why they decided to do it that way, and isn't the way that Mac OS X Server employs Apache. If you've configured your site via Server Admin, this step is irrelevant, too.

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for. I hadn't noticed any change in functionality, but I am writing some install docs for the software and wanted to make sure I had more information. The way the software goes about this stuff is kind of logical, it just doesn't flow into the Leopard server default install very well.

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