Wiki Service error message (continuous) in OS X Server (ML) 2.2

basilmir wrote:

I was editing collabcore.plist and somehow i broke wiki 4 then it started to error out and no fix... put the original file back in... corrected permissions... restarted... nada.

Not that i encorage you to do this but i had the exact same issue.

I deleted the Server App and redownloaded. I asked me to setup a "new server" and i did using the same settings and name as the old one... it picked up the settings of the old one and wiki is up and running.

I kept my fingers crossed through the ordeal.

Not that it's too important, but exactly what steps did you use to delete Server? Drag to trash?

When installing from the old 2.1 I simply did an install from the MAS download. Perhaps that was my mistake- not deleting the old app first. Use of MAS does not make this intuitive.

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Jon G. Hall wrote:

Hi HenryS,

Re: your message on https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4581564?answerId=20580801022#20580801022

I found the best information on what went wrong with my Server upgrade (but not how to fix it!) in Console, under /Library/Logs/PromfileManager/devidemgrd.log

Perhaps there's a log corresponding to Wiki Server there too?

Best wishes, Jon

Message was edited by: Jon G. Hall

Thanks, Jon. I will look further at this and report back if anything can be found on Wiki Server. I guess you saw the previous post about un-installing and re-installing Server2.2. Did you try this? Was it successful?

basilmir wrote:

Copy it somewhere else. Then trash the server app. Wait and the mac will display a box informing you the server app is gone and services have stopped. Download the new app from the app store.

Thanks, basilmir. Will try that. In my case, the version 2.2 is presently installed, will remove that (copy to another location off the drive), wait for the message, then reinstall fresh DL from MAS (if they allow that). Otherwise will re-install from web site or saved download of 2.2.

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basilmir wrote:

Copy it somewhere else. Then trash the server app. Wait and the mac will display a box informing you the server app is gone and services have stopped. Download the new app from the app store.

Tried and did NOT solve the problem. The new server install produced the error immediately after completing the install.

greenvespa wrote:

I've got the same problem, but I don't want to reinstall Server App because i don't want to lose users (open directory) and mails. I've got "Error reading settings" on Profile Manager and Wiki (Calendar and Messages are OK).

Any others ideas to solve this problem without reinstalling?

The saving of users may not be a problem. All my settings came back using the procedure described by basilmir for me (don't know what will happen for you, but assume the same). Don't know specific procedure to save your settings but assume that a full backup would be the 100% sure way to insure this.

My point though is that the procedure given doesn't fix the problem. I am contacting Apple Support on this. It is possible that I had this problem in a previous install and upgrading did not cure, though did not notice Wiki errors. As stated, I do not use Wiki Server functionality and it is turned off, yet the errors recur. Several other threads exist on this type of issue and it affects several other Server settings as you describe (with Profile Manager) whether enabled or not and it occurs in previous versions too. You would think that Apple would have weighed in on this by now. To date, have seen no KB or official support threads, have you?

For anyone interested in some instruction and info about servers, be advised that Apple moved several documentation links around (even the references in the published documents here give wrong locations).

For manuals on OS X (ML) Server for OS X 10.6.x, check here. Reading the book is sometimes step one.

Hope to gain some knowledge from current manuals on the latest server version (I feel ill at ease with command line operation of Server). I found four manuals listed, however many other bits are referred to in the manuals themselves. Beware that most (all?) reference pages in the manuals have been relocated and are not updated in the manuals. Documentation is rapidly becoming difficult for Server due to the many versions and new features introduced that do not seem to be well supported in documentation. Hmmph!

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basilmir wrote:

Those are old manuals. These are the ones you are looking for.

The OS X Server (Mountain Lion) Advanced Server Administration Guide

https://help.apple.com/advancedserveradmin/mac/10.8/

Yes, thanks (had it confused with Snow Leopard 10.6). Still has old stuff though, like about monitoring XServes with an app...? Perhaps because you can still use with XServe? I would love a GUI interface. Sadly that no longer exists.

H