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Q: Wiki doesn't load - temp firewall tweak required

My OSX Server (10.10.5) wiki was working fine before installing an OS security update and the Server app update (5.0.15) and rebooting. Now the wiki won't load.

 

It returns the error when trying to load it in a browser,


"Wiki service is turned off.

An administrator can turn it on using the Server application."

 

 

Yet both 'Websites' and 'Wiki' services are indeed running. Both are on with the green dot next to the service name.

I've tried turning both off and on again, and rebooting the server.

 

Checking the receipts directory shows that these were installed:

 

com.apple.noticeboard.notification.elcapitan.1.0.bom

com.apple.pkg.XProtectPlistConfigData.14U4033.bom

com.apple.pkg.Safari9.0.2Yosemite.bom

com.apple.pkg.update.security.14F1509.2015.006.bom

com.apple.update.firmwareupdate.bom

 

The system.log shows these errors over and over:

 

Dec 16 16:18:38 clswiki com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.collabd.notifications[2038]): Service exited with abnormal code: 1

Dec 16 16:18:38 clswiki com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.collabd.notifications): Service only ran for 8 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 2 seconds.

 

Dec 16 16:19:19 clswiki.ucsf.edu servermgr_accounts[1558]: idle exit

Dec 16 16:19:19 clswiki.ucsf.edu servermgr_info[1531]: Dispatcher: servermgr_accounts plugin disconnected

 

 

 

Before posting this question to the community I tried one thing to see if it would fix it and it indeed did.

 

  1. I selected the server within Server.app.
  2. I clicked on Access
  3. I changed 'default network access' to 'all networks' instead of 'only some networks', which was working before
  4. I changed 'default network access' back to 'only some networks' and added the networks intended


This fixed it.


Does anyone know what is causing this?

Xserve, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Dec 16, 2015 4:32 PM