SID-00547: How to configure TWiki on NFS

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.2.4	Perl version:	5.10.0
Category:	CategoryDeployment	Server OS:	SLES 10 SP2	Last update:	10 years ago

I am trying to create a load-balanced site. I have apache, perl and TWiki locally installed on each of my two web servers. Apache's web home is set to local installation dir. Configure shows:

{PubUrlPath} /twiki/pub

{PubDir} /nfs/twiki/pub

{DataDir} /nfs/twiki/data

The content is displaying, but images, attachments and any reference to pub dir is still looking local.

Are there any best practices for this setup? I know this is how twiki.org is setup and have read of the issues encountered, but there is no mention as to how apache and twiki are configured.

-- JosephMecca - 2009-10-05

Discussion and Answer

On twiki.org we have this setup:

The directories bin  lib  locale  templates  tools are in a twiki dir on the local webserver.

The directories data  html  pub  working are in a twiki-shared dir on the storage server.

Configure the following TWiki settings accordingly: {PubDir}, {DataDir}, {WorkingDir}, {Htpasswd}{FileName}, {ConfigurationLogName}, {DebugFileName}, {WarningFileName}, {LogFileName}.

Configure Apache to point twiki/bin and twiki/pub to the proper nfs mounted directory.

-- PeterThoeny - 2009-10-05

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-- PeterThoeny - 2009-11-23

I am also trying to create a load-balanced site and I have also installed apache, perl and Twiki locally on both the servers. I am trying to replicate the data between the two servers using NFS. However if the lib is on the local webserver will the plugins i install on one twiki server get updated on the second one?

-- TWiki Guest - 2016-01-21

Best to open a new support question with details. I am not clear what you mean by "replicate the data". See also LargeSite.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2016-01-22

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