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MediaWiki Appliance

VM IP address not apparent

(original question) I installed the virtual appliance and it appears to be running under VMPlayer with no problem. However, the dispay states:

To configure Mediawiki, please use a web browser from another system to navigate to

However, there is no address. The space where it should be is blank. Any suggestions as to why the URL is missing?

I am running VMPlayer 2.0 under Vista Business on a dual core Thinkpad X60 with 3 Mb RAM.

Thanks.

Thanks for the question. I think [this link] should be able to help you in getting started. In the VMware window in which you launched your image, you may need to log in as user "root" (no password assigned) and run "ifconfig" to see what is assigned to the interface "eth0" as your IP address. I'm not familiar with other ways to determine IP addresses in VMware.

There is an initial configuration for your appliance at http://<hostname_or_ip>:8004 using the rPath Appliance Platform Agent; the default credentials are admin/password, and the interface requires that you step through an initial configuration.

Let us know if you still need some help getting started. --Stef 22:15, 22 August 2007 (EDT)

Got it working. I was running it while I was not connected to the internet (on the road). As soon as I connected to the internet, it assigned the IP address properly. Not sure why but it is working now. Thanks.

You have to have your appliance connected to a network with a DHCP server in order to get an IP address. One way to use the appliance in a disconnected way would be to add another ethernet adapter using the local, host-only network. This way, you would always get an IP address on the private network that VMware sets up, and you could use and configure your appliance even when disconnected from a physical network. --Smerp 10:32, 27 August 2007 (EDT)

One could maybe use Avahi to announce the web server?

Migrating to rBuilder appliance

Is it possible to migrate from an existing Mediawiki installation to the rBuilder Mediawiki appliance? I am currently running Mediawiki 1.6 but would obviously upgrade to 1.10 before I migrate to the rBuilder appliance.

Are there any procedures outlined for migrating to the appliance? Taxee 12:11, 8 August 2007 (EDT)

It is simple to migrate as the only thing migrating is the directory structure and the MySQL data. As long as you have the directory structure and a MySQL data dump, you'll be able to move across. There are no current documents that detail this process here...but there are many documents that detail migrating mediawiki installs from one server to another and these documents can assist you in any migration. --DerrickDevine 16:15, 8 August 2007 (EDT)

Extensions

I am looking at using the rPath Mediawiki appliance and was wondering whether it is possible to add extensions to the installed appliance and whether they will remain after an update.

We have developed a couple of extensions for embedding video and audio files within Mediawiki for a wiki that we are planning to launch in the next month. However, as these extensions are a critical part of the wiki, I do not want to use the Mediawiki appliance if it will preclude us from using these extensions.

What it sounds like here is that you would like to include those extensions into your appliance by default. Am I right on this assumption? If so, there are ways you can get the plugins into MediaWiki by default. First and foremost, make sure they are currently installed before you migrate. Next, you'll have to alter the build for the mediawiki appliance. This can be done by starting your own rBuilder Online project and checking out the Mediawiki appliance and basing your new appliance on it. It will require a bit of learning though to do this. Most extensions on mediawiki are relatively easy to install though...so it shouldn't be a problem even to install these after appliance deployment --DerrickDevine 16:19, 8 August 2007 (EDT)

Thanks for your time! Taxee 11:48, 8 August 2007 (EDT)

Taxee 11:48, 8 August 2007 (EDT)

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