Topic: Anyone got ViewVC working ?

[mpfj]

I'm looking to install ViewVC and thought I'd just check to see if anyone had attempted this previously and, if so, managed to get it working ?

Cheers

[mmccarn]

From the viewvc install doc on github, it looks like this should work:
- install the required prerequisites
- run the viewvc install script
- create an ibay to hold viewvc.  During creation, set 'Execution of dynamic content (CGI, PHP, SSI)' to 'Enabled'.
- copy the viewvc "cgi" scripts into the "cgi-bin" folder of the new ibay

[Jean-Philippe Pialasse]

You have a rpm on epel. This would help getting the needed dependencies sorted out.

Then you will just need to create a fragment for  httpd

[mpfj]

Okay, almost working as intended:-

(1) Install viewvc via yum

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yum --enablerepo=epel install viewvc
(2) Create new ibay called “viewvc”, and enable cgi execution

(3) Copy the viewvc CGI scripts:-

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cp /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/viewvc/bin/cgi/* /home/e-smith/files/ibays/viewvc/cgi-bin
SVN repos are now visible by visiting <server>/viewvc/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi ... 

What I'd now like to achieve is to create an http Alias from /viewvc to /viewvc/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi.
I've created a custom VirtualHost template (80ViewVCRedirect) as follows:-

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{
  $OUT  = "";
  $OUT .= "\n";
  $OUT .= "# Redirect viewvc to CGI script.\n";
  $OUT .= "ScriptAlias /viewvc /home/e-smith/files/ibays/viewvc/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi\n";
}
... but there's already an (auto-generated) Alias for /viewvc in the httpd.conf file, so I get the warning:-

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[warn] The ScriptAlias directive will probably never match because it overlaps an earlier Alias
Can anyone tell me how to achieve this top-level alias ?

[Jean-Philippe Pialasse]

Okay, almost working as intended:-

(1) Install viewvc via yum

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yum --enablerepo=epel install viewvc
(2) Create new ibay called “viewvc”, and enable cgi execution

(3) Copy the viewvc CGI scripts:-

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cp /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/viewvc/bin/cgi/* /home/e-smith/files/ibays/viewvc/cgi-bin

that is not what I suggest to do, and i would not do that, as you lose all the good side of having the rpm version and the support provided for updates.
You donot have to create an ibay, just to create an appropriate fragment to allow to navigate to the package web root
see our wiki for example

SVN repos are now visible by visiting <server>/viewvc/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi ... 

What I'd now like to achieve is to create an http Alias from /viewvc to /viewvc/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi.
I've created a custom VirtualHost template (80ViewVCRedirect) as follows:-

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{
  $OUT  = "";
  $OUT .= "\n";
  $OUT .= "# Redirect viewvc to CGI script.\n";
  $OUT .= "ScriptAlias /viewvc /home/e-smith/files/ibays/viewvc/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi\n";
}
... but there's already an (auto-generated) Alias for /viewvc in the httpd.conf file, so I get the warning:-

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[warn] The ScriptAlias directive will probably never match because it overlaps an earlier Alias
Can anyone tell me how to achieve this top-level alias ?

this is not the easiest way to proceed.

restore the files where they were, I suggest to reintall rpm  (yum reinstall)
check for the suggested httpd conf from the rpm  /usr/share/doc/viewvc-1.1.26/README.httpd
remove your ibay
remove the current custom fragment
create a template custom according to what is in the rpm doc folder and what you find on the our wiki  https://wiki.contribs.org/Web_Application_RPM#Http_Template_92Foo (as an example, there are others)

[mpfj]

Okay, that all sounds like a much simpler way of doing it ... so I'm now doing this:-

(1) Install ViewVC

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yum --enablerepo=epel install viewvc viewvc-httpd
(2) Update /etc/viewvc/viewvc.conf file as follows:-

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root_parents = /home/e-smith/files/repositories : svn
docroot = /viewvc-docroot

(3) Create a redirection template (80ViewVCRedirect) as follows:-

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{
  $OUT = "";
  $OUT .= "\n";
  $OUT .= "# Redirect viewvc links\n";
  $OUT .= "Alias /viewvc-docroot /usr/share/viewvc/templates/docroot\n";
  $OUT .= "ScriptAlias /viewvc /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/viewvc/bin/cgi/viewvc.cgi\n";
  $OUT .= "<Directory /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/viewvc>\n";
  $OUT .= " Order allow,deny\n";
  $OUT .= " Allow from all\n";
  $OUT .= "</Directory>\n";
  $OUT .= "<Directory /usr/share/viewvc/templates/docroot>\n";
  $OUT .= " Order allow,deny\n";
  $OUT .= " Allow from all\n";
  $OUT .= "</Directory>\n";
}
(4) Update / restart httpd

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expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
/etc/init.d/httpd-e-smith restart
No need to to create a new ibay, and any rpm updates are maintained.

Thank you

[Jean-Philippe Pialasse]

good to hear!

thank you for sharing for the next one.


next step would be to collect all of those and make it a rpm smeserver-viewvc.

[ReetP]

If someone would paste that up on the wiki and maybe create a NFR bug as a reminder I can probably knock up a smeserver rpm quite quickly once I'm back from holiday in the new year.

I'm off to get my from Michael Doerner

[TerryF]

I'm off to get my from Michael Doerner

Wheres my invite

[ReetP]

Wheres my invite

I'm in NZ for Crimble, somewhere tropical, hot'n shitty & on a beach to see in New Year and then Sydney for 3 days.

Couldn't get the Mrs to take any more time off to get to your neck of the woods mate

Due to Michaels commitments & my movements we have like a 3 hour window of opportunity. You can come if you want He'd be pleased to see you anytime.

[TerryF]

That 3hr window scenario sounds like when I had coffee with him two years ago

[ReetP]

That 3hr window scenario sounds like when I had coffee with him two years ago

It would be longer (last time it was several hours) but we both have packed agendas