Question

I have twiki installed on a Solaris 9 server. The home directory for twiki is /home/httpd. I have been asked to have another twiki site with separate pages and references. I want to copy the twiki directory and set it up for the secord site. Does everything in Twiki require it to be in /home/httpd/twiki or can I have the second instance in /home/httpd/twiki2? Does the twiki system have hard-coded references to /home/httpd/twiki or are there variables I can set to point to the 2nd installation? What are the suggestions for this situation?

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-- ChristineRoss - 30 Jan 2004

Answer

TWiki can be installed in any directory, e.g. /home/httpd/twiki2. Just install it as per the documentation (TWikiInstallationGuide), taking care to customise the TWiki.cfg file so that the file paths point to that directory. You'll also need to define a distinct URL for the new TWiki - e.g. I have one at http://donkin.org/bin/view and another at http://donkin.org/testbin/view. You can use anything instead of testbin, e.g. something relating to the function of the new TWiki, as long as it maps onto /home/httpd/twiki2.

Alternatively, you could just create a new Web within the existing TWiki, which is much simpler and reduces admin overhead.

-- RichardDonkin - 31 Jan 2004