SID-02405: Troubleshooting URL shortening

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	6.0.1	Perl version:	5.22
Category:	CategoryInstallation	Server OS:	Ubuntu 16.04	Last update:	6 years ago

I'm attempting to follow the guide at https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki.ShorterUrlCookbook to shorten the URLs our existing 6.0 TWiki installation uses.

Here's as much relevant config as I can find.

In Apache's twiki.conf:

ScriptAlias  /bin                  "/var/www/twiki/bin"
Alias           /pub                 "/var/www/twiki/pub"
Alias           /pub/Sandbox   "/var/www/twiki/pub/Sandbox"
ScriptAlias  /pub                 "/var/www/twiki/bin/viewfile"
Alias           /                      "/var/www/twiki/bin/view"

In twiki/lib/LocalSite.cfg:

$TWiki::cfg{ScriptUrlPath} = '';
$TWiki::cfg{ScriptUrlPaths}{view} = '';

Under this configuration, the Main Web front page loads for http://mywiki.org, but everything else I try gives a 404. For example, the links from the front page to the Main Web WebHome http://mywiki.org/Main/WebHome gives a 404.

Please help me figure out what I'm missing. Even helping me construct the correct URL for the config page will help.

I have full access to the installation and I'm very comfortable searching and editing files. I just need to know what files and what edits (explaining why I'm making the edits will help even more).

Thanks!

-- TWiki Guest - 2019-05-17

Discussion and Answer

This might be a simple typo: Change the following line by adding a slash:

Alias           /                      "/var/www/twiki/bin/view"

Alias           /                      "/var/www/twiki/bin/view/"

Depending on your settings you might see details in Apache's error log that it can't find ="/var/www/twiki/bin/viewMain/WebHome".

-- Harald Jörg - 2019-05-17

Harald,

That fixed everything, thanks for your help!

-- TWiki Guest - 2019-05-20

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