That's great! Thank you... That wasn't working for me, maybe I implemented the CGI script wrong, or maybe I am calling to it from LocalSettings incorrectly. Does anyone see a step I am missing?
The steps I followed were: 1. I got the correct mwlib.cgi script and uploaded it to my MediaWiki install's cgi-bin (and I tried in my public_html's cgi-bin when this didn't work) 2. I modified some of the configurations because I am using a Python instance in my home dir -- the paths to cache directory and log files. I did not touch the lower part of the cgi file. 3. I set the permissions to 777 on mwlib.cgi to make sure there were no permission conflicts for testing. 3. I modified the $wgCollectionMWServeURL= from "http:// examplesite.org:8899" to "http://examplesite.org/cgi-bin/mwlib.cgi"; 4. I created a PDF, but instead of working I got an error on my render page: "The POST request to http://mediawiki.pleiportal.org/cgi-bin/mwlib.cgi failed (HTTP status 301)." 5. Confirmed my mwlib cache is writable. 6. Noticed no log files were created. Manually created log files with open permissions, just in case this was an issue. No luck. 7. Modified the CGI script to also include direct paths to executables, no luck, same error. 8. I changed the $wgCollectionMWServeURL= from "http://examplesite.org/ cgi-bin/mwlib.cgi" to include the port: "http://examplesite.org/cgi- bin/mwlib.cgi:8899". At this point I get an error that is different: Render server error: An error occured on the render server: <!DOCTYPE html etc etc.... This error includes a whole source code of the Main Page in MediaWiki, no matter what pages I am trying to generate PDFs from. The log files are still empty Maybe I need to be using a different port? How did you configure your LocalSettings (and anything else) to choose the CGI script? Does what I have tried sound close to what will work? Mosa On Aug 24, 4:07 pm, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been using the mwlib.cgi w/ good success. it doesn't require a > daemon to run. > > On Aug 24, 6:30 pm, mosa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > I am a newb to MediaWiki and setting up a PDF render server, but have > > some experience with other tools and shell. > > > The project I am working on requires customization of PDF output > > sizes, so I have (mostly) set up a PDF render server. Because I do not > > have root access on this server, I had to create an instance of Python > > (2.4) in our home directory and install and configure all the > > requirements for mwlib there. > > > The problem I am having is that I cannot find in the documentation how > > to start mw-serve as a process that doesn't die. Perhaps I am not > > understanding the options for the command or I am starting it wrong, > > or perhaps this has to do with no root access? > > > I am at the point where I can run mw-serve from the shell and I am > > able to generate PDFs, but this only works so long as I keep using it > > and creating output. > > > At first I thought that this had to do with logging out of shell so I > > tried to use screen and nohub to run the process in the background. > > (http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/08/01/how-to-leave-a-program-running- > > after-you-log-out) but I soon realized that mw-serve would stop > > running no matter what, as soon as I let it sit with no output or > > action for a few minutes. > > > Can anyone help me understand how I can keep mw-serve (or perhaps mw- > > watch?) running on render server when I do not have root access? I am > > unable to locate how to do this in the docs or by browsing these > > archives, and I could really use a hand! > > > Mosa > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mwlib" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mwlib?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
