Where can I find what my WEBSERVER_ROOT variable has been set to? Which
configuration file is it in?


On 21 April 2013 21:25, Jimmy Eng <[email protected]> wrote:

> Liam.
>
> Your ServerRoot should probably still be "/etc/apache2".  ServerRoot is
> the root of the directory tree where your apache config files are kept.
>  What I was referring to was your DocumentRoot which is what your
> WEBSERVER_ROOT environment variable should be set to.  This DocumentRoot is
> the root directory where you serve your documents (i.e. index.html).
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Liam Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jimmy,
>>
>> I looked up the WEBSERVER_ROOT environment variable in my
>> /etc/apache2/apche2.conf file.
>>
>> I think the relevant section is this:
>> # Global configuration
>> #
>>
>> #
>> # ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
>> # configuration, error, and log files are kept.
>> #
>> # NOTE!  If you intend to place this on an NFS (or otherwise network)
>> # mounted filesystem then please read the LockFile documentation
>> (available
>> # at <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mpm_common.html#lockfile
>> >);
>> # you will save yourself a lot of trouble.
>> #
>> # Do NOT add a slash at the end of the directory path.
>> #
>> #ServerRoot "/etc/apache2"
>>
>> To which I edited so that,
>> ServerRoot "/var/www"
>>
>> The index.html file you mentioned is located at /var/www/index.html
>>
>> I then restarted apache and got the following:
>> liam@liam-Y500:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
>> [sudo] password for liam:
>> apache2: Syntax error on line 240 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: Include
>> directory '/var/www/mods-enabled' not found
>> Action 'configtest' failed.
>> The Apache error log may have more information.
>>    ...fail!
>>
>> What is going wrong? If I go to localhost in a web browser I still get
>> "It works!".
>>
>>
>> On 21 April 2013 20:48, Jimmy Eng <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Liam,
>>>
>>> At this point, perl is not the issue for you; our problem is definitely
>>> with your apache config.  The WEBSERVER_ROOT environment variable should
>>> point to your webserver's document root i.e. the directory that contains
>>> the index.html file that says "It Works!".  Is it possibly /var/www/html?
>>>  I can't imagine it being really /usr/local/ as you have in your apache2
>>> config file for TPP below.  One step at a time so fix that first, restart
>>> apache, and try and to access http://localhost/tpp/cgi-bin/tpp_gui.pl.
>>>  If the page doesn't open, what is the error message in your apache error
>>> log file?
>>>
>>>         # directory for tpp's executable files
>>>         ScriptAlias /tpp/cgi-bin "/usr/local/tpp/cgi-bin"
>>>         <Directory "/usr/local/tpp/cgi-bin">
>>>                 #AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
>>>                 AllowOverride All
>>>                 Options Indexes +FollowSymLinks MultiViews ExecCGI
>>> +Includes
>>>                 AddHandler default-handler .jpg .png .css .ico .gif
>>>                 AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
>>>                 Order allow,deny
>>>                 Allow from all
>>>                 SetEnv WEBSERVER_ROOT /usr/local/
>>> *Is it possible the above line should read /usr/local/tpp/ ???*
>>>                 #SetEnv WEBSERVER_ROOT /var/www
>>>         </Directory>
>>>
>>> - Jimmy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Liam Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nope - no dice...
>>>>
>>>> Changed the PERL_LIB_CORE= /usr/lib/perl/15.4.2/CORE in the
>>>> makefile.conf.incl file before re-running the compiling/building.
>>>>
>>>> Ran through the rest fo the steps from
>>>> http://tools.proteomecenter.org/wiki/index.php?title=TPP_4.5.2:_Installing_on_Ubuntu_10.04.3
>>>>  as
>>>> I have done successfully before.
>>>>
>>>> The server is working still (localhost => It works!) but I can't load
>>>> up http://localhost/tpp/cgi-bin/tpp_gui.pl - still getting "The
>>>> requested URL /tpp/cgi-bin/tpp_gui.pl was not found on this server."
>>>>
>>>> Any other ideas?
>>>>
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