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I've installed apache 2 on my system so I am not running the default apache server. I'd like to get some type of blog ability. I could not figure out how to tie in to the existing blog software that came with Mac OS X server. So, I'm curious if anyone knows how to do that. And if not, does anyone have any suggestions of a blog software package that is simple to set up. I'm not really looking for any great features.

Thanks
 
Whitehill said:
Server Admin / Web / Settings / Weblogs and click to enable it after filling in a few configuration items.
Click to expand...

I don't know for sure but I thought that that would be served by the Apache server -- which I am not running. I'm running Apache 2
 
Mac OS X Server uses Apache 2 by default. Mac OS X Client uses Apache 1.3. You did not need to install Apache 2 yourself, unless you wanted some functionality not included with the built-in Apache 2.
 
Hmmm.

According to the documentation, the default is 1.3. A quick check says:

httpd -v
Server version: Apache/1.3.33 (Darwin)
Server built: Aug 21 2005 15:35:42

True, there is a copy of Apache version 2 in /opt. According to the documentation:

Note: Mac OS X Server contains two versions of the Apache web server—Apache 1.3 and Apache 2.0. Version 1.3 is supported in the Server Admin application; version 2.0 is for evaluation.

I checked. And the version in /opt is

/opt/apache2/bin/httpd -v
Server version: Apache/2.0.55
Server built: Nov 14 2005 12:41:48

The version I built is 2.2.3. So, while I did build it to get extra features and have more control, it would not have solved my current blog needs.

I bet I can sweet talk Apache 2 to using the blog software that is already installed but it did not look obvious to me how to do that.

Thanks for your help.
 
Basically, get mod_jk.so into your apache 2 installation. Pull out the lines that configure mod_jk from Apple's default httpd.conf file and duplicate them in your httpd.conf file. Finally copy the weblog subtree from /Library/WebServer/Documents over to your sites home. I guess, somehow, the mod_jk module is watching URL's fly back and forth and when it sees "weblog", it jumps up and spits things to tomcat which serves up Java applets. I can't say I fully understand but... its fun being stupid.

http://www.easesoftware.com/weblog/pedz/2006/10/28/weblogsonMacOSXusingApache2.html

I hope this helps someone along the way.

Take care and thank you for helping.
 
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