Windows IIS Install

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Tikiwiki 19 on IIS

I am developing a complete set of instructions for Tiki 1.9 that will be available when 1.9 comes out.

These are the steps I used when I installed a fresh copy of Tiki19 on IIS 5 and IIS 6.

I followed the instructions on the IISInstall page when I first started using Tiki back at version 1.6, so be sure that you follow them if this is your first time setting up Tiki on your system. I've included a portion of the code samples from the IISInstall page below.

Download and unpack the contents of the 19 distribution into a folder.

Create the IIS virtual directory for the IIS server, pointing to the directory where Tiki19 was placed.

Edit the tiki-install.php and tiki-setup.php files accordingly:

• Edit c:\tikiwiki_*\tiki-install.php (the actual directory depends on which version you have installed)
  • You will need to use a UNIX-linefeed-friendly editor. I use Crimson Editor
  • Change the line: $docroot = dirname($_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED']);
  • To: $docroot = dirname('c:/tikiwiki_*'); // Specify the real directory based on the Tikiwiki version
• Edit c:\tikiwiki_*\tiki-setup.php (the actual directory depends on which version you have installed)
  • You will need to use a UNIX-linefeed-friendly editor. I use Crimson Editor
  • Change the line: $docroot = dirname($_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED']);
  • To: $docroot = dirname('c:/tikiwiki_*'); // Specify the real directory based on the Tikiwiki version
  • Change

// Fix IIS servers not setting what they should set
if(!isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']))
$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']='';
if(!isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])||empty($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
))
{
  $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '/' .
$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
}

To:

// Fix IIS servers not setting what they should set:
if (TikiSetup::os() == "windows")
{
	$uri = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
	$len = strlen($uri);
	if (substr($uri, $len -1) == "/")
	{
		$uri = substr($uri, 0, $len -1);
	}
	else
	{
		$uri = substr($uri, 0, $len - strlen($_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"]) -1);
		$uri = $uri . "?" . $_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"];
	}
	$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] = $uri;
}

Search the tiki-setup.php file for the following line:

$smarty->assign('feature_bidi', $feature_bidi);

Edit it to look like that:

$feature_bidi = 'n';
$smarty->assign('feature_bidi', $feature_bidi);

Search the tiki-setup.php file for the following: $docroot/$dir/$tikidomain
and comment out the section of code:

//        foreach ($dirs as $dir) {
//            if (!is_dir("$docroot/$dir/$tikidomain")) {
//                $errors .= "The directory '$docroot/$dir/$tikidomain' does not exist.\n";
//            } else if (!is_writeable("$docroot/$dir/$tikidomain")) {
//                $errors .= "The directory '$docroot/$dir/$tikidomain' is not writeable by $wwwuser.\n";
//            }
//        }

Open up the Tiki web site from a browser to begin the setup process.

older version (circa 1.7)

• See UpgradeTo18 for upgrading from 1.7 to 1.8
• If you are installing Tikiwiki 1.9, see

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   • Renavigate to the post using the forum list and then edit the post
5. Reading a forum thread that doesn't have any comments results in the right sidebar being displayed underneath the left sidebar

These issues are relating to Internet Explorer usage, not IIS specifically - Damian

• Go to the control panel, add/remove programs, and click the add/remove Windows Components button
• Select IIS
• You may need to reboot
• Go to the start menu, followed by Windows Update
• Install all service packs and critical updates

• Download MySQL
• How to install mySQL on Windows
• Install MySQL as a service as described in the above link
• By default, it is possible to log into MySQL with no username or password. I don't know how to change this behavior, but it's not a recommended configuration.

• Download TikiWiki
• Using WinZip, extract to c:\ using folder names
• Versions prior to 1.8 only Enter the following from the command line:
  • cd /d c:\tikiwiki_* (the actual directory depends on which version you have installed)
  • mkdir templates_c
  • Go to Windows Explorer and modify the security for the folder c:\tikiwiki_*\templates_c
  • Allow write access for the users whose names start with IUSR and IWAM
  • Note: 2004-10-01 Installed current stable version (1.7.8) and also had to allow write access to the tikiwiki base directory.
• Versions 1.8 and later only Enter the following from the command line:
  • cd /d c:\tikiwiki_* (the actual directory depends on which version you have installed)
  • cd lib
  • mkdir \php4
  • xcopy /i /e pear \php4
• Edit c:\tikiwiki_*\tiki-install.php (the actual directory depends on which version you have installed)
  • You will need to use a UNIX-linefeed-friendly editor. I use Crimson Editor
  • Change the line: $docroot = dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']);
  • To: $docroot = dirname('c:/tikiwiki_*'); // Specify the real directory based on the Tikiwiki version
• Edit c:\tikiwiki_*\tiki-setup.php (the actual directory depends on which version you have installed)
  • You will need to use a UNIX-linefeed-friendly editor. I use Crimson Editor
  • Change the line: $docroot = dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']);
  • To: $docroot = dirname('c:/tikiwiki_*'); // Specify the real directory based on the Tikiwiki version
  • Change

// Fix IIS servers not setting what they should set (ay ay
IIS, ay ay)
if(!isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']))
$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']='';
if(!isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])||empty($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
))
{
  $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '/' .
$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
}

To:

// Fix IIS servers not setting what they should set (ay ay IIS, ay ay)
if (TikiSetup::os() == "windows")
{
	$uri = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
	$len = strlen($uri);
	if (substr($uri, $len -1) == "/")
	{
		$uri = substr($uri, 0, $len -1);
	}
	else
	{
		$uri = substr($uri, 0, $len - strlen($_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"]) -1);
		$uri = $uri . "?" . $_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"];
	}
	$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] = $uri;
}

• See also InstallEasyPhpAndTiki
• Download page is here

There are two ways to use PHP. CGI or ISAPI.

ISAPI

• Follow these instructions
• Copy php.ini to c:\winnt

CGI

• Download and run the setup program
• Install PHP to c:\php
• Ignore errors regarding "missing OCX"
• Run Start/Program Files/Administrative Tools/Internet Services Manager
• Navigate to your web site
• Right-click on Default Web Site and select New/Virtual Directory
  • Directory name: tiki
  • Directory location: c:\tikiwiki_* (actual directory depends on which version you installed)
  • Check the "Execute" check box
• Right-click on Default Web Site again
  • Go to the Home Directory Tab
  • Click the Configuration... button
  • Click Add
    • Executable: c:\php\php.exe
    • Extension: .php

Both

• Modify c:\winnt\php.ini
• Search for "SMTP" and enter your SMTP server and return email address

• This page contains a simple PHP script. Copy everything between < php and ? > (inclusive) to the file c:\tikiwiki_*\test.php (actual directory depends on which version you installed)
• Fire up your browser and go to http://localhost/tiki/test.php
• You should see a page that contains all the holidays in the current year — if not, review this documentation with the actual steps you performed

• Open a browser and go to http://localhost/tiki/tiki-install.php
  • The password for the admin account is 'admin'
• Create a tiki database
• Go to http://localhost/tiki/index.php
• Log in as admin/admin and promptly change the password
• It is recommended that you delete c:\tikiwiki_*\tiki-install.php or move it to a folder that isn't accessible via the web

please also see:
IisTroubleshooting
IisWorkarounds