SemanticScuttle/doc/configuration.rst
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Configuration files
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SemanticScuttle uses at least two configuration files:
1. Default configuration file ``config.default.php``
2. Custom configuration file ``config.php``
The **default configuration** file contains sensible defaults for most users
that do not need to be changed to get started.
Never change it - it will get overwritten with the next update.
If you want to change values in it, copy them into your personal
``config.php`` file - updates to SemanticScuttle will not change that one.
The **custom configuration** file, ``config.php`` is created by copying the
shipped ``config.php.dist`` file and modifying the values in there.
It consists of the configuration directives that should be set on every
fresh installation.
Configuration scenarios
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Simple installation
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Put your configuration file in ``data/config.php``.
If you installed SemanticScuttle's PEAR package, use::
$ pear config-get data_dir
/usr/share/php/data
to find the data directory location and append ``SemanticScuttle/`` to it.
In this case, the configuration file has to be in::
/usr/share/php/data/SemanticScuttle/config.php
The configuration file may also be saved into::
/etc/semanticscuttle/config.php
Multiple SemanticScuttle instances
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The files of one single SemanticScuttle installation may be shared
for several SemanticScuttle instances.
To be able to configure them differently, SemanticScuttle supports
per-host configuration files:
- ``data/config.$hostname.php``
- ``/etc/semanticscuttle/config.$hostname.php``
Configuration options
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``$root`` URL
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Normally, this configuration setting is detected automatically and will
work for both HTTP and HTTPS installations.
If your installation is available on **HTTP only**, then you need to configure
it.
The value is the full URL to your installation, including a trailing
slash::
$root = "http://homepage.example.org/semanticscuttle/";
or::
$root = "http://bookmarks.example.org/";
Common problems
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Searching for words with slashes "/" does not work
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When searching for a phrase with a slash in it, like "foo/bar", you
may get a 404 error.
In that case, you need to enable AllowEncodedSlashes__ in your Apache
virtual host configuration::
AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
Restart apache after changing the vhost config file.
Searching will work now.
__ http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#allowencodedslashes