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<META name="author" lang="en" content="Michiel Broek">
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<META name="copyright" lang="en" content="Copyright Michiel Broek">
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2011-05-22 19:21:15 +00:00
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<!-- MBSEADVERT -->
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<div align='right'><h5>Last update 03-Jan-2006</h5></div>
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<div align='center'><H1>How to setup an webserver to work with MBSE BBS.</H1></div>
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<H3>Introduction</H3>
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To let a webserver work with MBSE BBS you must organize a special file
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structure.
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Note that even if you don't setup a webserver you must still create a
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structure like this for the fidonet mailer, if you don't,
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<strong>mail and files will get lost!</strong>
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This description is written for <A HREF="http://www.apache.org" rel="nofollow">Apache</A>,
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this is installed on most GNU/Linux and xxxBSD distributions.
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For the directory structure, read the setup for
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<A HREF="ftpserver.html">the FTP server</A>.
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Important settings in mbsetup.</H3>
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Screen 1.18:
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1. Base path /opt/mbse/ftp/pub
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Screen 1.19:
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<pre>
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1. Docs root /var/www/htdocs
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2. Link to ftp files
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3. URL name http://www.mbse.ym
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</pre>
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The base ftp path is the default which mbse bbs installs. The Docs root for the
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apache httpd server is different on each distribution, in this example it is set
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for <A HREF="http://www.slackware.com" rel="nofollow">Slackware 8.0</A>. Because the directory
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/var/www/htdocs has nothing to do with /opt/mbse/ftp/pub we make an alias link
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named <b>files</b>. For the URL name you must fill in the real internet name how
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your bbs is reached. If someone types this in, he must get the index.html from
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the directory /var/www/htdocs, the docs root. I just assume you have your http
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server up and running.
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<p>
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Now you can run the command <b>mbfile index</b>, this will create a main index
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in the directory /opt/mbse/ftp/pub and additional index.html files in all your
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download areas.
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Change Apache server configuration.</H3>
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As root edit your httpd.conf file, it is possible that you find it in
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/etc/apache, but that depends on your distribution. In the section between
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<IfModule mod_alias.c> and </IfModule> insert the following lines:
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<pre>
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#
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# Alias for MBSE BBS download areas.
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#
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Alias /files/ /opt/mbse/ftp/pub/
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<Directory "/opt/mbse/ftp/pub">
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Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
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AllowOverride None
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Order allow,deny
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Allow from all
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</Directory>
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#
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# Alias to access the MBSE BBS documenatation
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#
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Alias /mbseman/ /opt/mbse/html/
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<Directory "/opt/mbse/html">
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Options Indexes MultiViews
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AllowOverride None
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Order allow,deny
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Allow from all
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</Directory>
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</pre>
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Then restart Apache with the command <b>apachectl restart</b> Now if you access
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your webserver with for example http://www.mybbs.com/files/ you must be able to
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browse the filelists. If you use http://www.mybbs.com/mbseman/ you must be able
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to browse this documentation online.
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Example views</H3>
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This are some snapshots of how this will look like, click to enlarge:
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<TABLE>
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<TR>
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<TD><A HREF="../images/dream1.png"><IMG SRC="../images/tdream1.png" Border="0" ALT='dreamlandbbs'></A></TD>
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<TD><A HREF="../images/dream2.png"><IMG SRC="../images/tdream2.png" Border="0" ALT='dreamlandbbs'></A></TD>
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<TD><A HREF="../images/dream3.png"><IMG SRC="../images/tdream3.png" Border="0" ALT='dreamlandbbs'></A></TD>
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</TR>
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</TABLE>
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Counting downloads</H3>
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If you want to increase the download counters when files are downloaded via www
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you must make sure that the web logs the downloads to a <b>access_log</b>
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file, for example /var/log/apache/access_log.
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This logfile must be readable by user mbse and must be in <b>combined</b>
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format. You can set this in your apache configuration file.
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Then in <b>mbsetup</b> menu 1.13.4 enter full filename and path to this logfile.
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The <b>mball</b> program will parse this file and increase the download counters
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for the files that are downloaded from the webserver.
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