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authortravis%sedsystems.ca <>2005-02-12 02:52:24 +0000
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Bug 233592 : Apache config section: missing info, extraneous info, generally confusing.
Patch by Shane H. W. Travis <travis@sedsystems.ca> r=colin.ogilvie
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diff --git a/docs/xml/installation.xml b/docs/xml/installation.xml
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+++ b/docs/xml/installation.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> -->
-<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.89 2005/01/10 07:57:54 travis%sedsystems.ca Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.90 2005/02/11 18:52:24 travis%sedsystems.ca Exp $ -->
<chapter id="installing-bugzilla">
<title>Installing Bugzilla</title>
@@ -744,52 +744,108 @@
<section id="http">
<title>Web server</title>
- <para>Configure your web server according to the instructions in the
- appropriate section. The Bugzilla Team recommends Apache. No matter
- what webserver you choose, make sure that sensitive information is
- not remotely available by ensuring that the access controls in
- <xref linkend="security-webserver-access"/> are properly applied.
+ <para>
+ Configure your web server according to the instructions in the
+ appropriate section. (If it makes a difference in your choice,
+ the Bugzilla Team recommends Apache.) Regardless of which webserver
+ you are using, however, ensure that sensitive information is
+ not remotely available by properly applying the access controls in
+ <xref linkend="security-webserver-access"/>.
</para>
<section id="http-apache">
<title>Apache <productname>httpd</productname></title>
+
+ <para>
+ To configure your Apache web server to work with Bugzilla,
+ do the following:
+ </para>
- <para>Load <filename>httpd.conf</filename> in your editor.</para>
-
- <para>Uncomment (or add) the following line.
- This configures Apache to run .cgi files outside the
- <filename class="directory">cgi-bin</filename> directory.
- </para>
-
- <programlisting> AddHandler cgi-script .cgi</programlisting>
-
- <para>Apache uses <computeroutput>&lt;Directory&gt;</computeroutput>
- directives to permit fine-grained permission setting.
- Add the following two lines to a
- <computeroutput>&lt;Directory&gt;</computeroutput> directive that
- applies either to the Bugzilla directory or one of its parents
- (e.g. the <computeroutput>&lt;Directory /var/www/html&gt;</computeroutput>
- directive).
- This allows Bugzilla's <filename>.htaccess</filename> files to
- override global permissions, and allows .cgi files to run in the
- Bugzilla directory.
- </para>
-
- <programlisting> Options +ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks
- AllowOverride Limit</programlisting>
-
- <para>Add <filename>index.cgi</filename> to the end
- of the <computeroutput>DirectoryIndex</computeroutput>
- line.</para>
-
- <para><filename>checksetup.pl</filename> can set tighter permissions
- on Bugzilla's files and directories if it knows what group the
- webserver runs as. Look for the <computeroutput>Group</computeroutput>
- line in <filename>httpd.conf</filename>, and place that value in
- the <replaceable>$webservergroup</replaceable> variable in
- <filename>localconfig</filename>. Then rerun
- <filename>checksetup.pl</filename>.
- </para>
+ <procedure>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ Load <filename>httpd.conf</filename> in your editor.
+ In Fedora and Red Hat Linux, this file is found in
+ <filename class="directory">/etc/httpd/conf</filename>.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ Apache uses <computeroutput>&lt;Directory&gt;</computeroutput>
+ directives to permit fine-grained permission setting. Add the
+ following lines to a directive that applies to the location
+ of your Bugzilla installation. (If such a section does not
+ exist, you'll want to add one.) In this example, Bugzilla has
+ been installed at
+ <filename class="directory">/var/www/html/bugzilla</filename>.
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+&lt;Directory /var/www/html/bugzilla&gt;
+ AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
+ Options +Indexes +ExecCGI
+ DirectoryIndex index.cgi
+ AllowOverride Limit
+&lt;/Directory&gt;
+ </programlisting>
+
+ <para>
+ These instructions: allow apache to run .cgi files found
+ within the bugzilla directory; instructs the server to look
+ for a file called <filename>index.cgi</filename> if someone
+ only types the directory name into the browser; and allows
+ Bugzilla's <filename>.htaccess</filename> files to override
+ global permissions.
+ </para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ It is possible to make these changes globally, or to the
+ directive controlling Bugzilla's parent directory (e.g.
+ <computeroutput>&lt;Directory /var/www/html/&gt;</computeroutput>).
+ Such changes would also apply to the Bugzilla directory...
+ but they would also apply to many other places where they
+ may or may not be appropriate. In most cases, including
+ this one, it is better to be as restrictive as possible
+ when granting extra access.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </step>
+
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ <filename>checksetup.pl</filename> can set tighter permissions
+ on Bugzilla's files and directories if it knows what group the
+ webserver runs as. Find the <computeroutput>Group</computeroutput>
+ line in <filename>httpd.conf</filename>, place the value found
+ there in the <replaceable>$webservergroup</replaceable> variable
+ in <filename>localconfig</filename>, then rerun
+ <filename>checksetup.pl</filename>.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ Optional: If Bugzilla does not actually reside in the webspace
+ directory, but instead has been symbolically linked there, you
+ will need to add the following to the
+ <computeroutput>Options</computeroutput> line of the Bugzilla
+ <computeroutput>&lt;Directory&gt;</computeroutput> directive
+ (the same one as in the step above):
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ +FollowSymLinks
+ </programlisting>
+
+ <para>
+ Without this directive, Apache will not follow symbolic links
+ to places outside its own directory structure, and you will be
+ unable to run Bugzilla.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ </procedure>
</section>
<section id="http-iis">