GotS Configuration Assistance

[wichitastateu...@gmail.com]

Collective Wisdom,

Our library has been in the setup phase for GotS for a couple months now, but have hit a snag we are having great difficulty overcoming. I have been working with an engineer who is documenting our entire process in detail, as there were many steps in the setup for the server that were not included in the GotS installation instructions. I would be immeasurably grateful if anyone would be willing to share their config.yml settings with us so we could compare them to our own. I suspect it is a simple problem we are experiencing, and that this could resolve it. If you have any other suggestions or questions, I welcome those as well!

Thanks in advance,
 Samuel

[Mike Hagedon]

Hi Samuel,

What sorts of trouble are you having? 

Here's one of our configuration files. I've redacted most of the info, so I'm not sure how useful it actually is...

Mike

Co-creator, GotS

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application_title: Tutorials

theme: UAL

feedback_link:

  enabled: true

  default_text: "What did you think of this tutorial?"

database:

  datasource: Database/Mysql

  host: localhost

  login: your_login

  password: your_password

  database: your_database

lucene:

  enabled: false

email:

  # smtp (recommended) or php

  transport: php

  send_from: an_email_address

  send_all_feedback_to: another_email_address

  log: false

  

# only if you chose smtp above

smtp:

  host: 

  port: 587

  username: 

  password: 

  timeout: 30

  # none, ssl, or tls

  encryption: tls

# Settings for Universal Analytics accounts

universal_analytics:

  enabled: false

  account_id: UA-something

# Settings for Classic Google Analytics accounts

# If you're unsure if you're using Classic Google Analytics or Universal

# Analytics, see: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/4457764?hl=en

google_analytics:

  enabled: true

  account_id: your_account_id

  domain_name: your_domain

piwik_analytics:

  enabled: false

  piwik_server: piwik.server.com # Your Piwik server address (no leading http:///https://)

  site_id: 99                    # Number provided by Piwik

authentication:

  # local, shibboleth, or cas

  method: shibboleth

# only fill these out if you selected shibboleth above

shibboleth:

  login_url:  https://%HOST%/Shibboleth.sso/Login

  logout_url: https://%HOST%/Shibboleth.sso/Logout

  login_link_text: UA NetID Login  

  username_field: your_shibboleth_username_field

# To make use of CAS, set authentication.method to cas and fill in these values

# The following sample configuration would work if your CAS login url is https://cas.example.com/cas/login

# Enable force_ssl_redirect if your CAS server requires SSL.

cas:

  hostname: cas.example.com

  port: 443

  uri: cas

  force_ssl_redirect: false

 

[wichitastateu...@gmail.com]

Thank you, Mike!

I appreciate your help. We just got our instance working! In the end, I believe the problem was in the apache2.conf file, where we needed to change the AllowOverride rules:

/var/www/ "AllowOverride None" to "AllowOverride FileInfo Options AuthConfig"

We also had an issue where the mod it was looking for in the index.php file didn't exist (a2enmod, I believe), which is why index.php didn't appear to run. Once we got that mod in place, the window loaded properly.

I am thankful for your reply, and will make use of it as I work through the final configurations, though I understand its limitations due to the necessary scrubbing. It is so exciting to finally have it working!

Thank you again,
Samuel

[Mike Hagedon]

Ah, yes, that would do it! Glad you figured it out. :-)

Mike