Network Configuration

Assigning a Static IP

This is a tutorial on how to assign a static IP for Deki Wiki VMware Certified Virtual Appliance or source running off of Debian. 

1. Start up Deki Wiki

2. Once Deki Wiki boots you will see the boot screen in the VM player with the chance to Login.  Click your mouse on the VM player screen and login using the credentials:

username: root
password: password

*When you type in password it will not show the characters as you type, so make sure you type it out correctly, this is a security measure.  

3. Once you are logged in you want to type out the following command:

nano /etc/network/interfaces

Example screen of how the code is typed in

4. After you type in the above command hit Enter and you will be presented with the following screen:

5.  Type out your network settings so that it matches the following format:

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.90
gateway 192.168.1.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255

 *Note: address is the Static IP address that you want to assign the Deki Wiki

6.  The following screen shows my network configuration as it needs to be edited for my Deki Wiki to have a static IP. 

Tips:

• Make sure you ping the static IP before you assign it to Deki Wiki to ensure that it isn't being used by another device
• On XP the way to find out your network settings is go to Start->Run->type cmd and hit enter ->type ipconfig /all

7. Once you have verified that your settings are accurate then exit out of the editor by hitting CTRL X on your keyboard

8. You will be prompted to save the file to do so type Y

9. Hit Enter at the screen below and your changes will be applied to the file:

10.After you have saved restart your Deki Wiki by clicking the VMplayer button at the top of the screen ->Troubleshoot->Reset

11.  On restart the screen should display the IP address that you set for your static IP, if it only shows http://     then go back through the tutorial as there was probably an error somewhere. 

 If you would like help configuring settings like this you can purchase a MindTouch Support Plan and we will help you configure your Deki WIki. 

Configuring NAT

If you want to run Deki Wiki via NAT, you will need to make a quick change. When you connect to Deki Wiki, PHP inherits the hostname and uses it to contact the API. This works wonderfully when the hostname is resolvable by both the browser and the VM. However, that's generally not the case in NAT scenarios.  To configure Deki Wiki to work in NAT do the following:

  Open 'LocalSettings.php' usually found in '/var/www/dekiwiki' (or '/var/www/deki-hayes' for older setups) and add the following line:

$wgDreamServer = "http://localhost";

Alternatively, if you're using hostnames (e.g. 'http://mywiki') to reach your wiki site, you can also add this hostname to your VM so that it will resolve it correctly when it sees it, but you'll need to do so for each wiki hostname.