Creating a personalized URL to access Deki Wiki

When you install the Deki Wiki VM, you can access the VM by entering http://someIP where someIP is the IP is the IP that was given to the VM by the DHCP server. (It could also be a static IP, if you have modified the default VM to use a static IP, according to the instructions here).

However, sometimes you want to access your wiki by using a URL and not an IP address. This document will show how to modify the VM so that it can accept calls to www.mywiki.com. Of course, you can substitute your own URL as you wish.

Note: This topic does not cover routing of the URL to the actual deki wiki VM. You can either have a dns server, but the simplest way, if you are running a windows machine, is to modify your /windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts to map your URL to the IP that deki wiki is on.

STEPS TO ROUTE TO A URL ON VIRTUAL MACHINE INSTALLATION

1. Edit the Apache server configuration file by typing nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/001-deki
   into the console.
2. Replace the line ServerName deki-hayes with ServerName www.mywiki.com
3. Edit where the server routes IP address to hosts names by typing nano /etc/hosts
4. add the line 127.0.0.1 www.mywiki.com

(incidentally, this solves the "Site settings could not be loaded" issue that may affect the current VMware version when accessed from elsewhere on the internet, which otherwise works fine when accessed from the local subnet or from the XP machine hosting the VMware guest)