Installation 06 Apache Setup

Create a new virtual host or directory and alias for IXP Manager in Apache. Here's a working example:

Alias /ixp /usr/local/ixp/public
<Directory /usr/local/ixp/public>
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
    
    SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV production
    
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ /ixp/index.php [NC,L]

</Directory>

Restart apache.

NB: This requires the rewrite module to be enabled in apache.

Example (debian): ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/rewrite.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/

Permissions

Apache requires read access to everything under /usr/local/ixp.

However, write access is also required for /usr/local/ixp/var. The easiest thing is to make your web user the owner (or group) of the var/ directory:

chown -R www-data /usr/local/ixp/var
chmod -R u+rwX /usr/local/ixp/var

Browsing to http://hostname/ixp/ should now reveal the IXP Manager login page.

Congratulations!

Next Steps

Continue you installation with Creating Initial Database Objects.