README.WEBKEEP #2

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PERFORCE SOFTWARE WEBKEEPER NOTES

    Warning:

	This is a demo, not a product.

WHAT YOU HAVE

    This directory contains the generic componentry to build an Apache
    Web Server with a Perforce WebKeeper module.  This directory includes:

	Jamfile		a description file for 'jam'
	README.WEBKEEP	this file
	mod_webkeep.c	the WebKeeper Apache module, C half
	mod_webkeep2.cc	the WebKeeper Apache module, C++ half
	mod_webkeep.h	glue between the C and C++ halves

    You will also need a Perforce header file and link libraries and
    for your platform.  They can be found at:

	ftp.perforce.com/pub/perforce/r??.?/bin.*/p4api.tar

    If you want to build the Apache server with jam, a make(1) alternative
    program, it is available from http://www.perforce.com/jam.html.  If
    you wish to use plain old make(1), you'll need to edit the Makefile
    and modules.c.

TO BUILD THE APACHE SERVER

    1) Unpack the Perforce libraries.

	% cd /path/to/apache/src
	% mkdir perforce
	% cd perforce
	% tar xvf /path/to/p4api.tar

       Note that there are source files in the p4api.tar ball
       that are not related to webkeeper.

    2) Move these files into the Apache directory

	% mv Jamfile mod_webkeep.* /path/to/apache/src


     pdg 2a)  Now edit the mod_webkeep.c file and set the
           "MAX_SERVERS" constant to the number of perforce
          servers you wish to browse from this one apace server.

          e.g.  "#define MAX_SERVERS 3"  allows this single
           apache server to browse 3 perforce servers.


    3a) If using make(1), fix up Makefile and config.c, then build.
	Include perforce/libclient.a, perforce/librcp.a, and 
	perforce/libsupp.a on the link line.

	% cd /path/to/apache/src
	% vi Makefile config.c
	% make

    3b) If using jam, just build.

	% jam

TO USE WEBKEEPER

    1)  Do the necessary steps to get a Perforce server running.  See
    	the admin section of the Perforce manual.

    2)	Edit the Apache hhtp.conf file.  These are the directives:

		WebKeepPort server_index host:port

		    Gives the address of the Perforce server.  
		    for a single perforce server system, use:
                                               WebKeepPort 0 perforce:1666 (or whatever your
                                               server name/port is.)

                                               The index number allows a particular perforce
                                               server to be associated with a particular WebKeepAlias.

                                               (You will need to set "MAX_SERVERS" in
                                               mod_webkeep.c to at least the same value
                                               as the number of WebKeepAlias lines you
                                               intend to implement.)

		WebKeepUser username

		    Gives the Perforce user name.  
		    Default is $P4USER or $USERNAME.

		WebKeepPasswd password

		    Gives the user's password.
		    No default.

		WebKeepClient clientname

		    Gives the Perforce client name.
		    Default is $P4CLIENT or hostname.

		WebKeepAlias uri perforcePath

		    If the URI begins with uri, strips the intial uri,
		    replaces it with perforcePath, and then treats the
		    URI as a WebKeeper request.

	For example:

		WebKeepAlias / //depot

	Maps the URI / to //depot/index.html and the rest of the web
	namespace into the corresponding Perforce namespace under //depot.
	The $ is necessary to distinguish between initial substring 
	mactches and exact matches.

	You can also use //client/ where client is the name of your
	client.  If you use //client/, it will map the name through your
	client view.  You don't have to map the whole namespace.  You
	could say:

		WebKeepAlias /foo/ //depot/

	To map only files under /foo/... to the Perforce namespace.

	You can have multiple alias lines.

Notes:

    Directory indexing is still not yet supported.