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Advanced options for Installing Trac on Windows
Overview
Optional Packages
In addition to the base packages listed in TracOnWindows, here are a few additional packages (Python or external tools) that can be used to improve the functionality offered on your Trac installation:
easy_install
able packages:
- docutils
- pygments
- pytz
Using Other Databases
PostgreSQL for Windows
Trac can work with the PostgreSQL (8.x or 9.x) database:
- Install psycopg2
- Create your database with UTF8 Encoding or you could get errors; see TracEnvironment for more.
mySQLDb for Windows
The recommended package for the MySqlDb Python bindings for the MySQL database is:
MySQL for Python | non-official downloads |
Please note that working with MySQL is not recommended in general, as there are still a lot of rough edges. However, on Windows the main issues we have with MySQL tend to be less apparent: the default setup for recent installations is UTF8, Windows users are unlikely to have case-sensitivity pathname issues in their repositories (as Subversion won't let them create such paths in the first place), etc. So MySQL on Windows might well be a more viable solution than on Unix, for the time being (and seems to work fine for me). See the MySqlDb page for more details.
TODO try out the OurSQL bindings.
Using Other Web front-end
TracStandalone is not the only option on Windows.
Apache
Note that generic instructions for configuring authentication within Apache are available in the TracModWSGI#ConfiguringAuthentication page.
Apache and mod_wsgi
First, you need to integrate mod_wsgi in your Apache installation. There are pre-compiled binaries available for download. Choose the right one depending on the version of Apache and Python you're running. Then follow the installation instructions for this module, and the TracModWSGI installations instructions. The resulting configuration (from the words of the mod_wsgi
author) is supposed to be more efficient than one using mod_python
.
Apache and mod_python
Note: mod_python
is no longer developed.
You may try to use its last version, 3.3.1:
- mod_python-3.3.1.win32-py2.4-Apache2.0.exe
- mod_python-3.3.1.win32-py2.4-Apache2.2.exe
- mod_python-3.3.1.win32-py2.5-Apache2.0.exe
- mod_python-3.3.1.win32-py2.5-Apache2.2.exe
TODO check the compatibility between Apache 2.0/2.2 and the Subversion bindings. The latter are using libapr and libaprutil 0.9.12.
Then, check the regular TracModPython instructions to see how you have to modify your http.conf.
Authenticating Trac users against MS Windows domain controller
Running Trac in Apache, you can let your users login with their existing Windows username/password by using mod_sspi
. (If you use Subversion as a repository and access it through Apache, you can also do the same with Subversion). Download this module here, place it in the Apache modules directory, and add the following line to your httpd.conf
, with all the LoadModule
instructions:
LoadModule sspi_auth_module modules/mod_auth_sspi.so
Then add the following to the end of http.conf
, modified according to your settings:
<LocationMatch /MyTracRootURL/[^/]+/login> AuthType SSPI AuthName "Trac project management website @ MyLocalMachine" SSPIAuth On SSPIAuthoritative On SSPIDomain MyLocalDomain SSPIOfferBasic On Require valid-user </LocationMatch>
Then, if you change permissions in Trac using trac-admin.exe
, remember to declare the user bob
as MyLocalDomain\bob
(The same remark applies for your Subversion repository accessfile). Alternatively add the parameter SSPIOmitDomain On
and declare the user as bob
.
Internet Information Services (IIS)
It is also possible to install Trac with IIS 6, though your mileage may vary.
By following the above, Trac will be installed as a CGI, so that will be quite slow. You might be better off following TracOnWindowsIisAjp, which looks more promising. There is also TracOnWindowsIisIsapi.
Note: If you are having problems with IE not being able to submit data to Trac (i.e. when you edit a wiki page or submit a ticket Trac doesn't modify the page or add the bug). wiki:Trac0.9/TracOnWindows has more information on this issue.