Advanced options for Installing Trac on Windows

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:

Docutils	​docutils-0.4.tar.gz
SilverCity	​SilverCity-0.9.7.win32-py2.4.exe (or the ​Python 2.3 version)
Enscript on Windows	​gnuwin32 Enscript 1.6.3

Using Other Databases

PostgreSQL for Windows

Trac can work equally well with two different Python bindings for the PostgreSQL (8.1.4) database:

​PsycoPg2	​psycopg2-2.0.5.1.win32-py2.4-pg8.1.4-release.exe (or the ​Python 2.3 version) ​more...
​pyPgSQL	​pyPgSQL-2.5.1.win32-py2.4.exe (or the ​Python 2.3 version) ​more...

mySQLDb for Windows

The recommended package for the MySqlDb Python bindings for the MySQL database is:

• ​MySQL-python.exe-1.2.1_p2.win32-py2.4.exe.

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. See the MySqlDb page for more details.

Using Other Web front-end

TracStandalone is not the only option on Windows.

Apache and mod_python

First you need to install the mod_python package. Pick the version that is appropriate for your version of Python and your version of Apache.

• ​mod_python-3.2.10.win32-py2.3-apache2.0.exe
• ​mod_python-3.2.10.win32-py2.4-apache2.0.exe
• ​mod_python-3.2.10.win32-py2.4-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.

Apache and mod_wsgi

First, you need to integrate ​mod_wsgi in your Apache installation. You can find and download pre-compiled binaries for Windows ​here. Choose the right one depending on the version of Apache and Python you're running. Then follow the ​installation instructions for this module, and eventually the TracModWSGI installations instructions. The resulting configuration (from the words of mod_wsgi authors) is supposed to be more efficient than one using mod_python.

Internet Information Services (IIS)

It is also possible to install Trac with IIS 6, though your mileage may vary.

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.