[Mediawiki-l] Sphinxs Search Config

[Paul Grinberg]

Michael Heyder <Info at ...> writes:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm really not sure to config the extension:
> 
> Step2:
> Update the file paths (/var/data/sphinx/..., /var/log/sphinx/...) and 
> create folders as necessary
> 
> E:\xampp\htdocs\wiki\sphinx.con
> 
> the wiki lies in
> E:\xampp\htdocs\wiki
> 
> sphinks lies in
> E:\xampp\sphinxs
> 
> # this is path and index file name without extension
> # you may need to change this path or create this folder
> path		= /xampp/data/sphinx/wiki_main
> 
> so I would asume the following
> E:\xampp\htdocs\wiki
> 
> Is this wright
> 
> Thanks for some hints
> & regards
> Mic
> 

Hello Mic, 

I think you almost have it right. When editing sphinx.conf (which for you is in 
E:\xampp\htdocs\wiki\sphinx.con) you can set the path to any place on the 
server that you have write permissions to. So, as long as E:\xampp\htdocs\wiki 
is writable by you, then you can set path=E:\xampp\htdocs\wiki\wiki_main.

However, I would recommend putting the sphinx.conf file and pointing the path= 
variable to some other place on the server that is not directly accessible from 
through the web. This is a pretty large security hole.

Paul.

P.S. I don't follow these forums that closely so I would recommend posting 
further questions on the Discussion page of the extension at 
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:SphinxSearch