WebDAV CGI Virtual Box

Getting Started

1. Download WebDAV CGI Virtual Box
2. Unpack (tar -avxf webdavcgi-virtualbox.tar.lzma or with 7-Zip),
   add machine WebDAV CGI (Ubuntu 12.04)/WebDAV CGI (Ubuntu 12.04).vdi to Virtual Box (Machine > Add...),
   and start WebDAV CGI Virtual Box (Virtual Box required)
3. Call the web interface (please ignore SSL warnings and accept the certificate): https://localhost:4443/
   and login with user testuser1 and password testuser1

About the folders

• home - is a virtual link from /data/home to /home/testuser1
• projects - is a project folder with public share support, revision controlled files (RCS), and POSIX ACL support
• scratch - is a temporary file storage
• dbb - uses a SQLite database for all data (/tmp/webdav*db ; The database content is lost after reboot.)

About the Virtual Box

• Virtual Box:
  • 1 CPU
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 2 harddrives: sda: root (ext4, quota) and swap, sdb: data (ext4) with POSIX ACL support and group quotas
  • Port forwarding: 4443 to 443 for https and 2222 to 22 for ssh
• OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit:
  • Apache 2.2 with rewrite, ssl, and cgid modules
  • PostgreSQL database server for WebDAV locks and properties
  • LDAP server:
    • Base DN: dc=webdavcgi,dc=sf,dc=net
    • Admin password: adminuser
    • Entries: 4 users (testuser1, testuser2, public, quotatemplate) and 4 groups (testuser1, testuser2, public) in 2 organizational units
• SSH access through port 2222: Login adminuser (password: adminuser); ssh -l adminuser localhost -p 2222
• root access via adminuser: sudo -i
• installation scripts: /root/install/
• update scripts: /root/update.*
• helper scripts (LDAP users/groups): /home/adminuser/scripts

Troubleshooting Guide

No connection to https://localhost:4443/

• check WebDAV CGI Virtual Box machine is started: look into text console of the machine
• sometimes the port 4443 is in use: look for a free port and change the port forwarding rules of the WebDAV CGI Virtual Box