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This directory is the root of the IVLE web application proper. It is this
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directory that should be installed into the web server to be executed.
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Navigating to the place this directory is installed shall be the entrypoint
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Note that no files placed in this directory or its subdirectories will be
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directly visible from the web, *except* those files placed in `/media` or its
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The Apache conf file should have the following directives added to it, which
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configures the site to direct all URLs to the main dispatcher (except for
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files in the /media directory).
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# IVLE directory configuration
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# See src/README for instructions and explanation
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<Directory "/ivle-directory">
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PythonHandler dispatch_handler
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Options FollowSymLinks
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PythonOption ivle.handlerpath "/ivle-directory"
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<Directory "/ivle-directory/media">
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Where `ivle-directory` is the path to root directory of IVLE on the web
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Uncomment `PythonDebug On` to turn on debugging.
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Note that this disables directory listings across the whole site (which
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essentially only affects the /media directory).
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Application configuration
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Additional settings must be written to allow IVLE to work (such as the root
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URL and student file space directories). The web application will throw an
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exception if these have not been set up (if conf/conf.py does not exist).
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Run setup.py, a command-line tool, which will interactively create
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Special handling of media directory
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One important exception: Apache must be configured so that the `/media`
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directory and its subdirectories are served directly as-is, with no special
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Files in the `/media` directory should be served with the standard MIME types
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(eg. text/html for .html, image/png for .png). **No** server-side script
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handling should take place in the media directory. That is, .py and .php files
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should be simply served up as text/plain or whatever their default MIME type
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This simply means that the web server should NOT be configured to handle
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scripts anywhere in the ivle directory, except for the above handling code.
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* /apps - Each plugin application has its own directory.
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* /dispatch - Handler module for the top-level dispatch.
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* /media - Contains files directly served by Apache (see above).
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* /conf - Administrator configuration files (see /conf/README).
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