Re: Information needed about setting up Minivend on a virtual server.

[Patrick Schoonveld <pschoonveld@venux.net>]

I run minivend on several virtual servers and it really isn't even an
issue.
You just need to know where the httpd.conf is, where the cgi-bin for
your virtual server is and the documentroot. The rest of it is cake.

Just tell minivend all the info about the virtual server. Where the
cgi-bin is, DocRoot, address, etc. Its really quite simple.

I think the setup issues people tend to have are quite simple,
generally. I had a lot of CyberCash setup, but short-circuited minivend
to make it all work. I think a lot of the people here are not sys admins
(unix), programmers or the like. they are users. That is most certainly
not a bad thing. It just complicates matters sometimes.

Needless to say, my experience with minivend is that the documentation
is not the best. Most certainly not the worst. There is just a lot of
information to cover. But, I like the software and will continue to use
it because it is the best option anywhere. Commercial or otherwise.

Now, as for your problem, you need to ask a more specific question.
Either follow the docs and try stuff until it works, or ask a more
pointed problem question. I am not aware of anyone who has a better
HOW-TO available.

Good Luck,
Patrick Schoonveld.
> Roy wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I have been working on setting up Minivend and MiniMate on a virtual
> server with some success but it is very difficult to figure it all
> out.
> 
> There is so much information in the documentation that it has taken me
> a long time to sort through to try to figure out how to set things up.
> 
> Does someone that has been successful at setting up Minivend and
> MiniMate on a virtual server running Lenux Redhat 6 and Apache have
> a Very basic "How to do it" for the simple demo catalog that they
> could post to the board?
> 
> I like the program a lot and I plan to learn all I can about it but I
> can see from all the posts on this board that I am not the only one
> that is having trouble figuring out how to set things up.
> 
> Most of what I have had trouble with has been due to the fact that the
> Minivend installation setup is intended for people that have their own
> servers with root access to the server.
> 
> I plan to make this work but it would help me (and others like me) if
> there was a more basic description on how to install it, that is
> intended for people with domains on virtual servers.
> 
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thank you,
> Roy