Difference between revisions of "Wifi kiosk"
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You have to create a vhost for kiwix in the file /etc/apache2/sites-available/kiwix like following. | You have to create a vhost for kiwix in the file /etc/apache2/sites-available/kiwix like following. | ||
<source lang="text"> | |||
<VirtualHost *:80> | <VirtualHost *:80> | ||
ServerName kiwix | ServerName kiwix | ||
DocumentRoot /var/www/kiwix/ | DocumentRoot /var/www/kiwix/ | ||
</VirtualHost> | </VirtualHost> | ||
</source> | |||
In /etc/apache2/sites-available/default, add the following lines: | In /etc/apache2/sites-available/default, add the following lines: | ||
<source lang="text"> | |||
<Ifmodule mod_alias.c> | <Ifmodule mod_alias.c> | ||
RedirectMatch permanent /(.*)$ http://kiwix/ | RedirectMatch permanent /(.*)$ http://kiwix/ | ||
</IfModule> | </IfModule> | ||
</source> | |||
Create the directory /var/www/kiwix and an empty file /var/www/kiwix/index.html | Create the directory /var/www/kiwix and an empty file /var/www/kiwix/index.html |
Revision as of 08:50, 12 February 2011
This page is a HOWTO to create a Kiwix Wifi kiosk, a simple wifi hotspot which allow user to surf on Wikipedia using kiwix-serve and also provide all necessary files to download.
1 - Hardware
Almost all hardware may be able to help to build such a wifi hotspot. We use a small PC based on a x86 and using a USB wifi dongle. To install Debian on the computer, we use an additional USB HD.
2 - OS Installation
Install unetbootin and start it. unetbootin propose you to install a debian stable netinstall on your USB key, do it. Boot your target computer on the usb key and install Debian stable choosing the options "Web server" and "SSH server".
3 - Install additional packages
You should now be able to connect to you computer using SSH, you may consequently to all the next steps remotly. Install the following packags : wireless-tools, dnsmasq Check that you wirelss card is correctly recognized.
4 - Configuration network
Add to the /etc/network/interfaces
# wlan
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.1.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
wireless-essid KIWIX
wireless-mode ad-hoc
Try to start the interface with: ifconfig wlan0 up
5 - Configuration of DNS & DHCP
Enable the option in /etc/dnsmasq.conf :
- bogus-priv
- address = /#/192.168.1.1
- interface=wlan0
- dhcp-range=192.168.1.50,192.168.1.150,1h
At this moment you should be able to freely connect to the KIWIX hotspot and your web browser should display for any request the default Apache web page.
6 - Configuration de Apache
You have to create a vhost for kiwix in the file /etc/apache2/sites-available/kiwix like following.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName kiwix
DocumentRoot /var/www/kiwix/
</VirtualHost>
In /etc/apache2/sites-available/default, add the following lines:
<Ifmodule mod_alias.c>
RedirectMatch permanent /(.*)$ http://kiwix/
</IfModule>
Create the directory /var/www/kiwix and an empty file /var/www/kiwix/index.html
Create the symbolique in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ and reload Apache.
At this moment all the HTTP request should target to http://kiwix/