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MindTouch Deki posted: Feb 2, 2007 4:00 PM

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May 10, 2006
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/705

MindTouch Deki is the world's first commercial wiki virtual appliance

Re: MindTouch Deki

1. Feb 20, 2007 10:00 AM in response to: VMTN Admin
Click to view aedwards's profile Lurker 1 posts since
Dec 2, 2006
I would like to demo this for a couple of clients as a VM within VM player but what is the administrative username & password for this VM? It isnt documented on the Appliance page as with most others and I cannot find anything listed in the documentation nor startup display.

I need to be able to control its shutdown with the host o/s to provide a clean shutdown.

Re: MindTouch Deki

2. Feb 24, 2007 11:18 PM in response to: aedwards
Click to view Roebot's profile Lurker 1 posts since
Nov 5, 2006
When you install MindTouch Deki for the first time you provide an email address. A password is emailed to the email you provided. At this time you can login and change the admin account/password and create up to 5 users.

To shut down MindTouch Deki instead of just suspending it click Player from the toolbar of the VMPlayer > Preferences > Check When Exiting: Power off the virtual machine > Click Ok > Click X to close VMPlayer. You'll see the VM shut down.

Re: MindTouch Deki

3. Jul 4, 2007 12:21 PM in response to: Roebot
Click to view tor_s_eilertsen's profile Enthusiast 27 posts since
Feb 4, 2006
Hmmm.

Tried installing this Deki thing, but i need to configure the VM with a proxy for internetaccess, so i newer got a email. Any ideas?

Re: MindTouch Deki

4. Jul 20, 2007 8:12 AM in response to: VMTN Admin
Click to view larryc-cii's profile Novice 6 posts since
May 16, 2007
Downloaded what was supposed to be an VM Appliance. All it was was code with VM Player in the Zip. No vmdk files, vmx files, etc. If they put this little thought into presenting to the VM communities ..... I'd be a little concerned about using the product .... period.

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Re: MindTouch Deki

5. Jul 20, 2007 9:59 AM in response to: larryc-cii
Click to view larryc-cii's profile Novice 6 posts since
May 16, 2007
Got clarification from the company:

The VM is in a subdirectory and it is called MindTouchDeki_Image.zip (or something close). It is a zip within the initial zip .... so I'll take back my comments. The images was not in "plain sight, etc"

Re: MindTouch Deki

6. Aug 13, 2007 1:06 PM in response to: VMTN Admin
Click to view coreyg's profile Enthusiast 36 posts since
Nov 10, 2006
We have a new release out right now called Hayes. Included in this release are the following features:

*Bi-Directional API
*Web Service Extensions
*Commenting
*Tags
*and more...(See more features at http://www.getDekiWiki.com)

Also we fixed bugs and improved compatibility with networks.
The download is Free for Unlimited Users.

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Re: MindTouch Deki

7. Aug 15, 2007 5:24 PM in response to: VMTN Admin
Click to view julieis's profile Lurker 1 posts since
Aug 15, 2007
Thanks for the great product!
Absolutely the best on the market.

Saves us a lot of IT set-up time most users don't think about when looking for a product. Low maintenance is exactly what we need to keep our focus on using the tool instead of how to support it.

Thanks to MindTouch!

Update did not work VM2.0 and Deki 1.8

8. Aug 22, 2007 4:05 PM in response to: VMTN Admin
Click to view Psycan's profile Lurker 1 posts since
Aug 22, 2007
When I upgraded VM to 2.0, it will no longer work with the Deki 1.8vmx. Gives and error message saying that the vmx is already in use. Any fix for this?

Re: MindTouch Deki

9. Sep 10, 2007 8:20 AM in response to: VMTN Admin
Click to view David Guest's profile Enthusiast 61 posts since
Aug 22, 2007
I put up an experimental version of Mindtouch, opened the router and was able to update it from the internet.... However, later, even though it was still running, I started getting the message, that the wiki was down. Looking at it, it did not seem to be in an abnormal state.

There seemed to be no way to solve the problem. Every time I stopped the player, it restored the VM to its previous unworkable state. I didn't know how to get to the administrative page, because I never got any emails from the wiki.

So much for an appliance. My concept of an appliance is that you plug it in and it works. If you have to fiddle with it, it isn't an appliance...

Re: Update did not work VM2.0 and Deki 1.8

10. Sep 10, 2007 9:33 AM in response to: Psycan
Click to view coreyg's profile Enthusiast 36 posts since
Nov 10, 2006
Psycan...the issue you are running into probably has to do with it not being fully shutdown, check and see if there is an lck file in the directory after you shutdown the Deki wiki

Re: MindTouch Deki

11. Sep 10, 2007 9:35 AM in response to: David Guest
Click to view coreyg's profile Enthusiast 36 posts since
Nov 10, 2006
David,

Try reseting the VM as that will reset the operating system. Typically after you update Deki Wiki you need to restart to have the changes apply and to reset the API engine and the web server. That is probably why you received that error.

Re: MindTouch Deki

12. Sep 10, 2007 11:07 AM in response to: coreyg
Click to view David Guest's profile Enthusiast 61 posts since
Aug 22, 2007
How do you reset the VM? I tried stopping the player and then restarting it and the VM, but it goes through a restore step and resets to the hung state....

Re: MindTouch Deki

13. Sep 10, 2007 11:08 AM in response to: David Guest
Click to view RDPetruska's profile Guru 15,875 posts since
Jan 11, 2005
Delete (or rename/move) the .vmss file located in the VM's folder.

Re: MindTouch Deki

14. Sep 10, 2007 11:17 AM in response to: David Guest
Click to view coreyg's profile Enthusiast 36 posts since
Nov 10, 2006
You should be able to go to the VMplayer menu at the top of the screen and then go to troubleshoot and then click reset

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