[rt-users] RT second instance

[ktm at rice.edu]

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 05:36:07AM +0300, kobor-l at udvarhely.net wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I installed a RT 4 under the standard /opt/rt4, with mysql database :
> rt4db, and rt4user/password mysql privileges.
> In apache is configured as virtualhost with mod_perl (2.0.4).
> Working great.
> 
> Now i wanted to add a second install under /opt/rtsecond , with different
> db etc (rtseconddb, rtseconduser etc), so i did a new configure/make
> install/initd.
> I configured as a second virtualhost in apache under its own subdomain,
> restarted apache, tried to login and to my suprise default root/password
> didn't work.
> After a bit of troubleshooting i realised that RT is trying to connect to
> the first db, with the first user ( adding quey loging to mysql shows
> clearly Connect   rt4user at localhost on rt4db   ; and not Connect
> rtseconduser on rtseconddb).
> Then i did triple check everything, but everything seems right (grep -r
> rt4 /opt/rtsecond   matches only Readme files , or perldoc part from .pm
> files; so config is good; also second virtualhost definition is corretly
> reffering /opt/rtsecond and not /opt/rt4)
> Of course if i remove the first virtualhost; or if i start the first via
> apache and second with rt_server on different port , then works.
> 
> 
> So, it's a bug, mod_perl limitation or i'm missing something?
> 
> Thanks,
> Sandor Marton

Did you take a look at the wiki?

http://requesttracker.wikia.com/wiki/MultipleInstances

Cheers,
Ken