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3.1 KiB
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77 lines
3.1 KiB
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So you want to set up your own wiki using ikiwiki? This turorial will walk
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you through setting up a wiki that is stored in [[Subversion]] and that has
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optional support for commits from the web.
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1. [[Install]] ikiwiki.
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apt-get install ikiwiki # soon
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Ikiwiki requires [[MarkDown]] be installed, and also uses the following
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perl modules: `CGI::Session` `CGI::FormBuilder` `HTML::Template`
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2. Create the subversion repository for your wiki.
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svnadmin create /svn/wikirepo
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svn mkdir file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk -m create
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3. Check out the repository to make the working copy that ikiwiki will use.
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svn co file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk ~/wikiwc
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4. Create some files and add them into subversion.
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echo "Welcome to my empty wiki." > ~/wikiwc/index.mdwn
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echo "Feel free to edit this page" > ~/wikiwc/sandbox.mdwn
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svn add ~/wikiwc/*.mdwn
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svn commit ~/wikiwc -m add
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5. Build your wiki for the first time.
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ikiwiki --verbose ~/wikiwc/ \
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/usr/lib/ikiwiki/templates ~/public_html/wiki/ \
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--url=http://host/~you/wiki/
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Replace the url with the right url to your wiki. You should now
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be able to visit the url and see your page that you created earlier.
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6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 as desired, editing or adding pages and rebuilding
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the wiki. You can play around with other ikiwiki parameters such as
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--wikiname too. Get conformatble with its command line.
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7. Set up a Subversion [[post-commit]] hook to automatically rebuild your
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wiki when you commit to it.
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ikiwiki ~/wikiwc/ \
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/usr/lib/ikiwiki/templates ~/public_html/wiki/ \
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--url=http://host/~you/wiki/ --wrapper
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mv ikiwiki-wrap /svn/wikirepo/hooks/post-commit
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8. Set up a [[CGI]] to allow editing the wiki from the web.
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ikiwiki ~/wikiwc/ \
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/usr/lib/ikiwiki/templates ~/public_html/wiki/ \
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--url=http://host/~you/wiki/ --wrapper --cgi
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chmod 6755 ikiwiki-wrap
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mv wrapper ~/public_html/wiki/ikiwki.cgi
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Note that this assumes that your web server will run CGI scripts from
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your public_html directory. You might need to put it somewhere else
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depending on your web server configuration.
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9. Add links to the CGI to all the pages in your wiki, and update your
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post-commit hook to add such links when updating the wiki in the
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future. Note the use of the [[WrapperParamsTrick]].
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ikiwiki $(/svn/wikirepo/hooks/post-commit --params) \
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--cgiurl=http://host/~you/wiki/ikiwiki.cgi --wrapper
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mv ikiwiki-wrap /svn/wikirepo/hooks/post-commit
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ikiwiki $(/svn/wikirepo/hooks/post-commit --params) --rebuild
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Be sure to change the cgiurl to the actual url to the wiki.cgi you
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installed in step 9.
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10. Add [[PageHistory]] links to the top of pages. This requires you to have setup [[ViewCVS]] or something similar to access your [[Subversion]] repository. The --historyurl parameter makes ikiwiki add the links, and in that url, "[[]]" is replaced with the name of the file to view. So repeat step 9 to rebuild the wiki post commit wrapper and wiki, adding a historyurl something like this one:
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--historyurl='http://svn.host/trunk/[[]]?root=wiki'
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11. Enjoy your new wiki! Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]] |