-So you want to set up your own wiki using ikiwiki? This turorial will walk
-you through setting up a wiki that is stored in [[Subversion]] and that has
-optional support for commits from the web.
+This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki.
-1. [[Install]] ikiwiki.
+[[!toc ]]
- apt-get install ikiwiki # soon
+## [[Download]] and [[install]] ikiwiki.
- Ikiwiki requires [[MarkDown]] be installed, and also uses the following
- perl modules: `CGI::Session` `CGI::FormBuilder` (version 3.02.02 or
- newer) `HTML::Template` `Mail::SendMail` `Time::Duration` `Date::Parse`
- (libtimedate-perl)
+If you're using Debian or Ubuntu, ikiwiki is an `apt-get install ikiwiki` away.
+If you're not, see the [[download]] and [[install]] pages.
-2. Create the subversion repository for your wiki.
+## Quick start
- svnadmin create /svn/wikirepo
- svn mkdir file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk -m create
+If you'd like to set up a wiki now, and learn more later, and you have
+ikiwiki 2.60 or better installed, just run this command and answer a couple
+of questions.
-3. Check out the repository to make the working copy that ikiwiki will use.
+ % ikiwiki -setup /etc/ikiwiki/auto.setup
+ What will the wiki be named? mywiki
+ What revision control system to use? git
+ What wiki user (or openid) will be wiki admin? joey
- svn co file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk ~/wikiwc
+Wait for it to tell you an url for your new wiki.. Done!
-4. Build your wiki for the first time.
+(If the CGI doesn't seem to let you edit pages, you might need to
+[[configure_apache|tips/apache_cgi]] or [[configure_lighttpd|tips/lighttpd_cgi]].)
- ikiwiki --verbose ~/wikiwc/ ~/public_html/wiki/ \
- --url=http://host/~you/wiki/
+## Decide where your wiki's files will go.
- Replace the url with the real url to your wiki. You should now
- be able to visit the url and see your wiki.
+As a wiki compiler, ikiwiki builds a wiki from files in a source directory,
+and outputs the files to a destination directory. If you keep your wiki in
+a version control system, the source directory will contain a working copy
+checked out from the version control system.
-5. Customise your wiki. The files in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/` are
- used if you don't have a custom version, so let's start by making a
- custom version of the wiki's index page:
+For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll set shell variables
+for these locations, and use those variables in the commands that follow.
- cp /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/index.mdwn ~/wikiwc
- svn add ~/wikiwc/index.mdwn
- $EDITOR ~/wikiwc/index.mdwn
- svn commit ~/wikiwc/index.mdwn -m customised
+ SRCDIR=~/wikiwc
+ DESTDIR=~/public_html/wiki/
- You can also add any files you like from scratch of course.
+Note that ikiwiki owns the working copy directory; do not perform your own
+edits in ikiwiki's working copy.
-6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 as desired, editing or adding pages and rebuilding
- the wiki. You can play around with other ikiwiki parameters such as
- `--wikiname` and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line
- (see [[usage]]).
+## Create the beginnings of your wiki.
-7. By now you should be getting tired of typing in all the command line
- options each time you change something in your wiki's setup. And it's
- also getting old to have to manualy rebuild the wiki each time you
- change a file. Time to introduce setup files.
+This will create a simple main page for the wiki.
+
+ mkdir $SRCDIR
+ cd $SRCDIR
+ $EDITOR index.mdwn
+
+In the editor, you could start by entering a simple page like
+[[!toggle id=page text="this one"]].
+[[!toggleable id=page text="""
+ Welcome to your new wiki.
+
+ All wikis are supposed to have a \[[SandBox]],
+ so this one does too.
+
+ ----
+
+ This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info).
+"""]]
- A sample setup file is [[ikiwiki.setup]]. Download it (or copy it from
- `doc/ikiwiki.setup` in the ikiwiki sources), and edit it.
+See [[ikiwiki/formatting]] for details about the markup language.
+
+Note that several [[standard_wiki_pages|basewiki]] will be added to your
+wiki, from files in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/`, so your wiki will
+automatically get a [[SandBox]], and some other useful pages.
+
+## Build your wiki for the first time.
+
+ ikiwiki --verbose $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/
+
+Replace the url with the real url to your wiki. You should now
+be able to visit the url and see your wiki.
+
+## Add content to your wiki.
+
+Continue editing or adding pages and rebuilding the wiki.
- Most of the options, like `wikiname` in the setup file are the same as
- ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir`
- and `destdir` are the two directories you specify when
- running ikiwiki by hand. `svnrepo` is the path to your subversion
- repository. Make sure that all of these are pointing to the right
- directories, and read through and configure the rest of the file to your
- liking.
+To quickly get started on a common task like blogging with ikiwiki, you
+can copy in files from the [[examples]]. The examples are located in
+`doc/examples/` in the ikiwiki source package.
- Note that the default file has a block to configure a svn wrapper. This
- sets up a [[post-commit]] hook to update the wiki.
+You can experiment with other ikiwiki parameters such as `--wikiname`
+and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line (see
+[[usage]]).
- When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it
- will set everything up and update your wiki.
+## Add a setup file.
-8. Set up [[CGI]] to allow editing the wiki from the web.
+By now you should be getting tired of typing in all the command line
+options each time you change something in your wiki's setup. Time to
+introduce setup files.
- Just edit ikiwiki.setup, uncomment the block for the cgi wrapper, make
- sure the filename for the cgi wrapper is ok, run
- `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and you're done!
+To generate a setup file, use `ikiwiki --dumpsetup`. You can pass
+all the options have you been including at the command line, and they
+will be stored in the setup file.
-9. 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` setting makes ikiwiki add the links, and
- in that url, "\[[file]]" is replaced with the name of the file to view. So
- edit ikiwiki.setup and set `historyurl` to something like this:
+ ikiwiki $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/ --dumpsetup ikiwiki.setup
- `http://svn.host/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki`
+Note that this file should *not* be put in your wiki's directory with
+the rest of the files. A good place to put it is in a ~/.ikiwiki/
+subdirectory.
- Then run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` again.
+Most of the options, like `wikiname` in the setup file are the same as
+ikiwiki's command line options (documented in [[usage]]. `srcdir` and
+`destdir` are the two directories you specify when running ikiwiki by
+hand. Make sure that these are pointing to the right directories, and
+read through and configure the rest of the file to your liking.
-10. Enjoy your new wiki! Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]]
+When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it
+will set everything up.
+
+## Turn on additional features.
+
+Now you have a basic wiki with a setup file. Time to experiment
+with ikiwiki's many features.
+
+Let's first enable a key wiki feature and set up [[CGI]] to allow
+editing the wiki from the web. Just edit ikiwiki.setup, uncomment the
+settings for the `cgi_wrapper`, make sure the filename for the cgi wrapper
+is ok, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and you're done!
+
+There are lots of other configuration options in ikiwiki.setup that you
+can uncomment, configure, and enable by re-running
+`ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`. Be sure to browse through all the
+[[plugins]]..
+
+## Put your wiki in revision control.
+
+At this point you might want to check your wiki in to a revision control
+system so you can keep track of changes and revert edits. Depending
+on the revision control system you choose, the way this is done varies.
+
+Note that the .ikiwiki subdirectory is where ikiwiki keeps its state, and
+should be preserved, but not checked into revision control.
+
+The [[ikiwiki-makerepo]] command automates setting up a wiki in
+revision control.
+
+[[!toggle id=subversion text="Subversion"]]
+[[!toggleable id=subversion text="""
+ REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo
+ ikiwiki-makerepo svn $SRCDIR $REPOSITORY
+"""]]
+
+[[!toggle id=git text="Git"]]
+[[!toggleable id=git text="""
+ REPOSITORY=~/wiki.git
+ ikiwiki-makerepo git $SRCDIR $REPOSITORY
+
+Please see [[rcs/git]] for detailed documentation about how
+ikiwiki uses git repositories, and some important caveats
+about using the git repositories.
+"""]]
+
+[[!toggle id=mercurial text="Mercurial"]]
+[[!toggleable id=mercurial text="""
+ REPOSITORY=$SRCDIR
+ ikiwiki-makerepo mercurial $SRCDIR
+"""]]
+
+[[!toggle id=bazaar text="Bazaar"]]
+[[!toggleable id=bazaar text="""
+ REPOSITORY=$SRCDIR
+ ikiwiki-makerepo bzr $SRCDIR
+"""]]
+
+[[!toggle id=tla text="TLA"]]
+[[!toggleable id=tla text="""
+ REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo
+ tla make-archive me@localhost--wiki $REPOSITORY
+ tla my-id "<me@localhost>"
+ cd $SRCDIR
+ tla archive-setup me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
+ tla init-tree me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
+ # Edit {arch}/=tagging-method and change the precious
+ # line to add the .ikiwiki directory to the regexp.
+ tla add *
+ tla import
+"""]]
+
+[[!toggle id=monotone text="Monotone"]]
+[[!toggleable id=monotone text="""
+ # This assumes that you have already used "mtn genkey you@hostname".
+ REPOSITORY=~/wiki.monotone
+ ikiwiki-makerepo monotone $SRCDIR $REPOSITORY
+"""]]
+
+## Configure ikiwiki to use revision control.
+
+Once your wiki is checked in to the revision control system, you should
+configure ikiwiki to use revision control. Edit your ikiwiki.setup, set
+`rcs` to the the revision control system you chose to use. Be sure to set
+`svnrepo` to the directory for your repository, if using subversion.
+Uncomment the configuration for the wrapper for your revision control
+system, and configure the wrapper path appropriately (for Git, it should be
+the path to `hooks/post-update` inside the bare git repository).
+
+Once it's all set up, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` once more.
+Now you should be able to edit files in $SRCDIR, and use your revision
+control system to commit them, and the wiki will automatically update.
+And in the web interface, RecentChanges should work, and files changed
+by web users will also be committed using revision control.
+
+## Enjoy your new wiki!
+
+Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]]. And check out
+the [[tips]] to find out how to get more out of ikiwiki.