This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki.
-1. [[Download]] and [[install]] ikiwiki.
+[[toc ]]
-2. Decide where your wiki's files will go.
+## [[Download]] and [[install]] ikiwiki.
- 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.
+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.
- For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll set shell variables
- for these locations, and use those variables in the commands that follow.
+## Decide where your wiki's files will go.
- SRCDIR=~/wikiwc
- DESTDIR=~/public_html/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.
- Note that ikiwiki owns the working copy directory; do not perform your own
- edits in ikiwiki's working copy.
+For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll set shell variables
+for these locations, and use those variables in the commands that follow.
-3. Create the beginnings of your wiki.
+ SRCDIR=~/wikiwc
+ DESTDIR=~/public_html/wiki/
- This will create a simple main page for the wiki.
+Note that ikiwiki owns the working copy directory; do not perform your own
+edits in ikiwiki's working copy.
- mkdir $SRCDIR
- cd $SRCDIR
- $EDITOR index.mdwn
+## Create the beginnings of your wiki.
- 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).
- """]]
-
- See [[HelpOnFormatting]] for details about the markup language.
+This will create a simple main page for the wiki.
- 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.
+ mkdir $SRCDIR
+ cd $SRCDIR
+ $EDITOR index.mdwn
-4. Build your wiki for the first time.
+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.
- ikiwiki --verbose $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/
+ All wikis are supposed to have a \[[SandBox]],
+ so this one does too.
- Replace the url with the real url to your wiki. You should now
- be able to visit the url and see your wiki.
+ ----
-5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 as desired, editing or adding pages and rebuilding
- the wiki.
+ This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info).
+"""]]
- 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.
+See [[ikiwiki/formatting]] for details about the markup language.
- You can play around with other ikiwiki parameters such as `--wikiname`
- and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line (see
- [[usage]]).
+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.
-6. 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.
-
- A sample setup file is [[ikiwiki.setup]]. Download it (or copy it from
- `doc/ikiwiki.setup` in the ikiwiki sources), and edit it. 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.
-
- 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.
+## Build your wiki for the first time.
- When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it
- will set everything up.
+ ikiwiki --verbose $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/
-7. Turn on additional features.
+Replace the url with the real url to your wiki. You should now
+be able to visit the url and see your wiki.
- Now you have a basic wiki with a configuration file. Time to experiment
- with ikiwiki's many features.
+## Add content to your wiki.
+
+Continue editing or adding pages and rebuilding the wiki.
- 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
- 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 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.
- 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]]..
+You can experiment with other ikiwiki parameters such as `--wikiname`
+and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line (see
+[[usage]]).
-8. Put your wiki in revision control.
+## Add a setup file.
- At this point you might want to check your wiki in to a revision control
- system you can get history of past changes and revert edits. Depending
- on the revision control system you choose, the way this is done varies.
+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.
- There's little that's ikiwiki specific about these instructions; this is
- just how you put a directory under revision control using the various
- systems that ikiwiki supports. Note that the .ikiwiki subdirectory is
- where ikiwiki keeps its state, and should be preserved, but not checked
- into revision control.
-
- [[toggle id=subversion text="Subversion"]]
- [[toggleable id=subversion text="""
- REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo
- svnadmin create $REPOSITORY
- svn mkdir file://$REPOSITORY/trunk -m "create trunk"
- cd $SRCDIR
- svn co file://$REPOSITORY/trunk .
- svn add *
- svn commit -m "initial import"
- """]]
+A sample setup file is [[ikiwiki.setup]]. Download it (or copy it from
+`doc/ikiwiki.setup` in the ikiwiki sources), and edit it. 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.
- [[toggle id=git text="Git"]]
- [[toggleable id=git text="""
- For Git, you need two repositories, of which one should be bare
- (meaning that it does not have a working tree checked out). We call
- the bare repository the "repo" and the other the "srcdir" ($srcdir).
- There are [other
- ways](http://blog.madduck.net/vcs/2007.07.11_publishing-git-repositories)
- to do the following, but this might be easiest:
-
- REPO=./wiki.git
- # SRCDIR is where ikiwiki compiles from. You thus need
- # to set $srcdir in ikiwiki.setup appropriately. The
- # -wc in the name suggests "working clone" because
- # $SRCDIR holds a Git repository with a working tree.
- SRCDIR=./wiki-wc
- cd $SRCDIR
- git init
- echo "Initial index page" > index.mdwn
- echo .ikiwiki > .gitignore
- git add index.mdwn .gitignore
- git commit -m'Initial commit'
- git config receive.denyNonFastForwards true
- git config core.bare true
- mv .git $REPO
- test -d .ikiwiki && mv .ikiwiki ..
- cd ..
- rm -r $SRCDIR
- git clone -l -s $REPO $SRCDIR
- test -d .ikiwiki && mv .ikiwiki $SRCDIR
-
- It is **paramount** that you **never** push to the Git repository in
- `$SRCDIR` ([this FAQ entry explains
- why](http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#head-b6a3d85f677763313159eb39f7dbf4579d4ee28b)).
- Instead, if you want to work on the wiki from a remote machine, clone
- `$REPO`, using either the `git` transport (if available), or
- `ssh`.
-
- To automatically update the wiki when you push changes to
- `$REPO`, `ikiwiki` can install a `post-update` hook. You need to
- enable this hook in `ikiwiki.setup` and the path to use should be
- `$REPO/hooks/post-update`.
-
- Finally, then, setup `ikiwiki`:
-
- ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup
-
- If you commit changes in `$SRCDIR`, make sure to `git push` them to
- the `$REPO`.
- """]]
-
- [[toggle id=tla text="TLA"]]
- [[toggleable id=tla text="""
- REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo
- tla make-archive me@localhost--wiki $REPOSITORY
- tla my-id "<me@localhost>"
- cd $SRCDIR
- tla archive-setup me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
- tla init-tree me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
- # Edit {arch}/=tagging-method and change the precious
- # line to add the .ikiwiki directory to the regexp.
- tla add *
- tla import
- """]]
-
- [[toggle id=mercurial text="Mercurial"]]
- [[toggleable id=mercurial text="""
- REPOSITORY=$SRCDIR
- hg init $REPOSITORY
- cd $REPOSITORY
- hg add *
- hg commit -m "initial import"
- """]]
-
- [[toggle id=monotone text="Monotone"]]
- [[toggleable id=montone text="""
- # These instructions are standard instructions to import a directory into monotone
- # and set it up so that you don't need any passwords to use it
- REPOSITORY=~/.ikiwiki/mtn.db
- BRANCH=com.company.wikiname
- # remember the password you use in the next step and
- # substitute it for 'wikiKeyPass' in the get_passphrase() hook below
- # note the you should never generate two monotone keys with the same name
- mtn genkey web@machine.company.com
- mtn db init --db=$REPOSITORY
- mv $SRCDIR $SRCDIR-old
- cd $SRCDIR-old
- echo ".ikiwiki" > $SRCDIR-old/.mtn-ignore
- mtn --db=$REPOSITORY --branch=$BRANCH import . -m "initial import"
- cd ..
- mtn --db=$REPOSITORY --branch=$BRANCH checkout $SRCDIR
- mv $SRCDIR-old/.ikiwiki $SRCDIR
- cat << EOF > $SRCDIR/_MTN/monotonerc
- function get_passphrase (branchname)
- return "wikiKeyPass"
- end
- EOF
- rm -r $SRCDIR-old
- """]]
-
-9. 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, and uncomment the lines for the revision control system
- you chose to use. Be sure to set `svnrepo` to $REPOSITORY, if using
- subversion. Uncomment the block for the wrapper for your revision
- control system, and configure the wrapper path in that block
- appropriately.
+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.
+
+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 configuration file. Time to experiment
+with ikiwiki's many features.
- 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.
-
-10. Enjoy your new wiki! Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]]. And check out
- [[tips]] to find out how to get more out of ikiwiki.
+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
+block 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 new [[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 $SRCDIR
+ tla archive-setup me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
+ tla init-tree me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0
+ # Edit {arch}/=tagging-method and change the precious
+ # line to add the .ikiwiki directory to the regexp.
+ tla add *
+ tla import
+"""]]
+
+[[toggle id=monotone text="Monotone"]]
+[[toggleable id=monotone text="""
+ # These instructions are standard instructions to import a directory into monotone
+ # and set it up so that you don't need any passwords to use it
+ REPOSITORY=~/.ikiwiki/mtn.db
+ BRANCH=com.company.wikiname
+ # remember the password you use in the next step and
+ # substitute it for 'wikiKeyPass' in the get_passphrase() hook below
+ # note the you should never generate two monotone keys with the same name
+ mtn genkey web@machine.company.com
+ mtn db init --db=$REPOSITORY
+ mv $SRCDIR $SRCDIR-old
+ cd $SRCDIR-old
+ echo ".ikiwiki" > $SRCDIR-old/.mtn-ignore
+ mtn --db=$REPOSITORY --branch=$BRANCH import . -m "initial import"
+ cd ..
+ mtn --db=$REPOSITORY --branch=$BRANCH checkout $SRCDIR
+ mv $SRCDIR-old/.ikiwiki $SRCDIR
+ cat << EOF > $SRCDIR/_MTN/monotonerc
+ function get_passphrase (branchname)
+ return "wikiKeyPass"
+ end
+ EOF
+ rm -r $SRCDIR-old
+"""]]
+
+## 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, and uncomment the lines for the revision control system
+you chose to use. Be sure to set `svnrepo` to $REPOSITORY, if using
+subversion. Uncomment the block for the wrapper for your revision
+control system, and configure the wrapper path in that block
+appropriately (for Git, it should be `$REPOSITORY/hooks/post-update`).
+
+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.