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.
+## Quick start
- SRCDIR=~/wikiwc
- DESTDIR=~/public_html/wiki/
+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.
- Note that ikiwiki owns the working copy directory; do not perform your own
- edits in ikiwiki's working copy.
+ % 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
-3. Create the beginnings of your wiki.
+Wait for it to tell you an url for your new wiki.. Done!
- This will create a simple main page for the wiki.
+(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]].)
- mkdir $SRCDIR
- cd $SRCDIR
- $EDITOR index.mdwn
+## Decide where your wiki's files will go.
- 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.
+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 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.
+For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll set shell variables
+for these locations, and use those variables in the commands that follow.
-4. Build your wiki for the first time.
+ SRCDIR=~/wikiwc
+ DESTDIR=~/public_html/wiki/
- ikiwiki --verbose $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/
+Note that ikiwiki owns the working copy directory; do not perform your own
+edits in ikiwiki's working copy.
- Replace the url with the real url to your wiki. You should now
- be able to visit the url and see your wiki.
+## Create the beginnings of your wiki.
-5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 as desired, editing or adding pages and rebuilding
- the wiki.
-
- 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.
+This will create a simple main page for the wiki.
- You can play around with other ikiwiki parameters such as `--wikiname`
- and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line (see
- [[usage]]).
+ mkdir $SRCDIR
+ cd $SRCDIR
+ $EDITOR index.mdwn
-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.
+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).
+"""]]
- 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.
+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.
- When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it
- will set everything up.
+## Build your wiki for the first time.
-7. Turn on additional features.
+ ikiwiki --verbose $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/
- Now you have a basic wiki with a configuration file. Time to experiment
- with ikiwiki's many features.
+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.
- 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.
+
+You can experiment with other ikiwiki parameters such as `--wikiname`
+and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line (see
+[[usage]]).
+
+## Add a setup file.
- 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]]..
+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.
-8. Put your wiki in revision control.
+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.
- 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.
+ ikiwiki $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://example.org/~you/wiki/ --dumpsetup ikiwiki.setup
+
+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.
- 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"
- """]]
+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 setup file. Time to experiment
+with ikiwiki's many features.
- [[toggle id=git text="Git"]]
- [[toggleable id=git text="""
- When using Git, you probably want to set up 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 "repository" and the
- other will be the "srcdir" (which `ikiwiki` uses to compile the wiki).
- There are [other
- ways](http://blog.madduck.net/vcs/2007.07.11_publishing-git-repositories)
- to do the following, but this might be easiest:
-
- REPOSITORY=~/wiki.git
- cd $SRCDIR
- git init
- echo /.ikiwiki > .gitignore
- git add .
- git commit -m'Initial commit'
- # if you expect $REPOSITORY to receive pushs from multiple
- # clones, then it is advisable to stop git performing
- # fast forwards -- this is to avoid overwriting the
- # remote ref and losing commits from there.
- git config receive.denyNonFastForwards true
- git config core.bare true
- mv .git $REPOSITORY
- mv .ikiwiki ..
- cd ..
- rm -r $SRCDIR
- git clone -l -s $REPOSITORY $SRCDIR
- 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
- `$REPOSITORY`, using either the `git` transport (if available), or
- `ssh`.
-
- If at any point you commit changes in `$SRCDIR`, make sure to `git
- push` them to the `$REPOSITORY`.
- """]]
-
- [[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 $REPOSITORY
- hg add *
- hg commit -m "initial import"
- """]]
-
- [[toggle id=monotone text="Monotone"]]
- [[toggleable id=monotone text="""
- # These instructions are standard instructions to import a directory into monotone
- # and set it up so that you don't need any passwords to use it
- REPOSITORY=~/.ikiwiki/mtn.db
- BRANCH=com.company.wikiname
- # remember the password you use in the next step and
- # substitute it for 'wikiKeyPass' in the get_passphrase() hook below
- # note the you should never generate two monotone keys with the same name
- mtn genkey web@machine.company.com
- mtn db init --db=$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
- """]]
-
-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 $REPOSITORY, if using
- subversion. Uncomment the block for the wrapper for your revision
- control system, and configure the wrapper path in that block
- appropriately (for Git, it should be `$REPO/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.
-
-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
+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.