page views at their current rates.)
* `ssh` into their server using the ssh hostname and username displayed on
the site's information page. For me this was
page views at their current rates.)
* `ssh` into their server using the ssh hostname and username displayed on
the site's information page. For me this was
* You'll be in the htdocs directory by default, where public web pages are
put, so before installing ikiwiki, `cd $HOME`
* Use `wget` to [[download]] the ikiwiki tarball.
* Unpack ikiwiki.
* You'll be in the htdocs directory by default, where public web pages are
put, so before installing ikiwiki, `cd $HOME`
* Use `wget` to [[download]] the ikiwiki tarball.
* Unpack ikiwiki.
(This will take a while. As long as the first command succeeds, ikiwiki will be
usable. The second command adds extra modules that some plugins use, and
installation of some of them might fail.)
(This will take a while. As long as the first command succeeds, ikiwiki will be
usable. The second command adds extra modules that some plugins use, and
installation of some of them might fail.)
* With ikiwiki installed, you can follow the regular [[setup]] tutorial for
settng up your wiki. Make sure to set `destdir` to `/home/htdocs/` so that
the wiki is published on the web site. I recommend using git for revision
control; you can then clone your wiki's git repository as an offsite backup.
Here is an example of how I set up a wiki:
* With ikiwiki installed, you can follow the regular [[setup]] tutorial for
settng up your wiki. Make sure to set `destdir` to `/home/htdocs/` so that
the wiki is published on the web site. I recommend using git for revision
control; you can then clone your wiki's git repository as an offsite backup.
Here is an example of how I set up a wiki:
# Configure the rest to your liking and save the file.
ikiwiki-makerepo git . ../wiki.git
ikiwiki -setup ikiwiki.setup
# Configure the rest to your liking and save the file.
ikiwiki-makerepo git . ../wiki.git
ikiwiki -setup ikiwiki.setup
* Finally, you can save a _lot_ of disk space by cleaning up the ikiwiki
tarball and .cpan directory.
* Finally, you can save a _lot_ of disk space by cleaning up the ikiwiki
tarball and .cpan directory.