+[[!meta date="2008-05-06 19:22:09 -0400"]]
+
[[rcs/git]] and other distributed version control systems are all about
making it easy to create and maintain copies and branches of a project. And
this can be used for all sorts of interesting stuff. Since ikiwiki can use
## Overview
-There are three possible level of decentralisation:
+There are several possible level of decentralisation:
0. [[default setup|rcs/git]], no decentralisation
1. [[a simple HTML mirror|tips/Git_repository_and_web_server_on_different_hosts/]]
- 2. separate `srcdir`, still requires a central bare repo - uses [[plugins/pinger]]
- 3. completely distinct ikiwiki installs, synchronised with [[plugins/contrib/gitpush]]
+ 2. [[separate ikiwiki and git servers|tips/Hosting_Ikiwiki_and_master_git_repository_on_different_machines]]
+ 3. separate `srcdir`, still requires a central bare repo - uses [[plugins/pinger]]
+ 4. completely distinct ikiwiki installs
Here's a graphic overview of those:
hosts the HTML files, the ikiwiki [[cgi]] but everything else is on
the git server.
+### Separate webserver and git repository, the git srcdir being hosted on the webserver
+
+[[!img Hosting_Ikiwiki_and_master_git_repository_on_different_machines/separate-web-git-servers.svg size=400x]]
+
+This is the configuration described in
+[[tips/Hosting_Ikiwiki_and_master_git_repository_on_different_machines]]. One server hosts the web server (and the [[Ikiwiki cgi|cgi]]) and the git source dir; a second server hosts the git bare repository. This can be used when you have very limited access to the git server.
+
### Decentralised pinger setup
[[!img ping-setup.svg size=400x]]
[[!img decentralized_wikis.svg size=400x]]
In this configuration, each wiki is fully independent and pushes its
-changes to other wikis using the [[plugins/contrib/gitpush]] plugin.
+changes to other wikis using git.
## Step by step setup instructions
Say you have a friend that has already configured a shiny ikiwiki site, and you want to help by creating a mirror. You still need to figure out how to install ikiwiki and everything, hopefully this section will help you with that.
+Note that parts of the following documentation duplicate instructions from [[setup]], [[setup/byhand]], [[rcs/git]] and [[tips/laptop_wiki_with_git]].
+
### Installing ikiwiki
You need to install the ikiwiki package for the mirror to work. You can use ikiwiki to publish the actual HTML pages elsewhere if you don't plan on letting people edit the wiki, but generally you want the package to be installed on the webserver for editing to work.
git_wrapper: /home/user/source.git/hooks/post-commit
git_test_receive_wrapper: /home/user/source.git/hooks/pre-receive
-To do this, the mirror needs to push back to the master, using the [[plugins/contrib/gitpush]] plugin:
+To make the mirror push back to the master, use, for example:
- git_push_to:
- - git://wiki.example.com/
+ git_wrapper_background_command: git push git://wiki.example.com/
-This will ensure that commits done on the mirror will propagate back to the master.
+This will help ensure that commits done on the mirror will propagate back to the master.
-## Other guides
+## Other ideas
-Another guide is the [[tips/laptop_wiki_with_git]] guide. To get a
-better understanding of how ikiwiki works, see [[rcs/git]].
+See also:
-[This](http://piny.be/jrayhawk/notes/ikiwiki_creation/) may also be of
-use if the above doesn't work.
+ * [[setup]]
+ * [[setup/byhand]]
+ * [[rcs/git]]
+ * [[tips/laptop_wiki_with_git]]
+ * [ikiwiki creation notes](http://piny.be/jrayhawk/notes/ikiwiki_creation/)
### Announcing the mirror
interface. Not 100% sure as I've not gotten into this situation yet.
--[[Joey]]
-