X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/2aaab7db29f154816d6338a1329b42090209d966..33cade908232d636c623108b318f5b256fefceb1:/doc/setup.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn index a4632dba1..1b8e4b12a 100644 --- a/doc/setup.mdwn +++ b/doc/setup.mdwn @@ -1,68 +1,208 @@ -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 +## [[Download]] and [[install]] ikiwiki. -2. Create the subversion repository for your wiki. +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. - svnadmin create /svn/wikirepo - svn mkdir file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk -m create +## Quick start -3. Check out the repository to make the working copy that ikiwiki will use. +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. - svn co file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk ~/wikiwc + % 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 -4. Create some files them into subversion. +Wait for it to tell you an url for your new wiki.. Done! - echo "Welcome to my empty wiki." > ~/wikiwc/index.mdwn - echo "Feel free to edit this page" > ~/wikiwc/sandbox.mdwn - svn add ~/wikiwc/*.mdwn - svn commit ~/wikiwc -m add +(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]].) -5. Build your wiki for the first time. +## Decide where your wiki's files will go. - ikiwiki --verbose ~/wikiwc/ ~/public_html/wiki/ \ - --url=http://host/~you/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. - Replace the url with the right url to your wiki. You should now - be able to visit the url and see your page that you created earlier. +For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll set shell variables +for these locations, and use those variables in the commands that follow. -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 too. Get conformatble with its command line. + SRCDIR=~/wikiwc + DESTDIR=~/public_html/wiki/ -7. Set up a Subversion [[post-commit]] hook to automatically rebuild your - wiki when you commit to it. +Note that ikiwiki owns the working copy directory; do not perform your own +edits in ikiwiki's working copy. - ikiwiki ~/wikiwc/ ~/public_html/wiki/ \ - --url=http://host/~you/wiki/ --wrapper - mv ikiwiki-wrap /svn/wikirepo/hooks/post-commit +## Create the beginnings of your wiki. -8. Set up a [[CGI]] to allow editing the wiki from the web. +This will create a simple main page for the wiki. - ikiwiki ~/wikiwc/ ~/public_html/wiki/ \ - --url=http://host/~you/wiki/ --wrapper --cgi - chmod 6755 ikiwiki-wrap - mv wrapper ~/public_html/wiki/ikiwki.cgi + mkdir $SRCDIR + cd $SRCDIR + $EDITOR index.mdwn - Note that this assumes that your web server will run CGI scripts from - your public_html directory. You might need to put it somewhere else - depending on your web server configuration. +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. -9. Add links to the CGI to all the pages in your wiki, and update your - post-commit hook to add such links when updating the wiki in the - future. Note the use of the [[WrapperParamsTrick]]. + All wikis are supposed to have a \[[SandBox]], + so this one does too. - ikiwiki $(/svn/wikirepo/hooks/post-commit --params) --rebuild - ikiwiki $(/svn/wikirepo/hooks/post-commit --params) \ - --cgiurl=http://host/~you/wiki/ikiwiki.cgi \ - --wrapper - mv ikiwiki-wrap /svn/wikirepo/hooks/post-commit + ---- - Be sure to change the cgiurl to the actual url to the wiki.cgi you - installed in step 9. + This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info). +"""]] + +See [[ikiwiki/formatting]] for details about the markup language. -10. Enjoy your new 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. + +## 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. + +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. + +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. + +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. + + 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. + +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. + +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 "" + 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.