X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/2bc2560e4503479320eb3b282dd60512d8737c88..f7d89faec9f747a800564b6bd3f9bc155402e37d:/doc/setup.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn index a28e7918f..1b8e4b12a 100644 --- a/doc/setup.mdwn +++ b/doc/setup.mdwn @@ -1,239 +1,208 @@ 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. - - 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. +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. - When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it - will set everything up. + All wikis are supposed to have a \[[SandBox]], + so this one does too. -7. Turn on additional features. + ---- - Now you have a basic wiki with a configuration file. Time to experiment - with ikiwiki's many features. + This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info). +"""]] - 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! +See [[ikiwiki/formatting]] for details about the markup language. - 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]].. +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. -8. Put your wiki in revision control. +## Build your wiki for the first time. - 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 --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. - 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" - """]] +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. - [[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". - 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' - # Stop git performing fast forwards -- this is to avoid - # overwriting the remote ref and losing other peoples' - # commits from there. - 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 "" - 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. +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. - 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 "" + 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.