X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/c99a790c843b7c7d8beb987cc35ed7fd33958756..38550f06408b1c05369e6bf130a2bc933e0ed57a:/doc/setup.mdwn diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn index 48f63fa55..8e5653442 100644 --- a/doc/setup.mdwn +++ b/doc/setup.mdwn @@ -1,11 +1,13 @@ This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki. -1. [[Install]] ikiwiki. See [[download]] for where to get it. +1. [[Download]] and [[install]] ikiwiki. 2. Decide where your wiki's files will go. - As a wiki compiler, ikiwiki builds a wiki from files in a source - directory, and outputs the files to a destination directory. + 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. For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll set shell variables for these locations, and use those variables in the commands that follow. @@ -13,6 +15,9 @@ This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki. SRCDIR=~/wikiwc DESTDIR=~/public_html/wiki/ + Note that ikiwiki owns the working copy directory; do not perform your own + edits in ikiwiki's working copy. + 3. Create the beginnings of your wiki. This will create a simple main page for the wiki. @@ -29,18 +34,18 @@ This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki. All wikis are supposed to have a [[SandBox]], so this one does too. ---- - This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.kitenet.net). + This wiki is powered by [ikiwiki](http://ikiwiki.info). """]] See [[HelpOnFormatting]] for details about the markup language. - Note that several standard wiki pages 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. + 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. 4. Build your wiki for the first time. - ikiwiki --verbose $SRCDIR $DESTDIR --url=http://host/~you/wiki/ + 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. @@ -61,7 +66,9 @@ This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki. 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. + `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 @@ -95,7 +102,9 @@ This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki. 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. + 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=""" @@ -117,6 +126,7 @@ This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki. cp -a $SRCDIR/* . git add . git commit -m "initial import" -a + mv $SRCDIR/.ikiwiki . rm -rf $SRCDIR git clone -l -s $REPOSITORY $SRCDIR """]] @@ -138,13 +148,38 @@ This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki. [[toggle id=mercurial text="Mercurial"]] [[toggleable id=mercurial text=""" REPOSITORY=$SRCDIR - rm -rf $SRCDIR/.ikiwiki # not for checkin hg init $REPOSITORY cd $REPOSITORY hg add * hg commit -m "initial import" """]] + [[toggle id=monotone text="Monotone"]] + [[toggleable id=montone text=""" + # These instructions are standard instructions to import a directory into monotone + # and set it up so that you don't need any passwords to use it + REPOSITORY=~/.ikiwiki/mtn.db + BRANCH=com.company.wikiname + # remember the password you use in the next step and + # substitute it for 'wikiKeyPass' in the get_passphrase() hook below + # note the you should never generate two monotone keys with the same name + mtn genkey web@machine.company.com + mtn db init --db=$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, @@ -161,4 +196,5 @@ This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki. 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]]. +10. Enjoy your new wiki! Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]]. And check out + [[tips]] to find out how to get more out of ikiwiki.