X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/d2594d483a58d8803546ecdda2ecc610993c56bd..cf1290eb464f1256aa5c12d973fff774e4f83e5e:/doc/tips/distributed_wikis.mdwn diff --git a/doc/tips/distributed_wikis.mdwn b/doc/tips/distributed_wikis.mdwn index 47627677a..229f27148 100644 --- a/doc/tips/distributed_wikis.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/distributed_wikis.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +[[!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 @@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ There are several possible level of decentralisation: 1. [[a simple HTML mirror|tips/Git_repository_and_web_server_on_different_hosts/]] 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, synchronised with [[plugins/contrib/gitpush]] + 4. completely distinct ikiwiki installs Here's a graphic overview of those: @@ -35,17 +37,13 @@ This is the configuration described in hosts the HTML files, the ikiwiki [[cgi]] but everything else is on the git server. -### Separate ikiwiki web server, and 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]] -[[http://spalax.fr.eu.org/separate-web-git-servers.svg]] *Could someone with admin rights upload [[this image|http://spalax.fr.eu.org/separate-web-git-servers.svg]] to [[IkiWiki|Hosting_Ikiwiki_and_master_git_repository_on_different_machines/separate-web-git-servers.svg]]? I am not allowed to do so. [[Louis|spalax]]* 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. -> I don't understand how this configuration is different from the previous one, could you clarify? the image link is broken as well. [[anarcat]] ->> Sorry. I did a mistake. I hope this is more clear now. [[Louis|spalax]] - ### Decentralised pinger setup [[!img ping-setup.svg size=400x]] @@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ Step by step setup instructions for this are detailed below. [[!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 @@ -209,12 +207,11 @@ The following entries will be different from the above setup file: 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 ideas