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[ikiwiki.git] / doc / tips / nearlyfreespeech.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn b/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn
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--- a/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn
+++ b/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 provider with very cheap pay as you go pricing. Here's how to install ikiwiki
 there if you don't have a dedicated server.
 
-## Register for an account and set up a site.
+Note that you can also follow these instructions, get your wiki set up on
+NearlyFreeSpeech, and then use the [[plugins/Amazon_S3]] plugin to inject
+the static web pages into Amazon S3. Then NearlyFreeSpeech will handle the
+CGI, and S3 will handle the web serving. This might be a more cost effective,
+scalable, or robust solution than using NearlyFreeSpeech alone.
+
+## Register for an account and set up a site
 
 After you [get an account](https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/start.php),
 create a site using their web interface. 
@@ -11,20 +17,20 @@ Mine is named `ikiwiki-test` and I used their DNS instead of getting my
 own, resulting in <http://ikiwiki-test.nfshost.com/>
 
 They gave me 2 cents free funding for signing up, which is enough to pay
-for 10 megabytes of hosting, or about a thousand typical page views at
-their current rates. $5 might be a good starting amount of money to put in
-your account.
+for 10 megabytes of bandwidth, or about a thousand typical page views, at
+their current rates. Plenty to decide if this is right for you. If it is,
+$5 might be a good starting amount of money to put in your account.
 
 ## ssh in and configure the environment
 
 ssh into their server using the ssh hostname and username displayed on
-the site's information page. For me this was
+the site's information page. For me this was:
 
        ssh joeyh_ikiwiki-test@ssh.phx.nearlyfreespeech.net
-       cd $HOME
 
 Now set up .profile to run programs from ~/bin.
 
+       cd $HOME
        echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin" > .profile
        . .profile
 
@@ -36,14 +42,20 @@ Use `wget` to [[download]] the ikiwiki tarball. Then unpack it:
 
 ## Install perl modules
 
-Use CPAN to install the perl modules it uses into your home directory:
+As an optional step, you can use CPAN to install the perl modules ikiwiki
+uses into your home directory. This should not be necessary, mostly,
+because the system has most modules installed already.
 
-       PERL5LIB=ikiwiki:ikiwiki/cpan:. PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install("Bundle::IkiWiki")'
-       PERL5LIB=ikiwiki:ikiwiki/cpan:. PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->force(install => "Bundle::IkiWiki::Extras")'
+So, you might want to skip this step and come back to it later if ikiwiki
+doesn't work.
 
-(This will take a while. As long as the first command succeeds, ikiwiki will be
-usable. The second command adds extra modules that some plugins use, and
-installation of some of them might fail.)
+       PERL5LIB=`pwd`/ikiwiki:`pwd`/ikiwiki/cpan:`pwd`/lib/perl5 PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install("Bundle::IkiWiki")'
+       
+       PERL5LIB=`pwd`/ikiwiki:`pwd`/ikiwiki/cpan:`pwd`/lib/perl5 PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->force(install => "Bundle::IkiWiki::Extras")'
+
+This will take a while. As long as the first command succeeds, ikiwiki will be
+usable. The second command adds extra modules that some plugins use, so it's
+ok if installation of some of them fail.
 
 ## Build and install ikiwiki
 
@@ -53,7 +65,7 @@ installation of some of them might fail.)
        $MAKE
        $MAKE install
 
-## Set up a wiki in the usual way.
+## Set up a wiki in the usual way
 
 With ikiwiki installed, you can follow the regular [[setup]] tutorial for
 settng up your wiki. Make sure to set `destdir` to `/home/htdocs/` so that
@@ -64,16 +76,16 @@ Here is an example of how I set up a wiki:
 
        mkdir ~/wiki
        cd ~/wiki
-       cp ~/ikiwiki/doc/ikiwiki.setup .
        cp -r ~/ikiwiki/doc/examples/blog/* .
+       ikiwiki -dumpsetup ikiwiki.setup
        nano ikiwiki.setup
        # Set destdir to /home/htdocs
        # Set srcdir to /home/private/wiki
-       # Set url to http://yoursite.nfshost.com/ , set cgiurl likewise
-       # Uncomment the `rcs => "git"` line, and the cgi and git
-       # post-update wrapper blocks.
-       # Set the cgi wrapper path to /home/htdocs/ikiwiki.cgi
-       # Set the git wrapper path to /home/private/wiki.git/hooks/post-update
+       # Set url to http://yoursite.nfshost.com/
+       # Set cgiurl to http://yoursite.nfshost.com/ikiwiki.cgi
+       # Uncomment the `rcs => "git"` line.
+       # Set the cgi_wrapper path to /home/htdocs/ikiwiki.cgi
+       # Set the git_wrapper path to /home/private/wiki.git/hooks/post-update
        # Configure the rest to your liking and save the file.
        ikiwiki-makerepo git . ../wiki.git
        ikiwiki -setup ikiwiki.setup
@@ -81,9 +93,14 @@ Here is an example of how I set up a wiki:
 ## Clean up
 
 Finally, you can save a _lot_ of disk space by cleaning up the ikiwiki
-tarball and .cpan directory.
+tarball and .cpan directory and a few other peices of cruft. Since you'll be
+charged one cent per month per megabyte, this is a quick way to save several
+dollars.
+
+rm -rf ~/ikiwiki*.tar.gz ~/.cpan ~/ikiwiki ~/man ~/lib/perl5/5.8.8
 
-rm -rf ~/ikiwiki*.tar.gz ~/.cpan
+That should cut things down to less than 2 megabytes. If you want to save
+even more space, delete unused perl modules from ~/lib/perl5
 
 ## Enjoy!