X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/580dedff7532dd26a823f1f4726fc58c9605ab01..a7b8e35bf90fa9e2df8be78ac636b158760ecf9c:/doc/setup.mdwn diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn index 059bb1c26..3c7230f20 100644 --- a/doc/setup.mdwn +++ b/doc/setup.mdwn @@ -1,77 +1,173 @@ -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. - -1. [[Install]] ikiwiki. - - apt-get install ikiwiki # soon - - Ikiwiki requires [[MarkDown]] be installed, and also uses the following - perl modules: `CGI::Session` `CGI::FormBuilder` `HTML::Template` - -2. Create the subversion repository for your wiki. - - svnadmin create /svn/wikirepo - svn mkdir file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk -m create - -3. Check out the repository to make the working copy that ikiwiki will use. - - svn co file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk ~/wikiwc - -4. Create some files and add them into subversion. - - 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 - -5. Build your wiki for the first time. - - ikiwiki --verbose ~/wikiwc/ \ - /usr/lib/ikiwiki/templates ~/public_html/wiki/ \ - --url=http://host/~you/wiki/ - - 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. - -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. - -7. Set up a Subversion [[post-commit]] hook to automatically rebuild your - wiki when you commit to it. - - ikiwiki ~/wikiwc/ \ - /usr/lib/ikiwiki/templates ~/public_html/wiki/ \ - --url=http://host/~you/wiki/ --wrapper - mv ikiwiki-wrap /svn/wikirepo/hooks/post-commit - -8. Set up a [[CGI]] to allow editing the wiki from the web. - - ikiwiki ~/wikiwc/ \ - /usr/lib/ikiwiki/templates ~/public_html/wiki/ \ - --url=http://host/~you/wiki/ --wrapper --cgi - chmod 6755 ikiwiki-wrap - mv wrapper ~/public_html/wiki/ikiwki.cgi - - 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. - -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]]. - - ikiwiki $(/svn/wikirepo/hooks/post-commit --params) \ - --cgiurl=http://host/~you/wiki/ikiwiki.cgi --wrapper - mv ikiwiki-wrap /svn/wikirepo/hooks/post-commit - ikiwiki $(/svn/wikirepo/hooks/post-commit --params) --rebuild - - Be sure to change the cgiurl to the actual url to the wiki.cgi you - installed in step 9. - -10. Add [[PageHistory]] links to the top of pages. This requires you to have setup [[ViewCVS]] or something similar to access your [[Subversion]] repository. The --historyurl parameter makes ikiwiki add the links, and in that url, "[[]]" is replaced with the name of the file to view. So repeat step 9 to rebuild the wiki post commit wrapper and wiki, adding a historyurl something like this one: - - --historyurl='http://svn.host/trunk/doc/[[]]?root=wiki' - -11. Enjoy your new wiki! +This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki. + +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. 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. + + 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. + + mkdir $SRCDIR + cd $SRCDIR + $EDITOR index.mdwn + + 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. + + 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://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. + +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. + + You can play around with other ikiwiki parameters such as `--wikiname` + and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line (see + [[usage]]). + +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. + + When you're satisfied, run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup`, and it + will set everything up. + +7. Turn on additional features. + + Now you have a basic wiki with a configuration 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 + block 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]].. + +8. Put your wiki in revision control. + + 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. + + 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" + """]] + + [[toggle id=git text="Git"]] + [[toggleable id=git text=""" + REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo + mkdir $REPOSITORY + cd $REPOSITORY + git init-db + cp -a $SRCDIR/* . + git add . + git commit -m "initial import" -a + mv $SRCDIR/.ikiwiki . + rm -rf $SRCDIR + git clone -l -s $REPOSITORY $SRCDIR + """]] + + [[toggle id=tla text="TLA"]] + [[toggleable id=tla text=""" + REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo + tla make-archive me@localhost--wiki $REPOSITORY + tla my-id "" + cd $SRCDIR + tla archive-setup me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0 + tla init-tree me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0 + # Edit {arch}/=tagging-method and change the precious + # line to add the .ikiwiki directory to the regexp. + tla add * + tla import + """]] + + [[toggle id=mercurial text="Mercurial"]] + [[toggleable id=mercurial text=""" + REPOSITORY=$SRCDIR + hg init $REPOSITORY + cd $REPOSITORY + hg add * + hg commit -m "initial import" + """]] + +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. + + 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]].