X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/c03adfbaeeb26ebb3f65bd916446555c63b8d8b1..8e830722c8d4cdf4f54c821b019258bd7b570f58:/doc/setup.mdwn diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn index 5332555f1..8e5653442 100644 --- a/doc/setup.mdwn +++ b/doc/setup.mdwn @@ -1,57 +1,74 @@ 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. - SRCDIR=~/wikiwc - DESTDIR=~/public_html/wiki/ + 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 this one: - - 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.kitenet.net). + 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 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. 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 as desired, editing or adding pages and rebuilding - the wiki. You can play around with other ikiwiki parameters such as - `--wikiname` and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line - (see [[usage]]). + 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. + `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 @@ -85,41 +102,83 @@ 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 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=""" + 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" + """]] - # Subversion - REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo - svnadmin create $REPOSITORY - svn import $SRCDIR file://$REPOSITORY/trunk -m "initial import" - rm -rf $SRCDIR - svn co file://$REPOSITORY/trunk $SRCDIR - - # Git - REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo - mkdir $REPOSITORY - cd $REPOSITORY - git init-db - cp -a $SRCDIR/* . - git add . - git commit -m "initial import" -a - rm -rf $SRCDIR - git clone -l -s $REPOSITORY $SRCDIR - - # TLA - REPOSITORY=~/wikirepo - tla make-archive me@localhost--wiki $REPOSITORY - tla my-id "" - cd $SRCDIR - tla archive-setup me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0 - tla init-tree me@localhost--wiki/wiki--0 - # Edit {arch}/=tagging-method and change the precious - # line to add the .ikiwiki directory to the regexp. - tla add * - tla import - - # Mercurial - REPOSITORY=$SRCDIR - hg init $REPOSITORY + [[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 $REPOSITORY + hg add * + hg commit -m "initial import" + """]] + + [[toggle id=monotone text="Monotone"]] + [[toggleable id=montone text=""" + # These instructions are standard instructions to import a directory into monotone + # and set it up so that you don't need any passwords to use it + REPOSITORY=~/.ikiwiki/mtn.db + BRANCH=com.company.wikiname + # remember the password you use in the next step and + # substitute it for 'wikiKeyPass' in the get_passphrase() hook below + # note the you should never generate two monotone keys with the same name + mtn genkey web@machine.company.com + mtn db init --db=$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. @@ -137,4 +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.