X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/c4e0e8c36c89fa26e76bb21dbdb8263ee88d5143..3dc8e446dbeab0e7326dc571c8e069bac0642ab3:/doc/setup.mdwn diff --git a/doc/setup.mdwn b/doc/setup.mdwn index e80ba24ac..f5dd8832e 100644 --- a/doc/setup.mdwn +++ b/doc/setup.mdwn @@ -1,84 +1,221 @@ -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. +This tutorial will walk you through setting up a wiki with ikiwiki. -1. [[Install]] ikiwiki. +1. [[Download]] and [[install]] ikiwiki. - apt-get install ikiwiki # soon +2. Decide where your wiki's files will go. - Ikiwiki requires [[MarkDown]] be installed, and also uses the following - perl modules: `CGI::Session` `CGI::FormBuilder` (version 3.02.02 or - newer) `HTML::Template` `Mail::SendMail` `Time::Duration` + 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. -2. Create the subversion repository for your wiki. + For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll set shell variables + for these locations, and use those variables in the commands that follow. - svnadmin create /svn/wikirepo - svn mkdir file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk -m create + SRCDIR=~/wikiwc + DESTDIR=~/public_html/wiki/ -3. Check out the repository to make the working copy that ikiwiki will use. + Note that ikiwiki owns the working copy directory; do not perform your own + edits in ikiwiki's working copy. - svn co file:///svn/wikirepo/trunk ~/wikiwc +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 ~/wikiwc/ ~/public_html/wiki/ \ - --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. Customise your wiki. The files in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/` are - used if you don't have a custom version, so let's start by making a - custom version of the wiki's index page: - - cp /usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki/index.mdwn ~/wikiwc - svn add ~/wikiwc/index.mdwn - $EDITOR ~/wikiwc/index.mdwn - svn commit ~/wikiwc/index.mdwn -m customised - - You can also add any files you like from scratch of course. +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. -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` and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line - (see [[usage]]). + You can play around with other ikiwiki parameters such as `--wikiname` + and `--rebuild` too. Get comfortable with its command line (see + [[usage]]). -7. 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. And it's - also getting old to have to manualy rebuild the wiki each time you - change a file. Time to introduce setup files. +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 `destdir` are the two directories you specify when - running ikiwiki by hand. `svnrepo` is the path to your subversion - repository. Make sure that all of these are pointing to the right - directories, and read through and configure the rest of the file to your - liking. - - Note that the default file has a block to configure a svn wrapper. This - sets up a [[post-commit]] hook to update the wiki. + 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 and update your wiki. + will set everything up. -8. Set up [[CGI]] to allow editing the wiki from the web. +7. Turn on additional features. - 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! + 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! -9. 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` setting makes ikiwiki add the links, and - in that url, "\[[file]]" is replaced with the name of the file to view. So - edit ikiwiki.setup and set `historyurl` to something like this: + 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]].. - `http://svn.host/trunk/\[[file]]?root=wiki` - - Then run `ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup` again. +8. Put your wiki in revision control. -10. Enjoy your new wiki! Add yourself to [[IkiWikiUsers]] + 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=""" + When using Git, you probably want to set up two repositories, of which + one should be bare (meaning that it does not have a working tree + checked out). We call the bare repository the "repository" and the + other will be the "srcdir" (which `ikiwiki` uses to compile the wiki). + There are [other + ways](http://blog.madduck.net/vcs/2007.07.11_publishing-git-repositories) + to do the following, but this might be easiest: + + REPOSITORY=~/wiki.git + GIT_DIR=$REPOSITORY git --bare init --shared + cd $SRCDIR + git init + echo /.ikiwiki > .gitignore + git add . + git commit -m "initial commit" + git remote add origin $REPOSITORY + git config branch.master.merge refs/heads/master + git push --all + + It is **paramount** that you **never** push to the Git repository in + `$SRCDIR` ([this FAQ entry explains + why](http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#head-b6a3d85f677763313159eb39f7dbf4579d4ee28b)). + Instead, if you want to work on the wiki from a remote machine, clone + `$REPOSITORY`, using either the `git` transport (if available), or + `ssh`. + + If at any point you commit changes in `$SRCDIR`, make sure to `git + push` them to the `$REPOSITORY`. ikiwiki will do this automatically + for any changes made via the web. + + Finally, see [[Git_pitfalls]] if you experience problems. + """]] + + [[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 $REPOSITORY + hg add * + hg commit -m "initial import" + """]] + + [[toggle id=monotone text="Monotone"]] + [[toggleable id=monotone text=""" + # These instructions are standard instructions to import a directory into monotone + # and set it up so that you don't need any passwords to use it + REPOSITORY=~/.ikiwiki/mtn.db + BRANCH=com.company.wikiname + # remember the password you use in the next step and + # substitute it for 'wikiKeyPass' in the get_passphrase() hook below + # note the you should never generate two monotone keys with the same name + mtn genkey web@machine.company.com + mtn db init --db=$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, + 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 $REPOSITORY, if using + subversion. Uncomment the block for the wrapper for your revision + control system, and configure the wrapper path in that block + appropriately (for Git, it should be `$REPOSITORY/hooks/post-update`). + + 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]]. And check out + [[tips]] to find out how to get more out of ikiwiki.