Dokuwiki is a popular open-source wiki application that allows you to create and manage documentation of any kind. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Dokuwiki on Clear Linux.
Before you start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Dokuwiki requires some packages to be installed. To install them, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo swupd bundle-add php-basic web-server
This command installs the PHP packages required by Dokuwiki, as well as a web server to serve Dokuwiki pages.
You can download the latest version of Dokuwiki from the official website https://download.dokuwiki.org/. Choose the latest stable version, and download it to your Clear Linux system.
After the download is complete, extract the archive to your web server's document root. By default, the document root is located at /var/www/htdocs/.
You can run the following command to extract the archive:
sudo tar xzvf dokuwiki-<version>.tgz -C /var/www/htdocs/
Replace <version> with the version number of the Dokuwiki archive you downloaded.
Next, you need to make sure that the web server has the necessary permissions to access the files. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo chown -R <username>:<username> /var/www/htdocs/dokuwiki-<version>
Replace <username> with your username and <version> with the version number of the Dokuwiki archive.
Dokuwiki requires some specific configuration to work properly on Clear Linux. We will use Apache as the web server for this tutorial.
Create a new virtual host configuration file by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/dokuwiki.conf
And paste the following code:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName <your_domain>
DocumentRoot /var/www/htdocs/dokuwiki-<version>
<Directory /var/www/htdocs/dokuwiki-<version>>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/dokuwiki-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/dokuwiki-access_log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace <your_domain> with your domain name or IP address, and <version> with the version number of the Dokuwiki archive.
Save and close the file.
Now, restart Apache for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
You can now access the Dokuwiki installation page in your web browser by visiting http://<your_domain>/dokuwiki-<version>/install.php. Replace <your_domain> with your domain name or IP address, and <version> with the version number of the Dokuwiki archive.
Follow the installation wizard to complete the installation of Dokuwiki on Clear Linux.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Dokuwiki on Clear Linux. Now you can start creating and managing your documentation with this powerful wiki application.
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