DokuWiki is a popular, free, and open-source wiki software that allows users to create and manage wikis on their own servers. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing DokuWiki on EndeavourOS Latest.
Before you start, make sure you have the following:
First, log in to your server with a user account that has sudo privileges. Then, update the system using the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
DokuWiki requires a web server to function properly. Apache is a popular, free, and open-source web server that works well with DokuWiki. So, let's install Apache using the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache
DokuWiki is written in PHP, so we need to install PHP and some necessary PHP modules to make it work. Use the following command to install PHP and some required PHP modules:
sudo pacman -S php php-apache
Now, let's download and install the latest version of DokuWiki from their official website. Use the following command to download the DokuWiki archive file:
wget https://download.dokuwiki.org/src/dokuwiki/dokuwiki-stable.tgz
After downloading the DokuWiki archive file, extract it using the following command:
tar -zxvf dokuwiki-stable.tgz -C /srv/http/
Here, we're extracting the DokuWiki files to the /srv/http/ directory, which is the default web root directory for Apache on EndeavourOS.
Next, let's change the ownership of the DokuWiki files to the Apache user and group using the following command:
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/dokuwiki*
Now, we need to configure Apache to serve DokuWiki. Let's create a new Apache virtual host file for DokuWiki using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/dokuwiki.conf
And add the following lines to it:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your-domain.com
DocumentRoot /srv/http/dokuwiki
<Directory /srv/http/dokuwiki>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/dokuwiki-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/dokuwiki-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace "your-domain.com" with your server's domain name or IP address.
Save and close the file.
Now, enable the Apache rewrite module and restart the Apache service:
sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.old
sudo sed -i 's/#LoadModule\ rewrite_module/LoadModule\ rewrite_module/' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Lastly, let's configure DokuWiki. To do that, let's rename the default configuration file to local.php using the following command:
sudo cp /srv/http/dokuwiki/conf/local.php.dist /srv/http/dokuwiki/conf/local.php
Then, open the local.php file and make the necessary changes, such as setting the wiki title, admin username, and password:
sudo nano /srv/http/dokuwiki/conf/local.php
Save and close the file.
Now, DokuWiki should be up and running on your server. You can access it by going to your domain name or IP address in your web browser. It should take you to the DokuWiki installation page, where you can create a new wiki.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed DokuWiki on EndeavourOS Latest.
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