XWiki is an open-source wiki software used to author, organize and share knowledge. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install XWiki on EndeavourOS.
Before we start the installation, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
You can check if Java is installed by running the following command:
java -version
If Java is not installed, you can install it with the following command:
sudo pacman -S jre-openjdk
Follow the steps given below to install XWiki:
Update the system packages using the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
XWiki requires a database to store its data. We will use MariaDB as the database backend. You can install MariaDB using the following command:
sudo pacman -S mariadb
Then, start the MariaDB service and enable it to start automatically:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Create a new database and user for XWiki in MariaDB using the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root
Enter the MySQL prompt by typing the password if needed. Then, create a new database and user with the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE xwiki;
CREATE USER 'xwikiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON xwiki.* TO 'xwikiuser'@'localhost';
Replace password with a strong password of your choice.
Download the latest version of XWiki from its website:
wget https://dl.xwiki.com/xwiki-enterprise-jetty-hsqldb-13.6.zip
Extract the downloaded file and move it to the /opt directory:
unzip xwiki-enterprise-jetty-hsqldb-13.6.zip
sudo mv xwiki-enterprise-jetty-hsqldb-13.6 /opt/
Create a new XWiki configuration file in the /opt/xwiki-13.6/ directory:
cd /opt/xwiki-13.6/
sudo nano xwiki.cfg
Add the following lines to the xwiki.cfg file:
xwiki.store.migration=1
xwiki.store.migration.databases=all
xwiki.store.attachment.versioning=1
xwiki.store.attachment.versioning.databases=all
xwiki.authentication.authclass=org.xwiki.contrib.ldap.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl
xwiki.authentication.ldap=1
xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=ldap://ldap.example.com:389
xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=cn=users,dc=example,dc=com
xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com
xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass=password
Replace the LDAP server, base_DN, bind_DN, and bind_pass with your LDAP configuration. If LDAP is not used, remove the xwiki.authentication.authclass and xwiki.authentication.ldap lines.
Start the XWiki service using the following command:
sudo ./start_xwiki.sh
Access XWiki by navigating to http://localhost:8080/xwiki/ in your web browser. You will see the XWiki login page. Enter Admin as the username and admin as the password.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed XWiki on EndeavourOS.
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