In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Django-Wiki on FreeBSD Latest. Django-Wiki is a free and open-source wiki system that offers a wide range of customization options, flexibility, and functionality to create and manage wiki pages.
Here are the steps to follow:
First, we will create a new virtual environment to install Django-Wiki and its dependencies.
Use the following commands to create a new virtual environment and activate it:
$ virtualenv wikienv
$ source wikienv/bin/activate
With our virtual environment active, we can now install Django-Wiki.
Run the following command to install Django-Wiki via pip:
$ pip install django-wiki
This will download the required packages and dependencies and install them.
Now we need to configure Django-Wiki to work with our database and other settings.
Navigate to the newly installed Django-Wiki package's directory and run the following commands:
$ cd /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wiki
$ python manage.py migrate
This will migrate the Django-Wiki database tables for the first time. You can also use this command to upgrade your database if you install a newer version of the Django-Wiki package.
We will also need to prepare our server for the Django-Wiki site. First, run the following command to create a new Django-Wiki instance:
$ django-admin.py startproject mywiki
This will create a new directory named "mywiki" in your current working directory.
Next, navigate to the "mywiki" directory and run the following command to create the default Django-Wiki settings file:
$ cd mywiki
$ python manage.py create_wiki mywiki
This will create the default wiki pages and settings for your new Django-Wiki site.
Now we can run the Django-Wiki site and check if everything is working correctly.
Use the following command to start the Django-Wiki server:
$ python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
This will start the server on port 8000 and listen to all incoming connections. You can also modify the port and IP address according to your requirements.
With the server running, you can access the Django-Wiki site by opening your web browser and navigating to:
http://your_server_ip:8000/
You should now see the default Django-Wiki homepage.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install and configure Django-Wiki on FreeBSD Latest. You can now customize and extend your Wiki site according to your needs.
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