WiKiss is a simple and lightweight wiki software. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install WiKiss on NetBSD.
Before starting with the installation process, make sure your NetBSD system meets the following prerequisites:
Follow these steps to install WiKiss on your NetBSD system:
Visit the WiKiss official website at https://wikiss.tuxfamily.org/ and download the latest version of the package.
You can use the following command to download the package:
$ cd /tmp
$ fetch https://wikiss.tuxfamily.org/library/files/wikiss-x.y.z.tar.gz
Replace x.y.z
with the current version number.
Next, extract the package using the following command:
$ tar -xzvf wikiss-x.y.z.tar.gz -C /var/www
Replace x.y.z
with the current version number.
This will extract the package to the /var/www/wikiss
directory.
If you opted to use MySQL, create a database for WiKiss with the following command:
$ mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE wikiss;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wikiss.* TO 'wikiss'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;
Replace 'password' with a strong password.
Alternatively, if you opted to use SQLite, create an empty database file in the /var/www/wikiss/db
directory:
$ cd /var/www/wikiss/db
$ touch wikiss.db
$ chmod 777 wikiss.db
Next, configure Apache to serve WiKiss, create a new virtual host configuration file:
$ nano /etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/wikiss.conf
Add the following configurations:
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName wikiss.yourdomain.com
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/wikiss
<Directory /var/www/wikiss>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace wikiss.yourdomain.com
with your domain name, and admin@example.com
with your email address.
Save and close the file.
Restart Apache to load the new configuration:
$ /etc/rc.d/apache restart
Open your web browser and navigate to your WiKiss URL, which should be http://wikiss.yourdomain.com
. Follow the installation instructions, and choose your preferred database type, either MySQL or SQLite.
Enter your database credentials, and set up your WiKiss administrator account.
You have now successfully installed WiKiss on NetBSD. You can login to your wiki administration panel and start creating and managing your wiki pages. Happy documenting!
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