How to Install WackoWiki on OpenBSD

Overview

In this tutorial, we will show how to install WackoWiki on OpenBSD. WackoWiki is a powerful and flexible web-based wiki engine that is written in PHP. It is well-known for its versatility, user-friendliness, and high degree of customization.

Prerequisites

In order to follow this tutorial, you will need:

• An OpenBSD server, either locally or remotely accessible, which has been fully updated.
• Root or sudo access to your server.

Step 1: Update your OpenBSD system

Before you start the installation process, ensure that your OpenBSD system is fully updated with the latest patches and packages, by running the following commands as root or with sudo privileges.

$ doas pkg_add -u
$ doas sysupgrade

Step 2: Install Apache and PHP

WackoWiki requires a web server with PHP and MySQL support. In order to install these components, run the following command:

$ doas pkg_add -I apache-httpd php php-curl php-mysqli

Step 3: Set up Apache

Once you have installed Apache, you need to configure it to support WackoWiki. Open the configuration file in your favorite text editor.

$ doas vi /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Add the following lines at the end of the file, and save and exit:

<Directory "/var/www/htdocs">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Then, restart the Apache service:

$ doas rcctl restart apache2

Step 4: Configure WackoWiki

Now that Apache and PHP are installed and configured, it is time to install WackoWiki. First, download the latest version of WackoWiki from the official website:

$ cd /tmp
$ ftp https://github.com/WackoWiki/wackowiki/archive/master.zip

Then, extract the zip file and move the WackoWiki directory to your web root directory at /var/www/htdocs/.

$ unzip master.zip
$ mv wackowiki-master /var/www/htdocs/wackowiki

Step 5: Complete the installation via web interface

Now open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/wackowiki. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the WackoWiki installation process.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed WackoWiki on your OpenBSD server. You can now use your new wiki platform to start creating your own content, which can be easily shared with your colleagues, classmates or the world.

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