XWiki is a powerful and customizable open-source collaboration platform. It allows you to create wikis, blogs, and pages with ease. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install XWiki on your POP! OS latest.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
XWiki requires Java to run. You can install OpenJDK, the open-source implementation of Java, by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre-headless
You can download the latest version of XWiki from their official website. Download the XWiki WAR distribution file.
Once you have downloaded XWiki, you need to deploy it using a servlet container like Tomcat or Jetty. For this tutorial, we will be using Tomcat.
First, install Tomcat 9 by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install tomcat9
Once Tomcat is installed, copy the XWiki WAR file to the Tomcat webapps directory:
sudo cp xwiki-enterprise-web-<version>.war /var/lib/tomcat9/webapps/ROOT.war
Then, restart the Tomcat service:
sudo systemctl restart tomcat9
Open your web browser and visit http://localhost:8080. You should see the XWiki login page. Log in with the default credentials:
AdminadminYou will be prompted to change your password; enter a new password and click "Save."
Congratulations! You have successfully installed XWiki on POP! OS Latest.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install XWiki on POP! OS Latest using Tomcat as a servlet container. XWiki is a powerful and flexible collaboration platform that can be used for a variety of purposes. With XWiki, you can easily create wikis, blogs, and pages to collaborate with your team or community.
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