How to Install XWiki on NixOS Latest

XWiki is an advanced open-source wiki platform developed in Java. It is designed to be highly customizable and extensible, and it offers a wide range of features, including document management, file sharing, collaboration tools, and more. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install XWiki on NixOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have:

1. A NixOS Latest installation
2. sudo access

Step 1: Install Java and Nginx

First, you’ll need to install Java and Nginx using the following command:

sudo nix-env -iA nixpkgs.jdk11 nginx 

This command will install Java 11 and Nginx on your system.

Step 2: Create a New User

For security purposes, it is recommended that you create a new user to run XWiki. To create a new user, run the following command:

sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash xwiki 

Replace “xwiki” with your desired username.

Step 3: Download XWiki

To download XWiki, go to their official website https://www.xwiki.org/ and navigate to the download page. Select the latest version of XWiki and copy the download link. Then, in your terminal, run the following command:

sudo su xwiki 
wget -O xwiki.zip <paste download link here> 

This command will switch to the “xwiki” user and download the XWiki ZIP file.

Step 4: Extract XWiki

After downloading the XWiki ZIP file, you need to extract it:

unzip xwiki.zip 

This command will extract the ZIP file in the current directory.

Step 5: Configure Nginx

Before you can access XWiki from a web browser, you need to configure Nginx. You can create a new Nginx configuration file and add the following code to it:

sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/xwiki 

Add the following code to the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name xwiki.example.com; # replace with your domain name or IP address
    root /home/xwiki/xwiki-<version>/webapps/xwiki;

    location / {
       proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080/xwiki/;
       proxy_set_header Host $host;
       proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
       proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    }
}

Replace “xwiki.example.com” with your domain name or IP address.

After saving the file, create a symbolic link to it:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/xwiki /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ 

Restart Nginx:

sudo systemctl restart nginx 

Step 6: Start XWiki

Now that you’ve installed and configured Nginx, you can start XWiki:

nohup ./xwiki-<version>/bin/startup.sh & 

Replace “” with the version number of XWiki you installed. This command will start XWiki in the background.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed XWiki on NixOS Latest. You can access it by navigating to your domain name or IP address in a web browser.

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