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This page documents step-by-step how to properly setup and customize *ikiwiki* on [NearlyFreeSpeech](https://nearlyfreespeech.net). A good deal of the documentation here has been lifted from [ikiwiki.info/tips/nearlyfreespeech/](https://ikiwiki.info/tips/nearlyfreespeech/) but altered and updated.
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## Register for an account and set up a site
After you get an account, create a site using their web interface.
Mine is named `ikiwiki-test` and I used their DNS instead of getting my own, resulting in http://ikiwiki-test.nfshost.com/. (Not being kept up anymore.)
They gave me 2 cents free funding for signing up, which is enough to pay for 10 megabytes of bandwidth, or about a thousand typical page views, at their current rates. Plenty to decide if this is right for you. If it is, $5 might be a good starting amount of money to put in your account.
## ssh in and configure the environment
ssh into their server using the ssh hostname and username displayed on the site's information page. Example:
ssh username_ikiwiki-test@ssh.phx.nearlyfreespeech.net
Now set up `.profile` to run programs from `~/bin`.
cd $HOME
echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin" > .profile
. .profile
## Download an unpack ikiwiki
Use `wget` to download the ikiwiki tarball. You can find the `tar` file at the bottom of this page: [packages.debian.org/unstable/source/ikiwiki](https://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/ikiwiki)
Then unpack it:
tar zxvf ikiwiki*.tar.gz
## Build and install ikiwiki
cd ikiwiki
export MAKE=gmake
perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=$HOME PREFIX=
$MAKE
$MAKE install
## Create your wiki
All it takes to create a fully functional wiki using ikiwiki is running one command.
ikiwiki --setup /etc/ikiwiki/auto.setup
Or, set up a blog with ikiwiki, run this command instead.
ikiwiki --setup /etc/ikiwiki/auto-blog.setup
Either way, it will ask you a couple of questions.
What will the wiki be named? foo
What revision control system to use? git
What wiki user (or openid) will be admin? username
Choose a password:
Then, wait for it to tell you an url for your new site..
Successfully set up foo:
url: http://example.com/~username/foo
srcdir: ~/foo
destdir: ~/public_html/foo
repository: ~/foo.git
To modify settings, edit ~/foo.setup and then run:
ikiwiki --setup ~/foo.setup
We are almost done, but some parameters will most likely be incorrect. Edit your `foo.setup` file and change:
- `url` to `yoursitename.nfshost.com`
- `srcdir` to `/home/private/foo`
- `destdir` to `/home/public`
- `cgiurl` to `http://yoursitename.nfshost.com/ikiwiki.cgi`
- `cgi_wrapper` to `/home/public/ikiwiki.cgi`
Now rebuild again using:
```
ikiwiki --setup foo.setup
```
All done with building ikiwiki!
## Setting up SSL
Navigate to your main `public` directory and run the following:
```
tls-setup.sh
```
Follow the easy instructions and you'll have proper SSL setup in seconds!
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