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diff --git a/wiki/ikiwiki_NearlyFreeSpeech.md b/wiki/ikiwiki_NearlyFreeSpeech.md deleted file mode 100644 index e37f575..0000000 --- a/wiki/ikiwiki_NearlyFreeSpeech.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,100 +0,0 @@ ---- -layout: page -title: ikiwiki on NearlyFreeSpeech -permalink: /wiki/ikiwiki/nearlyfreespeech ---- - -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. - -## 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:$HOME/bin" > .profile - . .profile - -## Download an unpack ikiwiki - -First, be sure to be under the proper `private` directory: - - cd /home/private - -Use `wget` to download the ikiwiki tarball. You can find the `tar` file at the bottom of this page: [packages.debian.org/unstable/source/ikiwiki](https://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/ikiwiki) - -Then unpack it: - - tar zxvf ikiwiki*.tar.gz - -## Build and install ikiwiki - - cd ikiwiki - export MAKE=gmake - perl Makefile.PL INSTALL_BASE=$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! |