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From: Bradley Taunt <bt@btxx.org>
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+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!
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