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This article describes mine (the author's, also known as Gustav)
attempts to configure an Ikiwiki lab environment on my laptop
computer. The purpose of the experiment is to learn how Ikiwiki
functions and how to effectively work with Ikiwiki and offline editing
with git.
The components needed are
* Ikiwiki
* Apache2 or Nginx web server
* Git
**Table of Contents**
[[!toc]]
What I have in mind is to access my lab wiki through
`http://localhost/~<name>/lab-wiki` for web editing and
`~/lab-wiki/wiki-slave` for local offline editing.
It should be noted that what is described here probably is a perfectly
_unsafe_ usage of a web server. Make sure that the computer does not
except requests from Internet.
Install and configure Git
=========================
I can not recall how this was done. Refer to
[Git's official website](https://git-scm.com/)
Install and configure Ikiwiki
=============================
Refer to [ikiwiki setup](https://ikiwiki.info/setup/) at
[ikiwiki's official website](https://ikiwiki.info) for initial
install and configuration and
[an article on Git](https://ikiwiki.info/rcs/git/) for more details on
setting up Ikiwiki together with Git.
I did my best to answer the questions provided in the initial
installation and default configuration with the target of ending up
with something like this:
url: http://localhost/~<name>/lab-wiki
srcdir: ~/lab-wiki/wiki
destdir: ~/public_html/lab-wiki
repository: ~/lab-wiki/wiki.git
settings: ~/lab-wiki/wiki.setup
However, not all of the above was configurable in the form, for
example the configuration file location. I needed to move directories
and files around and change the remaining configurations in
`~/lab-wiki/wiki.setup` and run
$ ikiwiki --setup ~/lab-wiki/wiki.setup
I also created the extra Git repository `wiki-slave` for local edits:
$ cd ~/lab-wiki; git clone wiki.git wiki-slave
The connectivity chart is now as follows
Bare Git Repository
~/lab-wiki/wiki.git
/ \
/ \
/ \
The Ikiwiki Repository |
~/lab-wiki/wiki |
| |
| Repository for Local Edits
| ~/lab-wiki/wiki-slave
| |
The Ikiwiki Web Part |
~/public_html/lab-wiki |
|
The Preview Ikiwiki Web Part
~/public_html/lab-wiki-preview
Install and configure Apache 2
==============================
For installation, follow the instructions in
[Apache's official documentation](https://httpd.apache.org/docs). I
got Apache 2.4.6 installed.
I needed to activate the userdir module. Refer to
[Per-user web directories](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/public_html.html)
in Apache's documentation. For Debian do the following
$ cd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled
$ ln -s ln -s ../mods-available/userdir.load
$ ln -s ln -s ../mods-available/userdir.conf
Also CGI execution need to be activated. See
[Dynamic Content with CGI](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/cgi.html)
in Apache's documentation. My
`/etc/apache2/mods-available/userdir.conf` now looks as follows
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
UserDir public_html
UserDir /home/*/public_html
UserDir disabled root
<Directory /home/*/public_html>
AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes
Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
<Limit GET POST OPTIONS>
Require all granted
</Limit>
<LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>
Require all denied
</LimitExcept>
</Directory>
<Directory /home/*/public_html>
Options +ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
</Directory>
<Directory /home/*/public_html/*>
Options +ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
</Directory>
</IfModule>
Get preview of local modifications
==================================
Now every thing works as work as expected. I can fetch the latest
updated to `wiki-slave`, perform my updates, and whenever those are
pushed to `origin/master`, the post-update hook makes sure that the
web version is updated.
But what if I want to inspect and verify my local changes before
pushing them to `origin/master`?
The subject is covered in
[the article on Git](https://ikiwiki.info/rcs/git/). I did what
follows. Copy `wiki.setup` to `wiki-preview.setup` and edit those
fields:
wikiname: lab-wiki-preview
srcdir: ~/lab-wiki/wiki-slave
destdir: ~/public_html/lab-wiki-preview
url: http://skolem/~<name>/lab-wiki-preview
cgiurl: http://skolem/~<name>/lab-wiki-preview/ikiwiki.cgi
cgi_wrapper: ~/public_html/lab-wiki-preview/ikiwiki.cgi
git_wrapper: ~/lab-wiki/wiki-slave/.git/hooks/post-commit
gitorigin_branch: ''
gitmaster_branch: master
The idea is that the preview wiki works against `wiki-slave`, which is
my simulated environment for local repository. What always works now
is to, at any point, recompile/refresh the wiki:
ikiwiki -setup ~/lab-wiki/wiki-preview.setup -refresh
Also, committing on the local `master` branch _should_ automatically
update the `lab-wiki-preview` wiki.
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