History: How to install WikiSuite
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- Virtualmin 95% optimally installed: we are tweaking script to pre-install / pre-configure more less common use cases like OCR. Uses PHP 7.4 (overrideable)
- Elasticsearch installs fine: ready for testing
- Tiki Manager installs well with instructions below. A script is in the works to automate: https://gitlab.com/wikisuite/tiki-manager-for-virtualmin
- Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware installs well with 21.x LTS with instructions below. Once Tiki Manager is ready, instructions will be simplified.
- Syncthing: Script is in the works: https://gitlab.com/wikisuite/syncthing-for-virtualmin/
- Openfire script will be last because it's more complex.
- MeshCentral will become a priority once we have integration with Tiki. Likely 2021Q3.
Requirements
- A server
- A virtual machine will do fine. https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/ can help you pick a provider.
- At least 1 gig of RAM
- A domain name (a sub-domain will do fine)
Set up your domain name
You should point your domain name(s) to your server before your proceed. Even better is to point a wildcard subdomain. For example, we want all traffic to dev1.wikisuite.org or *.dev1.wikisuite.org as this makes it easy to create many projects, such as
- abc.dev1.wikisuite.org
- def.dev1.wikisuite.org
- etc.
You'll want something like this:
| dev1 | A record | (put your IP address here) |
| *.dev1 | CNAME | dev1.wikisuite.org. |
More info at Set up your domain name
How To Install Virtualmin
You should have a fresh instance of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. It should work with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Debian 9 and 10 but this has not yet been tested. CentOS support is planned and we are following discussions about CentOS vs CentOS Stream support in Virtualmin
It is important that nothing else is installed on the server because Virtualmin will handle it. We'll use https://gitlab.com/wikisuite/virtualmin-installer/ to install Virtualmin which is then configured for optimal settings for WikiSuite.
Install Webmin and Virtualmin on Ubuntu OS
Download Virtualmin using the below script. It is basically a shell script that will handle rest of the installation once executed.
Log in to your server via SSH with the root user. (If you are not logged in as root, you should switch to root),
If you have an unreliable internet connection, you should use tmux or something similar. (So you can launch some commands, and they continue running even if you are disconnected)
Then:
curl -o install-virtualmin.sh https://gitlab.com/wikisuite/virtualmin-installer/-/raw/master/install-virtualmin.sh
nano install-virtualmin.sh
bash install-virtualmin.sh
A web URL will be provided after installation is complete, you can access the Virtualmin by the provided URL Ex: https://example.org:10000 (GUI is at port 10000)
Update your system to latest available packages
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
Install Tiki Manager for Virtualmin
curl -o /usr/share/webmin/virtual-server/scripts/tikimanager.pl https://gitlab.com/wikisuite/tiki-manager-for-virtualmin/-/raw/master/tikimanager.pl
This could be a good time to reboot your server, and make sure it restarts fine.
reboot
You will get kicked out. So now reconnect.
Next steps:
- Create a Virtual Server
- Install Tiki Manager
- Use Tiki Manager to install Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Create Virtual Servers
Go to Ex: https://example.org:10000
Virtualmin > Create Virtual Server
For more info: https://www.virtualmin.com/documentation/tutorial/virtual-server-basics
Suppose your desired domain is example.org, use the following pattern:
Create a Virtual Server for manager.example.org
And then, a Sub-Server for example.org
Top-level Virtual Server
Domain name (This will be for Tiki Manager): manager.example.org
Administration username (pick a descriptive word for that domain): example
Administration password: Set a Strong Password (if not, you will very likely get hacked)
Sub-server
Domain name (This will be for your site): example.org
No need to pick username and password like above because user you created can access both.
If a domain name is valid, free SSL (for https://) certificates from Let's Encrypt are automatically created.
So now, you should be able to visit both manager.example.org and example.org and see a placeholder page. If domain name is not set up, you can Preview Website via Virtualmin
Why not have example.org as the Virtual Server and manager.example.org as the Sub-Server? You could but it makes things more complicated later
Virtualmin has many other features like domain alias, domain rename, etc.
Installation of Tiki Manager
For more info, please see Tiki Manager docs.
1. Install Tiki Manager
Go to Ex: https://example.org:10000
Virtualmin > manager.example.org
Once the installation is complete, it will indicate your login URL. Ex.: http://manager.example.org
Tiki Manager's web interface
More info: Documentation of Tiki Manager's web UI
Virtualmin > file manager > Home > example > public_html
So now Tiki Manager will be accessible at manager.example.org
As of 2021-01-09, the web interface can't be used to install Tiki on Virtualmin (it assumes you are using root user for MySQL, which is not the case). Until this is resolved, you need to use the command line interface to install. However, you can use the web interface for other operations like upgrades and backups.
Create Tiki Instance through Command Line
So now to install Tiki, you need a database. Virtualmin actually already created one for you.
Here is video to give you an idea of the process, how to get database details
Now, Tiki Manager will create a fresh Tiki instance fetching files from Git, and using database mentioned above.
For more info, please see the instance section of the documentation of Tiki Manager
So now, you need to log in using SSH with the user you just created (and not as root)
cd /home/example/tiki-manager
php tiki-manager.php instance:create
Recommended answers:
- Connection type: local (because Tiki Manager is installing on the same server, accessible to the same user.)
- WebURL: http://example.org (as above)
- Name: you can keep what it proposes. This is just cosmetic.
- Email: Your email so system can alert you of issues
- WebRoot: /home/example/domains/example.org/public_html
- You will get a warning (Target webroot folder is not empty). Installing a new Tiki instance, all files will be deleted. Do you want to continue? (yes/no): yes
- TempDir: /home/example/tmp/
- Backup user: (accept proposed value)
- Backup group: (accept proposed value)
- Backup file permissions: (accept proposed value)
- Branch: git : 21.x (this provides latest released version of branch 21 + unreleased bug fixes)
- Database host: (accept proposed value)
- Database user: username from the Virtual Server (not the Sub-Server)
- Database password: password from the Virtual Server (not the Sub-Server)
- Database name: name from the Sub-Server (not the Virtual Server)
Here is video to give you an idea of the process, but you should use recommended answers above
After you have answered all the questions, it will take quite some time to install your Tiki. Perhaps 20-30 minutes or more, depending on your context. Just be patient and let it run.
After Successfully Creating tiki-instance
You will get the Tiki HomePage as below.
Login with
u: admin
p: admin
And follow the instructions to set a strong password.
The Tiki Admin Dashboard looks like this:
Elasticsearch
root@:~# systemctl enable elasticsearch
Extras
Force all traffic to SSL / HTTPS
Unoconv
$ php apt-get install unoconv
For more info: https://doc.tiki.org/unoconv