Installing DokuWiki

DokuWiki – wiki engine, to create documentation.

On the test, I install DokuWiki in Ubuntu Server.

Install the necessary components and activate the module Rewrite:

sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php php-xml
sudo a2enmod rewrite

Download the archive with the latest version of DokuWiki and unpack it:

cd /var/www/html
sudo wget https://download.dokuwiki.org/src/dokuwiki/dokuwiki-stable.tgz
sudo tar xvf dokuwiki-stable.tgz
sudo mv dokuwiki-*/ dokuwiki

We will expose the right owner for all files (under which Apache2 works):

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/dokuwiki

Create a test web configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/dokuwiki.conf

Add content to it (we will tailor it to your needs, for DokuWiki you need AllowOverride All):

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/dokuwiki
<Directory /var/www/html/dokuwiki>
Options -Indexes
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

We activate the web configuration and restart the web server:

sudo a2ensite dokuwiki
sudo service apache2 reload

Open the browser in the install page http: //SERVER/dokuwiki/install.php and follow the directions.

After the successful installation, delete the installation file:

sudo rm /var/www/html/dokuwiki/install.php

If you want to send email messages from the server, you can install Postfix for example:

sudo apt-get install postfix

See also:
Installing and Configuring Postfix
Installing and Configuring the Apache2 Web Server

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