HOME

Return to the list of wikis

groupadd wikijs
useradd -g wikijs -d /opt/wikijs wikijs

su - wikijs
wget https://github.com/Requarks/wiki/releases/latest/download/wiki-js.tar.gz
mkdir wiki
tar xvzf wiki-js.tar.gz -C ./wiki
mv ./wiki/config.sample.yml ./wiki/config.yml
exit

su - wikijs
vi ./wiki/config.yml

db:  
type: mariadb  
  
# PostgreSQL / MySQL / MariaDB / MS SQL Server only:  
host: localhost  
port: 3306  
user: wikijs  
pass: 641fqAB4d  
db: wikijs  
ssl: false  

exit

cd /opt/wikijs/wiki
node server

You have installed on the wikijs server GnomeShell and Firefox.
If it is not done,
you will need to open port 3000 for external http access.

From the Wikijs server,
open the url : http://wikijs.domain:3000 or http://<Your IP>:3000
Enter a username@domain for the administration and the password.
Example : [email protected] password : 876kijg4
http://wikijs.ol26modk.com:3000
The web page http://wikijs.ol26modk.com:3000 is now accessible.

Create a startup service for wikijs.
vi /etc/systemd/system/wikijs.service

[Unit]  
Description=Wiki.js  
After=network.target  
  
[Service]  
Type=simple  
# Maybe in future versions there will be no options to the node command.  
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node --openssl-config=' '  server  
Restart=always  
# Consider creating a dedicated user for Wiki.js here:  
User=wikijs  
Group=wikijs  
Environment=NODE_ENV=production  
WorkingDirectory=/opt/wikijs/wiki/  
  
[Install]  
WantedBy=multi-user.target  

systemctl enable --now wikijs