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Table of contents
- Ubuntu Install
- Install Ubuntu Server
- Patch it up
- Install LAMP
- Install stuff for Image Galleries
- Download latest stable Tiki version
- Move the Tiki tarball to where you need it
- Extract Tiki
- Install Tiki
- Setup MySQL for the Tiki database.
- Update your default directory for Apache. Use vim or nano to edit.
- Give yourself some more memory for PHP
- PHP sendmail Ubuntu
- Or use Postfix instead of Sendmail
- Restart Apache
- Configure Tiki
- Applying Profiles
- Enjoy!
Here we have some step-by-step instructions for installing Tiki on Ubuntu Server with Apache2, MySQL5, and PHP5.
This how-to has been tested on
Ubuntu server 9.04
but should work fine also with more recent Ubuntu GNU/Linux distributions.
Install Ubuntu Server
I would recommend installing only SSH Server as part of the initial install.Patch it up
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
Install LAMP
sudo apt-get install tasksel sudo tasksel install lamp-server
Alternatively to a tasksel-based installation of lamp, you can install the required packages by hand (and their dependencies automagically) as usual:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client apache2 php5 php5-tidy php-pear memcached php5-xcache php5-xmlrpc php5-gd php5-xmlrpc php-xml-parser php-pear phpmyadmin sendmail
Install stuff for Image Galleries
sudo apt-get install imagemagick php5-imagick php5-gd graphviz
Download latest stable Tiki version
These are hosted on SourceForge, if you want to grab the most current stable version directly:Tiki 6.x (LTS) or Tiki 8.x
http://info.tiki.org/Download
Alternatively, you can also Get code from SVN.
sudo apt-get install subversion
Move the Tiki tarball to where you need it
sudo mv tikiwiki-7.1.tar.gz /var/www/
Extract Tiki
cd /var/www sudo tar -xvzf tikiwiki-7.1.tar.gz
Install Tiki
cd /var/www/tikiwiki-7.1 sudo sh setup.sh
User [www-data]: Group [www-data]: Multi []: Checking dirs : backups ... ok. db ... ok. dump ... ok. img/wiki ... ok. img/wiki_up ... ok. img/trackers ... ok. modules/cache ... ok. temp ... ok. temp/cache ... ok. templates_c ... ok. templates ... ok. styles ... ok. maps ... ok. whelp ... ok. mods ... ok. files ... ok. tiki_tests/tests ... ok. lib/Galaxia/processes ... ok. Fix global perms ... chowned ... done. Fix special dirs ... done.
Setup MySQL for the Tiki database.
We'll create the database and create a user with rights to the Tiki database. In the following example, the database name is tiki, the username is tiki, and the password for tiki is tikipassword. You'll need this information later when we configure Tiki, so make sure you write this stuff down. Replace names as you see fit.mysql -u root -p
You'll be prompted for your mysql root password you entered earlier, then are met with the mysql prompt. Type the following commands exactly as shown.
mysql>CREATE DATABASE tikiwiki default character set 'UTF8'; mysql>GRANT ALL ON tikiwiki.* TO 'tiki'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'tikipassword'; mysql>QUIT
Update your default directory for Apache. Use vim or nano to edit.
sudo nano -w /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
Add the following line to the end of the <Directory /var/www> section (just above the ending </Directory>)
RedirectMatch ^/$ /tikiwiki-7.1/
Give yourself some more memory for PHP
sudo nano -w /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
change
memory_limit = 16M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (16MB)
to memory_limit = 32M
PHP sendmail Ubuntu
To get it working in the end I had to:sudo apt-get install sendmail
Check its working
ps -aux | grep sendmail
Edit your php.ini to uncomment sendmail:
located in
sudo nano -w /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
;sendmail_path =
to
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
[mail function] ; For Win32 only. ;SMTP = localhost ;smtp_port = 25 ; For Win32 only. ;sendmail_from = me@example.com ; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i"). sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i ; Force the addition of the specified parameters to be passed as extra parameters ; to the sendmail binary. These parameters will always replace the value of ; the 5th parameter to mail(), even in safe mode. ;mail.force_extra_parameters =
Or use Postfix instead of Sendmail
sudo apt-get install postfix
No extra configuration is of either Postfix or PHP is required, beyond choosing which sort of mail system you're setting up, which is explained during Postfix installation. It just works, at least in my virgin 6.x Tiki install on a virgin Ubuntu Lucid. Tiki can send mail.
Restart Apache
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Configure Tiki
Point a browser to http://hostname/tikiwiki-7.1/tiki-install.phpReplace "hostname" above with actual hostname or IP address
Database type is MySQL Improved
Database name is tiki
Database User is tiki
Password is tikipassword
You can also see the standard documentation about the installation
http://doc.tiki.org/Installation
and see how to apply a configuration profile to adapt your tiki to your own use ase with just a few clicks:
Applying Profiles
Starting in Tiki4, the interface has been improved and streamlined. No more profiles at install time, but a nicer profile manager anytime
Profiles can also be applied at any time after Tiki is installed by following these steps:
- Log into Tiki as an administrator
- Open the Administration page (click the "Admin Home" link in the menu)
- Click on the Profiles link
- Show profiles available in the registered repositories by clicking List. You can filter the list of profiles by name, type and repository if you like.
- Click on the name of the profile you want to apply. Details about that profile will be obtained from the repository and displayed for your review.
- Click the Apply Now button
Enjoy!
Note: sendmail still needs some work. I suspect the email is being send to the server but is going no where. I suspect that if you setting up Tiki with professional hosting you won't need to worry about sendmail?
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