This field is initially for creating show.tiki.org instances in our bug tracker at https://dev.tiki.org/tracker5

It can be useful in other scenarios where Tiki instances need to be created on the fly upon user request, for training, or other purposes.

A more generic field type is Tiki Manager Tracker Field

SSH2 extension for PHP needs to be installed for show.tiki.org feature to work

sudo apt-get install libssh2-php

or with newer distributions like ubuntu 20.04 it is:

sudo apt-get install php-ssh

dev.t.o/ -> 2 pages about show. Concept is described.

1. https://dev.tiki.org/show.tiki.org+Overview
2. https://dev.tiki.org/show.tiki.org

doc/devtools/tim
Tiki Instance Manager

user "control" ("ctrl")

scripts usually located in:

/usr/local/sbin/

Tracker field type show.t.o:
open that and set it up to use localhost

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show.t.o | show.tiki.org | show.tikiwiki.org