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Last modified by Alexandru Pentilescu on 2023/06/25 18:56
From version 48.1
edited by Alexandru Pentilescu
on 2022/06/09 23:31
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To version 52.1
edited by Alexandru Pentilescu
on 2022/06/12 08:31
Change comment: There is no comment for this version

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5 5  * You have sudo rights on the machine where you're trying to install the XWiki server on
6 6  * This machine already has docker fully installed and properly configured on it. Please perform a test installation of any random image from docker hub to ensure that everything works appropriately
7 7  * You already own and are in control of a domain name for which you wish to make the XWiki server accessible through. This domain name is already pre-configured to point to the server that you wish to install XWiki on. In my particular case, I already have pentilescu.com configured to point to my VPS and, what I wished to accomplish was to have a subdomain via which I could access XWiki. In this particular case, this subdomain was wiki.pentilescu.com. To that end, you must have nginx also configured and running on the same server in the background, to have it redirect connections whose destination is a specific port to a subdomain
8 -* Finally, you must have an SMTP email server running somewhere accessible to the docker instance. XWiki will need to use this server to relay account activation emails as well as password reset emails to its users
8 +* Finally, it's recommended (although not mandatory) to have an SMTP email server running somewhere accessible to the docker instance. XWiki will need to use this server to relay account activation emails as well as password reset emails to its users
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10 10  With all of these details in mind, let's begin!
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159 159  For the time being, press the "Later" button on the dialog (not the "Never" one!) and then run a "docker-compose down" to stop the container from running. The first test run was a success! Congratulations!
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161 -= Nginx reverse proxy configuration =
161 += [OPTIONAL] Nginx reverse proxy configuration =
162 162  
163 163  We assume you already have Nginx installed and properly configured on your machine. Also, we will assume you have an X.509 certificate whose Subject Alt Names includes both your domain name, as well as the subdomain for your wiki (i.e. in my case for pentilescu.com and wiki.pentilescu.com, respectively) and you've configured Nginx to utilize both of them! If this is not the case or you're unsure how to perform these configurations, please check the internal "How to setup an Nginx reverse proxy and also provide a global X.509 certificate for it" guide at the bottom of this page.
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296 296  == Make the "xwiki-data" directory accessible to non-root users ==
297 -For whatever reason, my setup generated the "xwiki-data" directory under my XWiki folder as being owned by the root user and under the root group, with permission levels of "rwx------". If you're not already the root user on that machine, these permission levels are problematic as they will prevent you from cd-ing into it and making necessary configuration changes, nor even backing up that directory for the future.
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298 +For whatever reason, my setup generated the "xwiki-data" directory under my XWiki folder as being owned by the root user and under the root group, with permission levels of {{{"rwx------"}}}. If you're not already the root user on that machine, these permission levels are problematic as they will prevent you from cd-ing into it and making necessary configuration changes, nor even backing up that directory for the future.
298 298  As such, please remember to "sudo chmode 655 -R xwiki-data/" to make it accessible! If this security configuration is not appropriate for your use cases, you may tweak it to fit your needs!
299 299  
300 300  = External references =
301 301  
302 302  [[Official docker guide for installing XWiki>>https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-docker/blob/master/README.md]]
303 -How to setup an Nginx reverse proxy and also provide a global X.509 certificate for it [NOT YET WRITTEN!]
304 +[[How to setup an Nginx reverse proxy and also provide a global X.509 certificate for it>>https://wiki.pentilescu.com/bin/view/Guides/How%20to%20setup%20an%20Nginx%20reverse%20proxy%20and%20also%20provide%20a%20global%20X.509%20certificate%20for%20it/]]
304 304  How to setup a postfix SMTP server [NOT YET WRITTEN]