Xwiki – An open source, self hosted Confluence ( Video Series )

If you really need  to control Information jungle or data or content that’s spread all around you in a very clear collaborative and very organized way you really need to give this product a try 

Before starting any installation, updating your system software using 

 

# sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Installing Xwki

Log in as a sudo user, and then download the setup file the XWiki 

Add the official XWiki repository ,you can do this by executing the following

wget -q "https://maven.xwiki.org/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add - sudo wget "https://maven.xwiki.org/stable/xwiki-stable.list" -P /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

The sudo apt-get update command is used to download package information from all configured sources.

 

 

# sudo apt-get update

Installing Xwiki

sudo apt-get install xwiki-tomcat9-mysql -y

Add firewall Rules to allow web port access on port 8080

sudo ufw allow 8080 && sudo ufw enable

The default Tomcat memory setup is too low for XWiki’s needs.

In order to modify it, please go to

sudo vim /etc/default/tomcat9

Add the below parameters to the file to reserve 3 GB memory to xwiki

 

 

JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.awt.headless=true -Xmx3072m"

Finally, restart xwiki services by issuing command

 

sudo systemctl restart tomcat9.service

Launch XWIKI via your browser 


https://IPAdress:8080/xwiki/wiki/bin
Video Tutorial is available on Udemy.com

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By Ash Thomas

Ash Thomas is a seasoned IT professional with extensive experience as a technical expert, complemented by a keen interest in blockchain technology.

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