Detailed below are the requirements for the technical support wiki. No purchase is required. This is free software.
Download and install the core company wiki software
Apache modules to enable
I think the default modules are all that are needed but here is a list of what I have enabled.
- mod_access_compat
- mod_actions
- mod_alias
- mod_allowmethods
- mod_asis
- mod_auth_basic
- mod_authn_core
- mod_authn_file
- mod_authz_core
- mod_authz_groupfile
- mod_authz_host
- mod_authz_user
- mod_autoindex
- mod_cgi
- mod_dav_lock
- mod_dir
- mod_env
- mod_headers
- mod_include
- mod_isapi
- mod_log_config
- mod_mime
- mod_negotiation
- mod_rewrite
- mod_setenvif
- mod_socache_shmcb
- mod_ssl
- mod_version
PHP Modules to Enable
- curl
- fileinfo
- gd2
- gmp
- intl
- mbstring
- mysqli
- openssl
- pdo_mysql
- sqlite3 (only if needed)
- xsl (only if needed)
Bare Bones PRIVATE Site
Download Private Files v1
- Extract to the apache web pages directory. As specified in the httpd.conf file as the “Document Root”.
Download Private database v1
- Extract to the mysql bin folder.
- Browse to “https://[YOUR_SERNAME]/phpMyAdmin”. Login using the username and password you specified when installing MySQL.
- Create a database called “boy_wikidb” and a user “boy_wikidb” with full rights to the “boy_wikidb” database. Record the password.
- Import database with the command:
mysql -u boy_wikidb -p[PASSWORD] boy_wikidb < boy_wikidb.sqlWith PASSWORD you created in step three.
Edit LocalSettings.php
Locate and edit LocalSettings.php file. It will be located in you Apache DocumentRoot/w directory.
- Change $wgSitename to the title of your wiki.
- Change $wgServer to the URL of your private wiki.
- Change the image referenced in $wgLogos to your wiki logo.
- Change $wgEmergencyContact to a valid email of your sys admin.
- Change $wgDBpassword to the password you gave that boy_wikidb username.
- If you want to use Image Magic then download, install and uncomment $wgUseImageMagick and provide its path in $wgImageMagickConvertCommand.
- Change “enableSemantics” to a name is your choice. For example “bobs-support-company”.
Edit Other Files
- Change “apple-touch-icon.png” to a png for site icon for iPhones.
- Change “favicon.ico” to an icon for all other browsers.
Bare Bone PUBLIC Site
I’ll do this tomorrow…
You have installed the Technical Support Wiki
Yay!
