How to Install Instiki on Fedora Server

Instiki is a lightweight wiki software that runs as a single Ruby script. It is perfect for personal use or small teams. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Instiki on Fedora Server Latest.

Before you begin

Before you start, make sure you have the following:

• A Fedora Server latest version
• A non-root user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Update the system

First, we need to update the system to make sure we have the latest packages.

sudo dnf update -y

Step 2: Install dependencies

Instiki requires Ruby, Rubygems and Bundler. Run the following command to install them:

sudo dnf install ruby rubygems ruby-devel make gcc gcc-c++ -y
sudo gem install bundler

Step 3: Install Instiki

Download the latest version of Instiki from the official website at https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/wiki/instiki/show/HomePage. Unzip the file and go to the extracted directory:

wget https://github.com/parasew/instiki/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
cd instiki-master

Next, set up Instiki using the following command:

bundle install

Step 4: Start Instiki

We can now start Instiki by running the following command:

./instiki.sh

By default, Instiki will run on port 2500. Visit http://localhost:2500 in your web browser to access the wiki site.

Step 5: Configure Instiki

Instiki stores its settings in the config.yml file. To change the default settings, copy the config.yml file to a new directory:

cp config.yml config.yml.sample

Then edit the file using your favorite text editor:

nano config.yml.sample

Save the file and then run Instiki with the new configuration:

./instiki.sh -c config.yml.sample

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed and configured Instiki on your Fedora Server Latest. You can now start using Instiki to create and collaborate on wikis.