How to Install WiKiss on FreeBSD Latest

WiKiss is a lightweight, easy-to-use wiki engine, which is developed in PHP. By following the steps below, you can install the WiKiss on FreeBSD latest version easily.

Prerequisites

• A machine running FreeBSD Latest
• Apache web server
• PHP and its modules
• MySQL or any other database server

Step 1: Download WiKiss

The first step is to download the WiKiss from its official website. You can download the latest stable release of WiKiss using the following command:

$ wget https://wikiss.tuxfamily.org/static/wikiss-0.3.3.tgz

Step 2: Extract WiKiss

Once the download is complete, you can extract the downloaded tarball using the following command:

$ tar xvzf wikiss-0.3.3.tgz

This will extract the WiKiss files into a directory named wikiss-0.3.3.

Step 3: Configure Apache

Next, you need to configure the Apache web server to serve the WiKiss engine. You can create a new virtual host by creating a new file in the /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes directory, named wikiss.conf with the following content:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName wiki.example.com
    DocumentRoot /path/to/wikiss-0.3.3
    <Directory /path/to/wikiss-0.3.3>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Replace wiki.example.com with your own domain name and /path/to/wikiss-0.3.3 with the directory where you extracted WiKiss.

Step 4: Install PHP and its modules

WiKiss is developed in PHP, so it needs PHP and its modules to run. You can install PHP and its required modules using the following command:

$ pkg install php74 php74-extensions php74-mysqli

Step 5: Create a database

WiKiss needs a database to store its data. You can create a new MySQL database as follows:

$ mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE wikiss;
mysql> CREATE USER 'wikissuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT ALL ON wikiss.* TO 'wikissuser'@'localhost';

Replace password with a strong password for the wikissuser.

Step 6: Configure WiKiss

Next, you need to configure WiKiss. Copy the config-dist.php file in the WiKiss directory to config.php using the following command:

$ cd /path/to/wikiss-0.3.3
$ cp config-dist.php config.php

Edit the config.php file and modify the following lines:

$db_server = "localhost";
$db_name = "wikiss";
$db_user = "wikissuser";
$db_pass = "password";

Replace password with the password you set for wikissuser.

Step 7: Access WiKiss

Finally, you can access WiKiss by visiting the URL http://wiki.example.com/ in your web browser. You should see the WiKiss homepage, where you can create and manage your wiki pages.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed WiKiss on FreeBSD latest version. Now you can start creating your wiki pages with WiKiss.