Installing Django-Wiki on NixOS

Django-wiki is a platform-independent web application for managing wiki content. It is built on the Django web framework and can be installed on NixOS.

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Django-wiki on NixOS latest.

Step 1: Install Python and Django

First, ensure that Python and Django are installed on your system:

$ sudo nix-env -i python3 django

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Next, install the required dependencies for Django-wiki:

$ sudo nix-env -i python3_pip python3_development

$ sudo python3 -m pip install Pillow

Step 3: Clone the Django-Wiki Repository

Clone the Django-wiki repository from Github:

$ git clone https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki.git

Step 4: Install Django-Wiki

Change into the root of the Django-wiki project directory:

$ cd django-wiki/

Then, create a virtual environment for Django-wiki:

$ python3 -m venv env

$ source env/bin/activate

Install Django-wiki:

$ pip install --editable .

Step 5: Configure the Application

Next, create a new project using the Django-wiki template:

$ django-admin startproject mywiki --template=django_wiki/project_template/

$ cd mywiki/

Create an app in this project:

$ python manage.py startapp myapp

Then, register the app in the INSTALLED_APPS section in mywiki/settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'django.contrib.humanize',
    'django_summernote',
    'wiki.core',
    'django_extensions',
    'myapp',  # add here
]

Step 6: Configure the Database

By default, Django-wiki uses SQLite as the database. Therefore, you need to configure the database by running the following command:

$ python manage.py migrate

Step 7: Launch the Application

Finally, launch the application by running the following command:

$ python manage.py runserver

The application will be accessible at http://127.0.0.1:8000/.

Conclusion

You now have Django-wiki installed and running on NixOS latest. You can customize the configuration further by exploring the documentation and settings files.