In this tutorial, we will show you how to install XWiki on Debian 9 Stretch. For those of you who didn’t know, XWiki is a free and open-source, Java-based advanced wiki software platform. It runs on servlet containers like JBoss, Tomcat, Jetty, etc. It also uses a database such as MySQL or PostgreSQL to store its information.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of XWiki on a Debian 9 (Stretch) server.
Prerequisites
- A server running one of the following operating systems: Debian 9 (Stretch).
- It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
- SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
- A
non-root sudo useror access to theroot user. We recommend acting as anon-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.
Install XWiki on Debian 9 Stretch
Step 1. Before we install any software, it’s important to make sure your system is up to date by running the following apt-get commands in the terminal:
apt-get update apt-get upgrade
Step 2. Installing XWiki on Debian 9.
First, add the official XWiki repository. You can do this by executing the following commands:
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/
To list the available packages offered by this repository, run the following command:
apt-get update apt-cache search xwiki
Result:
xwiki-common - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-enterprise-common - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-enterprise-mysql-common - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-enterprise-pgsql-common - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-enterprise-tomcat-common - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-enterprise-tomcat-mysql - XWiki enterprise Tomcat/MySQL based package xwiki-enterprise-tomcat-pgsql - XWiki enterprise Tomcat/PostgreSQL xwiki-enterprise-tomcat5-mysql - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-enterprise-tomcat5-pgsql - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-enterprise-tomcat6-mysql - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-enterprise-tomcat6-pgsql - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-enterprise-tomcat7-common - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-enterprise-tomcat7-mysql - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-enterprise-tomcat7-pgsql - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-enterprise-tomcat8-common - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-enterprise-tomcat8-mysql - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-enterprise-tomcat8-pgsql - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-mysql-common - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-pgsql-common - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-solr-data - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-tomcat7-common - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-tomcat7-mysql - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-tomcat7-pgsql - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-tomcat8-common - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-tomcat8-mysql - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis xwiki-tomcat8-pgsql - XWiki is a free wiki software platform written in Java with a design emphasis
You can see on the list that the repo contains packages that can install XWiki with different versions of Tomcat, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. We will install XWiki Enterprise with Tomcat 8 and MySQL database server, but depending on your needs, you can select another package. Run the following command:
apt-get install xwiki-tomcat8-mysql
Since all dependencies have to be installed, the installation may take some time. During the installation, you will be prompted to enter a password for the postgresql ‘xwiki’ user.
Step 3. Accessing XWiki.
XWiki will be available on HTTP port 8080 by default. Open your favorite browser and navigate to http://your-domain.com:8080/xwiki or http://server-ip:8080/xwiki and complete the required steps to finish the installation. If you are using a firewall, please open port 80 to enable access to the control panel.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed XWiki. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing XWiki in Debian 9 Stretch systems. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official XWiki website.
