Setting Up Twiki Server

1. Install apache2 and php5
   sudo apt-get install apache2 php5

2. open a browser and type localhost to check if apache is really installed and working.
   

3. Download twiki from
   http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/DownloadTWiki

4. Change directory to
   cd /var/www/

5. unzip the downloaded file Twiki-6.0.1.tgz in to /var/www/ which will create /var/www/twiki
   sudo tar zxvf ~/Downloads/TWiki-6.0.1.tgz

6. Change the ownership of the twiki directory (/var/www/twiki)and its files to www-data:www-data
   sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/twiki/

7. Add your user name (Computer login name) to www-data group
   sudo usermod -a -G www-data ¨Your-User-Name¨

8. logout and log back in to check if your name is a member of the www-data group
   dcsit-server@dcsit:~$ id

9. create twiki.conf file by Copy and paste the source text from http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/ApacheConfigGenerator

10. save the twiki.conf file in to /etc/apache2/conf-available/
    sudo cp twiki.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/

11. Create a symbolic link from /etc/apache2/conf-available/twiki.conf to /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/twiki.conf
    sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/conf-available/twiki.conf /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/twiki.conf

12. restart apache server
    sudo service apache2 restart

13. Now modify /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
    Change
    
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

DocumentRoot /var/www

14. modify /etc/apache2/apache2.conf , add DirectoryIndex html/index.html after #</Directory
    Add
    #<Directory /srv/>

# AllowOverride None

# Require all granted

#</Directory
DirectoryIndex html/index.html

15. add a symbolic link to etc/apache2/mods-available/cgi.load in mods-enabled
    sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/cgi.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/cgi.load

16. restart apache server
    sudo service apache2 restart

17. open a browser and type localhost/twiki to test if twiki is up and working
    

18. To configure twiki lets test if Perl is installed
    perl -v

19. Start Cpan to begin configuration.
    sudo cpan
    Note: type yes at all prompts.

20. From cpan install the following

    • Error
      install Error
    • CGI::Session
      install CGI::Session
    • SMTP
      install Net::SMTP
    • exit cpan
      exit

21. now install rcs
    sudo apt-get install rcs

22. open
    localhost/do/configure

23. change /do → /pub
    {PubUrlPath}δ ------ /do
    to
    {PubUrlPath}δ ------ /pub

24. scroll down--> click next ---> save changes----> Go to the TWiki front page

-- TWiki Admin User - 2016-02-17

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