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Version 84.2 by Vincent Massol on 2014/06/07
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48.1 | 1 | {{box cssClass="floatinginfobox" title="**Contents**"}} |
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31.5 | 5 | XWiki is a Java-based wiki and runs on a Servlet Container such as Tomcat, Jetty, JBoss, WebLogic, WebSphere, etc. It also uses a relational database to store its content. It can run on almost any database (HSQL, MySQL, etc) but XWiki and the database need to be setup correctly. |
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75.4 | 7 | There are 3 ways of installing XWiki: |
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84.2 | 9 | * Use the [[Standalone distribution>>AdminGuide.InstallationStandalone]] which already packages a Servlet Container (Jetty) and a database (HSQL), filled with default wiki pages. This is the recommended option for first time XWiki users and for users who wish to quickly try out XWiki. |
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72.1 | 10 | * Use the [[WAR distribution>>AdminGuide.InstallationWAR]] and configure both your container and your database to work with it. |
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75.4 | 11 | * Use the [[.deb package>>AdminGuide.InstallationViaAPT]] to install the last version of XWiki and the dependencies. |
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84.2 | 13 | If you're upgrading an existing XWiki install check the [[Upgrade instructions page>>AdminGuide.Upgrade]]. |
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14.3 | 15 | Pick one of the trails in the outline on the right to get started. |
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28.1 | 17 | Once you've finished the installation check the other topics in the [[Admin Guide>>AdminGuide.WebHome]] for configuring and [[securing>>Security]] your wiki. |
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48.1 | 19 | {{info}} |
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75.4 | 20 | If you want to make a manual installation or need to migrate an existing XWiki installation, check the [[Release Notes>>xwiki:ReleaseNotes.WebHome]]. |
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48.1 | 21 | {{/info}} |
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75.2 | 23 | = Prerequisites = |
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83.1 | 25 | * Java 7 or greater installed (Java 6 or greater for XWiki versions < 6.0) |
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80.1 | 26 | * A Servlet Container supporting Servlet 2.4. |
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80.2 | 27 | * Enough memory, check the [[Memory section>>AdminGuide.Performances#HMemory]] of the [[Performance Guide>>AdminGuide.Performances]]. |
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75.4 | 28 | * Check the [[release notes>>xwiki:ReleaseNotes.WebHome]] for the version you're installing to see what browsers and databases are supported for it. You can also check our [[general support strategy>>dev:Community.SupportStrategy]]. |
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31.5 | 30 | = Tutorials = |
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14.3 | 32 | Tutorials are step by step procedures to install XWiki for a specific configuration. You can choose to follow one of them or follow the instructions in the sections below. |
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48.1 | 34 | {{warning}} |
| 35 | Tutorials external to the xwiki.org site have not been validated for correctness by the XWiki dev team and it's also possible that they are out of date. | ||
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28.1 | 38 | * [[XWiki On Windows (French)>>http://agoncalves.developpez.com/tutoriels/xwiki/creer-un-site-associatif/]] |
| 39 | * [[XWiki On Debian 4 (Etch) - Tomcat - PostgreSQL (or MySQL) (English)>>http://www.howtoforge.com/xwiki-tomcat-mysql-debian-etch]] | ||
| 40 | * [[XWiki On Debian 4 (Etch) - Tomcat - PostgreSQL (or MySQL) (German)>>http://www.howtoforge.de/howto/xwiki-on-debian-4-etch-tomcat-mysql]] | ||
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54.1 | 41 | * [[XWiki On Windows - GlassFish - Oracle (Russian)>>http://etvc.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/UNA/XWikiInstalation]] |
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57.2 | 42 | * [[XWiki on OpenSUSE - Tomcat - MySQL (English)>>http://geistreicher-papierkorb.blogspot.com/2011/03/setting-up-xwiki-on-opensuse-with-mysql.html]] |
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81.1 | 43 | * [[XWiki on Arch Linux - Tomcat - MySQL (French)>>http://www.espacedefouille.org/guide-dinstallation-de-xwiki-archlinuxtomcatmysql]] |
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69.1 | 45 | = Installation Methods = |
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75.1 | 47 | == [[Using a standalone distribution >>AdminGuide.InstallationStandalone]] == |
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71.1 | 49 | It provides a built-in XWiki, with a portable database and a lightweight Java container. |
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84.2 | 51 | This standalone distribution is not recommended in a production environment. If you need to use it in a production basis, you may look at the two other options. |
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71.1 | 53 | == [[Using .war package (usable for production)>>AdminGuide.InstallationWAR]] == |
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84.2 | 55 | It provides a Java application package that has to be installed in a Java container (such as Tomcat). This can be used on almost any operating system. |
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| 57 | == [[Using .deb package (usable for production)>>AdminGuide.InstallationViaAPT]] == | ||
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75.4 | 59 | It provides a .deb package that can be used on a Debian-based operating system. It can be installed with dpkg or apt; installation is thus automated. |
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31.5 | 61 | = Troubleshooting = |
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75.4 | 63 | You can verify some basic settings of your XWiki installation (on Tomcat, MySQL) using the [[Admin Tools application>>extensions:Extension.Admin Tools Application]]. Keep in mind that some of these tools only work in a Linux environment. |
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| 65 | == Running multiple instances of XWiki in the same container == | ||
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| 67 | If you get this error: | ||
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| 70 | com.xpn.xwiki.XWikiException: Error number 3 in 0: Could not initialize main XWiki context | ||
| 71 | Wrapped Exception: Failed to get cache factory component | ||
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| 73 | Caused by: | ||
| 74 | org.infinispan.jmx.JmxDomainConflictException: Domain already registered org.xwiki.infinispan | ||
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| 77 | You need to edit ##WEB-INF/cache/infinispan/config.xml## for each instance of XWiki, and change the ##jmxDomain## value (found under the ##globalJmxStatistics## tag) to have a unique name. | ||
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| 79 | == Running XWiki behind proxy-server == | ||
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74.2 | 81 | Extension manager relies on remote repositories for searching and fetching available extensions, so if your XWiki is installed in a network accessing the internet through proxy-server, most likely extensions search will return you nothing and log files will contain ##connection refused## exceptions. |
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75.3 | 83 | In such cases you should configure XWiki to know your proxy-server. |
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75.4 | 85 | XWiki uses default Java proxy configuration through Apache httpclient. See the [[Java Networking and Proxies documentation>>http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/net/proxies.html]] for more details. |
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74.2 | 86 | The main idea is to add a set of proxy-related properties to system scope. |
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75.4 | 88 | E.g. for Tomcat 6 it could be done in the following way: modify ##/<tomcat-home>/bin/catalina.sh## and added proxies to the ##JAVA_OPTS## variable definition: |
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79.1 | 90 | ##JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Dappserver.home=$CATALINA_HOME -Dappserver.base=$CATALINA_HOME **-Dhttp.proxyHost=proxy.mycompany.com -Dhttp.proxyPort=7777 -Dhttps.proxyHost=proxy.mycompany.com -Dhttps.proxyPort=7777** -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=196m $XWIKI_OPTS"## |
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| 92 | == Unsupported major.minor version 51.0 == | ||
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| 94 | This is because starting with version 6.0, XWiki requires Java 7 and you're using Java 6. You need to upgrade your Java version. | ||
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