DistributionWizard
Starting with XWiki 4.2, the Distribution Wizard (also known as DW) was introduced as an experimental feature which helps users migrate their XWiki instances to newer versions without having to manually import the XAR corresponding to their new version.
XWiki's Distribution Wizard comes as an aid to ease the migration and installation of the desired UI in your flavour. It works using XWiki's Extension Manager to automatically detect your XWIki version to search, resolve, download and install the UI corresponding to your version. It requires an internet conection in order to work.
DW on a Clean Install
After putting your XWiki WAR inside your Servlet Container (Tomcat, Jetty, etc) you start XWiki. When XWiki is first accessed, it will trigger the Distribution Wizard.
Greeting Page
Upon first access, you will be greeted by the Distribution Wizard, offering you the 3 possible options:
- Continue - when choosing this option, you will move to the next step of the Distribution Wizard
- Skip - DW will prompt you again after XWiki is restarted. This option is available from all the steps within DW.
- Cancel - Cancels the DW and you will have to manually import the XAR. This option is available from all the steps within DW.
