{"id":4679,"date":"2014-09-27T12:29:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T17:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secure.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=4679"},"modified":"2025-12-15T03:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:19:09","slug":"install-and-run-dokuwiki-the-most-versatile-wiki-on-a-centos-7-vps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-and-run-dokuwiki-the-most-versatile-wiki-on-a-centos-7-vps\/","title":{"rendered":"Install and run DokuWiki the most versatile Wiki on a CentOS 7 VPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4681 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dokuwiki-logo1.png\" alt=\"Install and run DokuWiki the most versatile Wiki on a CentOS 7 VPS\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dokuwiki-logo1.png 198w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dokuwiki-logo1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>In the following article, we&#8217;ll explain how you can <strong>install and run DokuWiki on a <a title=\"CentOS VPS Server\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/centos-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CentOS 7 server<\/a><\/strong>. We support DokuWiki running on all our <a title=\"SSD VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSD VPS hosting<\/a> plans and with our <a title=\"pre-loaded DokuWiki hosting stack\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/dokuwiki-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DokuWiki hosting stack<\/a>, you&#8217;ll <strong>get DokuWiki pre-loaded<\/strong> on your <strong>virtual server<\/strong>, making your wiki up and running in no-time.<\/p>\n<p>Sweet!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is DokuWiki?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DokuWiki is considered to be the most versatile open source Wiki software application which is proven to meet your demanding wiki needs.<\/p>\n<p>DokuWiki does not require a database and it&#8217;s extremely simple and easy to use. Check out <a title=\"DocuWiki Features\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dokuwiki.org\/features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DokuWiki features<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>System Requirements?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Webserver such as Apache, Nginx etc..<\/li>\n<li>PHP server version 5.2 or later<\/li>\n<li>PHP-GD \/ Image Magick library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>UPDATE THE SYSTEM<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Before proceeding with the actual DokuWiki installation, <code>ssh<\/code> to your <strong>CentOS 7 <a title=\"SSD VPS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSD VPS<\/a><\/strong>, initiate a <code>screen<\/code> session and upgrade your system using <code>yum<\/code>:<\/p>\n<pre>## screen -U -S dokuwiki-screen\r\n## yum update<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>INSTALL SOME PACKAGES<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Install some useful packages on your CentOS <a title=\"SSD Powered Virtual Servers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSD powered virtual server<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre>## yum install wget unzip vim<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>INSTALL APACHE WEBSERVER<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>In this set-up we are going to <strong>serve DokuWiki using the Apache 2.4 webserver<\/strong>, so <strong>install Apache on your CentOS 7<\/strong> using the following <code>yum<\/code> command:<\/p>\n<pre>## yum install httpd openssl mod_ssl<\/pre>\n<p>Once installed, restart Apache and add it to automatically start on your system start-up using:<\/p>\n<pre>## systemctl restart httpd\r\n## systemctl status httpd\r\n## systemctl enable httpd<\/pre>\n<p>Now let\u2019s <strong>configure some extra Apache options<\/strong>, for example, hide its version number, its banner etc\u2026 by adding the following to <code>\/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/options.conf<\/code><\/p>\n<pre>## vim \/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/options.conf\r\n\r\nTraceEnable off\r\n\r\n## Disable Signature\r\nServerSignature Off\r\n\r\n## Disable Banner\r\nServerTokens Prod<\/pre>\n<p>Test Apache configuration file and restart the webserver for the changes to take effect:<\/p>\n<pre>## apachectl configtest\r\n## systemctl restart httpd\r\n## systemctl status httpd<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>INSTALL PHP<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Since <strong>DokuWiki relies on PHP<\/strong>, we have to add PHP support to the Apache webserver by installing the following packages:<\/p>\n<pre>## yum install php php-gd<\/pre>\n<p>Although <strong>DokuWiki operates with the default PHP settings<\/strong>, it is recommended to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dokuwiki.org\/install:php\">tune your PHP configuration<\/a> (<code>php.ini<\/code>). At least you should edit your <code>\/etc\/php.ini<\/code> and set the following:<\/p>\n<pre>## vim \/etc\/php.ini\r\n\r\nexpose_php = Off<\/pre>\n<p>restart Apache using systemctl for the changes to take effect:<\/p>\n<pre>## systemctl restart httpd\r\n## systemctl status httpd<\/pre>\n<p>Test if PHP module is loaded in Apache using:<\/p>\n<pre>## httpd -M | grep php\r\n\r\nalso\r\n\r\n## php -v<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>SET-UP APACHE VHOST<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>We&#8217;ll use <code>wiki.mydomain.com<\/code> to access the DokuWiki installation, so we would have to <strong>create an Apache Virtual Host<\/strong> directive. So, create <code>\/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/vhosts.conf<\/code> and add the following:<\/p>\n<pre>## cat \/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/vhosts.conf\r\n\r\n# Load my vhosts\r\nIncludeOptional vhosts.d\/*.conf<\/pre>\n<p>This tells Apache, to load the configuration files ending with <code>.conf<\/code> which reside in <code>\/etc\/httpd\/vhosts.d<\/code>. As you can guess, this is the place where we put the Virtual Hosts, so let\u2019s set-up one for <code>wiki.mydomain.com<\/code><\/p>\n<h5><b>VHOST for wiki.mydomain.com<\/b><\/h5>\n<pre>## mkdir \/etc\/httpd\/vhosts.d\r\n## vim \/etc\/httpd\/vhosts.d\/wiki.mydomain.com.conf\r\n\r\n&lt;VirtualHost YOUR_SERVER_IP:80&gt;\r\n    ServerAdmin webmaster@mydomain.com\r\n    DocumentRoot \"\/var\/www\/html\/dokuwiki\"\r\n    ServerName wiki.mydomain.com\r\n    ServerAlias www.wiki.mydomain.com\r\n    ErrorLog \"\/var\/log\/httpd\/wiki.mydomain.com-error_log\"\r\n    CustomLog \"\/var\/log\/httpd\/wiki.mydomain.com-access_log\" combined\r\n\r\n    &lt;Directory \"\/var\/www\/html\/dokuwiki\/\"&gt;\r\n        DirectoryIndex index.php\r\n        Options FollowSymLinks\r\n        AllowOverride All\r\n        Require all granted\r\n    &lt;\/Directory&gt;\r\n&lt;\/VirtualHost&gt;<\/pre>\n<p>restart apache for the changes to take effect:<\/p>\n<pre>## systemctl restart httpd\r\n## systemctl status httpd<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>INSTALL DOKUWIKI<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>First thing to do is to go to DokuWiki&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/download.dokuwiki.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">download page<\/a> and <strong>download the latest stable version of DokuWiki<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<pre>## wget -P \/tmp http:\/\/download.dokuwiki.org\/out\/dokuwiki-de8b19be26a1d74ba5bd5e075dbb7996.tgz<\/pre>\n<p>once the archive is downloaded, extract it to <code>\/var\/www\/html<\/code> using:<\/p>\n<pre>## tar zxf \/tmp\/dokuwiki-de8b19be26a1d74ba5bd5e075dbb7996.tgz -C \/var\/www\/html<\/pre>\n<p>set-up proper ownership using the <code>chown<\/code> command:<\/p>\n<pre>## chown apache: -R \/var\/www\/html\/dokuwiki<\/pre>\n<p>and open <code>http:\/\/wiki.mydomain.com\/install.php<\/code> in your favorite browser to <strong>initiate the DokuWiki installer<\/strong>. You should get something like this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dokuwiki_installer.jpg\" alt=\"dokuwiki_installer\" width=\"350\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dokuwiki_installer.jpg 703w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dokuwiki_installer-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dokuwiki_installer-600x766.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>once you complete the installer, you can safely remove the <code>install.php<\/code> script located withing your DokuWiki document root in <code>\/var\/www\/html\/dokuwiki<\/code><\/p>\n<pre>## rm -f \/var\/www\/html\/dokuwiki\/install.php<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>WHAT IS NEXT?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Now you have your DokuWiki up and running, so you may want to check its manual at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dokuwiki.org\/manual\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.dokuwiki.org\/manual<\/a> and also learn more about its syntax at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dokuwiki.org\/wiki:syntax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.dokuwiki.org\/wiki:syntax<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>LET US DO THIS FOR YOU?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Of course you don\u2019t have to do any of this if you use one of our <a title=\"Linux VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Linux VPS Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to <strong>install Apache and DokuWiki<\/strong>. They are available 24&#215;7 and will take care of your request immediately.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">PS<\/span>.<\/strong> If you liked this post please share it with your friends on the social networks using the buttons on the left or simply leave a reply below. Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the following article, we&#8217;ll explain how you can install and run DokuWiki on a CentOS 7 server. 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