Make your own Wiki

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This page is a step-by-step instruction to create your own wiki like this one. You must have a sense of adventure and good Google skills, or have a working knowledge of the following:

  • LAMP servers
    • Unix/Linux
    • MySQL or MariaDB
    • PHP
  • SSH and Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Overview

Get the wiki running

  1. Create an AWS account
  2. Create an EC2 free-tier instance:
    • Use theInterWiki snapshot (Updated soon)
    • Save your SSH key
    • Set your security group Inbound rules for:
      • All access port 80
      • SSH from your IP only
    • Outbound rules: Port 80 open to all
  3. When it is launched:

=Add a domain name

  1. Get and assign an Elastic IP to your instance from your AWS EC2 dashboard
  2. Use AWS Route53 to purchase and link your chosen domain name
  3. Install CertBot