Setting up SWiK Source is a three step process. First, make sure you are running the software that SWiK Source relies upon, such as PHP and Apache. Second, configure your wiki and deploy it to a production directory. Finally, configure and deploy the backend services.

All documentation for SWiK Source lives on SWiK, so please refer to it if you have an issue, or improve it if you notice something lacking.

Install project dependencies

• You need: Apache HTTPd v2, MySQL v4, PHP v5 and the libxml2, jpg and png libraries. Read on for more about configuring and installing these.

Setup and deploy the wiki

• Various configuration files must be altered to suit your own wiki’s needs. After you make sure you have the required components that SWiK Source depends on, read on for configuration and deployment instructions.

Setup and deploy the backend

• SWiK Source includes various backend services that do background statistics generation as well as hourly RSS aggregation, to setup these services: follow the instructions in “Backend Deployment”.

Running your wiki on your local machine

• SWiK Source is configured by default to run on a production web server. If you wish to run it locally, you need to make a few tweaks to the configuration, described in “Localhost Install Notes”.