tiki Installation Guide Installation Guide

tiki is a free and open-source wiki groupware CMS. Tiki provides all-in-one wiki, CMS, and groupware solution

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 1 core minimum

RAM: 1GB minimum

Storage: 2GB for data

Network: HTTP/HTTPS access

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 80 (default tiki port)

None

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install tiki
sudo dnf install -y tiki

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now tiki

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
tiki --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install tiki
sudo apt install -y tiki

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now tiki

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 80

# Verify installation
tiki --version

bash

# Install tiki
sudo pacman -S tiki

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now tiki

# Verify installation
tiki --version

bash

# Install tiki
apk add --no-cache tiki

# Enable and start service
rc-update add tiki default
rc-service tiki start

# Verify installation
tiki --version

bash

# Install tiki
sudo zypper install -y tiki

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now tiki

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
tiki --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install tiki

# Start service
brew services start tiki

# Verify installation
tiki --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install tiki

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'tiki_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service tiki start

# Verify installation
tiki --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install tiki

# Or using Scoop
scoop install tiki

# Verify installation
tiki --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/tiki

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
tiki --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable tiki

# Start service
sudo systemctl start tiki

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop tiki

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart tiki

# Check status
sudo systemctl status tiki

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u tiki -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add tiki default

# Start service
rc-service tiki start

# Stop service
rc-service tiki stop

# Restart service
rc-service tiki restart

# Check status
rc-service tiki status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'tiki_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service tiki start

# Stop service
service tiki stop

# Restart service
service tiki restart

# Check status
service tiki status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start tiki
brew services stop tiki
brew services restart tiki

# Check status
brew services list | grep tiki

powershell

# Start service
net start tiki

# Stop service
net stop tiki

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service tiki
Stop-Service tiki
Restart-Service tiki

# Check status
Get-Service tiki

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream tiki_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:80;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name tiki.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name tiki.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/tiki.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/tiki.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://tiki_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName tiki.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://tiki.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName tiki.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/tiki.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/tiki.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:80/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:80/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend tiki_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/tiki.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend tiki_backend

backend tiki_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server tiki1 127.0.0.1:80 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R tiki:tiki /etc/tiki
sudo chmod 750 /etc/tiki

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status tiki

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u tiki -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep tiki)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/tiki"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/tiki-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/tiki /var/lib/tiki

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/tiki-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop tiki

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/tiki/tiki-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start tiki

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u tiki -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/tiki/tiki.log

# Check configuration
tiki --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/tiki

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 80

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 80

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep tiki)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep tiki)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 80

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  tiki:
    image: tiki:latest
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/tiki
      - ./data:/var/lib/tiki
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update tiki

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade tiki

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu tiki

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade tiki

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update tiki

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade tiki

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/tiki-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/tiki

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart tiki

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/tiki

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/tiki -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/tiki

Official Documentation: https://docs.tiki.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/tiki/tiki

Community Forum: https://forum.tiki.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.tiki.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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