Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware is an open-source content management system and groupware application that allows you to create and manage a website or application, and collaborate with your team. It has a user-friendly interface and a powerful set of features, including the ability to create and edit articles, manage users and permissions, and integrate with other applications. In this article, we will show you how to install Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware on Rocky Linux 8.

• Before you can install Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware, you need to make sure that your Rocky Linux 8 system is up to date. Run the following command to update the package index:

sudo dnf update

• Next, you need to install the required dependencies for Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware. This includes the Apache web server, the PHP programming language, and the MariaDB database server. To install these dependencies, run the following command:

sudo dnf install httpd mariadb-server php php-common php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-mysqlnd

• After installing the dependencies, start the Apache web server and the MariaDB server, and enable them to start at boot time by running the following commands:

sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb

• With the web server and database server running, you can download the latest version of Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware from the official website. To do this, open a web browser and navigate to https://tiki.org/download. This will bring up a page where you can download the Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware installation package.
• Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file to the /var/www/html directory. This directory is the default document root for the Apache web server, and it is where Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware will be installed. To extract the file, run the following commands:

cd /var/www/html
tar xvf tiki-*.tar.gz

This will extract the contents of the downloaded file to the /var/www/html directory.

• After extracting the files, you need to create a database for Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware. To do this, log in to the MariaDB server as the root user by running the following command:

mysql -u root -p

This will prompt you for the password for the root user. Enter the password, and press Enter to log in to the MariaDB server.

• Once you are logged in, run the following SQL commands to create a database named tiki and a user named tiki with the password tiki:

CREATE DATABASE tiki;
CREATE USER 'tiki'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'tiki';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON tiki.* TO 'tiki'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

These commands will create the tiki database and the tiki user, and grant the user the necessary permissions to access the database.

• After creating the database and user, exit the MariaDB server by running the exit command.
• With the database and user set up, you can start the installation process for Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware. To do this, open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/tiki. This will bring up the Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware installation wizard, where you can enter the details for the database that you created earlier.
• On the first page of the wizard, select the “Typical installation” option, and click the “Next” button.
• On the next page, enter the details for the database that you created earlier. These include the database hostname, database name, database username, and database password. You can use the default values provided by Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware, or you can enter the values that you specified when creating the database and user. Once you have entered the details, click the “Next” button to continue.
• On the next page, enter the details for the administrator user account. This includes the username, password, and email address for the administrator user. Once you have entered the details, click the “Next” button to continue.
• On the next page, review the details that you entered, and click the “Install” button to start the installation process. This will install Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware on your Rocky Linux 8 system, and create the necessary tables and records in the database.
• Once the installation is complete, click the “Finish” button to complete the setup process. This will bring up the Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware login page, where you can log in to your Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware account using the administrator username and password that you specified earlier.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware on Rocky Linux 8 and set up your Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware administrator account. You can now start using Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware to create and manage your website or application, and collaborate with your team.

Christian Wells