This installation guide is based on a new Debian 8 instance from DigitalOcean / Vultr. # Create user Let's create a new user for running Wiki.js: `adduser wiki` # Install MongoDB Follow the official installation guide: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-debian/ # Install Git The latest git package available for Debian 8 is outdated and cannot be used. We'll compile the latest release from source. It is recommended to use the latest version available by looking at the https://github.com/git/git/releases page. Simply replace the version number in the instructions below. ```sh # Remove existing git package: apt-get remove git # Install build requirements: apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libexpat1-dev gettext libz-dev libssl-dev build-essential autoconf # Fetch and build Git cd /tmp curl -L --progress https://github.com/git/git/archive/v2.13.1.tar.gz | tar xz cd git-2.13.1/ make configure ./configure make prefix=/usr/local all make prefix=/usr/local install # Confirm this command returns /usr/local/bin/git: which git ``` # Install Node.js Install the LTS version of Node.js: ```sh curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | bash - apt-get install -y nodejs ``` # Install sudo **If sudo is already installed and configured, skip this step.** 1. Install sudo: `apt install sudo` 2. Add the wiki user to sudo group: `adduser wiki sudo` 3. Edit the sudoers file: `nano /etc/sudoers` - Add the following line `wiki ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL` right after `%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL` - Ctrl-X to save. 4. Disconnect from your SSH / Terminal session and reconnect. # Install Wiki.js 1. Login as the wiki user: `sudo -i -u wiki` 2. Create a folder to install Wiki.js: `mkdir wiki` 3. Go inside the folder: `cd wiki` 4. Install Wiki.js: `curl -sSo- https://wiki.js.org/install.sh | bash` 5. Follow the instructions to complete the installation.