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How to setup self hosted wiki for your startup

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122 points sks147 | 6 comments | 17 Nov 24 08:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.813s | source | bottom
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snozolli ◴[17 Nov 24 18:29 UTC] No.42165882[source]▶
you’ll need to increase the resources to atleast

"Atleast" isn't a word.

I looked at wiki.js and I don't understand why you wouldn't just install Mediawiki. It only takes a few minutes and wiki.js doesn't look any more sophisticated at a glance.

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1. movedx ◴[17 Nov 24 21:03 UTC] No.42167221[source]▶
I agree. MediaWiki is a solid solution and is very easy to setup. You can one-click deploy on DigitalOcean for $10/month and just enable daily snapshots. You can even use a managed DB if you want.
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2. snozolli ◴[18 Nov 24 01:00 UTC] No.42168757[source]▶
You can one-click deploy on DigitalOcean for $10/month

Am I the only person left who simply has a web server? Untar Mediawiki, edit a few config variables, run an established database script, and off you go. Maybe I'm wildly out of touch, but I don't see why everything has to be a container or a monthly paid service around here.

I get it for something like an email server, where misconfiguration could lead to your server being a zombie, but I don't get it for something like a wiki.

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3. Arrowmaster ◴[18 Nov 24 02:44 UTC] No.42169283[source]▶
Container makes it easy to update. I don't need to go read the instructions about which files I need to replace or what to do about modified files. If it's built properly to run from a container and uses sane version numbering, all I need to do is pull the new image and restart the container.

There are still plenty of not sane container builds that don't make it easy. If I need to checkout a git repo and mount a path into the container it's not sane. Pulling an image and starting a docker-compose should be all that's needed.

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5. 1oooqooq ◴[18 Nov 24 12:52 UTC] No.42171906[source]▶
and subscribe to yet another security announce email, i hope
6. movedx ◴[21 Nov 24 09:56 UTC] No.42202669[source]▶
Actually I’m on your side there. I have three servers in the garage on a 250mbit private fibre link… that I never use. I want to get my backside in gear and get the ProxMox cluster running a bit of web infrastructure and then forward to it on the Mikrotik that terminates the fibre.

The only reason I recommended DO is it’s just simple and not too expensive. But your point is fair.