MoinMoin How-Tos
These are community-maintained how-to's. This is a wiki, feel free to improve or add your own.
This is intended to supplement, not replace, the official docs (see Documentation).
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Installation
Quick guide for desktop wiki in virtual python - up and running with one line wikiconfig.py change
Guide for setting up a wiki on Debian 8 - based on MoinMoin 1.9.8 and recent Debian 8
Quick guide for setting up a first wiki on Ubuntu - based on MoinMoin 1.9 and recent Ubuntu (9.10 - 15.04).
Quick guide for setting up a first wiki on Centos - based on MoinMoin 1.9 and CentOS 5.X.
Quick guide for setting up a first wiki on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - based on MoinMoin 1.9 and SLES 10 SP3.
Quick guide for setting up a first wiki on FreeBSD - based on MoinMoin 1.9 and FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE.
A wikifarm example with basic features - based on MoinMoin 1.9 and Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.
Management of MoinMoin wikis for beginners - based on MoinMoin 1.8 and 1.9, Apache and Linux (RHEL5). Upgrade instructions for MoinMoin 1.5-1.8.
/Run Moin from a Mercurial work directory - easy way to keep up-to-date with some moin repo
/Run Moin using the download archive - easy way to run moin using the download archive
Windows with Apache Server - standard Apache or VisualSVN's Apache distribution.
/Install a new Python on a old Linux system - if your Python is below MoinMoin's requirements.
Install MoinMoin under sudo, setuid, or setgid wrapper - sudo(8), setuid(2), and setgid(2) are often chosen to implement security policies on POSIX, unix (incl. linux) platforms with or without Apache.
/ApacheWithCherryPy - for Apache 1.3, using CherryPy for WSGI
MoinMoin installation via ftp on vserver (Domainfactory)
Upgrading
/Migrate from 1.5 to 1.6 - (and beyond) for Linux or other POSIX systems.
Rick's Guide to Upgrading from 1.5 to 1.6 - A slightly Windows-centric guide to upgrading from 1.5 to 1.6.
Rick's Guide to Upgrading from 1.6 to 1.7 - A slightly Windows-centric guide to upgrading from 1.6 to 1.7.
Rick's Guide to Upgrading from 1.7 to 1.8 - A slightly Windows-centric guide to upgrading from 1.7 to 1.8.
Rick's Guide to Upgrading from 1.8 to 1.9 - A slightly Windows-centric guide to upgrading from 1.8 to 1.9.
Eric's guide to upgrade MoinMoin - A Linux-oriented guide, as possible up to date to the current moin version.
Configuration
Configuring mod_wsgi for Apache - The recommended Python accelerator for Moin
see also the slides about using mod_wsgi (not moin-specific)
NGINX with uWSGI - An alternative that uses less memory
Configuring mod_wsgi for NGINX - (note that this is a different mod_wsgi)
An Active Directory authentication example - based on MoinMoin 1.9 and Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.
Windows Domain Authentication - Leveraging Moin & Apache auth for Windows Domain Authentication
/Setup Moin with WSGI Apache HTTPAuth - Linux, POSIX, Apache2, http auth
Configuring FastCGI & Apache on Windows - mod_wsgi is the preferred accelerator for Windows (and Moin in general), however these instructions are retained because it may be adaptable for IIS or other servers where mod_wsgi is not an option.
How to configure the openldap interface for the moin ldapauth script - to be defined
Administration
Backup on Windows - An easy Moin backup solution for Windows
/Tune Performance - make your wiki faster and cause less load
/ManagingAccountCreation - controlling & restricting user accounts
TODO
HowTo authors, please move your stuff to here. While you're at it, add a header like you see on HowToTemplate and check if stuff is still valid.
After http://master18.moinmo.in/ is switched to read only (likely some time after 1.9 release), we should create HowTos from the installation / server specific stuff there that is not contained on master19 wiki, but still up-to-date and useful.