I challenge anyone to setup Dokuwiki with Nginx and add a commericial SSL domain

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Tried several times from scratch. I can only get it to work without the SSL which is pointless IMO.

I challenge someone to do this from scratch: Setup Nginx with PHP and install Dokuwiki Attach a commericial SSL Domain to it. Then explain to me what wizardry you used to get it to work, in detail.

I don’t think it can be done, hours of guides have not helped.

Bobby · Answer

Hello, I’ve tested this and it worked well. I will try to cover the whole process assuming that you already have the commercial SSL certificate in PEM format on hand. Note that you would need the following files: the SSL Certificate, the Private Key, and the CA Bundle in PEM format. Install LEMP The first thing that you would need to do is install PHP and Nginx, you could do that by following the steps here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-ubuntu-18-04 Or deploy it with 1-Click by using this image here: https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/lemp Once you have that in place, the next thing that you need to do is to SSH to the Droplet and install Dokuwiki. Install Dokuwiki Once you SSH to your LEMP Droplet, download the Dokuwiki files: wget https://download.dokuwiki.org/src/dokuwiki/dokuwiki-stable.tgz Move the file to the /var/www folder: sudo mv dokuwiki-stable.tgz /var/www/ Extract the archive: sudo tar xf dokuwiki-stable.tgz Rename the folder to match either your domain name or set it to dokuwiki: sudo mv dokuwiki-2020-07-29 dokuwiki Note that the dokuwiki-2020-07-29 might be different in the future, so make sure to change it with the actual name of the directory. Finally, change the ownership of the files: sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/dokuwiki With that, the Dokuwiki files should all be sorted. Next, we need to focus on the Nginx configuration. Prepare your SSL certificate files Let’s start by adding the SSL certificate to your server. With your favorite text editor open the following file: nano /etc/ssl/<^>your_domain_name<^>.pem And in there add your SSL certificate followed by the certificate bundle (the CA) right after that. This file basically should include the full chain. Right after that, save the file and exit. Then do the same for your private key. Again with your favorite text editor open the following file: nano /etc/ssl/<^>your_domain_name<^>.key And in there add the content of your private key. Save the file and exit. Configure Nginx and install SSL First create a new config file for your Nginx server block: sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/your_domain And add the following content: server { listen 80; listen [::]:80; server_name your_domain.com www.your_domain.com; return 301 https://your_domain.com$request_uri; } server { listen 443 ssl; root /var/www/dokuwiki; server_name <^>your_domain.com www.your_domain.com<^>; index index.php index.html index.html; ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/<^>your_domain_name.pem<^>; ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/<^>your_domain_name.key<^>; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ @dokuwiki; } location @dokuwiki { rewrite ^/_media/(.*) /lib/exe/fetch.php?media=$1 last; rewrite ^/_detail/(.*) /lib/exe/detail.php?media=$1 last; rewrite ^/_export/([^/]+)/(.*) /doku.php?do=export_$1&id=$2 last; rewrite ^/(.*) /doku.php?id=$1&$args last; } location ~ \.php$ { # Caution: be sure the php7.4-fpm.sock matches your version include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf; fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; include fastcgi_params; } } Make sure to change the <^>your_domain.com<^> part with your actual domain After that enable that server block: ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/your_domain /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/your_domain For more information on Nginx server blocks, check out this tutorial here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-nginx-server-blocks-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-16-04 Then once you’ve added the new configuration, run an Nginx config test: sudo nginx -t And finally, if you get Syntax OK restart Nginx: sudo systemctl restart nginx Complete Dokuwiki install Then with that then you are ready to complete the installation by visiting: https://your_domain.com/install.php If you get the following error: PHP function xml_parser_create is not available Make sure to install the PHP XML extension: sudo apt update -y sudo apt install php-xml And then refresh the page in your browser again and finish the installation. After completing the installation delete the install.php from the /var/www/dokuwiki directory. Conclusion Enjoy your Wiki secured with a commercial SSL! Hope that this helps!Best,Bobby

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