jar executable, we can just point the JRE there. Since the application is distributed as a. Next, we may create a systemd unit file to control the wiki service. More information about installing can be found here: The latest version can be found at the official GitHub releases page:
#CREATE A PRIVATE WIKI OFFLINE INSTALL#
Next, the application binary is downloaded to the install directory. The application will be installed to a directory in /opt/ sudo mkdir -p /opt/wiki sudo apt install openjdk-11-jre openjdk-11-jre-headlessĪs a security best practice, the service will run under an unprivileged user. XOWA is built on Java, so we will install the current OpenJDK runtime environment.
#CREATE A PRIVATE WIKI OFFLINE FULL#
This config will work fine with Simple Wikipedia with images, but will absolutely not be able to handle a full database. Setting it Upįor a proof of concept system, I will be running a simple Debian virtual machine on KVM. I will be securing the app service, and adding a cache to speed it up. Typically, it’s run for a single user to access, but can also function as a web server. It can automatically manage wikipedia versions and languages. XOWA is fully cross platform and can run on practically any computer. XOWA is an open source application for managing Wikipedia database exports. I will be using these in the demonstration to save storage space. There are also ‘simple’ versions with limits on page size and the number of pages.
For example, excluding the page history can reduce storage very significantly. Of course, there are ways to reduce the size of these backups. These files can total nearly 70 gigabytes compressed, and several terabytes uncompressed. These files are distributed through in a variety of formats, but the XML Multistream backup is the most recommended.
Once or twice a month, Wikipedia creates a full database backup, which is distributed through their network of mirrors as well as. So, I have started this project to replicate Wikipedia on a server on my network to protect humankind’s knowledge long after the end of modern civilization (mostly joking).
And like hell I’m going to sit in quarantine with my partner and not be able to settle up with Wikipedia! I’m not really trying to fear-monger, but it’s always possible that the internet might go out and stay out. For so long, we’ve been able to settle any trivial dispute with a simple text search. For many years we’ve taken for granted the ability to settle any argument with Wikipedia.
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