Wiki.js Setup

Antoine de Barbarin 
 
 Install nodejs 
 Enable nodejs v22 in the dnf repository: 
 dnf module enable nodejs:22
 
 The result should be like that (type y when asked for confirmation): 
 Last metadata expiration check: 2:29:44 ago on Sun 01 Jun 2025 07:37:42 AM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
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Enabling module streams:
 nodejs 22

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Is this ok [y/N]: y
Complete!
 
 Install nodejs and npm 
 dnf install -y nodejs npm
 
 Wiki.js Installation 
 Download the latest version of Wiki.js: 
 wget https://github.com/Requarks/wiki/releases/latest/download/wiki-js.tar.gz
 
 Extract the package to a new folder /srv/wikijs : 
 mkdir /srv/wikijs
tar xzf wiki-js.tar.gz -C /srv/wikijs
cd /srv/wikijs
 
 Rename the sample config file to config.yml : 
 mv config.sample.yml config.yml
 
 Edit the config file and fill in your database and port settings (host: 172.17.0.6 , port: 5432 , user: wikijs , database: wikijs ) and set ha to true: 
 vim config.yml
 
 On the PostgreSQL Server, give access to the user wikijs on the database wikijs from both web servers.
Add the following text in the file /var/lib/pgsql/17/data/pg_hba.conf 
 host wikijs wikijs 172.16.0.2/32 scram-sha-256
host wikijs wikijs 172.16.0.3/32 scram-sha-256
 
 Back to our webserver, run Wiki.js with the command 
 node server
 
 
 Open the browser with the URL http://172.16.0.2:3000/ and fill the form 
 
 When the installation is complete, you will be redirected to the login page. The setup is complete, you can log in with the administrator account. 
 
 
 Run as service 
 Create a new system user to run wikijs and give complete ownership of /srv/wikijs to it 
 useradd -r wikijs -s /bin/false -d /srv/wikijs
chown -R wikijs:wikijs /srv/wikijs
 
 Running the command cat /etc/passwd | grep wikijs , you should see something similar 
 wikijs:x:998:995::/srv/wikijs:/bin/false
 
 And running ll /srv & ll /srv/wikijs , you should also see 
 total 4
drwxr-xr-x 6 wikijs wikijs 4096 Jun 1 09:56 wikijs
total 104
drwxr-xr-x 8 wikijs wikijs 4096 Mar 24 01:36 assets
-rw-r--r-- 1 wikijs wikijs 4974 Jun 1 09:56 config.yml
drwxr-xr-x 5 wikijs wikijs 4096 Jun 1 10:26 data
-rw-r--r-- 1 wikijs wikijs 34520 Mar 24 01:33 LICENSE
drwxr-xr-x 953 wikijs wikijs 36864 Mar 24 01:37 node_modules
-rw-r--r-- 1 wikijs wikijs 12267 Mar 24 01:33 package.json
drwxr-xr-x 17 wikijs wikijs 4096 Mar 24 01:33 server
 
 Create a new file named wikijs.service inside directory /etc/systemd/system . 
 vim /etc/systemd/system/wikijs.service
 
 Paste the following contents (assuming your wiki is installed at /var/wiki ): 
 [Unit]
Description=Wiki.js
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node server
Restart=always
User=wikijs
Environment=NODE_ENV=production
WorkingDirectory=/srv/wikijs

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
 
 Reload systemd : 
 systemctl daemon-reload
 
 Run the service: 
 systemctl start wikijs
 
 Enable the service on system boot. 
 systemctl enable wikijs