Administrator Guide

Version 22.4 by Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) on 2017/09/01
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Installation

Learn how to install XWiki on your machine or upgrade an existing installation.

Configuration

Learn how to configure and tune XWiki in various ways.

Upgrade

Learn how to upgrade your XWiki installation to keep it up-to-date.

Main Topics

Authentication
Configure XWiki's authentication mechanism (Database, LDAP, custom implementation, etc).
User Management
Add, Edit, Delete and manage users.
Access Rights
Define which users should be allowed to view and interact with your wiki.
Import/Export
Import and Export pages to and from your wikis.
Skins
Learn how to use a different skin and even how to create a complete new one.
Backup/Restore
Learn how to backup and restore your wiki.
Database Administration
Administer your XWiki database.
Performance Tuning
Improve your wiki's performance.
Security
Tune the configuration to secure your wiki.

Other Topics

Multi Tenancy
Learn how you can have multiple wikis running on the same XWiki instance (i.e. same JVM) for great scalability.
Access a wiki
Learn the different ways to target a wiki when you have more than one wiki in your instance.
Applications installation into wiki-farm
Learn the peculiarities of application installation on wiki-farm
Group Management
Add, Edit, Delete and manage groups.
Encoding
Learn how to configure XWiki for UTF-8 or any other non-default encoding.
Logging
Configure XWiki's logging system.
Attachments
Configure how attachments are stored, whether version history will be kept and set size limits.
Short URLs
Learn how to configure the XWiki URL scheme to generate short URLs.
Clustering
You can run multiple instances of XWiki on the same database to be able to do load balancing. Here's how to do it.
Monitoring
Monitor a running instance using JMX
AntiSpam Techniques
Various strategies and tools to fight spam in public XWiki instances
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