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For audience: This article gives step-by-step instructions on the entire process of installing Semantic MediaWiki plus (SMW+) Community Edition using the Windows installation tool. The same steps are to be followed while installing Semantic MediaWiki plus (SMW+) Professional.
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Applies to version: Help:SMW+ 1.6.0,
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Introduction
The SMW+ 1.6.0 Windows installer or the SMW+ 1.6.0 VMware image may be downloaded from our Download page. To acquire SMW+ Professional, please go to to our web shop.
Requirements
These are the installation prerequisites for SMW+ 1.6.0 (Windows installer):
SMW+ 1.6.0 (Windows installer) is pre-configured to be installed in a MS Windows Environment. SMW+ is approved to run on the following Windows versions:
- Windows 7 (Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (R2 is important!)
Supported Browsers
The SMW+ front-end runs in the web browser. SMW+ 1.6.x has been approved for the following browsers:
- IE 8.x (which MUST NOT run in compatibility mode)
- Mozilla Firefox (7 and 8)
- Google Chrome (15)
The Installation Wizard
1. Start the installation process by copying the SMW+ distribution into the file system of the server where SMW+ is to be operated on. Double click or select Open in the file's context menu to launch the installation tool.
- - successful installation start shall be accompanied by a welcome screen similar to the one illustrated below.
2. Click Next to proceed with the installation process.
- - clicking Next displays the License agreement of SMW+ Community Edition and SMW+ Professional in the installation tool.
3. Read the License agreement of SMW+ Community Edition and SMW+ Professional carefully and check the I accept the terms in the License Agreement if you do and click Next
- If you do not accept the terms, you may click Cancel – doing this will abort the installation process.
- - this opens the License Agreement of third party components.
4. Read the License Agreement of third party components carefully and click I Agree, that is if you accept the conditions of the agreement.
- If you do not agree to the agreement, you may go on to click Cancel – doing this will abort the installation process.
5. Select the mode of installation you wish to run.
There are two available options:
- New: Select this mode if you are installing SMW+ for the first time on your computer.
- Custom: This mode lets you make a selection on whether XAMPP should be installed in addition to the SMW+ core.
6. The installation shall then make a proposal about the destination folder of your SMW+ installation. This is the folder where all files and third party components needed to operate SMW+ will be. Browse to a different destination folder on your server by clicking on Browse which opens a folder selection dialog.
Once you verify your desired destination folder in your server’s file system, proceed with the installation process by clicking Next.
Important note:
7. At this level, you can decide whether shortcuts should be created on the start menu folder or not. If you do not want the shortcuts, just activate the 'Do not create shortcuts' box.
8. Now enter your local IP address for the Lucene settings. You may leave the field blank and the system will in this case automatically obtain your IP address. In some cases, such as virtual network devices, it is recommended that one enters the IP manually.
9. The installation tool will at this point offer options which may be used to customize your SMW+ installation. The options available are:
- Wiki name: This should be the name that will be displayed in the browser’s title bar when using SMW+.
- Wiki logo: This logo will be displayed on the upper left corner of every wiki page.
- Language: One may currently use English or German as the wiki content language.
- Skin: The skin allows the customization of your wiki layout. SMW+ comes with a predefined skin that goes by the name ontoskin3. You may customize this at a later point of time.
10. Select install to run the installation process.
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11. SMW+ will install two processes that need to freely access different ports. Windows may ask you if it should block these ports. In order to run the SMW+, it is necessary that you unblock these processes.
One process is the Apache WebServer which the wiki uses and the second one is the MySQL database which is used for storing the content.
12. The installation process will have completed successfully if the installation tool displays the "Completing the SMW+ v.1.6 Setup Wizard" window.
Note:13. Click on Finish to close the installation tool.
14. Six different SMW+ icons should now shop up in the start menu under SMW+ program path:
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Note:With the full integration of Solr in the release SMW+ 1.6.0, the indexing of all wiki articles allows fast full text search with extended functionality. The Lucene search is not supported in release 1.6.0 and above. If you still wish to use the "old" Lucene search, use earlier versions.
Starting SMW+
15. Open the start menu and select All programs > SMW+ Community Edition v1.6.x > Start SMW+ to start the Apache web server and MySQL database server.
Note:16. Open the start menu and select All programs > SMW+ Community Edition v1.6.x > Start Solr to start the Solr server, which fetches triples from the wiki. The first startup a Solr index is created.
17. Open the start menu and select All programs > SMW+ Community Edition v1.6.x > SMW+ Main Page to open the Main Page of the wiki in your default web browser.
Note:Database access
If you need direct database access for any reason, the default credentials are:
- user: root
- password: m8nix
We strongly recommend that you change these credentials for security reasons.
Configuring SMW+ as a Service
You can register SMW+ so that it automatically restarts after a shutdown. To do this:
- Go to the SMW+ installation directory
- Open xampp-control.exe
Opening xampp-control.exe
- - this opens the XAMPP Control Panel
- Click Service...
The XAMPP Control Panel - Register Apache and MySQL as Windows services:
- Click OK
Note:If you have the Triple store connector also installed as a Windows service, it restarts after a shutdown too.
Logging into SMW+
1. Log into the Wiki as administrator (a.k.a. "WikiSysop") by clicking on 'Log in' and entering the credentials for the administrator account.
The default credentials for the administrator account are:
- username: WikiSysop
- password: root
- Note:We strongly recommend that you change the WikiSysop account password on the preferences page once you log into the wiki successfully.
2. Open the special page Special:Preferences and select to the Change Password section to change the administrator password.
- Note:Once you log in for the first time as administrator (a.k.a. WikiSysop), you will be advised to change the administrator account password. Refer to this Logging in article so as to learn more about your account and how to set your personal preferences.
Bring SMW+ up-to-date
After you have installed SMW+ make sure that your installation is up-to-date and all needed services are running. It is important that you follow these instructions before giving other users access to the Wiki or starting productive work. We also highly recommend to repeat these instructions from time to time.
Getting started with installation of SMW+
Please refer to the Getting Started Guide, for information and tips on how to use SMW+ for the first time. Read the how to extend SMW+ user guide if you wish to add more extensions to SMW+.
Troubleshooting your SMW+
- In the case you don't get results in the Special:FacetedSearch, then check if Solr server uses the correct IP
Upgrade information
We encourage you to always keep your installation of SMW+ up-to-date; this ensures that you have always the latest features and bug fixes. Use the Wiki Administration Tool (already part of SMW+) to perform the upgrade.
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