Alain M. wrote: > I need to install XKiki on an internet hosting account on Linux. I don't > know anything of Java... > > I installed xwiki-enterprise-hsqldb-1.3.2.zip and it worked just fine. > > As far as I undesrtand, this runs with the database in memory. Can I > just change that instalation so that I have the database in the disk? I > do not expect to have a big database, but I need to make online backups :)
No, the database is stored on disc (see the database directory). It is loaded in memory at all time for better performance, but all changes are flushed to the disk every 30 seconds, if I remember correctly. The provided database system, hsqldb, is pretty good for small wikis, but you can change whenever you want to another DBMS, like the more popular mysql, postgresql or oracle. You need to copy the appropriate connector to the WEB-INF/lib directory (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector-java/5.1.5/mysql-connector-java-5.1.5.jar for mysql) and edit WEB-INF/hibernate.cfg.xml (the file is commented pretty well, so you'll understand what you have to do). You need to export the current wiki (see Administration->Export) while still using the old database, and import it back in the new database. > Is there a reason why I should not try that? > > I have no Java experience and it can be a lot to learn just to make the > install... > > Thanks, > Alain -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
