Hi,

you hit just one of the items we're working on trying to make easier to
understand and use. This means that right now things are a bit in flux, and
not quite finished.

Right now you can run 2 wikis on the same instance with local users per
wiki. We're working so that this is still possible (and easier to achieve!)
by the end of the XWiki 5.x cycle, which will be XWiki Enterprise 5.5. That
release is scheduled for early next year, so if you can wait until then
you'll be able to avoid a couple upgrades.

Best,

Guillaume

On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Ghanshyam Patel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks for the information Vincent.  It's cleared up some confusion.
>
> I thought I was on the latest XWiki but looks like I'm on 5.1.  I'll work
> on upgrading to 5.2.  In 5.2 are wikis stored in the same schema like
> workspaces or does XWiki create a different schema for each?  It sounds
> like it'll still use the same architecture as workspaces but just renamed
> to wiki.
>
> From what I understand, it's not possible to run 2 Wikis on the same
> instance with local users for each Wiki?
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 2:15 AM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> > On 04 Nov 2013, at 04:42, Ghanshyam Patel <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've been using XWiki within my team at work and would like to expand
> > > adoption of it across different groups.  While doing research I was
> > > thoroughly confused by the differences between Workspaces, SubWikis,
> > Wikis,
> > > multi-tenancy, etc…
> >
> > They all mean roughyl  the same thing and starting with 5.2 we’re merging
> > all concepts together. We’re removing the terminology “workspace” in
> favor
> > of “wiki” (or “subwiki”).
> >
> > > What I would like to do is be able to run one instance of XWiki and be
> > able
> > > to create separate Wikis (in different schemas).  Within each Wiki I'd
> > like
> > > to allow users to create their own Workspaces (I think I'm using that
> > > correctly).
> >
> > Nope ;) A workspace is a subwiki with no local users (only global users).
> >
> > > Example:
> > > - IT Wiki
> > >    -- Bob's Workspace
> > >    -- Alice's Workspace
> > >
> > > - Finance Wiki
> > >    -- Joe's Workspace
> > >    -- Jane's Workspace
> > >
> > >
> > > I want to be able to keep the users separated between the IT Wiki and
> > > Finance Wiki but allow shared users for the Workspaces under each of
> > those
> > > Wikis.
> > >
> > > I think installing the Wiki Manager Application and Workspace
> Application
> > > should do the trick.  However, it sounds like Wiki Manager is the old
> way
> > > of doing it and it's being deprecated.
> >
> > These are installed by default starting with 5.2.
> >
> > There’s no notion of nested wikis though so what you wish to do is not
> > possible.
> >
> > What you can do is have a flat structure with 4 wikis:
> >
> > - Bob IT wiki
> > - Alice IT wiki
> > - Joe Finance wiki
> > - Jane Finance wiki
> >
> > or have 2 wikis with spaces:
> >
> > - IT wiki
> >   — Bob's **space**
> >   — Alice's **space**
> > - Finance wiki
> >   — Joe's **space**
> >   — Jane's **space”
> >
> > You should really use XWiki 5.2 (and 5.3 when it’s out since we’re
> > currently working on this topic to improve it), it makes all this
> simpler.
> >
> > Now yes you’re right in that you can install Wiki Manager Application.
> > Workspace Application won’t help you since it create subwikis that use
> > global users only.
> >
> > Thanks
> > -Vincent
> >
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