Installing Without Root Access

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Hello,

I am fairly new to this so I apologize for my ignorance. I am currently hosting a website through Siteground and I am looking to add a wiki to the site. Unfortunately with Siteground I am on a shared server so I don’t have root access. Is there any way to install XWiki for my site without root access.

Thank you in advance!

Sean

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In short the answer is Is Java / Tomcat available? - SiteGround KB.

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XWiki per see doesn’t need root access.

But it requires:

  • A database installed
  • A Servlet container

So you need to check if you’re hoster provides that or how you could install them.

Note that another option is to use XWiki Cloud which provides hosting for XWiki at a very reasonable cost (see Pricing - XWiki). See Try XWiki - XWiki This is a service provided by XWiki SAS.

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That’s a bit of a bummer, but thank you for your quick replies!

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You need to find a hoster that supports deploying Java webapps or you need to have ssh and root access to install everything required. See https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Documentation/AdminGuide/Installation/#HHardwareandSoftwarerequirements

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It looks like I will be looking into the cloud hosting. :slight_smile: