DokuWiki (Ubuntu 24 Server)

Operational notes, install steps, required PHP modules, and recovery procedures.

Server OS: Ubuntu 24 Web server: nginx PHP: php-fpm (8.3) Wiki path: /var/www/html/amigaz/wiki

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y \
  nginx \
  php8.3-fpm \
  php8.3-cli \
  php8.3-common \
  php8.3-curl \
  php8.3-gd \
  php8.3-mbstring \
  php8.3-xml \
  php8.3-zip \
  php8.3-intl \
  php8.3-sqlite3

Restart PHP after install:

sudo systemctl restart php8.3-fpm

DokuWiki core and common plugins require:

Check installed modules:

php -m | egrep -i 'sqlite|mbstring|xml|gd|curl|intl|zip'

Verify PDO drivers:

php -i | grep "PDO drivers"

Expected output:

PDO drivers => sqlite

DokuWiki must be writable by the web user.

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/amigaz/wiki
sudo find /var/www/html/amigaz/wiki -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
sudo find /var/www/html/amigaz/wiki -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

Writable directories:

data/
conf/
lib/plugins/

If plugin errors occur:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data data conf lib/plugins

Typical PHP handler block:

location ~ \.php$ {
    include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
    fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php8.3-fpm.sock;
}

After changes:

sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl reload nginx

Error:

Exception: SQLite PDO driver not available

Fix:

sudo apt install php8.3-sqlite3
sudo systemctl restart php8.3-fpm

Verify:

php -m | grep sqlite

Check logs:

tail -f /var/log/nginx/error.log
tail -f /var/www/html/amigaz/wiki/data/log/error.log

Restart PHP:

sudo systemctl restart php8.3-fpm

Symptoms:

• Tag search stops working
• Plugins fail
• White pages

Cause: PHP modules for the new version are missing.

Fix example (after upgrade to 8.4):

sudo apt install php8.4-fpm php8.4-sqlite3 php8.4-xml php8.4-mbstring php8.4-gd php8.4-curl php8.4-intl php8.4-zip
sudo systemctl restart php8.4-fpm

Before upgrade:

cd /var/www/html/amigaz
tar -czf wiki-backup.tar.gz wiki

After PHP or system upgrade:

1. Verify PHP version

php -v

2. Reinstall modules for that version

sudo apt install phpX.Y-sqlite3 phpX.Y-xml phpX.Y-mbstring phpX.Y-gd phpX.Y-curl phpX.Y-intl phpX.Y-zip

3. Restart PHP

sudo systemctl restart phpX.Y-fpm

4. Test wiki search and plugins

If the wiki is broken:

1. Check PHP-FPM status

systemctl status php8.3-fpm

2. Restart services

systemctl restart php8.3-fpm
systemctl reload nginx

3. Check error logs

tail -n 50 /var/log/nginx/error.log
tail -n 50 /var/www/html/amigaz/wiki/data/log/error.log

4. Verify SQLite module

php -m | grep sqlite

nginx -T
systemctl restart php8.3-fpm
systemctl reload nginx
php -v
php -m
df -h