I am trying to set up a repository of knowledge for my job. Was thinking a wiki, but I need something that I can make as simple as possible for the end user, as some of them are not familiar with markdown or html. Is there a self hosted option that is dumb easy simple to navigate and edit for the end user?

  • Solar Bear@slrpnk.netEnglish
    6·
    7 months ago

    I chose Bookstack for the same situation. It’s dead simple in usage and maintenance. No issues yet!

    • snekerpimp@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Tried bookstack first, but setting it up with docker was giving me issues and didn’t want to try bare metal/VM yet. It’s on my list to fiddle with though, thank you.

      • Concave1142@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        Here you go, this is my docker compose. You can modify the pieces as you see fit.

        version: ‘3’ services:

        Bookstack

        bookstack:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/bookstack
    container_name: bookstack
    environment:
        - PUID=${PUID}
        - PGID=${PGID}
        - APP_URL=
        - DB_HOST=bookstack_db
        - DB_USER=bookstack
        - DB_PASSWORD=${BS_DB_PASS}
        - DB_DATABASE=bookstackapp
    volumes:
        - ${DATA_DIR}/bookstack:/config
    ports:
        - 6875:80
    restart: unless-stopped
    depends_on:
        - bookstack_db
bookstack_db:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/mariadb
    container_name: bookstack_db
    environment:
        - PUID=${PUID}
        - PGID=${PGID}
        - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${BS_DB_PASS}
        - TZ=${TIMEZONE}
        - MYSQL_DATABASE=bookstackapp
        - MYSQL_USER=bookstack
        - MYSQL_PASSWORD=${BS_DB_PASS}
    volumes:
        - ${DATA_DIR}/bookstack/mariadb:/config
    restart: unless-stopped
        • snekerpimp@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          7 months ago

          I notice in yours you dropped the - APP_URL=https://bookstack.example.com that linuxserver and solidnerd have in their compose files. I will comment that out and see if that helps my issues. would redirect to a 404 page every time.

          • Concave1142@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            7 months ago

            That’s an error on my part, apologies. I copy/pasted and tried to redact my url from the APP_URL=https://bookstack.example.com section and ended up deleting the entire line; yay replying from mobile. :|

            I currently use Bookstack on Docker in Unraid but the above docker compose snippet is from when I used a debian VM with docker installed on it to run my docker stacks.

    • notfromhere@lemmy.oneEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Another vote for wiki.js. It has tons of authentication options and integrations. The mobile web interface is a tad clunky but usable.

    • snekerpimp@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Saw everything on awesome-selfhosted, just wasn’t sure which out of the plethora of options out there was the easiest for the end user.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    7 months ago

    I recently tested the most recommended wiki software and I settled on Wiki.js. Trivial to setup with docker-compose. It stores everything in its database but can continually dump it in various formats and places. I have it dump to the local filesystem. It spits out Markdown files. It can run on SQLite but it defaults to Postgres which provides better search.

    • snekerpimp@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      This was the first one I set up. I enjoy it, but I need to see if someone who only knows how to use gmail can operate it.

  • shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lolEnglish
    1·
    7 months ago

    I taught my users markdown with StackEdit, a side-by-side WYSIWYG / Markdown generator. It opened some doors for us in terms of the tech we could use behind the scenes.