Kona

What Is Kona

Kona is a wiki written in Perl based on DBIx::Class, Plack::Request, with a bit of my own magic tossed in. Its primary reason for existing is split between wanting to make something generic like a wiki in this type of an environment and my dissatisfaction in current wiki products.

Kona?

Its name got based on this conversation:

<SymKat>  Name my project, what do I call a wiki?
<Friend>  Kona.
<SymKat>  After the coffee?
<Friend>  Yes, Hawaiian, wiki, hula hula.
<SymKat>  I think you have won.

Depedencies

Programs

• PostgreSQL
• lighttpd
• Perl

CPAN Modules

• local::lib
• strictures
• indirect
• Template
• Text::MultiMarkdown
• DBIx::Class
• DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader
• DBIx::Class::TimeStamp
• DBD::Pg
• Plack
• DateTime
• DateTime::Format::Pg
• File::MMagic
• FCGI::ProcManager

Installation

1. Install depedencies. To install the CPAN Modules, I recommend cpanminus.
2. Configure PostgreSQL:
   1. Create a user and database.
   2. Import conf/sql/schema-*.sql;
   3. Edit configuration in conf/development.yaml to include authentication credentials.
3. Configure lighttpd based on the configuration file conf/lighttpd.conf
4. Run the app via command: plackup -s FCGI -l 127.0.0.1:8080 dispatch.fcgi

Author

• SymKat

Contributors

• Ryan Voots -- HTML/CSS