# Wiki engine for no shell hosting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 7, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-engine-for-no-shell-hosting/114002 "2007-09-07T01:06:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![S\_p\_arif\_sahari\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@S\_p\_arif\_sahari\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S_p_arif_sahari_W)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-engine-for-no-shell-hosting/114002/1 "2007-09-07T01:06:33Z")
Hi! Do you know wiki engines in Ruby which can be installed in a hosting service without shell access (only ftp) and without ability to run webrick (only CGI or SCGI) and without SQL databases? The hosting service has ruby installed, of course. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![S\_p\_arif\_sahari\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@S\_p\_arif\_sahari\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S_p_arif_sahari_W)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-engine-for-no-shell-hosting/114002/2 "2007-09-07T02:07:36Z")
S P Arif Sahari Wibowo wrote: > Hi! > > Do you know wiki engines in Ruby which can be installed in a hosting > service without shell access (only ftp) and without ability to run > webrick (only CGI or SCGI) and without SQL databases? > > The hosting service has ruby installed, of course. > > Thanks! Well, you will need some database. If they won’t let you run or access one as a daemon, you will need something that is file based. The two that come to mind are BerkeleyDB and SQLite. You must seek a wiki engine that can be configured to use one of those as a database backend. Have you thought about changing web hosts? Hosting is cheap, and if you shop around, you can get something with ssh, cron jobs, mysql (no webrick, though) for about $10 per month. Possibly less. Good luck, Dan ---
**Author:** ![S\_p\_arif\_sahari\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@S\_p\_arif\_sahari\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S_p_arif_sahari_W)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-engine-for-no-shell-hosting/114002/3 "2007-09-07T02:23:37Z")
S P Arif Sahari Wibowo wrote: > Do you know wiki engines in Ruby which can be installed in a hosting > service without shell access (only ftp) and without ability to run webrick > (only CGI or SCGI) and without SQL databases? > > The hosting service has ruby installed, of course. MRW might squeeze in like that. Here’s how to bond it with Apache: > **[WebMD - Better information. Better health.](https://www.webmd.com/)** > > The leading source for trustworthy and timely health and medical news and information. Providing credible health information, supportive community, and educational services by blending award-winning expertise in content, community services, expert... If you can’t reach out to httpd.conf, you might upgrade .htaccess Remember to set MRW to secure mode! Now, why not a PHP, Python, or Perl Wiki? Are you going to add features to it? ---
**Author:** ![S\_p\_arif\_sahari\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@S\_p\_arif\_sahari\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S_p_arif_sahari_W)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-engine-for-no-shell-hosting/114002/4 "2007-09-07T06:05:51Z")
On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Phlip wrote: > MRW might squeeze in like that. Here’s how to bond it with > Apache: > [http://www.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/MiniRubyWiki/ApacheConfiguration](http://www.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/MiniRubyWiki/ApacheConfiguration) Thanks for the info. I took a look. Documentations seems a bit scarce, does it support user authentication? I actually found something myself: Hiki Wiki [http://www.hikiwiki.org/](http://www.hikiwiki.org/). Seems more mature and featured. The issue is that most of the apparent users communicate in Japanese (the mailing list in Japanese). Any Hiki users here? Note that the Wiki will be for some no-profit (even no-revenue) purpose, so I’m pushing the cost as low as possible. > Now, why not a PHP, Python, or Perl Wiki? Are you going to add > features to it? Yes definitely I want to make chances to whatever I choose. I am basically a newbie in Ruby. I am battle-harden in Perl, but I always love elegance (my favorite static language is Pascal), so when I saw Ruby I really want to master it. What else better than actually use it in real life application? 🙂 Thanks!