Web-app-xwiki Role¶

Description: Self-hosted enterprise wiki and knowledge-management platform with collaboration and app-based extensibility

Variables¶

author: Kevin Veen-Birkenbach
description: Self-hosted enterprise wiki and knowledge-management platform with collaboration and app-based extensibility
license: Infinito.Nexus Community License (Non-Commercial)
company: Kevin Veen-Birkenbach https://www.veen.world
galaxy_tags: [‘wiki’, ‘documentation’, ‘xwiki’]
issue_tracker_url: https://s.infinito.nexus/issues
min_ansible_version: 2.9
platforms: [{‘name’: ‘ArchLinux’, ‘versions’: [‘all’]}, {‘name’: ‘Debian’, ‘versions’: [‘all’]}, {‘name’: ‘EL’, ‘versions’: [‘all’]}, {‘name’: ‘Fedora’, ‘versions’: [‘all’]}, {‘name’: ‘Ubuntu’, ‘versions’: [‘all’]}]

README¶

XWiki¶

Description¶

Empower your organization with XWiki, an open-source enterprise wiki and knowledge management platform. XWiki provides powerful collaboration features, structured content management, and extensibility through applications and plugins, all under your control.

Overview¶

This role deploys XWiki using Docker, automating the installation, configuration, and management of your XWiki server. It integrates with an relational database and a reverse proxy. The role supports advanced features such as global CSS injection, Matomo analytics, OIDC authentication, and centralized logout, making it a powerful and customizable solution within the Infinito.Nexus ecosystem.

Cosmos¶

The diagram places XWiki in the Infinito.Nexus cosmos: the components it deploys (capabilities), the central services it consumes (dependencies), and its outward reach (federation and bridged external networks).

flowchart LR
    subgraph deps [Dependencies]
        dep_svc_ai_litellm["svc-ai-litellm 🐳🐝"]
        dep_svc_bkp_volume_2_local["svc-bkp-volume-2-local 💻"]
        dep_svc_db_openldap["svc-db-openldap 🐳🐝"]
        dep_svc_db_postgres["svc-db-postgres 🐳🐝"]
        dep_svc_db_redis["svc-db-redis 🐳🐝"]
        dep_svc_net_tor["svc-net-tor 🐳🐝"]
        dep_web_app_dashboard["web-app-dashboard 🐳🐝"]
        dep_web_app_keycloak["web-app-keycloak 🐳🐝"]
        dep_web_app_matomo["web-app-matomo 🐳🐝"]
        dep_web_app_prometheus["web-app-prometheus 🐳🐝"]
        dep_web_app_stalwart["web-app-stalwart 🐳🐝"]
        dep_web_svc_css["web-svc-css 💻"]
        dep_web_svc_logout["web-svc-logout 🐳🐝"]
    end
    subgraph role [web-app-xwiki 🐳🐝]
        svc_litellm["litellm"]
        svc_sso["sso"]
        svc_logout["logout"]
        svc_ldap["ldap ❌"]
        svc_dashboard["dashboard"]
        svc_matomo["matomo"]
        svc_email["email"]
        svc_redis["redis"]
        svc_postgres["postgres"]
        svc_xwiki["xwiki"]
        svc_css["css"]
        svc_prometheus["prometheus"]
        svc_tor["tor"]
        svc_container_backup["container_backup"]
    end
    subgraph dependents [Dependents]
        dpt_web_app_nextcloud["web-app-nextcloud 🐳🐝"]
    end
    dep_svc_ai_litellm -. "0..1" .-> svc_litellm
    dep_svc_bkp_volume_2_local -. "0..1" .-> svc_container_backup
    dep_svc_db_openldap -- "0..0" --> svc_ldap
    dep_svc_db_postgres -. "0..1" .-> svc_postgres
    dep_svc_db_redis -. "0..1" .-> svc_redis
    dep_svc_net_tor -. "0..1" .-> svc_tor
    dep_web_app_dashboard -. "0..1" .-> svc_dashboard
    dep_web_app_keycloak -. "0..1" .-> svc_sso
    dep_web_app_matomo -. "0..1" .-> svc_matomo
    dep_web_app_prometheus -. "0..1" .-> svc_prometheus
    dep_web_app_stalwart -. "0..1" .-> svc_email
    dep_web_svc_css -. "0..1" .-> svc_css
    dep_web_svc_logout -. "0..1" .-> svc_logout
    svc_litellm -. "0..1" .-> dpt_web_app_nextcloud
    linkStyle 2 stroke:red;

Solid 1:1 edges are fixed relationships; dashed 0..1 edges are conditional (enabled only in matching deployments); red 0..0 edges are turned off in this role. Node markers show the role’s deploy modes (💻 host, 🐳 compose, 🐝 swarm); ❌ marks a service that is explicitly turned off, and ⚙️ an Ansible role dependency declared in meta/main.yml.

Features¶

Enterprise Wiki Platform: Create, edit, and organize pages with a powerful WYSIWYG editor and structured content support.
Advanced Rights Management: Fine-grained permissions for users, groups, and spaces.
Extensions & Applications: Extend functionality with hundreds of available XWiki extensions and macros.
Powerful Search: Full-text and structured search to quickly find knowledge across spaces.
Office Integration: Import, export, and collaborate on Office documents (Word, Excel, PDF).
Customization & Theming: Adapt the look and feel of your wiki with skins, CSS, and scripting.
Integration Ready: Connect with external systems such as Keycloak (OIDC), LDAP, or analytics tools like Matomo.

Quick Setup¶

Development¶

Clone, set up the workstation, and deploy XWiki onto the local stack:

git clone https://github.com/infinito-nexus/core.git
cd core
make onboard
make compose-deploy mode=reinstall apps=web-app-xwiki full_cycle=false

Production¶

Run the published image to provision the inventory and deploy XWiki to a managed server (the mounted volume persists the inventory):

APP=web-app-xwiki
HOST=<your-server>
DOMAIN=<your-domain>
TLS_MODE=self_signed
SSH_PUBLIC_KEY="<your-ssh-public-key>"

docker run --rm -it \
  -v "$PWD/inventories:/etc/infinito.nexus/inventories" \
  -e APP="$APP" -e HOST="$HOST" -e DOMAIN="$DOMAIN" -e TLS_MODE="$TLS_MODE" -e SSH_PUBLIC_KEY="$SSH_PUBLIC_KEY" \
  ghcr.io/infinito-nexus/core/debian bash -c '
    INVENTORY=/etc/infinito.nexus/inventories/production
    infinito administration inventory provision "$INVENTORY" \
      --inventory-file "$INVENTORY/devices.yml" \
      --host "$HOST" \
      --include "$APP" \
      --vars "{\"TLS_MODE\": \"$TLS_MODE\", \"DOMAIN_PRIMARY\": \"$DOMAIN\", \"users\": {\"administrator\": {\"authorized_keys\": [\"$SSH_PUBLIC_KEY\"]}}}" &&
    infinito administration deploy dedicated "$INVENTORY/devices.yml" \
      --password-file "$INVENTORY/.password" \
      --diff -vv'

Addons¶

Extensions are declared in `meta/addons/ <./meta/addons/>`__ under the unified addon contract. Each one is installed through the XWiki Extension Manager and pins its upstream version; the Maven coordinate is carried under the addon’s config.id:

Addon	Mechanism	Default state	Bridges
`oi dc-authen ticator`	`extension`	enabled whenever the `sso` service is present (`web-app-keycloak` co-deployed)	`sso` → `web-ap p-keycloak`
`ld ap-authen ticator`	`extension`	enabled whenever the `ldap` service is present (`svc-db-openldap` co-deployed)	`ldap` → `svc-d b-openldap`
` matomo`	`extension`	enabled whenever the `matomo` service is present (`web-app-matomo` co-deployed)	`matomo` → `web- app-matomo`

oidc-authenticator and ldap-authenticator are mutually exclusive auth backends (only one may be enabled; see `tasks/01_validation.yml <./tasks/01_validation.yml>`__), each deriving its enablement from its bridged service flag. The OIDC/LDAP runtime configuration (provider URLs, bind DN, secrets) lives in the XWiki property templates and is read via lookup('config', application_id, 'secrets.credentials.<name>'); the addon config: carries only the installer coordinate.

Further Resources¶

Persona contract opt-outs¶

The administrator is provisioned as an XWiki.XWikiUsers object without a password property (see `templates/xml/user/xwikiusers_object.xml.j2 <./templates/xml/user/xwikiusers_object.xml.j2>`__), and every privileged operation of the role authenticates as the built-in superadmin with credentials.superadminpassword. Neither credential is the Keycloak secret the shared persona helpers submit, and biber has no XWiki user page at all — only the administrator page is created (`tasks/03_administrator.yml <./tasks/03_administrator.yml>`__) — while the OIDC group mapping stays commented out in `templates/xwiki.properties.j2 <./templates/xwiki.properties.j2>`__. `templates/playwright.env.j2 <./templates/playwright.env.j2>`__ therefore declares PERSONA_BIBER_BLOCKED=true and PERSONA_ADMINISTRATOR_BLOCKED=true. The Keycloak coupling is instead proven through XWiki’s own login action by the addon spec `files/playwright/addons/oidc-authenticator.spec.js <./files/playwright/addons/oidc-authenticator.spec.js>`__.

Credits¶

Implemented by Kevin Veen-Birkenbach. Part of the Infinito.Nexus Project and maintained by Kevin Veen-Birkenbach. Licensed under the Infinito.Nexus Community License (Non-Commercial).