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| gemini_site_setup_and_hosting_features [2021/04/08 18:25] – [Your First Page!] added instructions for cluster Gemini space peteyboy | gemini_site_setup_and_hosting_features [2023/06/30 23:39] (current) – [Building Out Your Gemini Capsule] hc9 |
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| Welcome to the wonderful retro/alternative future of Gemini space! | Welcome to the wonderful retro/alternative future of Gemini space! |
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| Here's the [[https://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/faq.gmi|FAQ on Gemini]]. TL;DR, Gemini is an alternate internet protocol to either [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol| HTTP]] or [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher| Gopher]]. It's being touted as a modern alternative to Gopher, to bring back a lightweight, text-centric interweb but with some of the security features of modern day. As described in the FAQ: | Here's the [[https://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/faq.gmi|FAQ on Gemini]]. TL;DR, Gemini is an alternate internet protocol to either [[wp>wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol| HTTP]] or [[wp>Gopher_(protocol)|Gopher]]. It's being touted as a modern alternative to Gopher, to bring back a lightweight, text-centric interweb but with some of the security features of modern day. As described in the FAQ: |
| >You may think of Gemini as "the web, stripped right back to its essence" or as "Gopher, souped up and modernised just a little"... | >You may think of Gemini as "the web, stripped right back to its essence" or as "Gopher, souped up and modernised just a little"... |
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| Creating your own //Gemini site ((SDF **Cluster** Gemini server: **<nowiki>gemini://sdf.org</nowiki>** ; SDF **Meta** Gemini server: **<nowiki>gemini://gem.sdf.org</nowiki>** .))// ("gemini capsule" the kids call them now) can be fun and SDF gives gemini space to all its users. There are currently two Gemini servers available on SDF, one on the cluster (for all users) and another on the [[metaarray]] for META users. | Creating your own //Gemini site ((SDF **Cluster** Gemini server: **//<nowiki>gemini://sdf.org</nowiki>//** ; SDF **Meta** Gemini server: **//<nowiki>gemini://gem.sdf.org</nowiki>//** .))// ("gemini capsule" the kids call them now) can be fun and SDF gives gemini space to all its users. There are currently two Gemini servers available on SDF, one on the cluster (for all users) and another on the [[metaarray]] for META users. |
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| You can begin creating your own websites straight away! | You can begin creating your own websites straight away! |
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| In this tutorial when text looks like this this means it's a command you can run in your shell, either from the cluster, or if you've logged into the meta array. | In this tutorial when text looks like ''this'', this means it's a command you can run in your shell, either from the cluster, or if you've logged into the meta array. |
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| | ===== Viewing Gemini Pages ===== |
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| | To start with, there are many ways to view your page and others in Geminispace. Here are the easiest ways you can [[accessing web spaces#Gemini| view gemini pages from the SDF shell]] |
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| ===== Getting Started ===== | ===== Getting Started ===== |
| Gemini hosting is super easy on SDF. | Gemini hosting is super easy on SDF. |
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| SDF serves user's gemini content from: | SDF serves users' gemini content from two places: |
| * //gemini:<nowiki>//</nowiki>sdf.org// on the cluster | * **//<nowiki>gemini://sdf.org</nowiki>//** on the cluster |
| * //gemini:<nowiki>//</nowiki>gem.sdf.org// on the Meta Array | * **//<nowiki>gemini://gem.sdf.org</nowiki>//** on the Meta Array |
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| First, choose if you want to put your files on the cluster or the Meta Array. Your choice isn't particularly important, and if you aren't on the Meta Array, then the cluster is your only choice. | First, choose if you want to put your files on the cluster or the Meta Array. If you aren't on the Meta Array, then the cluster is your only choice. |
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| * Log in to your account on the cluster or the MetaArray | * Log in to your account on the cluster or the MetaArray |
| * for the cluster's Gemini space, create your directory in ''/ftp/pub/users'' with at least an //index.gmi// file: | * for the cluster Gemini space, create your directory in ''/ftp/pub/users'' with at least an //index.gmi// file: |
| * ''mkdir -p /ftp/pub/users${LOGNAME}'' | * use '''mkgopher'''((The SDF [[gopher site setup and hosting features#sdf_gopher_command|mkgopher]] tool manages workspace for both gemini & gopher)): |
| * for the Meta Array's Gemini space, create your directory in ''/meta/gemini'' with at least a //index.gmi// file: | * at command prompt, enter: ''mkgopher'' |
| | * in the mkgopher program, type ''setup'' |
| | * type ''quit'' to exit. Your gemini (& gopher) directory should be set up with proper permissions at ''/ftp/pub/users/${LOGNAME}'' |
| | * for the Meta Array Gemini space, create your directory in ''/meta/gemini'' with at least a //index.gmi// file: |
| * ''mkdir -p /meta/gemini/${LOGNAME}'' | * ''mkdir -p /meta/gemini/${LOGNAME}'' |
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| => gemini://sdf.org To the SDF cluster Gemini Homepage | => gemini://sdf.org To the SDF cluster Gemini Homepage |
| => gemini://gem.sdf.org To the SDF Meta Array Gemini Homepage | => gemini://gem.sdf.org To the SDF Meta Array Gemini Homepage |
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| Now that you have copied the text out into 'nano', you need to save the file. To do this, hold down the 'CTRL' key on your keyboard and whilst pressing that, press the letter 'x', and respond "yes" to the request to save. You've just written your first //gemtext// file. It's a very simple markup language compared to HTML, as you can see. | Now that you have copied the text out into 'nano', you need to save the file. To do this, hold down the 'CTRL' key on your keyboard and whilst pressing that, press the letter 'x', and respond "yes" to the request to save. You've just written your first //gemtext// file. It's a very simple markup language compared to HTML, as you can see. |
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| | **NOTE: file permissions:** to be able to see this file with a browser, you need to change the permissions. at the command line after saving your file, just enter ''chmod go+r index.gmi''. This will grant read permissions on that particular file to everyone else besides you. |
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| Now, just open a Gemini browser and navigate to either: | Now, just open a Gemini browser and navigate to either: |
| Once you've created your directory and ''index.gmi'' file you will be added to | Once you've created your directory and ''index.gmi'' file you will be added to |
| the top index. Sites are listed by most recent activity first and will | the top index. Sites are listed by most recent activity first and will |
| include a title if you have one in your ''index.gmi'' | include a title if you created a heading (e.g.,'##My First Page!') on the first line of your ''index.gmi'' |
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| ==== Viewing Your Gemini Homepage ==== | |
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| You can use either of these Gemini browsers on the cluster or in the MetaArray: | |
| * //bombadillo//: at shell type ''bombadillo <nowiki>gemini://gem.sdf.org/{yourusername}</nowiki>'' | |
| * //av98//: at shell type ''av98 <nowiki>gemini://gem.sdf.org/{yourusername}</nowiki>'' | |
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| Additionally, on the metaarray, you can use ''diohsc'' | |
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| ===== Fleshing Out Your Gemini Capsule ===== | ===== Building Out Your Gemini Capsule ===== |
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| You can get more direction on the native markup for Gemini, called //gemtext// by reading the gemtext specification, which can be found by navigating to //[[gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/gemtext.gmi]]// | You can get more direction on the native markup for Gemini, called //gemtext// by reading the gemtext specification, which can be found by navigating to //[[gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/gemtext.gmi]]// |
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