Chapter 13:

WIKIPEDIA SERVER

Create a Wikipedia Server for Your Customers

Enhance your customer's experience by offering them access to Wikipedia via Wi-Fi. Follow these steps to set up your Wikipedia server:

1. Download the Kiwix tools and server software by running the following commands in your terminal:

   wget https://www.kiwix.org/en/downloads/kiwix-serve/Webserver

   tar -zxvf kiwix-tools_linux-armhf.tar.gz

   sudo mv kiwix-tools_linux-armhf-3.0.3/* /usr/local/bin/

2. Obtain the ZIM files from the following link: https://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Content_in_all_languages

3. Move the downloaded ZIM file (e.g., wikipedia_en_simple_all_nopic_2020-02.zim) to your local directory:

   sudo mv wikipedia_en_simple_all_nopic_2020-02.zim /var/local/

4. Create a systemd service file for Kiwix by running:

   sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/kiwix.service

5. Add the following content to the kiwix.service file:

   [Unit]

   Description=Kiwix Service

   After=network.target

   [Service]

   Type=simple

   User=root

   Group=root

   ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/kiwix-serve /var/local/wikipedia_en_simple_all_nopic_2020-02.zim -p 80

   Restart=always

   RestartSec=3

   [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target

6. If you have multiple libraries, modify the ExecStart line as follows:

   ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/kiwix-serve -mb /var/... (for a local library) /media/pi/... (for a USB-stored one)

7. Enable and start the Kiwix service with these commands:

   sudo systemctl enable kiwix

   sudo systemctl start kiwix

8. To make it accessible via Wi-Fi, include a link to the IP and port of the Kiwix service in your PHP file like this:

   <?php header("Location: http://10.1.1.1:9090"); exit; ?>

For more details, you can refer to the source: https://www.rickmakes.com/offline-wikipedia-on-wired-raspberry-pi-using-kiwix/