Content

• Content
• Introduction
• Accessing XWiki
  • Preconditions in DevOps portal to access XWiki
  • Via DevOps Portal
  • Via Direct URL
• Users, Projects and Roles
• Main Functions
  • Collaborative Content Editing
  • Advanced Page & Document Management
  • Powerful Search and Navigation
  • Macros and Widgets

Introduction

XWiki is an open-source platform for creating, managing, and collaborating on structured and unstructured content. It functions as a powerful wiki engine with advanced features like version control, rights management, scripting, and extensible applications. XWiki enables users to build knowledge bases, documentation platforms, or collaborative intranets, all within a customizable and web-based environment.

Vendor Page

There is good documentation to start using XWiki:

XWiki Documentation

XWikiTutorials

Accessing XWiki

Preconditions in DevOps portal to access XWiki

• A XWiki license must be assigned to the user
• XWiki must be added to the tool list of the project
• If you are not already logged in to another tool in the toolchain, then you have to login using your configured SSO credentials.
• When you see this message after entering your credentials, then you don't have a XWiki license assigned in the DevOps portal:
  

After completing the preconditions, a project in XWik, which is part of the DevOps-as-a-Service toolchain, can be accessed via the DevOps Portal or directly through a URL.

Via DevOps Portal

Go to the DevOps Portal Homepage and click on the XWiki tile:

Via Direct URL

You can also access it directly using the following link format:
https://<customer>.devops.t-systems.net/xwiki/wiki/<MyProject>/view

Users, Projects and Roles

• Projects, users and their roles in projects are managed in the DevOps portal, the corresponding functions in XWiki are disabled (UI and API)

• When a new project is created in the portal with XWiki configured as a tool, a corresponding subwiki is automatically created. Users assigned to the project in the portal are then added to the subwiki with the roles defined in the configuration : 
  • Role mapping: 

    Project Role in DevOps Portal	Permissions in XWiki
    Admin	View, comment, edit, and delete pages
    Master	Can view, comment, and edit pages, but cannot delete content
    Developer	Similar to Master
    Viewer	Read-only access. Can only view content, no edits or comments allowed

    A detailed description of the XWiki role model can be found here

Main Functions

Collaborative Content Editing

• WYSIWYG and wiki syntax editors
• Version control and history tracking
• Inline and structured content editing
• Commenting and annotations

Advanced Page & Document Management

• Hierarchical page structure (nested pages)
• Templates for creating structured documents
• Tags, categories, and metadata support
• File attachments and preview

Powerful Search and Navigation

• Full-text search (Solr-based)
• Faceted search filters
• Page index, breadcrumbs, and navigation panels

Macros and Widgets

• Built-in and custom macros (charts, galleries, diagrams)
• Embedding of rich media (videos, iframes, etc.)
• Markdown and LaTeX support