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== MediaWiki ==
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"MediaWiki is a popular free web-based wiki software application developed by and used on all projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, as well as on many other wiki websites worldwide. It is written in the PHP programming language with a backend database." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki]
"MediaWiki is a popular free web-based wiki software application developed by and used on all projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, as well as on many other wiki websites worldwide. It is written in the PHP programming language with a backend database." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki]


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== Dependencies ==
== Dependencies ==
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  sudo apt install apache2 php mysql-server mysql-client
  sudo apt install apache2 php mysql-server mysql-client


For covenience:
PHP Extensions:
* mbstring
* xml
* intl
* (database driver)
** php-mysql
 
sudo apt install php-mbstring php-xml php-intl php-mysql
sudo service apache2 restart
 
Object Caching (optional)
* [https://www.php.net/apcu APCu] or
* [https://www.php.net/apcu WinCache]
sudo apt install php-apcu
 
GD library or ImageMagick (optional for thumbnailing)
sudo apt install php-gd
sudo apt install imagemagick
  /usr/bin/convert
 
* Git (optional for Special:Version)
sudo apt install git
  /usr/bin/git
 
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Warning: Requests for images in your uploads directory should answer with the HTTP header X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff to protect browsers from potentially unsafe files.
It is highly recommended to configure appropriate response headers on your webserver before enabling uploads.
 
Upload security
Upload security - Manual:Security - MediaWiki
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Security#Upload_security
 
<Directory "/...">
  # Tell browsers to not sniff files
  Header set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
</Directory>
 
== Dependency Check ==
 
For convenience:
  sudo ln -s /var/www/html /www
  sudo ln -s /var/www/html /www


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Basics:
Basics:
 
cd /www
  wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.41/mediawiki-1.41.0.tar.gz
  wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.41/mediawiki-1.41.0.tar.gz
  tar -zvxf mediawiki-1.41.0.tar.gz
  tar -zvxf mediawiki-1.41.0.tar.gz
  mv mediawiki-1.24.1 wiki
  mv mediawiki-1.41.0 wiki
  cd wiki
  cd wiki
sudo chown apache mw-config


Give write permission (not required, but then you will have to manually write the config files at the end):
# sudo chown apache mw-config
sudo chown www-data mw-config
Run through the configuration:
  http://example.com/wiki/mw-config/index.php
  http://example.com/wiki/mw-config/index.php


Guide:
  https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_guide
  https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_guide


Download:
  https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download
  https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download



Latest revision as of 15:19, 4 January 2024

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MediaWiki

MediaWiki - http://www.mediawiki.org

"MediaWiki is a popular free web-based wiki software application developed by and used on all projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, as well as on many other wiki websites worldwide. It is written in the PHP programming language with a backend database." [1]


Dependencies

Apache and PHP: (for Ubuntu 22)

sudo apt install apache2 php mysql-server mysql-client

PHP Extensions:

  • mbstring
  • xml
  • intl
  • (database driver)
    • php-mysql
sudo apt install php-mbstring php-xml php-intl php-mysql
sudo service apache2 restart

Object Caching (optional)

sudo apt install php-apcu

GD library or ImageMagick (optional for thumbnailing)

sudo apt install php-gd
sudo apt install imagemagick
  /usr/bin/convert
  • Git (optional for Special:Version)
sudo apt install git
  /usr/bin/git

---

Warning: Requests for images in your uploads directory should answer with the HTTP header X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff to protect browsers from potentially unsafe files.
It is highly recommended to configure appropriate response headers on your webserver before enabling uploads. 

Upload security

Upload security - Manual:Security - MediaWiki
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Security#Upload_security
<Directory "/...">
  # Tell browsers to not sniff files
  Header set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
</Directory>

Dependency Check

For convenience:

sudo ln -s /var/www/html /www

Test php:

echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" > /www/phptest.php
http://x.x.x.x/phpinfo.php

Look for MySQL and obviously the processed php page.

Installation & Upgrading

For Installation and Upgrading procedures, see MediaWiki/Installation article.

Basics:

cd /www
wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.41/mediawiki-1.41.0.tar.gz
tar -zvxf mediawiki-1.41.0.tar.gz
mv mediawiki-1.41.0  wiki
cd wiki

Give write permission (not required, but then you will have to manually write the config files at the end):

# sudo chown apache mw-config
sudo chown www-data mw-config

Run through the configuration:

http://example.com/wiki/mw-config/index.php

Guide:

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_guide

Download:

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download

Old 1.24.1 Reference

wget releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.24/mediawiki-1.24.1.tar.gz
tar -zvxf mediawiki-1.24.1.tar.gz
mv mediawiki-1.24.1  wiki
cd wiki
sudo chown apache mw-config

Clear History

cd maintenance
php  deleteOldRevisions.php --delete

ref: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:DeleteOldRevisions.php

MediaWiki Namespace

keywords