MediaWiki

2016-01-04T10:48:34Z

Droy: /* Install lighttpd, PHP, and postgresql */ fixed typo in php-iconv

[http://www.mediawiki.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.

== Install lighttpd, PHP, and postgresql ==

{{Cmd|apk add lighttpd php php-dom php-json php-pgsql php-iconv php-zlib php-gd imagemagick diffutils}}

Install extra packages

{{Cmd|apk add postgresql postgresql-client}}

== Installing and configuring MediaWiki ==

Create a folder named {{Path|webapps}}

{{Cmd|mkdir -p /usr/share/webapps/}}

Download

{{Cmd|cd /usr/share/webapps/
wget http://dumps.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.20/mediawiki-1.24.1.tar.gz}}

Unpack the archive and delete the tarball afterwards

{{Cmd| tar zxvf mediawiki-1.20.2.tar.gz
rm mediawiki-1.20.2.tar.gz}}

Change the folder permissions

{{Cmd|chown -R lighttpd /usr/share/webapps/}}

Crate a symlink to the {{Path|wordpress}} folder

{{Cmd|ln -s /usr/share/webapps/mediawiki/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/mediawiki}}

== Starting ==

{{Cmd|/etc/init.d/postgresql setup
/etc/init.d/postgresql start && rc-update add postgresql default
/etc/init.d/lighttpd start && rc-update add lighttpd default}}

== Config your wiki ==

Browse

http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/config/index.php

* Site config
You need to set:

Wiki name:
Contact e-mail:
Language:
Copyright/license:
Admin username:
Password:
Password confirm:
Object caching:
Memcached servers:
E-mail features (global):
User-to-user e-mail:
E-mail notification about changes:
E-mail address authentication:
Database type:
PostgreSQL
Database host:
Database name:
DB username:
DB password:
DB password confirm:
Superuser account:
Superuser name:
Superuser password:
Database port:
Schema for mediawiki:
Schema for tsearch2:

When you finish, press "Install MediaWiki" button, and thats all. :)
You have MediaWiki working, to access go to http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/mediawiki and enjoy!

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