MediaWiki

2011-07-26T12:10:43Z

Jarruda: Fix ln syntax

== What is 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.

== Set up MediaWiki on Alpine Linux ==

This document will be a quick c/p guide to setup MediaWiki on Alpine linux. What we will setup is the following:

* Lighttpd with PHP
* Postgresql
* MediaWiki

== Install lighttpd, PHP, and postgresql ==
{{:Setting Up Lighttpd With FastCGI}}

Install extra packages

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

== Installing and configuring MediaWiki ==

'''Install MediaWiki'''

Make webapps folder

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

Download

{{Cmd|cd /usr/share/webapps/
wget http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.16/mediawiki-1.16.5.tar.gz}}

Unpack

{{Cmd|gunzip mediawiki-1.16.5.tar.gz
tar xvf mediawiki-1.16.5.tar
rm -R mediawiki-1.16.5.tar}}

Make Symlink to the wiki

{{Cmd|ln -s /usr/share/webapps/mediawiki-1.16.5/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/mediawiki}}

== Starting ==

'''Starting http and sql server and adding to boot'''

{{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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