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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.

Install lighttpd, PHP, and postgresql

apk add curl lighttpd php php-dom php-json php-pgsql php-cgi php-mbstring php-xml php-ctype php-fileinfo php-iconv php-zlib php-gd php-session php-intl imagemagick diffutils

Install extra packages

apk add postgresql postgresql-client openrc

Installing and configuring MediaWiki

Create a folder named mediawiki

mkdir -p /usr/share/webapps/

Download the latest version. At the time of writing it is 1.42.3

cd /usr/share/webapps/ curl https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.42/mediawiki-1.42.3.tar.gz >mw.tar.gz

Unpack the archive, rename the folder and delete the tarball afterwards

tar zxvf mw.tar.gz mv mediawiki-1.42.3 mediawiki rm mw.tar.gz

Change the folder permissions

chown -R lighttpd /usr/share/webapps/

Crate a symlink to the mediawiki folder

ln -s /usr/share/webapps/mediawiki/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/mediawiki

Edit lighttpd.conf and uncomment include "mod_fastcgi.conf"

vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

Starting

rc-service postgresql setup rc-service postgresql start && rc-update add postgresql default rc-service lighttpd start && rc-update add lighttpd default

Config your wiki

Install the wiki accessing

http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/mediawiki/mw-config/index.php

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

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-[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.
+[https://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 curl lighttpd php php-dom php-json php-pgsql php-iconv php-zlib php-gd imagemagick diffutils}}
+{{Cmd|apk add curl lighttpd php php-dom php-json php-pgsql php-cgi php-mbstring php-xml php-ctype php-fileinfo php-iconv php-zlib php-gd php-session php-intl imagemagick diffutils}}
 Install extra packages
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 == Installing and configuring  MediaWiki ==
-Create a folder named {{Path|webapps}}
+Create a folder named {{Path|mediawiki}}
 {{Cmd|mkdir -p /usr/share/webapps/}}
-Download
+Download the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki latest version]. At the time of writing it is 1.42.3
 {{Cmd|cd /usr/share/webapps/
-curl https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.26/mediawiki-1.26.2.tar.gz >mw.tar.gz}}
+curl https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.42/mediawiki-1.42.3.tar.gz >mw.tar.gz}}
-Unpack the archive and delete the tarball afterwards
+Unpack the archive, rename the folder and delete the tarball afterwards
-{{Cmd| tar zxvf mw.tar.gz
+{{Cmd|tar zxvf mw.tar.gz
+mv mediawiki-1.42.3 mediawiki
 rm mw.tar.gz}}
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 {{Cmd|chown -R lighttpd /usr/share/webapps/}}
-Crate a symlink to the {{Path|wordpress}} folder
+Crate a symlink to the {{Path|mediawiki}} folder
 {{Cmd|ln -s /usr/share/webapps/mediawiki/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/mediawiki}}
+Edit lighttpd.conf and uncomment '''include "mod_fastcgi.conf"'''
+{{Cmd|vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf}}
 == Starting ==
-{{Cmd|/etc/init.d/postgresql setup
+{{Cmd|rc-service postgresql setup
-/etc/init.d/postgresql start && rc-update add postgresql default
+rc-service postgresql start && rc-update add postgresql default
-/etc/init.d/lighttpd start && rc-update add lighttpd default}}
+rc-service lighttpd start && rc-update add lighttpd default}}
 == Config your wiki ==
-Browse
+Install the wiki accessing
-http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/config/index.php
-* Site config
-You need to set:
-  Wiki name:
+<nowiki>http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/mediawiki/mw-config/index.php</nowiki>
-  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. :)
+When you finish, press "Install MediaWiki" button, and that's all. :)
-You have MediaWiki working, to access go to http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/mediawiki and enjoy!
+You have MediaWiki working. To access go to <nowiki>http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/mediawiki</nowiki> and enjoy!
 =See Also=