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== What is MediaWiki?==
[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.


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 ==


== Set up MediaWiki on Alpine Linux ==
{{Cmd|apk add curl lighttpd php php-dom php-json php-pgsql php-iconv php-zlib php-gd imagemagick diffutils}}
 
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
Install extra packages


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


== Installing and configuring  MediaWiki ==
== Installing and configuring  MediaWiki ==


'''Install MediaWiki'''
Create a folder named {{Path|webapps}}
 
Make webapps folder


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


Download  
Download  


{{Cmd|cd /usr/share/webapps/
{{Cmd|cd /usr/share/webapps/
wget http://dumps.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.17/mediawiki-1.17.0.tar.gz}}
curl https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.26/mediawiki-1.26.2.tar.gz >mw.tar.gz}}


Unpack  
Unpack the archive and delete the tarball afterwards


{{Cmd| tar zxvf mediawiki-1.17.0.tar.gz}}
{{Cmd| tar zxvf mw.tar.gz
rm mw.tar.gz}}
   
   
Make Symlink to the wiki
Change the folder permissions


{{Cmd|ln -s /usr/share/webapps/mediawiki-1.17.0/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/mediawiki}}
{{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 ==
== Starting ==
   
   
'''Starting http and sql server and adding to boot'''
{{Cmd|/etc/init.d/postgresql setup
{{Cmd|/etc/init.d/postgresql setup
/etc/init.d/postgresql start && rc-update add postgresql default
/etc/init.d/postgresql start && rc-update add postgresql default
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When you finish, press "Install MediaWiki" button, and thats all. :)
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!
You have MediaWiki working, to access go to http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/mediawiki and enjoy!
=See Also=
*[[Converting mediawiki database from postgresql to mysql/mariadb]]


[[Category:SQL]]
[[Category:SQL]]

Revision as of 04:30, 16 September 2017

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-iconv php-zlib php-gd imagemagick diffutils

Install extra packages

apk add postgresql postgresql-client openrc

Installing and configuring MediaWiki

Create a folder named webapps

mkdir -p /usr/share/webapps/

Download

cd /usr/share/webapps/ curl https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.26/mediawiki-1.26.2.tar.gz >mw.tar.gz

Unpack the archive and delete the tarball afterwards

tar zxvf mw.tar.gz rm mw.tar.gz

Change the folder permissions

chown -R lighttpd /usr/share/webapps/

Crate a symlink to the wordpress folder

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

Starting

/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!

See Also