I would use a folder and not place mediawiki in the root of web server On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:28 AM Daryl Rose <rosed...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Brian, > > Thank you for the reply. > > Yes, I know that v1.25 is out of date and needs to be upgraded. I'll > tackle that once I get it migrated over to a new environment. > > The original environment *WAS *an XAMPP and was installed as a Bitnami > package. Because of security vulnerabilities, the entire environment needs > to be upgraded. But because I used XAMPP, I can't upgrade Apache, or MySQL > or PHP. I would have to wipe out the entire install and do a fresh > install. That is not acceptable, so I decided to do what I should have > done the first time, install Apache, MySQL, PHP and Mediawiki as individual > components. > > Even though I was successful at accessing the database from the command > line, and verifying the contents, I decided to change the password and > tried the wiki site again. This time I received an error saying that it > could not find the front page. This is actually a step forward. This is > telling me that it connected to the database. > > So now I'm facing path issues. The intitial install was > "/opt/lampp/apps/mediawiki/htdocs". The new path is "/var/www/html". > After changing the database password, I got the following URL: > > "<FQDN>/mediawiki/Main_Page". I looked in LocalSettings.php and saw that > "$wgArticlePath" was set to "/mediawiki/$1". I removed "mediawiki" from > the path, stop/started Apache, but now I get "<FQDN>/Main_Page" in the url > bar, and "The requested URL /Main_Page was not found on this server". > Looking a little deeper, I see "$wgScriptPath" set to "/mediawiki". I know > that isn't correct, so I changed it ".". I didn't know if that would work > or not. Apparently not. > > There is still a path issue somewhere, but I'm not sure where. I know that > in the database I saw ""/opt/lampp/apps/mediawiki", but I don't want to > start changing paths in the database until I know that I can at least bring > up the main page. If there is a path in the database that I need to > change, please let me know where to look. > > Thank you. > > Daryl > > On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 1:00 AM, Brian Wolff <bawo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > First of all, Mediawiki 1.25 is out of date and has publically known > > security vulnerabilities. You should upgrade. > > > > For the error, I would start by checking $wgDBServer. If your db is on > the > > same host as mediawiki and commandline is working, it could be something > > like using network vs local socket. If 'localhost' is not working try > > '127.0.0.1' instead (or vice versa) > > > > Beyond that, I would look into if there is anything preventing mediawiki > > from talking to the db (e.g. firewall, selinux, etc) > > > > -- > > bawolff > > > > On Friday, November 17, 2017, Daryl Rose <rosed...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I just moved an existing environment from a SLES 11 SP4 xampp/Bitnami > > > installation to a CentOS 7.4, Apache, MySQL, PHP environment. There > were > > > security issues with the original installation, so I had to move to > > > something that I could upgrade components when as vulnerabilities are > > > discovered. > > > > > > According to the documentation, I should be able to export/import the > > > database and then copy over the MediaWiki directory, and all should me > > > good. Well, there are a couple of minor gotcha's in the doc's, but for > > the > > > most part, it's pretty straight forward. > > > > > > I had a few minor issues with the php, but once I got that figured > out, I > > > now get a page that tells me that the site is experiencing technical > > > difficulties (Cannot access the database). > > > > > > I've verified that the database name, user name and password are > correct. > > > From the command line, I can access the database using the database > user > > > and I can see the tables. > > > > > > I'm not a DBA or a developer, so I'm not sure where to start > > > troubleshooting. Other than verifying that the credentials are > correct. > > > > > > The original installation was PHP v5.6.12 and the new installation is > PHP > > > v5.6.32. Other than that, I believe everything else is the same. > > > MediaWiki is V1.25. > > > > > > Any suggestions on where to start looking? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Daryl > > > _______________________________________________ > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
