Re: [PLUG] MediaWiki configuration
Could you elaborate on your problems? I am a MediaWiki user. --- Michael Rasmussen Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity On 2023-04-20 19:25, Keith Lofstrom wrote: Any recent MediaWiki deployers on the list? For many years, I have operated many old MoinMoin (Python) wikis on many old distros. MoinMoin isn't getting much maintenance attention, while Python is evolving beyond compatibility with MoinMoin code. MediaWiki (PHP), the engine underneath Wikipedia, currently has the majority share of new wiki deployments, and is actively (perhaps TOO actively) maintained and enhanced. So, I hope to "futureproof" my wikis by converting them to MediaWiki. There are cheesy scripts for that. As I write this, I have not yet successfully configured a functional MediaWiki instance. There are many tutorials online about that, but most are years out of date. For example, procedures for setting up mysql, rather than the current mariaDB. I'm probably not asking the right questions or looking at the best tutorial websites. IF YOU HAVE SET UP MEDIAWIKI RECENTLY, CAN YOU POINT ME AT GOOD /RECENT/ TUTORIALS? Perhaps the most useful thing would be an "ls -lR" listing of the files and programs and libraries used by a recent implementation of MediaWiki, so I know what files are supposed to be there, permissions and ownerships and sizes. And yes, I will sign an NDA if necessary, and can even offer boilerplate forms for that. Keith L. P.S.; I know there are rental MediaWikiFarms, but I hope to continue integrating my wikis with legacy html pages and online executables. MediaWiki has many extensions that might help with this.
Re: [PLUG] MediaWiki configuration
ssfully deployed certificate for media.portlandia-servers.com to /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default-le-ssl.conf Congratulations! You have successfully enabled HTTPS on https://media.portlandia-servers.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you like Certbot, please consider supporting our work by: * Donating to ISRG / Let's Encrypt: https://letsencrypt.org/donate * Donating to EFF:https://eff.org/donate-le - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - root@media:/etc/apache2/sites-enabled# hit https://media.portlandia-servers.com from a web browser and make sure it's working apt update apt dist-upgrade final reboot and make sure you can ssh into it and hit it with the webbrowser sudo -s root@media:~# cd root@media:~# wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.39/mediawiki-1.39.3.tar.gz gunzip mediawiki-1.39.3.tar.gz cd /var/www/html tar xf /root/mediawiki-1.39.3.tar mv mediawiki-1.39.3 w Open a web browser to https://media.portlandia-servers.com/w/ Click set up the wiki Select language click continue It will run some checks and say OK to continue click continue Leave database prefix blank and type in the mysql root password you used earlier click continue Click continue Name of wiki "Test Wiki" username "tedm" password usual stuff click I'm bored just install the wiki Click continue Click continue again Download and copy LocalSettings.php to /var/www/html/w Click Enter your Wiki Done. Ted -Original Message- From: PLUG On Behalf Of Russell Senior Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 9:01 PM To: plug@pdxlinux.org Subject: Re: [PLUG] MediaWiki configuration On 4/20/23 19:25, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > Any recent MediaWiki deployers on the list? For many years, [...] IF > YOU HAVE SET UP MEDIAWIKI RECENTLY, CAN YOU POINT ME AT GOOD /RECENT/ > TUTORIALS? I haven't, and have no experience with MediaWiki (and still nominally maintain a teetering MoinMoin wiki), but have you looked at this: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org
Re: [PLUG] MediaWiki configuration
On 4/20/23 19:25, Keith Lofstrom wrote: Any recent MediaWiki deployers on the list? For many years, [...] IF YOU HAVE SET UP MEDIAWIKI RECENTLY, CAN YOU POINT ME AT GOOD /RECENT/ TUTORIALS? I haven't, and have no experience with MediaWiki (and still nominally maintain a teetering MoinMoin wiki), but have you looked at this: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki -- Russell Senior russ...@pdxlinux.org
[PLUG] MediaWiki configuration
Any recent MediaWiki deployers on the list? For many years, I have operated many old MoinMoin (Python) wikis on many old distros. MoinMoin isn't getting much maintenance attention, while Python is evolving beyond compatibility with MoinMoin code. MediaWiki (PHP), the engine underneath Wikipedia, currently has the majority share of new wiki deployments, and is actively (perhaps TOO actively) maintained and enhanced. So, I hope to "futureproof" my wikis by converting them to MediaWiki. There are cheesy scripts for that. As I write this, I have not yet successfully configured a functional MediaWiki instance. There are many tutorials online about that, but most are years out of date. For example, procedures for setting up mysql, rather than the current mariaDB. I'm probably not asking the right questions or looking at the best tutorial websites. IF YOU HAVE SET UP MEDIAWIKI RECENTLY, CAN YOU POINT ME AT GOOD /RECENT/ TUTORIALS? Perhaps the most useful thing would be an "ls -lR" listing of the files and programs and libraries used by a recent implementation of MediaWiki, so I know what files are supposed to be there, permissions and ownerships and sizes. And yes, I will sign an NDA if necessary, and can even offer boilerplate forms for that. Keith L. P.S.; I know there are rental MediaWikiFarms, but I hope to continue integrating my wikis with legacy html pages and online executables. MediaWiki has many extensions that might help with this. -- Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com
