Yongmin Hong <li...@revi.pe.kr> wrote: > I once ran mw 1.19 in 2013 or before under the shared hosting service, > since at that moment I was fully n00b about git, php(I'm still newbie when > it comes to coding), and mariadb/mysql.
> Not everybody who is using mediawiki is tech-savvy like they know how to > execute shell commands, how to secure their VM/Container against various > attacks, etc etc <any unexpected/technical problems here>. > PS. I'm not using shared hosting now. My Linode VPS is running Ubuntu 14.04 > LTS as of today, and I'm not going back to the shared hosting. > [...] Note Gilles's somewhat hidden clue that this might still af- fect you: | [...] | The main questions I have for people in that situation are whether there | are blockers for them to move to more modern vm-based or container-based ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | hosting platforms, or if they prefer to stay on shared hosting for specific ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | reasons, etc. Basically, tell us why you're on shared hosting for your | mediawiki install(s). So if your Linode VPS doesn't allow you to run VMs or con- tainers, you might be forced to rent real iron if MediaWiki would require virtualization in some form or another. Tim _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l