MediaWiki is an open-source management software for content in the form of a wiki system that makes websites such as Wikipedia.org possible. MediaWiki helps you collect and organize knowledge and make it available to others.
Update Ubuntu
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sudo apt install lsb-release ca-certificates apt-transport-https software-properties-common unzip -y
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Install Apache
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| sudo apt install apache2
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Enable and Check Status:
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| sudo systemctl enable --now apache2
systemctl status apache2
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Install PHP and Required Extensions
For the latest version of PHP, add the Ondrej repository:
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| sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt update
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Install PHP:
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| sudo apt install imagemagick php php-{fpm,intl,xml,curl,gd,mbstring,mysql,apcu,zip}
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To Configure php.ini:
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| sudo nano /etc/php/*/fpm/php.ini
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Find and change the following values as shown below:
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| file_uploads = On
allow_url_fopen = On
upload_max_filesize = 64M
memory_limit = 256M
max_execution_time = 600
date.timezone = <your timezone>
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Now, restart PHP-FPM:
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| sudo systemctl restart php*-fpm.service
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Install MariaDB
Install MariaDB:
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| sudo apt install mariadb-server
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Secure you database:
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| sudo mysql_secure_installation
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| Enter current password for root (enter for none): Press ENTER
Set root password? [Y/n]: Y
New password: Set-your-new-password
Re-enter new password: Set-your-new-password
Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] Y
Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] Y
Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] Y
Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] Y
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Enable and check status:
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systemctl status mariadb
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| CREATE DATABASE wikidb;
CREATE USER 'wikiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strongpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wikidb.* TO 'wikiuser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
flush privileges;
exit;
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Go to MediaWiki Download. Right click the Download link and Copy link address for the .zip file.
User wget to download MediaWiki (version may be different):
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| wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.39/mediawiki-1.39.0.zip
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Unzip MediaWiki file:
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| unzip mediawiki-1.39.0.zip
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Move the files to the Apache root folder:
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| sudo mv mediawiki*/* /var/www/html/
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Change the ownership of the files to the proper user and group for Apache:
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| sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
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Open your local browser and gto to the IP address of your Ubuntu server:
Follow the intructions for the setup.
