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- Installing MediaWiki
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- Starting with MediaWiki 1.2.0, it's possible to install and configure the wiki
- "in-place", as long as you have the necessary prerequisites available.
- Required software:
- * Web server with PHP 5.x or higher.
- * A MySQL server, 4.0.14 or higher OR a Postgres server, 8.1 or higher
- MediaWiki is developed and tested mainly on Unix/Linux platforms, but should
- work on Windows as well.
- If your PHP is configured as a CGI plug-in rather than an Apache module you may
- experience problems, as this configuration is not well tested. safe_mode is also
- not tested and unlikely to work.
- If you want math support see the instructions in math/README
- Don't forget to check the RELEASE-NOTES file...
- Additional documentation is available online, which may include more detailed
- notes on particular operating systems and workarounds for difficult hosting
- environments:
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_guide
- ******************* WARNING *******************
- REMEMBER: ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR DATABASE BEFORE
- ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL OR UPGRADE!!!
- ******************* WARNING *******************
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- In-place web install
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- Decompress the MediaWiki installation archive either on your server, or on your
- local machine and upload the directory tree. Rename it from "mediawiki-1.x.x" to
- something nice, like "wiki", since it'll be in your URL.
- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Hint: If you plan to use a fancy URL-rewriting scheme to prettify your |
- | URLs, you should put the files in a *different* directory from the |
- | virtual path where page names will appear. |
- | |
- | See: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL |
- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- To run the install script, you'll need to temporarily make the 'config'
- subdirectory writable by the web server. The simplest way to do this on a
- Unix/Linux system is to make it world-writable:
- chmod a+w config
- Hop into your browser and surf into the wiki directory. It'll direct you into
- the config script. Fill out the form... remember you're probably not on an
- encrypted connection.
- Gaaah! :)
- If all goes well, you should soon be told that it's set up your wiki database
- and written a configuration file. There should now be a 'LocalSettings.php' in
- the config directory; move it back up to the main wiki directory, and the wiki
- should now be working.
- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | Security hint: if you have limited access on your server and cannot |
- | change ownership of files, you might want to *copy* instead of *move* |
- | LocalSettings.php. |
- | |
- | This will make the file owned by your user account instead of by |
- | the web server, which is safer in case another user's account is |
- | compromised. |
- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- Once the wiki is set up, you should remove the config directory, or at least
- make it not world-writable (though it will refuse to config again if the wiki
- is set up).
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- Don't forget that this is free software under development! Chances are good
- there's a crucial step that hasn't made it into the documentation. You should
- probably sign up for the MediaWiki developers' mailing list; you can ask for
- help (please provide enough information to work with, and preferably be aware of
- what you're doing!) and keep track of major changes to the software, including
- performance improvements and security patches.
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce (low traffic)
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l (site admin support)
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l (development)
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