Install the Media Wiki Release
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Go to https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/ and download the latest patch corresponding to the selected LTS release.
Linux
cd /tmp
wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.35/mediawiki-1.35.0.tar.gz
As root
:
su -
cd /var/www
gunzip < /tmp/mediawiki-1.35.0.tar.gz | tar xfv -
rm /tmp/mediawiki-1.35.0.tar.gz
Set the correct ownership:
cd /var/www
chown -R apache:apache mediawiki-1.35.0
Link the newly created Media Wiki directory under a name representative to the web server external DNS name:
cd /var/www
ln -s ./mediawiki-1.35.0 wiki.novaordis.com
chown apache:apache ./wiki.novaordis.com
SELinux Configuration
Find out if SELinux is enabled:
If yes, read the reference above and do what it says, things change from time to time.
This is what worked last time. As root
:
restorecon -FR /var/www/mediawiki-1.35.0/
Check the result:
ls -lZ /var/www/
The MediaWiki directories should have the "system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0" context:
drwxr-xr-x. apache apache system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 mediawiki-1.26.2
lrwxrwxrwx. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 wiki.novaordis.com -> mediawiki-1.26.2
chcon -t httpd_sys_script_exec_t includes/GlobalFunctions.php
Allow image upload
cd /var/www/mediawiki-1.35.0
chcon -R -t httpd_user_rw_content_t ./images
Mac
As the regular, non-root
user that performed the httpd
installation:
cd /tmp
wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.39/mediawiki-1.39.6.tar.gz
cd /opt/brew/var/www
tar xfvz /tmp/mediawiki-1.39.6.tar.gz
rm /tmp/mediawiki-1.39.6.tar.gz
Link the newly created Media Wiki directory under a name representative to the local web server name:
cd /opt/brew/var/www
ln -s ./mediawiki-1.39.6 nokb.local