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wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.35/mediawiki-1.35.0.tar.gz | wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.35/mediawiki-1.35.0.tar.gz | ||
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As <code>root</code> | As <code>root</code>: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'> | <syntaxhighlight lang='bash'> | ||
su - | su - | ||
cd /var/www | cd /var/www | ||
gunzip < /tmp/mediawiki-1.35.0.tar.gz | tar xfv - | gunzip < /tmp/mediawiki-1.35.0.tar.gz | tar xfv - | ||
rm /tmp/mediawiki-1.35.0.tar.gz | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
Set the correct ownership: | Set the correct ownership: | ||
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cd /var/www | cd /var/www | ||
chown -R apache:apache mediawiki-1.35.0 | chown -R apache:apache mediawiki-1.35.0 | ||
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Link the newly created Media Wiki directory under a name representative to the web server external DNS name: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'> | |||
cd /var/www | |||
ln -s ./mediawiki-1.35.0 wiki.novaordis.com | |||
chown apache:apache ./wiki.novaordis.com | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
==SELinux Configuration== | |||
{{External|https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/SELinux}} | |||
Find out if SELinux is enabled: | |||
{{Internal|SELinux_Operations#How_to_Find_Out_Whether_SELinux_is_Enabled|How to find out whether 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 <code>root</code>: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'> | |||
restorecon -FR /var/www/mediawiki-1.35.0/ | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
Check the result: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'> | |||
ls -lZ /var/www/ | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
The MediaWiki directories should have the "system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0" context: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang='text'> | |||
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 | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'> | |||
chcon -t httpd_sys_script_exec_t includes/GlobalFunctions.php | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
===Allow image upload=== | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'> | |||
cd /var/www/mediawiki-1.35.0 | |||
chcon -R -t httpd_user_rw_content_t ./images | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
=Mac= | =Mac= | ||
As the regular, non-<code>root</code> user that performed the <code>httpd</code> installation: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'> | <syntaxhighlight lang='bash'> | ||
cd /tmp | cd /tmp | ||
wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.39/mediawiki-1.39.6.tar.gz | 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 | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
Link the newly created Media Wiki directory under a name representative to the local web server name: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'> | |||
cd /opt/brew/var/www | |||
ln -s ./mediawiki-1.39.6 nokb.local | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
Latest revision as of 00:12, 30 December 2023
Internal
Overview
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