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Revision as of 03:39, 30 December 2023
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Overview
This procedure documents restoration of a site instance backed up with the Media Wiki Backup procedure. Restoration implies performing a full new installation of the latest LTS version as a prerequisite, as described here Media Wiki Installation.
backup-system/mediawiki-restore -v \
/Users/ovidiu/tmp/2023.12.29-03.00.01-not500-kb.novaordis.com-backup.tgz \
/opt/brew/var/www/mediawiki-1.39.6 -d /Users/ovidiu/tmp/post-install
Modify the script to be able to stop after restoring the database.
Collect database user, password and database name.
Update /opt/brew/var/www/mediawiki-1.39.6/LocalSettings.php:
$wgDBname = "novaordis_wiki";
$wgDBuser = "novaordis_wiki";
$wgDBpassword = "...";
Post Restoration
Database Cleanup
Drop the temporary database and user:
DROP DATABASE tmp_mediawiki_db;
DROP USER 'tmp_mediawiki_user'@'localhost';
COMMIT;
TO DEPLETE
DEPLETE and INTEGRATE: Restoring a Wiki into the Same or Newer MediaWiki Version