Media Wiki Installation
External
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compatibility
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Red_Hat_Linux
- https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/
Internal
Overview
A full new installation of the latest LTS (Long Term Support) Media Wiki instance is in most cases the best option, for both new deployments and restoration of older deployments from backup. This procedure has been written to support both new deployments and restoration of old deployments from backup and possibly upgrade into the new instance.
Pick the Latest LTS Release
Always install the latest LTS (Long Term Support) release.
Pick the latest LTS minor version from this page:
Pick the latest patch version from this page, by navigating down the minor version folder and selecting the latest released patch:
The article was last updated for Media Wiki 1.39.6.
Install httpd
Install the latest stable httpd version. The Media Wiki compatibility page does not recommend any specific httpd version.
Installation instructions:
Linux MacOS
Install PHP
Select the latest compatible version from: Template:Https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compatibility