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 pages:
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 or upgrade to the newest stable httpd version for your platform. The Media Wiki compatibility page does not recommend any specific httpd version.
Installation instructions:
RHEL/Centos 7 MacOS
Install PHP
Select the newest compatible stable version from:
It is probably OK to install the latest stable PHP version even if it is not explicitly specified on the compatibility page. Media Wiki 1.39 works well with PHP 8.3 even if PHP 8.3 is not mentioned on the compatibility page.
Installation instructions:
RHEL/Centos 7 MacOS