Setting up a mediawiki instance on the sandbox
Instructions
ssh to the sandbox
cd public_html
Download the latest mediawiki (copy link location from mediawiki download page)...
wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.35/mediawiki-1.35.1.tar.gz
tar xf mediawiki-1.35.1.tar.gz
Rename the wiki folder something short like "wiki"
mv mediawiki-1.35.1 wiki
Setup the database: SEE Rita's Notes PART 6!
NB: REPLACE USERNAME with your user name!
sudo mysql -u root -p CREATE DATABASE USERNAMEwiki; CREATE USER 'USERNAMEwiki'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'SOMEPASSWORD'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON USERNAMEwiki.* TO 'USERNAMEwiki'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; quit
Now go to the wiki setup script: https://hub.xpub.nl/sandbox/~USERNAME/wiki/mw-config/index.php
In Step 2 (database):
Database name (no hyphens): Enter USERNAMEwiki Database table prefix (no hyphens): (leave blank)
Database username: Enter USERNAMEwiki Database name (no hyphens): Enter the password you used above
Give the wiki a name and fill in the administrator account info. When in doubt, leave things at the default values.