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Setup the database: SEE [[User:Rita_Graca/trimester6/technicaldocumentation#Installing_Mediawiki_on_the_pi | Rita's Notes]] PART 6!
Setup the database: SEE [[User:Rita_Graca/trimester6/technicaldocumentation#Installing_Mediawiki_on_the_pi | Rita's Notes]] PART 6!


NB: REPLACE ''USERNAME'' with your user name!
NB: REPLACE '''USERNAME''' with your user name!


   sudo mysql -u root -p
   sudo mysql -u root -p

Revision as of 00:44, 15 January 2021

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 Use USERNAMEwiki for database + username + fill in the password you used.

See also