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[[Additional_Software|⇐Additional Software]]

:::From [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_or_Ubuntu https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_or_Ubuntu]

==Update==
:<tt>sudo apt-get update</tt>
:<tt>sudo apt-get upgrade</tt>

==Install mysql, apache etc==
:''----SUPERCEDED''
:::----<tt>sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php php-xml php-mbstring</tt>
::::</SUPERCEDED>
with buster version of Raspbian (Debian) mysql-server has been replaced by mariadb, so use
:<tt>sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server-10.0 php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php php-xml php-mbstring</tt>

==Get mediawiki==
:''----NOT RECOMMENDED as latest version of mediawiki is rarely available''
:::<tt>sudo apt-get install mediawiki</tt>
::::</NOT RECOMMENDED>

::get latest version (e.g. v1.34.4)
:<tt>mkdir tmp
:cd tmp
:wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.3x/mediawiki-1.3x.n.tar.gz
:tar -xvzf mediawiki-1.3x.n.tar.gz
:sudo mkdir /var/lib/mediawiki-1.3x.n
:sudo mv mediawiki-1.3x.n/* /var/lib/mediawiki-1.3x.n
:sudo ln -sfT /var/lib/mediawiki-1.3x.n /var/lib/mediawiki
</tt>

;Configuring and hardening security
::see [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Security https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Security]]
;Configure MySQL

:<tt>sudo mysqladmin -u root password "enter the new password here"</tt>
:<tt>sudo mysql_secure_installation</tt>
::and follow defaults

;Create user for mediawiki

:<tt>sudo mysql</tt>
::<tt>> CREATE DATABASE <databasename>;
::> CREATE USER 'mediawiki'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
::> USER <databasename>;
::> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, ALTER ON <databasename>.* TO 'mediawiki'@'localhost';</tt>
::''less secure alternative''<tt>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'mediawiki'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';</tt>

;Configure PHP

:Edit /<tt>etc/php/7.3/apache2/php.ini</tt>
::set
:::<tt>upload_max_filesize = 20M
:::memory_limit = 128M
:::register_globals = Off
:::allow_url_fopen = Off
:::session.use_trans_sid = 0</tt>

;Configure MediaWiki

:<tt>cd /var/www/html</tt>
:<tt>sudo ln -s /var/lib/mediawiki mediawiki</tt>
:goto <tt>http://<hostname>/mediawiki</tt> to configure using mysql username and database created earlier
:copy <tt>LocalSettings.php</tt> to <tt>/var/lib/mediawiki on host</tt>
::and harden suecurity
::change ownership of mediawiki files
:<tt>chown -R <username>:<username> /path/to/mediawiki/</tt>
:::where <username> could be your own username but not root or apache user www-data
::but mediawiki needs access to images (and cache if using)
:<tt>chown -R www-data:www-data /path/to/mediawiki/images
:chown -R www-data:www-data /path/to/mediawiki/cache</tt>
::and ensure no write access to other users
:<tt>chmod -R go-w /path/to/mediawiki</tt>

==OAuth==
[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OAuth Extension:OAuth documentation: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OAuth]
*Download and place the file(s) in a directory called OAuth in your extensions/ folder.
*Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:
::wfLoadExtension( 'OAuth' );
*Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
*Configure the general parameters as required.
*Configure the user rights by putting them into the relevant groups in $wgGroupPermissions.
*Yes Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

==Custom modifications==
;RecipeIndex
:to be written

==Upgrade==
[[Upgrade Mediawiki to v1.3x.x]]

[[Upgrade Mediawiki to v1.35.0]]

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