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Ch at 15:33, 30 September 2020
2020-09-30T15:33:41Z
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Mediawiki|&lArr; Mediawiki]]<br />
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==Upgrade==<br />
;make invisible - maintenance page<br />
<tt><br />
:sudo ln -sfT /var/www/html/bradnorwiki-maintenance /var/www/html/bradnorwiki<br />
</tt><br />
<br />
;make a backup of the mediawiki database<br />
:use automysqlbackup to make a backup<br />
:copy the images directory<br />
<br />
;upgrade to version 1.3x.x<br />
<tt><br />
:cd ~/Downloads<br />
:mkdir mediawiki-1.3x.x<br />
:cd mediawiki-1.3x.x<br />
:wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.3x/mediawiki-1.3x.x.tar.gz<br />
:tar -xvzf mediawiki-1.3x.x.tar.gz<br />
</tt><br />
;get extensions and skins<br />
Make a note of the currently installed extensions and download & install them in the <tt>/var/lib/mediawiki-1.3x.x directory</tt><br />
typically by <br />
::<tt>wget https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/MinervaNeue-REL1_35-bb52d27.tar.gz</tt><br />
::<tt> gunzip MinervaNeue-REL1_35-bb52d27.tar</tt><br />
<br />
:UserMerge <br />
::<tt>tar -xf UserMerge-REL1_34-3517022.tar -C ./mediawiki-1.3x.x/extensions </tt><br />
:CodeEditor ''<small>- already included in build 1.34</small>''<br />
::<tt>tar -xf CodeEditor-REL1_34-b3fb04b.tar -C ./mediawiki-1.3x.x/extensions</tt><br />
:WikiEditor ''<small>- already included in build 1.34</small>''<br />
::<tt>tar -xf WikiEditor-REL1_34-57eb9ad.tar -C ./mediawiki-1.3x.x/extensions</tt><br />
:PDFHandler ''<small>- already included in build 1.34</small>''<br />
::<tt>tar -xf PdfHandler-REL1_34-23aad38.tar -C ./mediawiki-1.3x.x/extensions</tt><br />
:SyntaxHighlight ''<small>- already included in build 1.34</small>''<br />
::<tt>tar -xf SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi-REL1_34-d45d04f.tar -C ./mediawiki-1.3x.x/extensions</tt><br />
:PDFEmbed<br />
::copy files to extensions directory<br />
::<tt>cp -R PDFEmbed-2.0.2 ./mediawiki-1.3x.x/extensions/PDFEmbed<br />
:EmbedVideo<br />
::copy files to extensions directory<br />
::<tt>cp -R EmbedVideo-v2.8.0 ./mediawiki-1.3x.x/extensions/EmbedVideo<br />
:OAuth <br />
::<tt>sudo tar -xf OAuth-REL1_34-1a2dbea.tar -C ./mediawiki-1.3x.x/extensions </tt><br />
:MobileFrontEnd <br />
::<tt>sudo tar -xf MobileFrontend-REL1_35-8d06152.tar -C ./mediawiki-1.3x.x/extensions </tt><br />
:Skin for MobileFrontend <br />
::<tt>sudo tar -xf MinervaNeue-REL1_35-bb52d27.tar -C ./mediawiki-1.3x.x/skins </tt><br />
<br />
;copy images files<br />
<tt><br />
:sudo cp -R /var/lib/mediawiki/images/* ./mediawiki-1.3x.x/images<br />
:sudo cp /var/lib/mediawiki/resources/assets/bradnor-logo-prod.png ./mediawiki-1.3x.x/images<br />
:sudo ln -sfT /var/lib/mediawiki/resources/assets/bradnor-logo-prod.png /var/lib/mediawiki/resources/assets/bradnor-logo.png<br />
</tt><br />
<br />
;copy LocalSettings file <br />
<tt><br />
:sudo cp /etc/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php /etc/mediawiki/LocalSettings-1.3x.x.php<br />
:sudo chown ch:www-data /etc/mediawiki/LocalSettings-1.3x.x.php<br />
</tt><br />
<br />
;change ownerships<br />
<tt><br />
:sudo chown -R ch:ch ./mediawiki-1.3x.x<br />
:sudo chown -R www-data:www-data ./mediawiki-1.3x.x/images<br />
:sudo chown -R www-data:www-data ./mediawiki-1.3x.x/cache<br />
:sudo chmod -R go-w ./mediawiki-1.3x.x<br />
</tt><br />
<br />
;make live by moving files and modifying symbolic links<br />
<tt><br />
:sudo mv mediawiki-1.3x.x /var/lib<br />
:sudo ln -s /etc/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php /var/lib/mediawiki-1.3x.x/LocalSettings.php<br />
:sudo ln -sfT /etc/mediawiki/LocalSettings-1.3x.x.php /etc/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php<br />
:sudo ln -sfT /var/lib/mediawiki-1.3x.x /var/lib/mediawiki<br />
</tt><br />
<br />
;run the update script<br />
<tt><br />
:cd /var/lib/mediawiki/maintenance<br />
:sudo php update.php<br />
</tt><br />
<br />
;make visible<br />
<tt><br />
:sudo ln -sfT /var/www/html/bradnorwiki-new /var/www/html/bradnorwiki<br />
</tt></div>
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