Apache httpd : Wiki System : MediaWiki2025/03/04

	Install the Wiki System, MediaWiki.
[1]	Configure PHP on httpd, refer to here.
[2]	Install MariaDB Server, refer to here.
[3]	Install other required PHP modules.

root@www:~ #

pkg install -y php83-mysqli php83-pear php83-mbstring php83-xml php83-fileinfo php83-session php83-curl php83-zip php83-zlib php83-gd php83-intl php83-ctype php83-iconv php83-dom php83-exif php83-tokenizer

root@www:~ #

vi /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

;; add to last line
;; maybe you need to configure parameters below for your usage
php_value[max_execution_time] = 600
php_value[memory_limit] = 2G
php_value[post_max_size] = 2G
php_value[upload_max_filesize] = 2G
php_value[max_input_time] = 600
php_value[max_input_vars] = 2000
php_value[date.timezone] = Asia/Tokyo

root@www:~ #

service php_fpm reload

[4]	Create User and Database on MariaDB for MediaWiki.

root@www:~ #

mysql

Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 9
Server version: 10.11.11-MariaDB FreeBSD Ports

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

root@localhost [(none)]> create database mediawiki; 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

root@localhost [(none)]> grant all privileges on mediawiki.* to mediawiki@'localhost' identified by 'password'; 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

root@localhost [(none)]> exit 
Bye

[5]	Configure Apache httpd for MediaWiki.

root@www:~ #

fetch https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.43/mediawiki-1.43.0.tar.gz

root@www:~ #

tar zxvf mediawiki-1.43.0.tar.gz

root@www:~ #

mv mediawiki-1.43.0 /usr/local/www/apache24/mediawiki

root@www:~ #

chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/apache24/mediawiki

root@www:~ #

vi /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/mediawiki.conf

# create new

Timeout 600
ProxyTimeout 600

Alias /mediawiki "/usr/local/www/apache24/mediawiki"
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm
<Directory "/usr/local/www/apache24/mediawiki">
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted

    <FilesMatch \.(php|phar)$>
        SetHandler "proxy:unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock|fcgi://localhost/"
    </FilesMatch>
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/local/www/apache24/mediawiki/images">
    AllowOverride None
    AddType text/plain .html .htm .shtml .phtml
    Header always set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"
    <FilesMatch \.(php|phar)$>
        SetHandler None
    </FilesMatch>
</Directory>

root@www:~ #

service apache24 reload

[6]	Access to the URL [https://(Server's Hostname or IP address)/mediawiki/mw-config/] with Web browser on any Client, then following screen is displayed. Click the [Continue] button.

[7]	Verify that the installation requirements are met and click the [Continue] button.

[8]	This is the database connection setting. Enter the database name, user name, and password you created, and click the [Continue] button.

[9]	Click the [Continue] button.

[10]	Set the Wiki name and administrator account.

[11]	This is an optional setting, so set it according to your preference.

[12]	Click the [Continue] button.

[13]	Click the [Continue] button.

[14]	This will display the setup completion screen. Finally, as instructed on the screen, download [LocalSettings.php] and upload it under the MediaWiki root directory ([/var/www/mediawiki] in this example).

[15]	This is the main screen of MediaWiki, where you can create a Wiki site, like WikiPedia.

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