Debian 8: Install MediaWiki for wiki software


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1 Install MediaWiki

  • Changing open port of firewall from https to http, you can connect via http.
  • MEDIAWIKI_PASSWD is password of admin user in mediawiki.
  • MYSQL_PASSWD is password of root user in mysql-server.

#!/bin/shset -e# MediaWiki version will be changed by debian update.MEDIAWIKI=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mediawikiVERSION=1.27.3RELEASE=1MYSQL_VERSION=5.5[ -z “${MEDIAWIKI_PASSWD}” ] && MEDIAWIKI_PASSWD=mediawiki[ -z “${MYSQL_PASSWD}” ] && MYSQL_PASSWD=mysqldebian_install_mysql(){ cat <<EOF | sudo debconf-set-selectionsmysql-server-${MYSQL_VERSION} mysql-server/root_password password ${MYSQL_PASSWD}mysql-server-${MYSQL_VERSION} mysql-server/root_password_again password ${MYSQL_PASSWD}EOF sudo apt install -y mysql-server}debian_install_mediawiki(){ sudo apt install -y devscripts mkdir mediawiki cd mediawiki/ wget -q ${MEDIAWIKI}/mediawiki_${VERSION}-${RELEASE}.debian.tar.xz wget -q ${MEDIAWIKI}/mediawiki_${VERSION}-${RELEASE}.dsc wget -q ${MEDIAWIKI}/mediawiki_${VERSION}-${RELEASE}_all.deb wget -q ${MEDIAWIKI}/mediawiki_${VERSION}.orig.tar.gz tar zxf mediawiki_${VERSION}.orig.tar.gz cd mediawiki-${VERSION}/ tar xf ../mediawiki_${VERSION}-${RELEASE}.debian.tar.xz sed -e ‘s/php-mbstring, php-xml/libapache2-mod-php5/’ -e ‘s/php-/php5-/g’ -e ‘s/php,/php5,/g’ -i debian/control pkgs=$(dpkg-checkbuilddeps 2>&1 | sed -e ‘s/.*build dependencies://g’ -e ‘s/([^)]*)//g’) # shellcheck disable=SC2086 sudo apt install -y ${pkgs} dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc sudo dpkg -i ../*.deb || (sudo apt install -f -y && sudo dpkg -i ../*.deb) cd ../.. rm -rf mediawiki cd /usr/share/mediawiki sudo php maintenance/install.php mediawiki admin –pass “${MEDIAWIKI_PASSWD}” –dbname my_wiki –dbuser root –dbpass ${MYSQL_PASSWD} –scriptpath /mediawiki}debian_install_apache(){ sudo apt install -y apache2 sudo mv /etc/apache2/conf-available/mediawiki.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/mediawiki.conf.orig cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apache2/conf-available/mediawiki.conf<VirtualHost _default_:443> SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key$(sed -e ‘s/^/ /g’ /etc/apache2/conf-available/mediawiki.conf.orig)</VirtualHost>EOF sudo a2enmod ssl sudo a2enconf mediawiki sudo systemctl enable apache2 sudo systemctl restart apache2}debian_main(){ debian_install_mysql debian_install_mediawiki debian_install_apache}debian_main

2 Access to MediaWiki

Access to the following URL.

https://<server>/mediawiki

Because the chrome does not have this page’s certification, the crome warns the following and cannot to access to this page. You need to click “ADVANCED” and “Proceed to <server> (unsafe)”. The other browser will needs the similar way.

0001_YourConnectionIsNotPrivate.png

MediaWiki is displayed. Click “Log in” at the top right, and input admin to user and MEDIAWIKI_PASSWD value to password. Then you can login to MediaWiki.

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