Wiki installation

To create yet another MediaWiki on an existing server, sharing the same database engine and Apache configuration:

• using a separate domain;
• using a separate dbuser;
• using a separate wikiname, where dbname=wikinamewiki;
• using very short URLs.

1. Register your domain and have DNS point to your hosting machine.
2. Enable Plesk > Domains > domain > Setup > Services > PHP Support.
3. Login on the server.
4. Create a new database user, database and grant privileges accordingly:

   mysql -u root -p
grant select, insert, update, delete, create on wikinamewiki.* to ' dbuser '@'localhost';

5. Switch to the new domain:

   cd /var/www/vhosts/domain/httpdocs/.

6. Unpack the MediaWiki archive:

   tar xvzf /srv/Z/mediawiki-1.6.2.tar.gz

7. Temporarily make the config directory writable for all:

   chmod a+rwx config/

8. Hop into your browser and visit http://domain/config/; this will bring up the Wiki configuration form and create LocalSettings.php as a result. NOTA BENE Make a note of all names and passwords.
9. Revoke the create grant on the database:

   mysql -u root -p
revoke create on dbname.* to ' dbuser '@'localhost';

10. Move the resulting LocalSettings.php to the document root:

    mv config/LocalSettings.php .

11. Edit LocalSettings.php to show:

    $wgScriptPath = "";
$wgArticlePath = "$wgScriptPath/$1";
$wgEnableUploads = true;
# login to edit
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;
$wgShowIPinHeader = false;

12. Disable any subsequent confiration actions by removing write access on the config/ directory:

    chmod go=--- config/

13. Only allow user wwwrun to be able te read LocalSettings.php—it contains the datbase user name and password:

    chmod go=--- LocalSettings.php

14. Switch to the domain's Apache configuration directory:
15. cd ../conf/
16. Create the vhosts.conf file with the following contents:

    # Help Mediawiki's very short URLs work
<Directory /var/www/vhosts/domain/httpdocs>
Options FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /index.php?title=$1 [L,QSA]
</Directory>

17. Include the following line at the end of /etc/apache2/httpd.include:

    Include /var/www/vhosts/manontromp.com/conf/vhost.conf

18. Do a syntax check and any repair on your Apache configuration:

    /etc/init.d/apache2 configtest

19. Restart Apache:

    /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Done. Enjoy your new Wiki.

Short URLs

• Modify .htaccess according to:
  • http://forum.dreamhosters.com/3rdparty/27529-MediaWiki-.htaccess-Solution.htm