0ct0pu5
/
tutorials


			
				
					
						
						
							123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596
							    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <head>
        <title>Self-hosted Wikipedia Style Wiki with MediaWiki on Debian</title>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
        <meta charset="UTF-8">
        <meta name="keywords" content="Debian,Home Lab,Home Lab Ideas,Install Guide,Self-Hosted,Browser Based,Web Based,Web Based Tools,FOSS,Linux,Open Source,Open Source Software,PHP Based Wiki,WikiMedia,Self-Hosted Wikipedia,PHP,MariaDB,Apache HTTPD,MySQL,LAMP,Web Server,How To Install WikiMedia On Debian,How To Self-Host Wikipedia,How To Run WikiMedia On Linux,How To,Tutorial,i12bretro">
        <meta name="author" content="i12bretro">
        <meta name="description" content="Self-hosted Wikipedia Style Wiki with MediaWiki on Debian">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
        <meta name="revised" content="08/24/2023 08:19:52 PM" />
				          <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="includes/favicon.ico">
				  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script>
				        <script type="text/javascript" src="includes/js/steps.js"></script>
        <link href="css/steps.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
      </head>
      <body>
        <div id="gridContainer">
          <div class="topMargin"></div>
          <div id="listName" class="topMargin">
            <h1>Self-hosted Wikipedia Style Wiki with MediaWiki on Debian</h1>
          </div>
          <div></div>
          <div id="content">
          <ol>
	<li>Log into the Debian device</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in a terminal:
	<div class="codeBlock"># update repositories and install any available software updates<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	sudo apt upgrade -y<br />
	# install Apache HTTPD and MySQL<br />
	sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client curl<br />
	# install PHP components<br />
	sudo apt install php php-common php-mysql php-cli php-json php-opcache php-gd php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-intl php-zip<br />
	# configure the MySQL database<br />
	sudo su<br />
	mysql_secure_installation</div>
	</li>
	<li>Press Enter to login as root</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database</li>
	<li>Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables</li>
	<li>Run the following command to login into MySQL:
	<div class="codeBlock">mysql -u root -p</div>
	</li>
	<li>Authenticate with the root password set earlier</li>
	<li>Run the following commands to create the MediaWiki database and database user
	<div class="codeBlock">CREATE DATABASE wikidb;<br />
	GRANT ALL ON wikidb.* TO &#39;wikiuser&#39;@&#39;localhost&#39; IDENTIFIED BY &#39;WikiW1k1Wh@t!!&#39;;<br />
	FLUSH PRIVILEGES;<br />
	EXIT;<br />
	exit</div>
	</li>
	<li>Continue with the following commands to download and extract MediaWiki in the Apache webroot
	<div class="codeBlock"># download latest MediaWiki version<br />
	sudo wget -O mediawiki.tar.gz https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.35/mediawiki-1.35.1.tar.gz<br />
	# extract mediawiki.tar.gz<br />
	sudo tar xzvf mediawiki.tar.gz --directory /var/www/html<br />
	# rename mediawiki folder<br />
	sudo mv /var/www/html/mediawiki* /var/www/html/wiki<br />
	# set the owner of the new wiki directory to www-data<br />
	sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wiki<br />
	# restart apache2 service<br />
	sudo systemctl restart apache2</div>
	</li>
	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/wiki</li>
	<li>Click the set up the wiki first link</li>
	<li>Select a language &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Continue</li>
	<li>Enter the database host, name, username and password &gt; Click Continue
	<p>Host: localhost<br />
	Name: wikidb<br />
	Username: wikiuser<br />
	Password:&nbsp;WikiW1k1Wh@t!!</p>
	</li>
	<li>Leave&nbsp;Use the same account as for installation checked and click Continue</li>
	<li>Give the Wiki a name and create an administrator username&nbsp;and password</li>
	<li>Uncheck the Share data about this installation with MediaWiki developers&nbsp;box</li>
	<li>Check the&nbsp;I&#39;m bored already, just install the wiki box</li>
	<li>Click Continue and the Continue again to begin the installation</li>
	<li>After the installation completes click Continue</li>
	<li>Download the generated LocalSettings.php to the Downloads&nbsp;directory</li>
	<li>Run the following command in terminal to place the LocalSettings.php in the correct location
	<div class="codeBlock">sudo mv ~/Downloads/LocalSettings.php /var/www/html/wiki</div>
	</li>
	<li>Back in the browser&nbsp;click the enter your wiki link</li>
	<li>Click the Log In link at the top right</li>
	<li>Log in with the administrator account created during the installation&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Welcome to WikiMedia</li>
</ol>          </div>
        </div>
      </body>
    </html>