MediaWiki
Version 1.39 OS Ubuntu 22.04 CMS |
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Description
MediaWiki is the free open-source wiki software used to power Wikipedia and thousands of other wikis. The contributions of hundreds of individual developers have helped make it a feature-rich, secure and scalable platform capable of powering some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world.
Software Included
Apache - 2.4.41
MySQL - 8.0.32
PHP - 7.4
Postfix - 3.4.13
MediaWiki - 1.39
Getting started after deploying MEDIAWIKI
Allow the ports in the firewall only SSH (port 22, rate limited), HTTP (port 80), and HTTPS (port 443) access.
Sets the MySQL root password and runs mysql_secure_installation.
You will be logged out of the instance and displayed with the below message until the instance is deployed. DO NOT LOG IN TO THE INSTANCE FOR 2 MINUTES AFTER THE CREATION.
Please wait until the installation is completed....
Connection to $IPADDRESS closed.
Once the MEDIAWIKI is deployed
You can log into the instance as ubuntu using either the password you set when you created the instance or with an SSH key if you added one during creation.
You can then switch the user to root without a password by entering the following command,
sudo su -
The MySQL root password is stored under /root/.mysql_root_password
Login to MySQL using the command,
mysql -u root -p <$password stored in the above file>
The MediaWiki database detail is stored under /root/.mediawiki_database_details
The MediaWiki admin login credential is stored under /root/.mediawiki_admin_details
You can access your MediaWiki dashboard using the instance IPADDRESS as http://$IPADDRESS/mediawiki or the domain name configured for the instance. Login using the credential stored in the above file.
Before accessing the MEDIAWIKI follow the below Instructions
If you need to access the MediaWiki dashboard using only the IPADDRESS.
You will need to allow the instance IP in MediaWiki Configuration using the below command, by replacing the $my_ip with the instance IP.
sed -i 's/$wgServer = \"http\:\/\/localhost\"\;/$wgServer = \"http\:\/\/$my_ip\"\;/g' /var/www/html/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php
Restart the apache service using the below command to apply the changes,
systemctl restart apache2
To configure the domain name, modify the below script by replacing the $my_domain with your required domain,
sed -i 's/#ServerName $my_domain/ServerName $my_domain/g'
Add the domain name in MediaWiki Configuration using the below command, by replacing the $my_domain with your required domain,
sed -i 's/$wgServer = \"http\:\/\/localhost\"\;/$wgServer = \"http\:\/\/$my_domain\"\;/g' /var/www/html/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php
Domain's A record must be pointed to the Instance's IPADDRESS.
Restart the apache service using the below command to apply the changes,
systemctl restart apache2
If the MediaWiki need to be accessed directly using the IPADDESS as http://$IPADDRESS instead of http://$IPADDRESS/mediawiki. Follow the below steps
You can add the below rule under /var/www/html/ under a filename .htaccess using the below command,
vi /var/www/html/.htaccess
Paste the below command and save the file by pressing ESC and the command :wq
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^$ /mediawiki [L]
Setting up Postfix
Set a Valid Hostname using the command
hostnamectl set-hostname $HOSTNAME
Replace $HOSTNAME with a valid hostname and make sure the hostname has a proper A record.
The Instance IP must have a proper PTR record.
Configure the hostname in the postfix configuration /etc/postfix/main.cf
In the section below section, replace the $hostname with the valid hostname
myhostname = $hostname
Restart the postfix using the command
systemctl restart postfix
Once the above step is completed. You can check outgoing Emails using the command
echo "Postfix test" | mail -s "Subject" [email protected]
Initially, the Emails will be dropped into the SPAM folder. As this is a NEW IP the reputation is unknown. Once the reputation is calculated based on the incoming and outgoing emails. The emails will be dropped in the INBOX.