README.md

iitm-wiki

A wiki for IIT Madras

iitm-wiki

Installation process of MediaWiki in ubuntu 16.04

1. Installation of Apachae2 web server : Execute the following commands -

        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install apache2
   

   Execute the following command to restart Apache2 server whenever required.

        sudo systemctl restart apache2
   

2. Installation of MySQL : Execute the following commands -

        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install mysql-server
   

   You can configure your MySql database by executing following command :

        sudo mysql secure installation
   

   You will be asked to set the the root user name and password.

3. Installation of php and its extensions :

        sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mcrypt php-mysql
   

   The above command will install the php without error. Execute the following commands to install the mbstring and xml
   extensions which are required to run MediaWiki

        sudo apt-get install php7.0-mbstring
        sudo apt-get install php7.0-xml
   

   Restart your apache2 server.

4. Installation of MediaWiki : Download the MedaWiki zipped file from https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download.

   Extract the zipped file and move it to the following directory -

       /var/www/html
   

5. Creating new user and database in mysql for storing MediaWiki data :

   login your mysql as root user by executing following command-

       mysql -u root -p
   

   create new user as following -

       CREATE USER 'wikiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'pass-w0rd';
       GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'wikiuser'@'localhost';
       flush privileges;
       quit;
   

6. Completing the installation process :

   Feed the following address to your web browser : localhost/mediawiki Move forward as per the instruction displayed and download the LocalSettings.php file Move the LocalSettings.php file to the following directory /var/www/html/mediawiki

The following is the process for installing mediaWiki in windows environment.

-Go to the website https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html and install Xampp as per your system 
i.e if it is Windows or Mac or Linux
Xampp is a free PHP based development environment which also contains Apache server and MySQL.

- Further, after downloading Xampp install it as per the displayed instructions.

- After installation is completed, a Xampp control panel window pops-up, click on the start
buttons of Apache and MySql.

- click on Admin button of MySQL in the control panel of Xampp, a webpage will be opened, go to databases
tab and create new database by name say "my_wiki".

- Go to the MediaWiki website https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki and download the stable version of it.

- Extract the downloaded zipped file to the location C:\xampp\htdocs and rename it as mediawiki.

- In your Web Browser feed address " localhost/mediawiki".

- In the webpage displayed click on the "set up wiki" and go further as per the instructions.

- At the and after you have gone through the process of setting up wiki ,
a php file "LocalSetting.php" will be downloaded.

- Move that file to the directory "C:\xampp\htdocs\mediawiki".

Now your wiki is installed, feed the address "localhost/mediawiki" in your web browser to open the wiki. You can go through the following link for any details : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkSfC1GLOc0 .