Upgrade
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version=1.40.0
# get the new version
cd /tmp
wget "https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/${version%.*}/mediawiki-${version}.tar.gz" --no-verbose
tar xf "mediawiki-${version}.tar.gz"
# disable the website
# NGINX
sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/mediawiki.conf
sc-reload nginx
# Apache
sudo a2dissite mediawiki.conf
sc-reload apache2
# backup the previous version
sudo mv /var/www/mediawiki /var/www/mediawiki.bak
# install the new version
sudo mv "mediawiki-${version}" /var/www/mediawiki
# copy settings, images
cp /var/www/mediawiki.bak/LocalSettings.php /var/www/mediawiki
cp -R /var/www/mediawiki.bak/images/* /var/www/mediawiki/images
# copy custom extensions, remove unused folders, modify the skin, ...
# upgrade the database
cd /var/www/mediawiki
php maintenance/update.php
sudo chown -R root:root /var/www/mediawiki
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/mediawiki/cache
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/mediawiki/images
sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php
sudo chmod 640 /var/www/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php
# re-enable the website
# NGINX
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/mediawiki.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/mediawiki.conf
sc-reload nginx
# Apache
sudo a2ensite mediawiki.conf
sc-reload apache2
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Dependencies
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ai nginx mariadb-server \
php-fpm php-intl php-mbstring php-xml php-mysql php-apcu php-gd
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Get Mediawiki
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wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.40/mediawiki-1.40.0.tar.gz
tar xf mediawiki-*.tar.gz
sudo mv -T mediawiki-* /var/www/mediawiki
sudo chown -R root:root /var/www/mediawiki
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Configuring MariaDB
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create database mediawiki;
-- create a new user and grant him access rights
grant index, create, select, insert, update, delete, alter, lock tables
on mediawiki.* TO 'mediawiki'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
flush privileges;
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Folder rights
Folders cache and images must be writable by the nginx user www-data.
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sudo chown -R www-data:www-data images/
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data cache/
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Configuration
