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R00t at 22:30, 29 November 2015

2015-11-29T22:30:25Z

R00t: /* SSL Error: Invalid method in request \x16\x03\x01 */

2015-11-27T06:53:27Z

‎SSL Error: Invalid method in request \x16\x03\x01

R00t at 06:52, 27 November 2015

2015-11-27T06:52:20Z

R00t: /* Uploads extremely slow */

2014-07-09T00:01:23Z

‎Uploads extremely slow

R00t at 00:00, 9 July 2014

2014-07-09T00:00:47Z

R00t at 04:49, 20 November 2012

2012-11-20T04:49:45Z

R00t at 04:42, 20 November 2012

2012-11-20T04:42:50Z

R00t at 22:27, 19 November 2012

2012-11-19T22:27:23Z

R00t: Created page with ";Cannot Upload files - Error: Could not create directory "mwstore://local-backend/local-public/3/3c". :change ownership and provide write access to apache2 user, generally www..."

2012-11-19T22:26:30Z

Created page with ";Cannot Upload files - Error: Could not create directory "mwstore://local-backend/local-public/3/3c". :change ownership and provide write access to apache2 user, generally www..."

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;Cannot Upload files - Error: Could not create directory "mwstore://local-backend/local-public/3/3c".
:change ownership and provide write access to apache2 user, generally www-data, for images directory.
:for mediawiki this is generally at /var/www/%mediawiki directory%/images/
:i.e
sudo chown root:www-data images
sudo chmod 775 images

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	$conds[] = 'CONVERT(' . $prefix . '_name USING latin1)' .		$conds[] = 'CONVERT(' . $prefix . '_name USING latin1)' .
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−	~~==SSL Error: Invalid method in request \x16\x03\x01==~~
−	I only started having SSL issues after moving to CloudFlare as a proxy so that they would provide me with a free SSL cert. I found that this issue appeared to be due to the fact my Virtual Host site conf was setup as such:
−	~~<nowiki>(snippet)~~
−	~~<VirtualHost https://wiki.r00tedvw.com:443>~~
−	~~Servername https://wiki.r00tedvw.com</nowiki>~~
−	~~I changed it to this:~~
−	~~<nowiki> <VirtualHost *:443>~~
−	~~Servername https://wiki.r00tedvw.com</nowiki>~~
−	Apparently, it is redundant and will cause issues if you list the hostname in the VirtualHost. In this instance, I only have (1) site live on the server, so this may not be the correct solution for a multi-tenant setup.

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 ==SSL Error: Invalid method in request \x16\x03\x01==
-I found that this issue appeared to be due to the fact my Virtual Host site conf was setup as such:
+I only started having SSL issues after moving to CloudFlare as a proxy so that they would provide me with a free SSL cert.  I found that this issue appeared to be due to the fact my Virtual Host site conf was setup as such:
   <nowiki>(snippet)
     <VirtualHost https://wiki.r00tedvw.com:443>

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:52, 27 November 2015
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	to		to
	$conds[] = 'CONVERT(' . $prefix . '_name USING latin1)' .		$conds[] = 'CONVERT(' . $prefix . '_name USING latin1)' .
		+
		+	==SSL Error: Invalid method in request \x16\x03\x01==
		+	I found that this issue appeared to be due to the fact my Virtual Host site conf was setup as such:
		+	<nowiki>(snippet)
		+	<VirtualHost https://wiki.r00tedvw.com:443>
		+	Servername https://wiki.r00tedvw.com</nowiki>
		+	I changed it to this:
		+	<nowiki> <VirtualHost *:443>
		+	Servername https://wiki.r00tedvw.com</nowiki>
		+	Apparently, it is redundant and will cause issues if you list the hostname in the VirtualHost. In this instance, I only have (1) site live on the server, so this may not be the correct solution for a multi-tenant setup.

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 .22 and after:<br>
- TL;DR Go to includes/specials/SpecialListfiles.php, Line 138 change:
+TL;DR Go to includes/specials/SpecialListfiles.php, Line 138 change:
   $conds[] = 'LOWER(' . $prefix . '_name)' .
 to
   $conds[] = 'CONVERT(' . $prefix . '_name USING latin1)' .

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-;Cannot upload files - Error: Could not create directory "mwstore://local-backend/local-public/3/3c".  Change ownership and provide write access to apache2 user, generally www-data, for images directory which is generally at /var/www/%mediawiki directory%/images/
+==Cannot upload files==
   sudo chown root:www-data images
   sudo chmod 775 images
 <br\>
-;Cannot upload file larger than 2MB
+==Cannot upload file larger than 2MB==
 :go to the wiki site configuration file, ie. /etc/apache2/sites-available/mediawiki, and add the following lines anywhere within <Virtual Host>
   php_value upload_max_filesize 20M
   php_value post_max_size 20M
 <br\>
-;Uploads extremely slow
+==Uploads extremely slow==
 :If the MediaWiki server cannot access the internet (in the case of an internal server), uploads can be extremely slow.  This is because when you upload a file, the wiki calls upon an external source for some reason (it may be an image link or css).  To solve this, add the following to your LocalSettings.php
   $wgUseInstantCommons = false;

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	php_value upload_max_filesize 20M		php_value upload_max_filesize 20M
	php_value post_max_size 20M		php_value post_max_size 20M
		+	<br\>
		+	;Uploads extremely slow
		+	:If the MediaWiki server cannot access the internet (in the case of an internal server), uploads can be extremely slow. This is because when you upload a file, the wiki calls upon an external source for some reason (it may be an image link or css). To solve this, add the following to your LocalSettings.php
		+	$wgUseInstantCommons = false;

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-;Cannot Upload files - Error: Could not create directory "mwstore://local-backend/local-public/3/3c".
+;Cannot Upload files - Error: Could not create directory "mwstore://local-backend/local-public/3/3c".  Change ownership and provide write access to apache2 user, generally www-data, for images directory which is generally at /var/www/%mediawiki directory%/images/
-:change ownership and provide write access to apache2 user, generally www-data, for images directory.
-:for mediawiki this is generally at /var/www/%mediawiki directory%/images/
-:i.e
   sudo chown root:www-data images
   sudo chmod 775 images