Mediawiki/Installing

Revision as of 13:16, 28 April 2014

install apache2

find the package name and install

~$ sudo yum search apache
Loaded plugins: security
...
httpd.x86_64 : Apache HTTP Server

~$ sudo yum install httpd.x86_64

install php & mysql

~$ sudo yum install php php-mysql php-gd mysql-server php-xml mysql

setup mysql

make sure mysql is started

~$ sudo service mysqld status
or
~$ sudo service mysqld start

setup the basics

~$ sudo mysql_secure_installation
Set root password? [Y/n] y
Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] y
 Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] y
Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] y
Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] y

login to db

~$ mysql -u root -p

Create mysql wiki user

~$ mysql> CREATE USER 'wiki'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'THISpasswordSHOULDbeCHANGED';
~$ mysql> exit

login as new user to verify account works

~$ mysql -u wiki -p
~$ mysql> exit

create DB

~$ mysql -u root -p
~$ mysql> CREATE DATABASE sewikidatabase;

verify DB creation

~$ mysql> SHOW DATABASES;

assign rights to wiki user for new database created

~$ mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON sewikidatabase.* TO 'wiki'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'wikiuserpassword' WITH GRANT OPTION;
~$ mysql> exit

verify permissions have been granted

~$ mysql -u wiki -p
~$ mysql> SHOW GRANTS;
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Grants for wiki@localhost                                                                                   |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'wiki'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD '*2K21458K438UYE85A38B9Y7Y78DAEBF4T8689YK4' |
| GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `sewikidatabase`.* TO 'wiki'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION                          |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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set apache and mysql to start on boot

~$ chkconfig httpd on
~$ chkconfig mysqld on

download mediawiki and verify

~$ wget http://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.22/mediawiki-1.22.6.tar.gz