Setup MediaWiki on AWS

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D. Thiebaut (talk) 16:44, 13 January 2018 (EST)

This page contains very sketchy steps for setting up (in my case moving) an existing mediawiki installation to AWS. This list is mostly for myself to remember what steps I have taken.

Mediawiki Installation/Upgrade

  • Follow the steps from https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading
  • Download the new mediawiki in a directory belonging to the Web server
  • unzip/untar.
  • Create new MySql user/password/database on localhost (same host as Web server)
  • Verify that base directory of mediawiki installation is accessible from a browser by putting a phpinfo.php file in it and loading it up with browser.
  • use browser and point to /mw-config in the mediawiki web directory. Enter database information.
  • Update the LocalSettings.php file
  • If migrating, copy the extensions, skins, images, media, Downloads directory from old wiki to new installed wiki.
  • Install one extension at a time in extensions directory, and at the end of LocalSettings.php

Updated Extensions

I had to update several extensions to match the new format.


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AWS

EC2

  • Go for free-tier t2-micro with attached EBS drive (20GB)
  • Set OS to Ubuntu Server 16.04.

  • ...

  • Install MediaWiki on it, without data
  • Install emacs
  • Make an AMI out of it
  • Move the images, extensions, skins, etc to newly installed MW.

S3

  • Create a bucket for backups
    ...

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