{"id":48644,"date":"2024-08-14T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=48644"},"modified":"2024-07-15T08:45:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T13:45:46","slug":"how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-24-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-24-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install MediaWiki on Ubuntu 24.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-24.04.jpg\" alt=\"How to install MediaWiki on Ubuntu 24.04\" class=\"wp-image-48827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-24.04.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-24.04-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-24.04-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-24.04-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MediaWiki is free, open-source wiki software that helps users store and organize information and knowledge. It facilitates collaborative editing among multiple users. MediaWiki offers a user-friendly interface, extensibility, revision history, multilingual support, and rich text editing features. As such, many people use it for collaboration projects, knowledge bases, and documentation. If that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re after, this tutorial will show you exactly how to install MediaWiki on Ubuntu 24.04 servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f4d41ba6101\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f4d41ba6101\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-24-04\/#Prerequisites\" >Prerequisites<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-24-04\/#Step-1-Update-the-System\" >Step 1. Update the System<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-24-04\/#Step-2-Install-MariaDB-prerequisites\" >Step 2. Install MariaDB prerequisites<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-24-04\/#Step-3-Install-MariaDB\" >Step 3. Install MariaDB<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-24-04\/#Step-4-Install-PHP-and-extensions\" >Step 4. Install PHP and extensions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-24-04\/#Step-5-Install-Mediawiki\" >Step 5. Install Mediawiki<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-24-04\/#Step-5-Create-Nginx-Configuration-File\" >Step 5. Create Nginx Configuration File<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prerequisites\"><\/span>Prerequisites<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A server with Ubuntu 24.04 as OS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>User privileges: root or non-root user with sudo privileges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-1-Update-the-System\"><\/span>Step 1. Update the System<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before installing the software, we must update the system packages to the latest version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get upgrade<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-2-Install-MariaDB-prerequisites\"><\/span>Step 2. Install MariaDB prerequisites<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly, installing the required packets. To do that, execute the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># apt-get install wget software-properties-common dirmngr ca-certificates apt-transport-https -y<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-3-Install-MariaDB\"><\/span>Step 3. Install MariaDB<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the system is updated and the required packets are installed, you can proceed with installing MariaDB with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>After installation is completed, you can log in to the MySQL command line to create the Mediawiki database and user with the mysql command and execute the following commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># mysql\nCREATE DATABASE mediawiki;\nCREATE USER 'mediawikiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';\nGRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mediawiki.* TO 'mediawikiuser'@'localhost';\nFLUSH PRIVILEGES;\nEXIT;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-4-Install-PHP-and-extensions\"><\/span>Step 4. Install PHP and extensions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we&#8217;ve installed the database, you will need to install the PHP 8.3 version for Mediawiki with the required PHP modules with the commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej\/php\n\n# apt-get install php8.3  php8.3-common php8.3-curl php8.3-intl php8.3-mbstring php8.3-xmlrpc php8.3-mysql php8.3-gd php8.3-curl php8.3-xml php8.3-cli php8.3-imagick php8.3-bcmath php8.3-zip\n    <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>After the installation of PHP 8.3 is completed, you can proceed to the next step of installing MediaWiki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-5-Install-Mediawiki\"><\/span>Step 5. Install Mediawiki<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First, you can navigate to the directory where you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediawiki.org\/wiki\/Download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">download MediaWiki<\/a> and download and unzip it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># cd \/tmp      \n# wget https:\/\/releases.wikimedia.org\/mediawiki\/1.41\/mediawiki-1.41.1.tar.gz\n# tar -xvzf \/tmp\/mediawiki-*.tar.gz\n# mkdir \/var\/lib\/mediawiki\n# mv mediawiki-*\/* \/var\/lib\/mediawiki<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, you can create a symbolic link from the \/var\/lib\/mediawiki directory to \/var\/www\/html\/mediawiki<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code># ln -s \/var\/lib\/mediawiki \/var\/www\/html\/mediawiki<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-5-Create-Nginx-Configuration-File\"><\/span>Step 5. Create Nginx Configuration File<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve installed MediaWiki, you can create your NGINX configuration file by navigating to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>cd \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>And creating a Configuration File with the following content:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>nano mediawiki.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>server {\n        listen 80;\n        root \/var\/www\/mediawiki\n        index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html index.php;\n\n        server_name your-domain.com;\n\n        location \/ {\n                try_files $uri $uri\/ =404;\n        }\n            location ~ \\.php$ {\n                         include snippets\/fastcgi-php.conf;\n                         fastcgi_pass unix:\/run\/php\/php8.3-fpm.sock;\n            }\n\n            location ~ \/\\.ht {\n                         deny all;\n            }\n\n            location = \/favicon.ico {\n                         log_not_found off;\n                         access_log off;\n            }\n            location ~* \\.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {\n                         expires max;\n                         log_not_found off;\n           }\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, you can test the Nginx configuration file with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>nginx -t <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>So, if the configuration files are correct, you should receive the below output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>nginx: the configuration file \/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf syntax is ok<br>nginx: configuration file \/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf test is successful<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, you can restart the nginx service now with the command: systemctl restart nginx, and you can access Mediawiki at http:\/\/your-domain.com using your favorite browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations! 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