{"id":20321,"date":"2016-09-30T07:46:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T12:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=20321"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:42:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:42:37","slug":"how-to-install-mediawiki-on-an-ubuntu-16-04-vps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-an-ubuntu-16-04-vps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install MediaWiki on Ubuntu 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24151 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04.jpg\" alt=\"How to install MediaWiki on an Ubuntu 16.04\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-860x430.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-680x340.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-50x25.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll show you\u00a0how to install MediaWiki on <a title=\"Ubuntu VPS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ubuntu 16.04<\/a>. MediaWiki is an open-source wiki software written in PHP. Installing\u00a0MediaWiki on Ubuntu 16.04 is an easy task, just follow the steps in this tutorial and you should have\u00a0MediaWiki installed on Ubuntu 16.04 in less than 10 minutes. Installing MediaWiki on Ubuntu 16.04, is fairly easy task, just follow the steps bellow and you should have MediaWiki installed on your Ubuntu server in less then 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing this tutorial, the latest stable version of MediaWiki is 1.27.1 and it requires:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PHP 5.5.9 or higher (preferably the latest), with mbstring, JSON, curl, Intl, mysql and GD PHP extensions enabled. ImageMagick or GD is required for image thumbnailing<\/li>\n<li>MySQL 5.0.2, MariaDB 5.1, SQLite 3 or PostgreSQL 9.0 or later<\/li>\n<li>Apache web server 2.0 or higher compiled with mod_rewrite module.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662aa92af29e8\" 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-662aa92af29e8\"  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-an-ubuntu-16-04-vps\/#1-Install-Apache-server\" title=\"1. Install Apache server\">1. Install Apache server<\/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-an-ubuntu-16-04-vps\/#2-Update-your-server-OS-Packages\" title=\"2. Update your server OS Packages\">2. Update your server OS Packages<\/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-an-ubuntu-16-04-vps\/#3-Install-the-required-packages\" title=\"3.\u00a0Install the required packages\">3.\u00a0Install the required packages<\/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-an-ubuntu-16-04-vps\/#4-Enable-Apache-Rewrite-Module\" title=\"4. Enable Apache Rewrite Module\">4. Enable Apache Rewrite Module<\/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-an-ubuntu-16-04-vps\/#5-Restart-Apache-service\" title=\"5. Restart Apache service\">5. Restart Apache service<\/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-an-ubuntu-16-04-vps\/#6-Install-MediaWiki\" title=\"6. Install MediaWiki\">6. Install MediaWiki<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-Install-Apache-server\"><\/span>1. Install Apache server<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This install guide assumes that Apache is already installed and configured on your virtual server.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-Update-your-server-OS-Packages\"><\/span>2. Update your server OS Packages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the installation. Make sure your server OS packages are fully up-to-date:<\/p>\n<pre>apt-get update \r\napt-get upgrade<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-Install-the-required-packages\"><\/span>3.\u00a0Install the required packages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Install the required packages:<\/p>\n<pre>apt-get install imagemagick php7.0-intl php7.0-curl php7.0-gd php7.0-mbstring php7.0-mysql<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-Enable-Apache-Rewrite-Module\"><\/span>4. Enable Apache Rewrite Module<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Enable Apache rewrite module if it is not already done so:<\/p>\n<pre>a2enmod rewrite<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-Restart-Apache-service\"><\/span>5. Restart Apache service<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Restart the Apache service for the changes to take effect:<\/p>\n<pre>service apache2 restart<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6-Install-MediaWiki\"><\/span>6. Install MediaWiki<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Download the latest version of MediaWiki available at\u00a0https:\/\/www.mediawiki.org\/wiki\/Download to the \/opt\/ directory on the server:<\/p>\n<pre>cd \/opt\/\r\nwget https:\/\/releases.wikimedia.org\/mediawiki\/1.27\/mediawiki-1.27.1.tar.gz\r\ntar -xvzf mediawiki-1.27.1.tar.gz\r\nmv \/opt\/mediawiki-1.27.1\/ \/var\/www\/html\/mediawiki\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>All files have to be readable by the web server, so set a proper ownership:<\/p>\n<pre>chown www-data:www-data -R \/var\/www\/html\/mediawiki<\/pre>\n<p>Create a new MySQL database and user:<\/p>\n<pre>mysql -u root -p\r\nmysql&gt; SET GLOBAL sql_mode='';\r\nmysql&gt; CREATE DATABASE wikidb;\r\nmysql&gt; CREATE USER 'wikiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'y0uR-pa5sW0rd';\r\nmysql&gt; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wikidb.* TO 'wikiuser'@'localhost';\r\nmysql&gt; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\r\nmysql&gt; quit<\/pre>\n<p>Do not forget to replace &#8216;y0uR-pa5sW0rd&#8217; with a strong password.<\/p>\n<p>Create a new virtual host directive in Apache. For example, create a new Apache configuration file named \u2018mediawiki.conf\u2019 on your virtual server:<\/p>\n<pre>touch \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/mediawiki.conf\r\nln -s \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/mediawiki.conf \/etc\/apache2\/sites-enabled\/mediawiki.conf\r\nvi \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/mediawiki.conf<\/pre>\n<p>Then, add the following lines:<\/p>\n<pre>&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;\r\nServerAdmin admin@your-domain.com\r\nDocumentRoot \/var\/www\/html\/mediawiki\/\r\nServerName your-domain.com\r\nServerAlias www.your-domain.com\r\n&lt;Directory \/var\/www\/html\/mediawiki\/&gt;\r\nOptions FollowSymLinks\r\nAllowOverride All\r\nOrder allow,deny\r\nallow from all\r\n&lt;\/Directory&gt;\r\nErrorLog \/var\/log\/apache2\/your-domain.com-error_log\r\nCustomLog \/var\/log\/apache2\/your-domain.com-access_log common\r\n&lt;\/VirtualHost&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Remove the 000-default.conf file:<\/p>\n<pre>rm \/etc\/apache2\/sites-enabled\/000-default.conf<\/pre>\n<p>Restart the Apache web server for the changes to take effect:<\/p>\n<pre>service apache2 restart<\/pre>\n<p>Open http:\/\/your-domain.com in your favorite web browser, click on the &#8216;set up the wiki&#8217; hyperlink and follow the easy instructions on the install screen inserting the necessary information as requested:<\/p>\n<p>Select your language and the Wiki language. On the next page, click &#8216;continue&#8217; if all requirements are met, then enter the following information:<\/p>\n<pre>Database Host: localhost\r\nDatabase name: wikidb\r\nDatabase username: wikiuser\r\nDatabase password: y0uR-pa5sW0rd\u00a0\u00a0 \/\/ change this password with your actual password<\/pre>\n<p>Click &#8216;Continue&#8217;. On the next page select:<\/p>\n<pre>Storage engine: InnoDB\r\nDatabase character set: UTF-8<\/pre>\n<p>Click &#8216;Continue&#8217;. Enter the name of Wiki which will appear in the title bar of the web browser and other places, create an administrator account and install the Wiki.<\/p>\n<p>In order to improve the speed and performance of your MediaWiki installation, add the following lines at the end of the LocalSettings.php file :<\/p>\n<pre>vi \/var\/www\/html\/mediawiki\/LocalSettings.php<\/pre>\n<pre># Speed improvements\r\n$wgUseGzip = true;\r\n$wgUseFileCache = true;\r\n\r\n# Performance settings\r\n$wgDisableCounters = true;\r\n$wgMiserMode = true;<\/pre>\n<p>Set a proper ownership of the LocalSettings.php configuration file:<\/p>\n<pre>chown www-data:www-data \/var\/www\/html\/mediawiki\/LocalSettings.php<\/pre>\n<p>That is it. MediaWiki has been installed on your server.<\/p>\n<p>Log in to the MediaWiki administration back-end and start creating new content, add user accounts, extensions etc.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24152 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-1-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-1-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-1-400x169.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-1-200x84.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/How-to-install-MediaWiki-on-Ubuntu-16.04-1-50x21.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Of course, you don\u2019t have to do any of this if you use one of our <a title=\"Linux VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/mediawiki-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MediaWiki VPS Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to <strong>install MediaWiki<\/strong> for you. They are available 24&#215;7 and will take care of your request immediately.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>PS.<\/strong><\/span> If you liked this post please share it with your friends on the social networks using the buttons on the left or simply leave a reply below. Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ll show you\u00a0how to install MediaWiki on Ubuntu 16.04. MediaWiki is an open-source wiki software written in PHP. 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