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Install MediaWiki on FreeBSD

Added by Daniel Curtis over 3 years ago. Updated almost 3 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Daniel Curtis
Category:
Web Server
Target version:
FreeBSD 12
Start date:
09/10/2021
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
1.00 h
Spent time:
1.00 h

Description

This is a guide on setting up MediaWiki with Nginx on FreeBSD 12.

Prepare the Environment

  • Before installation of the components, make sure everything is up to date using the following command:
    pkg update -f && pkg upgrade
  • Create the mediawiki user:
    pw user add -n mediawiki -m -s /sbin/nologin -c "MediaWiki"

Install Nginx

  • Install Nginx
    pkg install nginx
  • Start and enable nginx at boot:
    sysrc nginx_enable=YES
service nginx start
  • Create a configuration directory to make managing individual server blocks easier
    mkdir /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d
  • Edit the main nginx config file:
    vi /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
    • And strip down the config file and add the include statement at the end to make it easier to handle various server blocks:
      worker_processes  1;
error_log  /var/log/nginx-error.log;

events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}

http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;
    sendfile        on;
    keepalive_timeout  65;

    # Load config files from the /etc/nginx/conf.d directory
    include /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
}

Install PostgreSQL

  • Start by installing the postgresql packages:
    pkg install postgresql12-{server,client} php74-{pdo_pgsql,pgsql}
  • Enable, initialize and start PostgreSQL
    sysrc postgresql_enable=YES
service postgresql initdb
service postgresql start
  • Edit the pg_hba.conf file:
    vi /var/db/postgres/data12/pg_hba.conf
    • And add the following to the end of the file to enable password authentication:
      host    all        all        samehost        md5

Create PostgreSQL Databases and Users

  • Log in to postgresql user account
    su - postgres
  • Connect to postgresql database
    psql -d template1
    • Create a user and database for MediaWiki:
      CREATE USER mediawikiuser WITH PASSWORD 'SuperSecretPassword' CREATEDB;

CREATE DATABASE mediawikidb OWNER mediawikiuser;
  • Quit postgresql and exit the user:
    \q
exit

Install MediaWiki

  • Install mediawiki:
    pkg install mediawiki135-php74
  • Create an wiki.example.com server block config file:
    vi /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/wiki.example.com.conf
    • Add the following:
      
server {
    server_name cyto.wiki;
    root /usr/local/www/mediawiki;
    index  index.php;

    client_max_body_size 5m;
    client_body_timeout 60;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite;
    }

    location @rewrite {
        rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?title=$1&$args;
    }

    location ^~ /maintenance/ {
        return 403;
    }

     location /rest.php {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /rest.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/mediawiki.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;

    }

    location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
        try_files $uri /index.php;
        expires max;
        log_not_found off;
    }

    location = /_.gif {
        expires max;
        empty_gif;
    }

    location ^~ /cache/ {
        deny all;
    }

    location /dumps {
        root /usr/local/www/mediawiki/local;
        autoindex on;
    }
}
  • Create the mediawiki php-fpm pool config file:
    vi /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d/mediawiki.conf
    • And add the following:
      [mediawiki.example.com]
user = mediawiki
group = www
listen = /var/run/mediawiki.sock
listen.owner = mediawiki
listen.group = www
pm = dynamic
pm.max_children = 5
pm.start_servers = 2
pm.min_spare_servers = 1
pm.max_spare_servers = 3
;php_admin_value[session.save_path] = "/usr/local/www/mediawiki/tmp"
  • Change the file ownership to the mediawiki user:
    chown -R mediawiki: /usr/local/www/mediawiki/
  • Restart nginx and start php-fpm:
    service nginx restart
sysrc php_fpm_enable=YES
service php-fpm start
  • Complete the installation by opening a web browser and go to http://wiki.example.com/ then follow the basic account and database setup steps.

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