Mediawiki

MediaWiki is A free and open-source wiki software package, used for Knowledge Management . MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki software package written in PHP. It serves as the platform for Wikipedia and the other Wiki projects, used by hundreds of millions of people each month.

Prepare

When referring to this document to use MediaWiki, please read and ensure the following points:

• Login to Websoft9 Console and find or install MediaWiki:

  • Go to My Apps listing applications
  • Go to App Store installing target application

• This application is installed by Websoft9 console.

• The purpose of this application complies with the GPL-2.0 open source license agreement.

• Configure the domain name or server security group opens external network ports for application access.

Getting started

Initial setup

1. When completing the installation of Mediawiki in the Websoft9 Console, get the applicaiton's Overview and Access information from My Apps

Quick setup

• Install extensions: Manual:Extensions
• Visual Editor: Help:Starting_a_new_page
• File Upload: Help:FAQ:Enabling File Upload
• Language Settings: Help:FAQ:Language Settings
• Interface Customization: Help:FAQ:Customize Interface, including modifying the logo, setting up the navigation bar, and customizing CSS.

Setting up SMTP

1. Edit the /bitnami/mediawiki LocalSettings.php configuration file.

2. Locate the variable $wgSMTP and configure it as follows:

    $wgSMTP = array(
    'host' => "smtp.163.com", 
    'IDHost' => "example.com", // Mailbox domain, optional. If not set, it will be set to the value of $wgServer. 
    'port' => 465, /> 'auth' => true, // The value of $wgServer if not set.    
        
    'username' => "[email protected]", 'password' => "#wwgServer    
    'password' => "#wwBJ8"    
    ).

3. Find the variable $wgEnableEmail and set its value to true.

    $wgEnableEmail = true

4. Locate the following variables and set their values to the sender's email address.

    $wgEmergencyContact = "[email protected]";
    $wgPasswordSender = "[email protected]";

5. After making these changes, restart the application for the settings to take effect.

Configuration options

• Configuration file (mounted): /bitnami/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php
• API:Main_page
• Multilingual(✅)
• Multimedia files(✅)

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Troubleshooting