Building a MediaWiki Knowledge Base

1. Environment Setup

1.1 LAMP Stack

Installing MediaWiki requires a LAMP environment (Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP). We'll use the Baota Linux Panel to make this painless. Life is too short to configure Apache conf files manually for the 100th time.

Baota Setup

2. Download & Upload

2.1 Remote Access

Log in to your ECS server using Xshell and use Xftp for file transfer.

2.2 Download MediaWiki

You can download it locally or directly on the server:

wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.29/mediawiki-1.29.1.tar.gz

Unzip it:

tar -zxv mediawiki-1.29.1.tar.gz

2.3 Prepare Directory

Create a folder (e.g., old) under /www/wwwroot/default and move the unzipped files there.

2.4 Permissions

Grant permissions to the www user:

chown -R www /www/wwwroot/default

2.5 Add Website

Add the site in Baota Panel.

Add Site

3. Installation

Install Screen

3.1 Language

Set your preferred language.

Language

3.2 Database

Select SQLite for a simpler setup if you don't expect massive traffic immediately.

Database

4. Final Steps

Download the generated LocalSettings.php file and upload it to the root directory of your website. Boom, you have a Wiki!