ORES extension local development guide

1. Install mediawiki with docker

Clone MediaWiki repo

git clone ssh://<USERNAME>@gerrit.wikimedia.org:29418/mediawiki/core.git mediawiki

add this in docker-compose.override.yml to use mysql and expose the port to our localhost

						services:
			  database:
			    image: mariadb
			    environment:
			      MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: 1
			    volumes:
			      - ./cache/dbdata:/var/lib/mysql
			    ports:
			      - "3306:3306"
			volumes:
			  dbdata:
			    driver: local
	

docker compose up

We run the following command to install and configure mediawiki. We name the database as enwiki otherwise ORES service won’t be able to find a model for a wiki name that doesn’t exist. Alternatively we could point to another service that would have such a wikiname e.g. a local running instance of ores-legacy app.

docker compose exec mediawiki /bin/bash -c '''php maintenance/install.php --server=http://localhost:8080 --scriptpath="/w"  --dbuser root --dbserver database --dbname enwiki --lang en --skins=Vector --with-extensions --pass $MY_PASS enwiki $MY_USER'''

2. Install ORES

cd mediawiki/core

git clone "https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/skins/Vector" skins/Vector

git clone "https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/ORES" extensions/ORES

Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

wfLoadSkin( 'Vector' );

wfLoadExtension( 'ORES' );

3. Score existing revisions

Score revisions and populate database tables

docker compose exec mediawiki php extensions/ORES/maintenance/PopulateDatabase.php