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Wiki trouble

3 comments • 07:45, 21 January 2020 22 minutes ago

3

Auri1230 (talkcontribs)

Hello. I am having trouble setting up my own wiki. I have downloaded MediaWiki and when it was fully downloaded, it came with files like Vendors, images, skins, which I can't understand. Can someone at least create the wiki for me, or at least give me clear, basic instructions. I would like to create a wiki called Factpedia- the free encyclopedia. factpedia.org

Reply 06:20, 21 January 2020 1 hour ago

Malyacko (talkcontribs)

For the start, please provide a link to the installation guide which you are following, and tell us at which exact sentence you are stuck and why. It's hard to help if nobody knows the problem. :)

For "can someone create the wiki for me", see Professional development and consulting.

Reply 07:16, 21 January 2020 50 minutes ago

Auri1230 (talkcontribs)

I downloaded this version: mediawiki-134.0. It just comes in weird files that doesn't tell you to create a wiki.

Reply 07:45, 21 January 2020 22 minutes ago

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How do I hide IPs from a [view edits] page?

2 comments • 07:17, 21 January 2020 49 minutes ago

2

Nyawdawdawd (talkcontribs)

Sorry, first time on media wiki so I'm not too sure.

Reply 20:23, 20 January 2020 11 hours ago

Malyacko (talkcontribs)

If you meant "View History": You don't. :) Which underlying problem would be solved by hiding IPs?

Reply 07:17, 21 January 2020 49 minutes ago

Reply to "How do I hide IPs from a [view edits] page?"

LocalSettings.php Not Found

13 comments • 23:11, 20 January 2020 8 hours ago

13

182.239.180.188 (talkcontribs)

(Scarcely a new topic, but I don't seem to be able to add to previous posts)

I am upgrading to 1.32.1 on Fedora 30, having done a fresh install on a new server, but using the (upgraded) database from the previous version, 1.26 of F24. I have the LocalSettings.php file in my wiki folder, in my case /var/www/wiki, alongside index.php etc. After running through all the previous answers to this problem, checking permissions, SELinux, etc, I tracked the call to LocalSettings to includes/WebStart.php, and found it was looking for it in the install dir, /usr/share/mediawiki. I added a soft link there back to the "proper" LocalSettings.php and all was fine.

So I don't really have a question, except "Is this how it should work ?" - I rather gather not - and I thought I should pass on the experience.

John

Reply 22:28, 29 May 2019 7 months ago

Ciencia Al Poder (talkcontribs)

That's probably a problem on Fedora package.

MediaWiki is usually placed directly on the web server root and not on a totally unrelated folder.

Reply 09:33, 30 May 2019 7 months ago

2601:18A:C401:307C:5EEB:B79F:F84A:B998 (talkcontribs)

John - thank you for your post. I had the same issue, upgrading from Fedora 29/ MediaWiki 1.29 to F30 and MW 1.32.1. Installed at the root - /var/www/html. Your softlink idea fixed the issue for me as well. I have no idea if that is how it is supposed to be, but I read this will cause issues with people that run multiple wiki's on the same server.

Reply 18:32, 14 June 2019 7 months ago

KazuyoshiFurutaka (talkcontribs)

It seems that the problem is caused by the change in the following statements in includes/WebStart.php, from

IP = getenv( 'MW_INSTALL_PATH' );

if ( $IP === false ) {

$IP = realpath( '.' ) ?: dirname( __DIR__ );

}

to

IP = getenv( 'MW_INSTALL_PATH' );

if ( $IP === false ) {

$IP = dirname( __DIR__ );

}

Without realpath('.'), the files can NOT work with symlinks and can NOT easily shared by multiple wikis on a single site (because $IP is NOT set correctly).

Indeed, I have a few mediawiki wikis on a single machine running Fedora 30, and after updating to 1.32.2 rpm they don't run.

Could you put the realpath('.') statement back ???

Thanks in advance.

Kazuyoshi

Reply Edited 09:13, 3 July 2019 6 months ago

Ciencia Al Poder (talkcontribs)

You can set the MW_INSTALL_PATH environment variable in apache so it finds the correct path. See the SetEnv Apache directive.

Reply 10:11, 3 July 2019 6 months ago

KazuyoshiFurutaka (talkcontribs)

Can it be used for multiple wikis in the same machine?; e.g. http://a.wiki.machine/wikiA/ and http://a.wiki.machine/wikiB/

Kazuyoshi

Reply 10:43, 3 July 2019 6 months ago

Ciencia Al Poder (talkcontribs)

I don't know how is your "wiki farm" set up, so it will largely depend on how do you define different settings for each wiki

Reply 11:10, 3 July 2019 6 months ago

240F:80:B046:1:69EF:D187:FC64:FDDA (talkcontribs)

Very simple.

There're several wiki directories under /var/www/wiki (e.g. /var/www/wiki/wikiA, /var/www/wiki/wikiB, ...) and there's a LocalSettings.php in each directory; mediawiki files in the common /usr/share/mediawiki directory are shared via simlinks.

(I'm afraid a single httpd configuration (say MW_INSTALL_PATH) is shared by the wikis)

Kazuyoshi

Reply 13:34, 3 July 2019 6 months ago

Ciencia Al Poder (talkcontribs)

Set MW_INSTALL_PATH to /usr/share/mediawiki, and WIKI_PATH to wikiA in the first case, or wikiB in the second, and then inside the LocalSettings of /usr/share/mediawiki require_once('/var/www/wiki/' . $_ENV['WIKI_PATH'] . '/LocalSettings.php');

Reply 15:58, 3 July 2019 6 months ago

KazuyoshiFurutaka (talkcontribs)

By the way, what are the reasons of the removal?

Kazuyoshi

Reply 10:44, 3 July 2019 6 months ago

Ciencia Al Poder (talkcontribs)

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/rMW0d5f8f6bee296c4e29f03acbd5c07f34d6c8a88a

Reply 11:10, 3 July 2019 6 months ago

98.194.73.219 (talkcontribs)

See bugzilla 1718580, specifically (DaveG 2019-07-14 02:14:09 UTC). I cannot include the link so posting the basics here. This is FC30 specific and addin to what Ciencia already pointed out,

Add a Directory entry for each wiki to /etc/httpd/conf.d/mediawiki.conf like below and restart httpd.

<Directory /some/wiki/dir>

SetEnv MW_INSTALL_PATH "/some/wiki/dir"

AllowOverride None

Require all granted

</Directory>

If you get an error 500 after and are upgrading, check /var/log/php-fpm/www-error.log as it's probably choking loading something not included with the latest build. Remove it from LocalSettings.php and it should work.

Reply 05:10, 20 July 2019 6 months ago

165.225.60.127 (talkcontribs)

I too struggled with the FC30 changes in mediawiki. And, thanks to Johns comments am back and running again. This had me stumped for several weeks since I just did not have the time to research it. Now, something that worked for the past 10 years was broken in FC30, with no clear information on how to fix it -- is very sad.

I am also trying to now figure out how to run multiple wikis and that is broken. Ciencia Al Poder -- appreciate your comments, but they are too terse for the normal person. May help those who do not need help and can figure it out with a few hints. Will greatly appreciate the code fragments and in which files.. I just tried to do it in mediawiki.conf found in /etc/httpd/conf/conf.d -- but failed.

ram

Reply 23:11, 20 January 2020 8 hours ago

Reply to "LocalSettings.php Not Found"

Can i confirm the nature of this error please.

8 comments • 22:52, 20 January 2020 9 hours ago

8

AlgorithmGG (talkcontribs)

Am I getting this error because MW is not caching on localhost?

MediaWiki internal error.

Original exception: [Xh6Y0nA5RPxpLTSqRWeA5gAAAA0] /index.php/Special:Random Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnectionError from line 1380 of /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php: Cannot access the database: Unknown error (localhost)

Backtrace:

#0 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php(931): Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer->reportConnectionError()

#1 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php(898): Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer->getServerConnection(integer, string, integer)

#2 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php(1043): Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer->getConnection(integer, array, string, integer)

#3 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/GlobalFunctions.php(2576): Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer->getMaintenanceConnectionRef(integer, array, string)

#4 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/cache/localisation/LCStoreDB.php(56): wfGetDB(integer)

#5 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/cache/localisation/LocalisationCache.php(441): LCStoreDB->get(string, string)

#6 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/cache/localisation/LocalisationCache.php(487): LocalisationCache->isExpired(string)

#7 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/cache/localisation/LocalisationCache.php(363): LocalisationCache->initLanguage(string)

#8 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/cache/localisation/LocalisationCache.php(304): LocalisationCache->loadItem(string, string)

#9 /home/dgo/public_html/languages/Language.php(4413): LocalisationCache->getItem(string, string)

#10 /home/dgo/public_html/languages/Language.php(265): Language::getFallbacksFor(string)

#11 /home/dgo/public_html/languages/Language.php(225): Language::newFromCode(string)

#12 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/ServiceWiring.php(163): Language::factory(string)

#13 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/services/ServiceContainer.php(458): Wikimedia\Services\ServiceContainer->{closure}(MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices)

#14 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/services/ServiceContainer.php(427): Wikimedia\Services\ServiceContainer->createService(string)

#15 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/MediaWikiServices.php(540): Wikimedia\Services\ServiceContainer->getService(string)

#16 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/Setup.php(801): MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices->getContentLanguage()

#17 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/WebStart.php(81): require_once(string)

#18 /home/go/public_html/index.php(41): require(string)

#19 {main}

Exception caught inside exception handler: [Xh6Y0nA5RPxpLTSqRWeA5gAAAA0] /index.php/Special:Random Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnectionError from line 1380 of /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php: Cannot access the database: Unknown error (localhost)

Backtrace:

#0 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php(931): Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer->reportConnectionError()

#1 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php(898): Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer->getServerConnection(integer, string, integer)

#2 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php(1043): Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer->getConnection(integer, array, string, integer)

#3 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/GlobalFunctions.php(2576): Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer->getMaintenanceConnectionRef(integer, array, string)

#4 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/cache/localisation/LCStoreDB.php(56): wfGetDB(integer)

#5 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/cache/localisation/LocalisationCache.php(386): LCStoreDB->get(string, string)

#6 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/cache/localisation/LocalisationCache.php(304): LocalisationCache->loadItem(string, string)

#7 /home/dgo/public_html/languages/Language.php(4413): LocalisationCache->getItem(string, string)

#8 /home/dgo/public_html/languages/Language.php(265): Language::getFallbacksFor(string)

#9 /home/dgo/public_html/languages/Language.php(225): Language::newFromCode(string)

#10 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/ServiceWiring.php(163): Language::factory(string)

#11 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/services/ServiceContainer.php(458): Wikimedia\Services\ServiceContainer->{closure}(MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices)

#12 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/services/ServiceContainer.php(427): Wikimedia\Services\ServiceContainer->createService(string)

#13 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/MediaWikiServices.php(540): Wikimedia\Services\ServiceContainer->getService(string)

#14 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/ServiceWiring.php(440): MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices->getContentLanguage()

#15 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/services/ServiceContainer.php(458): Wikimedia\Services\ServiceContainer->{closure}(MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices)

#16 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/services/ServiceContainer.php(427): Wikimedia\Services\ServiceContainer->createService(string)

#17 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/MediaWikiServices.php(738): Wikimedia\Services\ServiceContainer->getService(string)

#18 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/cache/MessageCache.php(115): MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices->getMessageCache()

#19 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/exception/MWExceptionRenderer.php(310): MessageCache::singleton()

#20 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/exception/MWExceptionRenderer.php(51): MWExceptionRenderer::reportOutageHTML(Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnectionError)

#21 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/exception/MWExceptionHandler.php(121): MWExceptionRenderer::output(Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnectionError, integer)

#22 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/exception/MWExceptionHandler.php(195): MWExceptionHandler::report(Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnectionError)

#23 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/exception/MWExceptionHandler.php(167): MWExceptionHandler::handleException(Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnectionError)

#24 [internal function]: MWExceptionHandler::handleUncaughtException(Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnectionError)

#25 {main}

Reply 05:01, 15 January 2020 6 days ago

Malyacko (talkcontribs)

Why would you think that "Cannot access the database: Unknown error (localhost)" could be related to caching, instead of your database? Please clearly elaborate on your path of thoughts.

Reply 10:16, 15 January 2020 5 days ago

Ciencia Al Poder (talkcontribs)

The problem is about the database connection. Check the database settings and be sure the database server is operational. One of the first things MediaWiki does is to cache/retrieve from cache some localization stuff, that's stored by default on database. As you may expect, an error connecting to the database will cause this error.

Reply 10:36, 15 January 2020 5 days ago

AlgorithmGG (talkcontribs)

These lines here etc:

#17 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/MediaWikiServices.php(738): Wikimedia\Services\ServiceContainer->getService(string)

#18 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/cache/MessageCache.php(115): MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices->getMessageCache()

#19 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/exception/MWExceptionRenderer.php(310): MessageCache::singleton()

#

@Malyacko

Thanks @Ciencia Al Poder

It happens when i am downloading from the server.

Reply 17:28, 15 January 2020 5 days ago

AlgorithmGG (talkcontribs)

I am still occasionally getting this error even when I am not downloading from the server.

MediaWiki internal error.

Original exception: [XiTt@Cv9O9bj@vqOrJ5QIgAAAAc] /index.php?search=infobox&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnectionError from line 1380 of /home/dennisgo/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php: Cannot access the database: Unknown error (localhost)

Backtrace:

#0 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php(931): Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer->reportConnectionError()

#1 /home/dgo/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php(898): Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer->getServerConnection(integer, string, integer)

#2 /home/dennisgo/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php(1043): Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer->getConnection(integer, array, string, integer)