Sysadmin hub

This is a place for system administrators to get help installing, upgrading, configuring or maintaining the MediaWiki software on a third-party wiki.

• Users
• System Administrators
• Developers
• Translators

These pages are in constant development.

If you want to collaborate with other third-party MediaWiki users, the MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group (MWStake) is a MediaWiki user group consisting of MediaWiki developers, system administrators, users, consultants, and hosting providers. Also, please consider joining the mediawiki-enterprise mailing list.

Help on MediaWiki.org

Immediate help

• mediawiki-l, the MediaWiki mailing list.
• #mediawiki ^connect - the IRC channel.
• Support desk

For a complete list of support venues, see Communication .

• Manual:Installing MediaWiki
• Downloading and installing MediaWiki
  • Intranet — Fully documented and tested guides including OS installation through wiki install to client config, that will work well in a corporate environment
• Manual:System administration — Common administrative tasks
  • Manual:Configuration settings — Available settings for configuring MediaWiki
  • Manual:LocalSettings.php — Information on the LocalSettings.php file
  • Manual:Image administration — Some information about image/file settings and storage
  • Manual:Security — Recommended security settings
• Third-party wiki uses
  • Enterprise hub — For Enterprise wikis
  • Academic hub — For Academic wikis
• Manual:Administrators — Some information for the usage accounts with extended rights
• Manual:Extensions — Help about installing extensions
  • Extensions — Incomplete collection of extensions
• Manual:Backing up a wiki — Information on how to back up a wiki
• Manual:FAQ — Frequently asked questions
• Books — Information on books about MediaWiki