Self-hosted Wikipedia Style Wiki with MediaWiki on Debian

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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0347.html

   01. Log into the Debian device    02. Run the following commands in a terminal:          # update repositories and install any available software updates          sudo apt update          sudo apt upgrade -y          # install Apache HTTPD and MySQL          sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client curl          # install PHP components          sudo apt install php php-common php-mysql php-cli php-json php-opcache php-gd php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-intl php-zip          # configure the MySQL database          sudo su          mysql_secure_installation    03. Press Enter to login as root    04. Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm    05. Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users    06. Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely    07. Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database    08. Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables    09. Run the following command to login into MySQL:          mysql -u root -p    10. Authenticate with the root password set earlier    11. Run the following commands to create the MediaWiki database and database user          CREATE DATABASE wikidb;          GRANT ALL ON wikidb.* TO 'wikiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'WikiW1k1Wh@t!!';          FLUSH PRIVILEGES;          EXIT;          exit    12. Continue with the following commands to download and extract MediaWiki in the Apache webroot          # download latest MediaWiki version          sudo wget -O mediawiki.tar.gz https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.35/mediawiki-1.35.1.tar.gz          # extract mediawiki.tar.gz          sudo tar xzvf mediawiki.tar.gz --directory /var/www/html          # rename mediawiki folder          sudo mv /var/www/html/mediawiki* /var/www/html/wiki          # set the owner of the new wiki directory to www-data          sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wiki          # restart apache2 service          sudo systemctl restart apache2    13. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/wiki    14. Click the set up the wiki first link    15. Select a language ≫ Click Continue    16. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Continue    17. Enter the database host, name, username and password ≫ Click Continue          Host: localhost          Name: wikidb          Username: wikiuser          Password: WikiW1k1Wh@t!!    18. Leave Use the same account as for installation checked and click Continue    19. Give the Wiki a name and create an administrator username and password    20. Uncheck the Share data about this installation with MediaWiki developers box    21. Check the I'm bored already, just install the wiki box    22. Click Continue and the Continue again to begin the installation    23. After the installation completes click Continue    24. Download the generated LocalSettings.php to the Downloads directory    25. Run the following command in terminal to place the LocalSettings.php in the correct location          sudo mv ~/Downloads/LocalSettings.php /var/www/html/wiki    26. Back in the browser click the enter your wiki link    27. Click the Log In link at the top right    28. Log in with the administrator account created during the installation     29. Welcome to WikiMedia  

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