Setting up a Wiki

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Setting up an individual wiki site

Setup steps

• Open Putty. Go to callisto.centre.edu and login as root (check passwords database for help there).
• To use the automatic-ish installer, you need to browse to the proper directory and run the install script. Type the following into Putty:

$ cd /var/centre_installs
$ ./MediaWikiInstaller

• Respond to the scripts prompt with the short name of your wiki. The shortname for this wiki is its.
• Open your browser to http://wiki.centre.edu/<ShortName>/config/ in the address bar. Use the following to fill in the blanks, so to speak:
  • Fill in the Wiki name: field.
  • Enter the site administrator email address in the Contact e-mail field.
  • Enter admin in plase of WikiSysop for the Admin username:.
  • Enter a password for the admin account.
  • Database type: MySQL
  • Database name: wiki-<sitename>
  • DB username: wikiuser-<sitename>
  • Enter the admin password as the DB password:.
  • Check the Use superuser account checkbox.
  • Superuser password: for the MySql server can be found in our password database. Check passwords database for the correct information.
  • Click Install MediaWiki!
• If everything worked, you now need to go back to Putty and run the following command, responding the same short name that you installed the wiki with:

$ ./MediaWikiFinish