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How can I get my own wiki?
May First/People Link runs a shared mediawiki installation, using the same wiki software used by http://wikipedia.com.
If you would like your own wiki with a URL like http://yourorg.wiki.mayfirst.org/ then please open a ticket with the name you would like to use.
Admin directions
These directions are for MFPL admins.
To setup a new wiki:
- In this example, I will refer to GROUP. This variable should be changed based on the request coming in. GROUP should be replaced wth a short name refering to the member requesting the wiki (e.g. mfpl or brecht).
- Create a DNS A record for the member under the MFPL hosting order with the domain GROUP.wiki.mayfirst.org that points to the IP address: 209.51.163.6
- Login to peltier.mayfirst.org as root and run the following commands:
cd /etc/mediawiki/members-configs # create and edit NAME.wiki.mayfirst.org to meet needs of new wiki cp example.wiki.mayfirst.org GROUP.wiki.mayfirst.org # create new tables for the installation. # for the tables, e.g. mfpl_ or ussf2010_ ./create-new-tables GROUP_ # create an image directory (should match settings in GROUP.wiki.mayfirst.org) mkdir /srv/www/wiki.mayfirst.org/mediawiki/images/GROUP chown mediawiki:nogroup /srv/www/wiki.mayfirst.org/mediawiki/images/PREFIX # edit the file that includes the proper settings file based on the domain - adding a new stanza at the end emacs select-settings-file.php
- At this point, you should be able to go to http://GROUP.wiki.mayfirst.org and see a working wiki site.
- Grant the requester sysop privileges. The requester will need special privileges in the wiki.
- Ask the requester to create an account by using the OpenID login.
- Once they have created the account, Login to peltier as root and:
su mediawiki mysql # replace <prefix> with whatever table prefix you used above SELECT user_id,user_nam FROM <prefix>_user; # replace ID with whatever ID the user you want to give sysop privs has INSERT INTO <prefix>_user_groups SET ug_user = ID, ug_group = 'sysop';
Note:
See TracWiki
for help on using the wiki.