John,
Thank you. I was able to get the rewrite rules to work. I now have the
wiki on a new host.
Daryl
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:28 AM, John <phoenixoverride(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Then it would appear that your rewrite rules are
messed up:
<wm-bot>To create simple URLs (such as the /wiki/PAGENAME style URLs on
Wikimedia sites), follow the instructions at <http://www.mediawiki.
org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL> or try the new beta tool at <http://shorturls.
redwerks.org/>gt;. There are instructions for most different webserver
setups.
If you have problems getting the rewrite rules to work, see !rewriteproblem
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Daryl Rose <rosede12(a)gmail.com> wrote:
John,
As I posted previously, I am not an Apache admin. I know very little
about
it, and I know nothing of rewrite rules.
I had previously tried going directly to the index.php, and I get
redirected to the "<FQDN>/mediawiki/Main_Page".
Thanks
Daryl
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:45 AM, John <phoenixoverride(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
As I said leaving mediawiki in the root (pointing
DocumentRoot to the
mediawiki directory) is not recommended. When I set up a wiki I tend to
put
the code in /wiki and use rewrite rules to make
/w the clean URLs. I
would
> also check your rewrite rules too. Try going directly to your index.php
> page
>
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:23 AM Daryl Rose <rosede12(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > John,
> >
> > I moved the entire wiki to a sub-directory called "mediawiki".
Pointed
the
> DocumentRoot to the path "/var/www/html/mediawiki", stop/started
Apache.
>
> I'm still getting the same error:
> >
> > *The requested URL /mediawiki/Main_Page was not found on this
server.*
>
> Is there another setting that I'm missing?
>
> Thanks
>
> Daryl
>
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 9:49 AM, John <phoenixoverride(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> > I would use a folder and not place mediawiki in the root of web
server
>
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:28 AM Daryl Rose <rosede12(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> >
> > > Brian,
> > >
> > > Thank you for the reply.
> > >
> > > Yes, I know that v1.25 is out of date and needs to be upgraded.
I'll
> >
tackle that once I get it migrated over to a new environment.
> >
> > The original environment *WAS *an XAMPP and was installed as a
Bitnami
> > > package. Because of security vulnerabilities, the entire
environment
> > > needs
> > > > to be upgraded. But because I used XAMPP, I can't upgrade
Apache,
or
> > > MySQL
> > > > or PHP. I would have to wipe out the entire install and do a
fresh
> > > > install. That is not
acceptable, so I decided to do what I
should
> have
> > > > done the first time, install Apache, MySQL, PHP and Mediawiki as
> > > individual
> > > > components.
> > > >
> > > > Even though I was successful at accessing the database from the
> command
> > > > line, and verifying the contents, I decided to change the
password
and
> > > tried the wiki site again. This time I received an error saying
that
it
> > could not find the front page. This is actually a step forward.
This
is
> > telling me that it connected to the database.
> >
> > So now I'm facing path issues. The intitial install was
> > "/opt/lampp/apps/mediawiki/htdocs". The new path is
"/var/www/html".
> > > After changing the database password, I got the following URL:
> > >
> > > "<FQDN>/mediawiki/Main_Page". I looked in
LocalSettings.php and
saw
> > that
> > > > "$wgArticlePath" was set to "/mediawiki/$1". I
removed
"mediawiki"
> > from
> > > > the path, stop/started Apache, but now I get
"<FQDN>/Main_Page"
in
the
> > url
> > > bar, and "The requested URL /Main_Page was not found on this
server".
> > > > Looking a little deeper, I see "$wgScriptPath" set to
"/mediawiki".
I
> > know
> > > that isn't correct, so I changed it ".". I didn't know
if that
would
>
work
> > or not. Apparently not.
> >
> > There is still a path issue somewhere, but I'm not sure where. I
know
> > that
> > > in the database I saw ""/opt/lampp/apps/mediawiki", but I
don't
want
to
> > > start changing paths in the database until I know that I can at
least
> > bring
> > > up the main page. If there is a path in the database that I need
to
> > > > change, please let me know where to look.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you.
> > > >
> > > > Daryl
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 1:00 AM, Brian Wolff
<bawolff(a)gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > First of all, Mediawiki 1.25 is out of date and has publically
> known
> > > > > security vulnerabilities. You should upgrade.
> > > > >
> > > > > For the error, I would start by checking $wgDBServer. If your
db
is
> > on
> > > > the
> > > > > same host as mediawiki and commandline is working, it could be
> > > something
> > > > > like using network vs local socket. If 'localhost' is
not
working
try
> > > '127.0.0.1' instead (or
vice versa)
> > >
> > > Beyond that, I would look into if there is anything preventing
> mediawiki
> > > from talking to the db (e.g. firewall, selinux, etc)
> > >
> > > --
> > > bawolff
> > >
> > > On Friday, November 17, 2017, Daryl Rose <rosede12(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I just moved an existing environment from a SLES 11 SP4
> xampp/Bitnami
> > > > installation to a CentOS 7.4, Apache, MySQL, PHP environment.
There
> > > were
> > > > > security issues with the original installation, so I had to
move
to
> > > > > something that I could upgrade components when as
vulnerabilities
> are
> > > > > discovered.
> > > > >
> > > > > According to the documentation, I should be able to
export/import
> > the
> > > > > > database and then copy over the MediaWiki directory, and
all
> should
> > > me
> > > > > > good. Well, there are a couple of minor gotcha's in the
doc's,
but
> for
> > > the
> > > > most part, it's pretty straight forward.
> > > >
> > > > I had a few minor issues with the php, but once I got that
figured
> > > out, I
> > > > > now get a page that tells me that the site is experiencing
> technical
> > > > > difficulties (Cannot access the database).
> > > > >
> > > > > I've verified that the database name, user name and password
are
> > > > correct.
> > > > > > From the command line, I can access the database using the
> database
> > > > user
> > > > > > and I can see the tables.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm not a DBA or a developer, so I'm not sure where
to start
> > > > > > troubleshooting. Other than verifying that the credentials
are
> > correct.
> > > >
> > > > The original installation was PHP v5.6.12 and the new
installation
> is
> > > PHP
> > > > > v5.6.32. Other than that, I believe everything else is the
same.
> >
> > MediaWiki is V1.25.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions on where to start looking?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Daryl
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