As the title say, I just installed mediawiki 1.21.2 on a remotely hosted VPS server. I got everything set up using the putty software, and the remote server is a Debian 'squeeze' system, where I do have 'root' level access & can install what ever i need. First rattle out of the bag the mediawiki fired up in my browser and asked for me to complete the installation, as I expected. However when I clicked on the link to 'complete the installation' nothing happened. I tried a chown -R to www-data for the entire wiki, but that made no difference. a test of php5 shows all OK as well as does the apache server it's running on. This is my first ever attempt to manage a wiki remotely, so any tips are appreciated. I just don't have a clue why this did'nt work. Thanks John
Nothing happened? Did your browser not change pages? Did you get a blank screen?
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:18 AM, John W. Foster jfoster81747@gmail.comwrote:
As the title say, I just installed mediawiki 1.21.2 on a remotely hosted VPS server. I got everything set up using the putty software, and the remote server is a Debian 'squeeze' system, where I do have 'root' level access & can install what ever i need. First rattle out of the bag the mediawiki fired up in my browser and asked for me to complete the installation, as I expected. However when I clicked on the link to 'complete the installation' nothing happened. I tried a chown -R to www-data for the entire wiki, but that made no difference. a test of php5 shows all OK as well as does the apache server it's running on. This is my first ever attempt to manage a wiki remotely, so any tips are appreciated. I just don't have a clue why this did'nt work. Thanks John
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Aas I said, nothing happened. Th screen stayed exactly the same. I looked at the page source & it was OK, the instructions in the link were good, it said to go to the correct page and open the index.php file in /mw-config withing the mediawiki directory, just nothing happened. No error messages, nada. Any ideas. I figure it is a permission thing but have no idea how to fix it. take a look,the link to the page is
If it works for you, message me back please don't try to finish the setup.
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 11:07 +0100, Alex Monk wrote:
Nothing happened? Did your browser not change pages? Did you get a blank screen?
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:18 AM, John W. Foster jfoster81747@gmail.comwrote:
As the title say, I just installed mediawiki 1.21.2 on a remotely hosted VPS server. I got everything set up using the putty software, and the remote server is a Debian 'squeeze' system, where I do have 'root' level access & can install what ever i need. First rattle out of the bag the mediawiki fired up in my browser and asked for me to complete the installation, as I expected. However when I clicked on the link to 'complete the installation' nothing happened. I tried a chown -R to www-data for the entire wiki, but that made no difference. a test of php5 shows all OK as well as does the apache server it's running on. This is my first ever attempt to manage a wiki remotely, so any tips are appreciated. I just don't have a clue why this did'nt work. Thanks John
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Well as I said this is wierd. I tried opening the web site with the actual IP address and it all seems to work as far as the mediawiki starting the configuration process. Strange huh, Now I have the Godaddy DNS server set up to forward the name www.physicswiki.net to the IP address mentioned, with masking, and that seems to work OK, but there is still a glitch, likely caused by my ignorance of how to set this all up. Again, any tips or suggestions. john
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 10:01 -0500, John Foster wrote:
Aas I said, nothing happened. Th screen stayed exactly the same. I looked at the page source & it was OK, the instructions in the link were good, it said to go to the correct page and open the index.php file in /mw-config withing the mediawiki directory, just nothing happened. No error messages, nada. Any ideas. I figure it is a permission thing but have no idea how to fix it. take a look,the link to the page is
If it works for you, message me back please don't try to finish the setup.
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 11:07 +0100, Alex Monk wrote:
Nothing happened? Did your browser not change pages? Did you get a blank screen?
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:18 AM, John W. Foster jfoster81747@gmail.comwrote:
As the title say, I just installed mediawiki 1.21.2 on a remotely hosted VPS server. I got everything set up using the putty software, and the remote server is a Debian 'squeeze' system, where I do have 'root' level access & can install what ever i need. First rattle out of the bag the mediawiki fired up in my browser and asked for me to complete the installation, as I expected. However when I clicked on the link to 'complete the installation' nothing happened. I tried a chown -R to www-data for the entire wiki, but that made no difference. a test of php5 shows all OK as well as does the apache server it's running on. This is my first ever attempt to manage a wiki remotely, so any tips are appreciated. I just don't have a clue why this did'nt work. Thanks John
Where is your localsettings.php file?
MediaWiki 1.21.2 LocalSettings.php not found.
-----Original Message----- From: John Foster jfoster81747@verizon.net To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Fri, Oct 11, 2013 9:38 am Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Mediawiki on a remote host questions
Well as I said this is wierd. I tried opening the web site with the actual IP address and it all seems to work as far as the mediawiki starting the configuration process. Strange huh, Now I have the Godaddy DNS server set up to forward the name www.physicswiki.net to the IP address mentioned, with masking, and that seems to work OK, but there is still a glitch, likely caused by my ignorance of how to set this all up. Again, any tips or suggestions. john
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 10:01 -0500, John Foster wrote:
Aas I said, nothing happened. Th screen stayed exactly the same. I looked at the page source & it was OK, the instructions in the link were good, it said to go to the correct page and open the index.php file in /mw-config withing the mediawiki directory, just nothing happened. No error messages, nada. Any ideas. I figure it is a permission thing but have no idea how to fix it. take a look,the link to the page is
If it works for you, message me back please don't try to finish the setup.
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 11:07 +0100, Alex Monk wrote:
Nothing happened? Did your browser not change pages? Did you get a blank screen?
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:18 AM, John W. Foster jfoster81747@gmail.comwrote:
As the title say, I just installed mediawiki 1.21.2 on a remotely hosted VPS server. I got everything set up using the putty software, and the remote server is a Debian 'squeeze' system, where I do have 'root' level access & can install what ever i need. First rattle out of the bag the mediawiki fired up in my browser and asked for me to complete the installation, as I expected. However when I clicked on the link to 'complete the installation' nothing happened. I tried a chown -R to www-data for the entire wiki, but that made no difference. a test of php5 shows all OK as well as does the apache server it's running on. This is my first ever attempt to manage a wiki remotely, so any tips are appreciated. I just don't have a clue why this did'nt work. Thanks John
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Not generated yet, as I ran out of time this morning to work on the site. It may make no difference but I want to figure out why the site works as it should when I use the actual IP address in my browser, but dose not when I use the http://www.physicswiki.net address in the browser. i think that may be an issue with the apache set up on this hosted site. As I said, this is my first attempt to manage a remote site.
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 13:00 -0400, Wjhonson wrote:
Where is your localsettings.php file?
MediaWiki 1.21.2 LocalSettings.php not found.
-----Original Message----- From: John Foster jfoster81747@verizon.net To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Fri, Oct 11, 2013 9:38 am Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Mediawiki on a remote host questions
Well as I said this is wierd. I tried opening the web site with the actual IP address and it all seems to work as far as the mediawiki starting the configuration process. Strange huh, Now I have the Godaddy DNS server set up to forward the name www.physicswiki.net to the IP address mentioned, with masking, and that seems to work OK, but there is still a glitch, likely caused by my ignorance of how to set this all up. Again, any tips or suggestions. john
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 10:01 -0500, John Foster wrote:
Aas I said, nothing happened. Th screen stayed exactly the same. I looked at the page source & it was OK, the instructions in the link were good, it said to go to the correct page and open the index.php file in /mw-config withing the mediawiki directory, just nothing happened. No error messages, nada. Any ideas. I figure it is a permission thing but have no idea how to fix it. take a look,the link to the page is
If it works for you, message me back please don't try to finish the setup.
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 11:07 +0100, Alex Monk wrote:
Nothing happened? Did your browser not change pages? Did you get a blank screen?
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:18 AM, John W. Foster jfoster81747@gmail.comwrote:
As the title say, I just installed mediawiki 1.21.2 on a remotely hosted VPS server. I got everything set up using the putty software, and the remote server is a Debian 'squeeze' system, where I do have 'root' level access & can install what ever i need. First rattle out of the bag the mediawiki fired up in my browser and asked for me to complete the installation, as I expected. However when I clicked on the link to 'complete the installation' nothing happened. I tried a chown -R to www-data for the entire wiki, but that made no difference. a test of php5 shows all OK as well as does the apache server it's running on. This is my first ever attempt to manage a wiki remotely, so any tips are appreciated. I just don't have a clue why this did'nt work. Thanks John
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Do you have any vhost's setup for apache. That is important especially if you have multiple sites on the server.
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:12 PM, John Foster jfoster81747@verizon.netwrote:
Not generated yet, as I ran out of time this morning to work on the site. It may make no difference but I want to figure out why the site works as it should when I use the actual IP address in my browser, but dose not when I use the http://www.physicswiki.net address in the browser. i think that may be an issue with the apache set up on this hosted site. As I said, this is my first attempt to manage a remote site.
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 13:00 -0400, Wjhonson wrote:
Where is your localsettings.php file?
MediaWiki 1.21.2
LocalSettings.php not found.
-----Original Message----- From: John Foster jfoster81747@verizon.net To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <
mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Fri, Oct 11, 2013 9:38 am Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Mediawiki on a remote host questions
Well as I said this is wierd. I tried opening the web site with the actual IP address and it all seems to work as far as the mediawiki starting the configuration process. Strange huh, Now I have the Godaddy DNS server set up to forward the name www.physicswiki.net to the IP address mentioned, with masking, and that seems to work OK, but there is still a glitch, likely caused by my ignorance of how to set this all up. Again, any tips or suggestions. john
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 10:01 -0500, John Foster wrote:
Aas I said, nothing happened. Th screen stayed exactly the same. I looked at the page source & it was OK, the instructions in the link
were
good, it said to go to the correct page and open the index.php file in /mw-config withing the mediawiki directory, just nothing happened.
No
error messages, nada. Any ideas. I figure it is a permission thing but have no idea how to fix it. take a look,the link to the page is
If it works for you, message me back please don't try to finish the setup.
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 11:07 +0100, Alex Monk wrote:
Nothing happened? Did your browser not change pages? Did you get a
blank
screen?
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:18 AM, John W. Foster <
jfoster81747@gmail.com>wrote:
As the title say, I just installed mediawiki 1.21.2 on a remotely
hosted
VPS server. I got everything set up using the putty software, and
the
remote server is a Debian 'squeeze' system, where I do have 'root'
level
access & can install what ever i need. First rattle out of the bag
the
mediawiki fired up in my browser and asked for me to complete the installation, as I expected. However when I clicked on the link to 'complete the installation' nothing happened. I tried a chown -R
to
www-data for the entire wiki, but that made no difference. a test
of
php5 shows all OK as well as does the apache server it's running
on.
This is my first ever attempt to manage a wiki remotely, so any
tips are
appreciated. I just don't have a clue why this did'nt work. Thanks John
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I have the vhost mod installed in apache, but this mediawiki is running from the default site available with no symlinks. Basically I put the entire wiki in /var/www. This site is, & will only be, for this wiki. John
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 23:43 +0200, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
Do you have any vhost's setup for apache. That is important especially if you have multiple sites on the server.
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:12 PM, John Foster jfoster81747@verizon.netwrote:
Not generated yet, as I ran out of time this morning to work on the site. It may make no difference but I want to figure out why the site works as it should when I use the actual IP address in my browser, but dose not when I use the http://www.physicswiki.net address in the browser. i think that may be an issue with the apache set up on this hosted site. As I said, this is my first attempt to manage a remote site.
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 13:00 -0400, Wjhonson wrote:
Where is your localsettings.php file?
MediaWiki 1.21.2
LocalSettings.php not found.
-----Original Message----- From: John Foster jfoster81747@verizon.net To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <
mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Fri, Oct 11, 2013 9:38 am Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Mediawiki on a remote host questions
Well as I said this is wierd. I tried opening the web site with the actual IP address and it all seems to work as far as the mediawiki starting the configuration process. Strange huh, Now I have the Godaddy DNS server set up to forward the name www.physicswiki.net to the IP address mentioned, with masking, and that seems to work OK, but there is still a glitch, likely caused by my ignorance of how to set this all up. Again, any tips or suggestions. john
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 10:01 -0500, John Foster wrote:
Aas I said, nothing happened. Th screen stayed exactly the same. I looked at the page source & it was OK, the instructions in the link
were
good, it said to go to the correct page and open the index.php file in /mw-config withing the mediawiki directory, just nothing happened.
No
error messages, nada. Any ideas. I figure it is a permission thing but have no idea how to fix it. take a look,the link to the page is
If it works for you, message me back please don't try to finish the setup.
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 11:07 +0100, Alex Monk wrote:
Nothing happened? Did your browser not change pages? Did you get a
blank
screen?
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:18 AM, John W. Foster <
jfoster81747@gmail.com>wrote:
As the title say, I just installed mediawiki 1.21.2 on a remotely
hosted
VPS server. I got everything set up using the putty software, and
the
remote server is a Debian 'squeeze' system, where I do have 'root'
level
access & can install what ever i need. First rattle out of the bag
the
mediawiki fired up in my browser and asked for me to complete the installation, as I expected. However when I clicked on the link to 'complete the installation' nothing happened. I tried a chown -R
to
www-data for the entire wiki, but that made no difference. a test
of
php5 shows all OK as well as does the apache server it's running
on.
This is my first ever attempt to manage a wiki remotely, so any
tips are
appreciated. I just don't have a clue why this did'nt work. Thanks John
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I would still set a vhost to look at /var/www and make sure you delete the original index.html or what ever the default page is that comes with apache.
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 4:37 AM, John Foster jfoster81747@verizon.netwrote:
I have the vhost mod installed in apache, but this mediawiki is running from the default site available with no symlinks. Basically I put the entire wiki in /var/www. This site is, & will only be, for this wiki. John
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 23:43 +0200, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
Do you have any vhost's setup for apache. That is important especially if you have multiple sites on the server.
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:12 PM, John Foster <jfoster81747@verizon.net wrote:
Not generated yet, as I ran out of time this morning to work on the site. It may make no difference but I want to figure out why the site works as it should when I use the actual IP address in my browser, but dose not when I use the http://www.physicswiki.net address in the browser. i think that may be an issue with the apache set up on this hosted site. As I said, this is my first attempt to manage a remote site.
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 13:00 -0400, Wjhonson wrote:
Where is your localsettings.php file?
MediaWiki 1.21.2
LocalSettings.php not found.
-----Original Message----- From: John Foster jfoster81747@verizon.net To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <
mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Fri, Oct 11, 2013 9:38 am Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Mediawiki on a remote host questions
Well as I said this is wierd. I tried opening the web site with the actual IP address and it all seems to work as far as the mediawiki starting the configuration process. Strange huh, Now I have the
Godaddy
DNS server set up to forward the name www.physicswiki.net to the IP address mentioned, with masking, and that seems to work OK, but
there is
still a glitch, likely caused by my ignorance of how to set this all
up.
Again, any tips or suggestions. john
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 10:01 -0500, John Foster wrote:
Aas I said, nothing happened. Th screen stayed exactly the same. I looked at the page source & it was OK, the instructions in the link
were
good, it said to go to the correct page and open the index.php file in /mw-config withing the mediawiki directory, just nothing
happened.
No
error messages, nada. Any ideas. I figure it is a permission thing
but
have no idea how to fix it. take a look,the link to the page is
If it works for you, message me back please don't try to finish the setup.
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 11:07 +0100, Alex Monk wrote:
Nothing happened? Did your browser not change pages? Did you get
a
blank
screen?
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:18 AM, John W. Foster <
jfoster81747@gmail.com>wrote:
> As the title say, I just installed mediawiki 1.21.2 on a
remotely
hosted
> VPS server. I got everything set up using the putty software,
and
the
> remote server is a Debian 'squeeze' system, where I do have
'root'
level
> access & can install what ever i need. First rattle out of the
bag
the
> mediawiki fired up in my browser and asked for me to complete
the
> installation, as I expected. However when I clicked on the
link to
> 'complete the installation' nothing happened. I tried a chown
-R
to
> www-data for the entire wiki, but that made no difference. a
test
of
> php5 shows all OK as well as does the apache server it's
running
on.
> This is my first ever attempt to manage a wiki remotely, so any
tips are
> appreciated. I just don't have a clue why this did'nt work. > Thanks > John
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