[Mediawiki-l] Clearing the mediawiki-database

Katharina Wolkwitz wolkwitz at fh-swf.de
Thu Nov 12 16:17:48 UTC 2009


Hi all,

I've found the solution to my question myself:

after cloning the server I just had to add a new database via phpMyAdmin, Re-run
the installer and change the corresponding entries in LocalSettings.php. :-)

Greetings Katharina

Katharina Wolkwitz schrieb am 12.11.2009 11:46:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm toying with the idea to set up a new wiki-server for a new wiki by cloning
> my existing virtual machine and thus getting all the configuration in one go.
> 
> The "only" problem is, that the new wiki should be empty of any content from the
> "old" wiki, so I'm looking for a way of cleaning out the entire content and
> users from the cloned wiki-installation. Any suggestions?
> 
> I know that this approach is rather unusual, because otherwise I'd found more
> helpful information via Google ;-), but I think it would save a lot of time in
> contrast to starting the new server and mediawiki-installation from scratch.



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