I have been asked to "make production" an ancient intra-net installation
here is the Special:Version info
Installed software
Product Version
MediaWiki<http://www.mediawiki.org/> 1.18.3
PHP<http://www.php.net/> 5.3.10 (apache2handler)
MySQL<http://www.mysql.com/> 5.1.62-log
Installed extensions
Special pages
CategoryTree<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTree>
Dynamically navigate the category
structure<http://creswiki.se.fss.aramark.com/wiki/Special:CategoryTree&g… Daniel
Kinzler
Renameuser<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Renameuser> Adds a
special
page<http://creswiki.se.fss.aramark.com/wiki/Special:RenameUser> to rename a
user (need renameuser right) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason and Aaron Schulz User Merge and
Delete<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:User_Merge_and_Delete> (Version
1.6.1)Merges references from one user to another
user<http://creswiki.se.fss.aramark.com/wiki/Special:UserMerge> in the wiki database
- will also delete old users following merge. Requires usermerge privileges Tim Laqua
Parser hooks
CategoryTree<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTree>
Dynamically navigate the category
structure<http://creswiki.se.fss.aramark.com/wiki/Special:CategoryTree&g… Daniel
Kinzler External
Data<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:External_Data>
(Version 1.3.6)Allows for retrieving structured data from external URLs, databases and
other sources Yaron Koren, Michael Dale and David Macdonald Google
Calendar<http://www.bastianschaefer.org/PHP/MediaWikiExtensions> Display Google
Calendar Bastian Schaefer
ImageMap<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap>
Allows client-side clickable image maps using <imagemap> tag Tim Starling RSS
Reader<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RSS_Reader> (Version 0.2.5)Adds
<rss> tag Artem Kaznatcheev
Other Google Maps
Extension<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_Maps>
(Version 0.9.4)<gm-descs> Evan
Miller<http://www.evanmiller.org/>
include<http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:include> This lets you include static
content from a local or remote URL. Noah Spurrier (Patched by Matthieu Moy) LDAP
Authentication
Plugin<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LDAP_Authentication>
(Version 1.2e)LDAP authentication plugin with support for multiple LDAP authentication
methods Ryan Lane
Extension functions efCategoryTree, efRSSReader, wfGoogleCalendar, wfGoogleMaps_Install
and wf_include
Parser extension tags <categorytree>, <gallery>, <googlecalendar>,
<googlemap>, <googlemapkml>, <imagemap>, <include>,
<nowiki>, <pre> and <rss>
It is probably running under somebody's desk off an ancient PC.
the OS is =>
FreeBSD
snokx0fbsd01.fubar.com 8.2-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p4 #0: Mon Nov 14
17:25:54 MST 2011
We are a redhat shop
I would much appreciate if the seasoned experts here could suggest the best way to get
from here to anything NOW.
We want to put it on a virtual server, which I imagine is fine.
I doubt I could upgrade in one go - but how many steps does it take? And what are they.
There appears to be backups made as follows
/usr/local/bin/mysqldump -u backup yadda yadda
tar -zcf /backups/mediawiki-current.tar.gz mediawiki
I have worked with other wiki's but not MediaWiki particular.
It looks like there are rpms's for redhat - could I use that or do I have to use the
tar ball. I don;t really care - I know how to compile - I just want to best chance of
success.
Much appreciate any pointers.
BG