User:WikiMaster/Wiki - Installation & Upgrading

MediaWiki: Upgrading

BACKUP FIRST! Manual:Backing up a wiki

Automated MySQL Backup Tool - AutoMySQLBackup
MySQL dump tool - mysqldump — A Database Backup Program
MySQL Export: How to backup your MySQL database?

You can easily create a dump file(export/backup) of a database using the phpMyAdmin tool.

Consider making the Wiki read-only before creating the backup - see Manual:$wgReadOnly. This makes sure all parts of your backup are consistent (some of your installed extensions may write data nonetheless).

Developer hub
Sysadmin hub

From the command line, or an SSH shell or similar, change to the maintenance directory and execute the update script: ~~$ php update.php~~ Use this command instead: /usr/local/php53/bin/php update.php

Full report here: User:WikiMaster/The_Dingo_Ate_My_Wiki

Manual:FAQ#Upgrading

Interface

Changing the interface

Using Git

Git downloads

You can download code directly via Git from the MediaWiki source code repository (browse code) or download a snapshot. To get the latest version of an extension, for instance, just clone the git master.

For example, if you have shell access to your server, you may do this to download the Validator extension:

cd extensions
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/Validator.git

Wikimedia Projects on Git

Projects - Big list of MediaWiki extensions and other Wikimedia project available for download from Git repository.

Help Resources

Git downloads

An example of downloading Validator using Git.

Download from Git

Using Git to download MediaWiki

Template:WikimediaGitCheckout

Git Check DreamHost VPS: Instructions here: Pre-installed git

Last login: Sat Jun 16 07:47:42 2012 from 97.115.118.134
[ps11244]$ which git
/usr/bin/git
[ps11244]$ git --version
git version 1.7.1.1
[ps11244]$

How to Patch MediaWiki to latest version

Example -- Patch update MediaWiki 1.22.0 to MediaWiki 1.22.3:

Download Patch Into Main Directory: wget http://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.22/mediawiki-1.22.3.patch.gz
Uncompress File: gunzip mediawiki-1.22.3.patch.gz
Move Patch To Wiki Directory: mv mediawiki-1.22.3.patch /path/to/your/wiki
Do a Dry Run First: patch -p1 --dry-run < mediawiki-1.22.3.patch
Apply Patch: patch -i mediawiki-1.22.3.patch -p 1
Remove Patch File: rm -rf mediawiki-1.22.3.patch