MediaWiki

MediaWiki is the engine that powers Wikipedia. Community wikis with revision history, talk pages, templates, and 600+ extensions. Used by Wikipedia, NASA's wiki, and Fandom (formerly Wikia). The reference wiki engine, GPL-licensed, written in PHP, since 2002.

Version

Latest

Operating System

Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS

Min. RAM

1 GB

IP Types

IPV4

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Access

Open your browser and visit: http://<SERVER_IP> (HTTP)
Log in using the admin credentials.
Credentials are stored securely in /root/mediawiki/.env as ADMIN_USER and ADMIN_PASSWORD.

Important Files and Directories

Install directory: /root/mediawiki
Environment file: /root/mediawiki/.env
Docker Compose file: /root/mediawiki/docker-compose.yml
Main config: /root/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php
Uploaded files: /root/mediawiki/images
Database storage: /var/lib/docker/volumes/mediawiki_db/_data

Configuration

Main MediaWiki configuration: /root/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php

After making configuration changes, restart the containers to apply them:

docker compose -f /root/mediawiki/docker-compose.yml restart

Notes

MediaWiki runs on port 8080
Use HTTPS reverse proxy in production
Configuration changes require container restart

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