Create a Wikifarm

Recreating (moving over) your first MediaWiki instance

We'll assume you've followed the other tips in this wiki. Most notably, you've taken all steps described in the article on "how to Place MediaWiki inside a Virtual Host". The steps are simple

Move the Wiki configuration within /etc

Your Wiki config file will be /etc/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php, and the settings for Apache2 will be in /etc/mediawiki/apache.conf. We'll create a subdirectory under /etc/mediawiki that hosts the configuration of your Wiki. Suppose we name the subdirectory after the Wiki we're handling, in this example the SaruWiki:

cd /etc/mediawiki
mkdir SaruWiki
mv LocalSettings.php SaruWiki
mv apache.conf Saruwiki

To keep the Wiki running, we're going to need to tell Apache2 where the two files went to. In this case:

• change the path to apache.conf in the Include statement in the site declaration (e.g. in /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-saruman.biz, change the Include line to

Include /etc/mediawiki/SaruWiki/apache.conf

• change the symlink in /var/lib/mediawiki that points to LocalSettings.php:

cd /var/lib/mediawiki
unlink LocalSettings.php
ln -s /etc/mediawiki/SaruWiki/LocalSettings.php

If you now restart Apache2, your Wiki will still work - but the two primary configuration files have moved over to a dedicated spot.