Mediawiki installation

Environment: CentOS X64

1. PHP

    a. install php: yum install php php-mysql php-xml

    b. install extension: yum install pcre-devel php-pecl-apc

2. MYSQL

    a. install mysql: yum install mysql-server

    b. start mysql service: service mysqld start

    c. run install script: /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

    d. create user and database: 
        create database wikidb;

    grant index, create, select, insert, update, delete, alter, lock tables on wikidb.* to 'wikiuser'@'localhost' identified by 'password';

    

3. Mediawiki

    a. download package: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

    b. copy to /var/www/

    c. uncompress: tar xvf <package>

    d. folder rename to wiki

4. Httpd

    a. install httpd: yum install httpd

    b. create config file: /etc/httpd/conf.d/httpd-vhost.conf

        <VirtualHost *:80>

            ServerName wiki

            DocumentRoot /var/www/wiki

        </VirtualHost>

    c. restart httpd service: service httpd restart

    d. check to verify

5. Following the guide to install the mediawiki