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> 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> 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
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