John, Thank you. I was able to get the rewrite rules to work. I now have the wiki on a new host.
Daryl On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:28 AM, John <phoenixoverr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Then it would appear that your rewrite rules are messed up: > > <wm-bot>To create simple URLs (such as the /wiki/PAGENAME style URLs on > Wikimedia sites), follow the instructions at <http://www.mediawiki. > org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL> or try the new beta tool at <http://shorturls. > redwerks.org/>. There are instructions for most different webserver > setups. > If you have problems getting the rewrite rules to work, see !rewriteproblem > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Daryl Rose <rosed...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > John, > > > > As I posted previously, I am not an Apache admin. I know very little > about > > it, and I know nothing of rewrite rules. > > > > I had previously tried going directly to the index.php, and I get > > redirected to the "<FQDN>/mediawiki/Main_Page". > > > > Thanks > > > > Daryl > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:45 AM, John <phoenixoverr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > As I said leaving mediawiki in the root (pointing DocumentRoot to the > > > mediawiki directory) is not recommended. When I set up a wiki I tend to > > put > > > the code in /wiki and use rewrite rules to make /w the clean URLs. I > > would > > > also check your rewrite rules too. Try going directly to your index.php > > > page > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:23 AM Daryl Rose <rosed...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > John, > > > > > > > > I moved the entire wiki to a sub-directory called "mediawiki". > Pointed > > > the > > > > DocumentRoot to the path "/var/www/html/mediawiki", stop/started > > Apache. > > > > > > I'm still getting the same error: > > > > > > > > *The requested URL /mediawiki/Main_Page was not found on this > server.* > > > > > > > > Is there another setting that I'm missing? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Daryl > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 9:49 AM, John <phoenixoverr...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I would use a folder and not place mediawiki in the root of web > > server > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:28 AM Daryl Rose <rosed...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Brian, > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for the reply. > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I know that v1.25 is out of date and needs to be upgraded. > > I'll > > > > > > tackle that once I get it migrated over to a new environment. > > > > > > > > > > > > The original environment *WAS *an XAMPP and was installed as a > > > Bitnami > > > > > > package. Because of security vulnerabilities, the entire > > environment > > > > > needs > > > > > > to be upgraded. But because I used XAMPP, I can't upgrade > Apache, > > or > > > > > MySQL > > > > > > or PHP. I would have to wipe out the entire install and do a > fresh > > > > > > install. That is not acceptable, so I decided to do what I > should > > > have > > > > > > done the first time, install Apache, MySQL, PHP and Mediawiki as > > > > > individual > > > > > > components. > > > > > > > > > > > > Even though I was successful at accessing the database from the > > > command > > > > > > line, and verifying the contents, I decided to change the > password > > > and > > > > > > tried the wiki site again. This time I received an error saying > > that > > > > it > > > > > > could not find the front page. This is actually a step forward. > > > This > > > > is > > > > > > telling me that it connected to the database. > > > > > > > > > > > > So now I'm facing path issues. The intitial install was > > > > > > "/opt/lampp/apps/mediawiki/htdocs". The new path is > > > "/var/www/html". > > > > > > After changing the database password, I got the following URL: > > > > > > > > > > > > "<FQDN>/mediawiki/Main_Page". I looked in LocalSettings.php and > > saw > > > > that > > > > > > "$wgArticlePath" was set to "/mediawiki/$1". I removed > "mediawiki" > > > > from > > > > > > the path, stop/started Apache, but now I get "<FQDN>/Main_Page" > in > > > the > > > > > url > > > > > > bar, and "The requested URL /Main_Page was not found on this > > server". > > > > > > Looking a little deeper, I see "$wgScriptPath" set to > "/mediawiki". > > > I > > > > > know > > > > > > that isn't correct, so I changed it ".". I didn't know if that > > would > > > > > work > > > > > > or not. Apparently not. > > > > > > > > > > > > There is still a path issue somewhere, but I'm not sure where. I > > > know > > > > > that > > > > > > in the database I saw ""/opt/lampp/apps/mediawiki", but I don't > > want > > > to > > > > > > start changing paths in the database until I know that I can at > > least > > > > > bring > > > > > > up the main page. If there is a path in the database that I need > > to > > > > > > change, please let me know where to look. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > > Daryl > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 1:00 AM, Brian Wolff <bawo...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > First of all, Mediawiki 1.25 is out of date and has publically > > > known > > > > > > > security vulnerabilities. You should upgrade. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For the error, I would start by checking $wgDBServer. If your > db > > is > > > > on > > > > > > the > > > > > > > same host as mediawiki and commandline is working, it could be > > > > > something > > > > > > > like using network vs local socket. If 'localhost' is not > working > > > try > > > > > > > '127.0.0.1' instead (or vice versa) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Beyond that, I would look into if there is anything preventing > > > > > mediawiki > > > > > > > from talking to the db (e.g. firewall, selinux, etc) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > bawolff > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, November 17, 2017, Daryl Rose <rosed...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I just moved an existing environment from a SLES 11 SP4 > > > > > xampp/Bitnami > > > > > > > > installation to a CentOS 7.4, Apache, MySQL, PHP environment. > > > There > > > > > > were > > > > > > > > security issues with the original installation, so I had to > > move > > > to > > > > > > > > something that I could upgrade components when as > > vulnerabilities > > > > are > > > > > > > > discovered. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > According to the documentation, I should be able to > > export/import > > > > the > > > > > > > > database and then copy over the MediaWiki directory, and all > > > should > > > > > me > > > > > > > > good. Well, there are a couple of minor gotcha's in the > doc's, > > > but > > > > > for > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > most part, it's pretty straight forward. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I had a few minor issues with the php, but once I got that > > > figured > > > > > > out, I > > > > > > > > now get a page that tells me that the site is experiencing > > > > technical > > > > > > > > difficulties (Cannot access the database). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've verified that the database name, user name and password > > are > > > > > > correct. > > > > > > > > From the command line, I can access the database using the > > > database > > > > > > user > > > > > > > > and I can see the tables. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not a DBA or a developer, so I'm not sure where to start > > > > > > > > troubleshooting. Other than verifying that the credentials > are > > > > > > correct. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The original installation was PHP v5.6.12 and the new > > > installation > > > > is > > > > > > PHP > > > > > > > > v5.6.32. Other than that, I believe everything else is the > > same. > > > > > > > > MediaWiki is V1.25. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any suggestions on where to start looking? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Daryl > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > > > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > > > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
