An installer for MediaWiki Wiki families

This is an installer for use with MediaWiki families.

Usage

To install, launch setup.sh. This script requires 2 arguments:

1. The location of the MediaWiki installation. This folder will be created if it does not exist and will be used to place the newly cloned installation in.
2. The release of MediaWiki to clone from git. This can be either master or a specific branch such as REL1_29 or wmf/1.30.0-wmf.1.
3. (Optional) The location of the configuration directory. This folder will be created if it does not exist. It defaults to the folder config in the installation folder.

In addition, there is also the configuration file family.conf. This file specifies the settings to use during the installation.

Adding a new wiki

To add a new wiki to the family, launch createwiki.sh. This script requires 4 arguments:

1. The database name of the new wiki, including its suffix.
2. The name of the new wiki.
3. The language code of the new wiki. It will be added to langlist in the configuration folder if it is not yet in there.
4. The location of the configuration directory.
5. (Optional) Any tags applying to the wiki. This list is comma-separated. To add no tags, pass a single comma to this argument.
6. The location of the template.sql file. If TEMPLATEWIKIDBNAME is specified in family.conf, this database will be used instead. If it is not set, template.sql will be assumed to exist in the folder where createwiki.sh resides.

Other files in this repository

familyInstaller

A custom MediaWiki installation script that skips some steps in the installation process. The auto creation of an administrator is skipped, and the accompanying script parameters have been removed. One new parameter has been added: mainpagecontentpath, which can be set to a file from which the main page content should be loaded, instead of the regular message used by MediaWiki.

familyCliInstaller

The override used to skip steps in the installation process, the automatic creation of a sysop, and the automatic creation of the interwiki table. It also implements the support for the custom main page.