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Documentation: Administrator's Guide

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This is PART 2: Administrator's Guide - Installation, Configuration, Administration, Care & Feeding of the MediaWiki Documentation.

In this section, you will learn how to install, configure, administer, and troubleshoot the MediaWiki software.

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What do you want to do today? [edit]

Before trying out the MediaWiki software package, ask yourself a few questions; this will determine, which of the following chapters are relevant for you:

  • What is your experience with the target operating system, and the needed technologies (see System Requirements)?
    • If you are familiar with both, you can jump to chapter Installation, skip the detailled instructions, and directly go to the Configuration.
  • For what purpose do you need the MediaWiki software?
    • Creating an new Wikipedia (-> full instructions, importing),
    • Creating a mirror for an existing Wikipedia (-> database dump),
    • Creating another WikiMedia project (-> full instructions),
    • Creating a local Wikipedia site for personal or corporate use (-> database dump, mirroring)

Installation [edit]

See Installation

Configuration [edit]

See Configuration

Administration [edit]

See Administration

Where to go from here [edit]

  • If you...