Comments on: Mediawiki Farm – Administer multiple wiki environments

By: to domain name

to domain name — Mon, 03 May 2010 10:16:08 +0000

hi guys…

hi guysI would like to thank you for the efforts you have made in writing this article. I am hoping the same best work from you in the future as well and i have start my own blog now, , thanks for your effort…

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:14:10 +0000

I got it. I had to change the $wgDBserver setting in the new LocalSettings.php from ‘localhost’ to ’127.0.0.1′. Hope this helps you and others.

Thanks Raymond

By: Raymond Mul

Raymond Mul — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:20:54 +0000

Hi Chris,

Okay, I presume that you’re mysql database is up and running. So have a look in the /mediawiki-setup/reports directory. There should be a sql file which was used to create the database and the database user. Try to connect to the local database by executing using the credentials you find in that specific file.

Let me know it works for you.

ps: if mysql is NOT running on localhost but on another server, change the variable in
grep -i ^sql_/root/mediawiki-setup/bin/wiki-admin
SQL_SERVER=127.0.0.1 # IP-address of database server

Cheers,
Raymond.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:37:53 +0000

I changed the password so wiki-admin runs without errors but I keep getting:
(Can’t contact the database server: Access denied for user ‘tesWiki-usr’@'localhost’ (using password: YES) (localhost))
Any ideas?
Chris

By: Dixon

Dixon — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:17:59 +0000

Thanks Raymond!

And a Merry Xmas to all of you!

By: Dixon

Dixon — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:32:03 +0000

Hi Raymond!
Is there something wrong with the downloadlink?
All I see is [download#1#image] that only changes color when I mouse over it.

—Fixed—

By: Raymond Mul

Raymond Mul — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:23:37 +0000

I guess you need ssh access to set things up. Change some directories in the script. Find out where the database lives and make changes accordingly.

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:33:43 +0000

Hi…

I already have a wikifarm running, although all of them are basically different wiki’s with some shared Settings… I figured it would be easier to use one single source code and decided to use this… But this is appearantly for people that have a server of their own… How can I use this or something similar on a Shared Hosting Plan?

By: Yann

Yann — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:00:01 +0000

Hi, thanks for the quick fix! I’l have a look at your script to see. Thanks for sharing!

By: Raymond Mul

Raymond Mul — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:29:07 +0000

Hi Yann,

Link is fixed. Beware, executing the script will work flawlessly with mediawiki version 1.12. Currently I’m working on a more robust version that handles new mediawiki version more adequately. (as mentioned by Mark Nienberg)I will be updating the top op this article regularly.