Difference between revisions of "MediaWiki/archive/mirroring on a laptop"
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==The Environment== | ==The Environment== | ||
| − | I started with [[Ubuntu]] 6.06 running on a [[Sony Vaio]] | + | I started with [[Ubuntu]] 6.06 running on a [[Sony Vaio F650]] laptop (Intel P3-600, 128 MB). |
Things to install (I used Synaptic for these): | Things to install (I used Synaptic for these): | ||
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** '''php5-mysql''', the MySQL module for PHP 5 | ** '''php5-mysql''', the MySQL module for PHP 5 | ||
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==Copying the site== | ==Copying the site== | ||
Download a copy of your MediaWiki installation (so you are using the same version), and [[backing up MySQL data|export the database]] to a .sql file. | Download a copy of your MediaWiki installation (so you are using the same version), and [[backing up MySQL data|export the database]] to a .sql file. | ||
==Tidying up== | ==Tidying up== | ||
When you first try to access a page, it may try to redirect to the wrong base URL; add "?action=purge" to the URL of each page that does this. | When you first try to access a page, it may try to redirect to the wrong base URL; add "?action=purge" to the URL of each page that does this. | ||
Revision as of 17:25, 23 October 2006
Overview
For reasons which I'll explain later, I wanted to have a copy of one of my wikis on a laptop so I could refer to it in a situation where I might not have Internet access. This meant installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL, and getting them all working together – things which are more commonly handled by the web hosting service – so it may be useful to make notes about what happened.
This page is still in progress, as I haven't got the installation completely working yet.
The Environment
I started with Ubuntu 6.06 running on a Sony Vaio F650 laptop (Intel P3-600, 128 MB).
Things to install (I used Synaptic for these):
- Apache
- MySQL
- php5
- php5-mysql, the MySQL module for PHP 5
Copying the site
Download a copy of your MediaWiki installation (so you are using the same version), and export the database to a .sql file.
Tidying up
When you first try to access a page, it may try to redirect to the wrong base URL; add "?action=purge" to the URL of each page that does this.