So I’ve been trying to install mediawiki (i have already downloaded and extracted the files via the shell). I’ve tried to make an index.php file run on the website, but it won’t load.
Here’s the repl:
https://replit.com/@icantthinkofausername/mediawikitest
Try using the PHP template instead of the HTML/CSS/JS template.
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ill try to and give any updates
ok i redownloaded it on the new repl, its extracting rn
yeah i can access the install page
So it works? Did that solve the problem?
9pfs1
March 15, 2023, 9:44pm
7
Me and @youngchief could help you optimize your mediawiki install, we’ve set it up before
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9pfs1
March 15, 2023, 9:47pm
9
You need to run a database server (or use sqlite).
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how do i do install that?
9pfs1
March 15, 2023, 9:48pm
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It’s already installed, @youngchief will probably give a better answer. Also, maybe use nginx instead of the PHP dev server (for performance).
is the host REPLIT_DB_URL
?
9pfs1
March 15, 2023, 9:53pm
13
No, replit db isn’t an actual database that programs can use. You’d probably need an sqlite database.
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We recommend Postgres as your database for its performance. However, it is tricky to explain its setup on Replit in particular. Especially since I haven’t blogged about it (I probably should!). Yes, I agree you should set up nginx
. However, for nginx
you’ll want to compile from source which is a bit tricky to get right, especially since the version in nixpkgs is outdated by quite a few versions.
You’ll want to have nginx.conf
like the following:
daemon off;
events {
worker_connections 2048;
}
http {
include mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
sendfile on;
keepalive_timeout 0;
gzip on;
tcp_nopush on;
tcp_nodelay on;
server {
listen 80;
server_name localhost;
location / {
proxy_pass 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/';
}
}
}
Feel free to ask for additional support.
9pfs1
March 15, 2023, 9:54pm
15
You need php-fpm for PHP (and it’d probably be fastcgi_pass
)
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do i put this in the mw-config folder?
i mean the .conf file
9pfs1
March 15, 2023, 9:57pm
17
No… You need to set up nginx first. If you add us to your repl, we’ll probably help
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9pfs1
March 15, 2023, 9:58pm
19
(Probably because we might install solanum in your repl in the process of helping)(/j)
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9pfs1
March 15, 2023, 9:59pm
20
We can’t edit that, could you invite 9pfs
and youngchief
to your repl?
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As for compiling nginx from source, change your replit.nix
to the following dependency list:
{ pkgs }: {
deps = [
pkgs.perl
pkgs.pcre.dev
pkgs.openssl.dev
pkgs.libressl.dev
pkgs.libressl
pkgs.zlib.dev
pkgs.zlib
pkgs.openssl
pkgs.openssl.dev
pkgs.pkg-config
pkgs.libxslt
pkgs.libxslt.dev
pkgs.gd.dev
pkgs.geoip
pkgs.wget
];
}
Then run this (after changing replit.nix
):
wget https://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.23.3.tar.gz
cd nginx-1.23.3
./configure --prefix=/home/runner/$REPL_SLUG/nginx --with-select_module --with-poll_module --with-threads --with-file-aio --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_v2_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_addition_module --with-http_image_filter_module --with-http_geoip_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_flv_module --with-http_mp4_module --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-http_random_index_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_degradation_module --with-http_slice_module --with-http_stub_status_module
make
make install
cd ..