Manual:install.php
| MediaWiki file: install.php | |
|---|---|
| Location: | maintenance/ |
| Source code: | master • 1.42.1 • 1.41.2 • 1.39.8 |
| Classes: | CommandLineInstaller |
Details
[edit]install.php file is a CLI-based maintenance script for installing and configuring MediaWiki.
This script creates a new LocalSettings.php and populates the database given.
It will abort if a LocalSettings.php file exists already, and it can't read existing settings from that file.
Usage
[edit]php install.php [--conf|--confpath|--dbgroupdefault|--dbname|--dbpass|--dbpassfile|--dbpath|--dbport|--dbprefix|--dbschema|--dbserver|--dbtype|--dbuser|--env-checks|--globals|--help|--installdbpass|--installdbuser|--lang|--memory-limit|--pass|--passfile|--profiler|--quiet|--scriptpath|--server|--skins|--wiki|--with-extensions] <name> <admin>
The tables below explain the various options and arguments. The default values for the options are indicated in parentheses.
Generic maintenance parameters:
[edit]| --help (-h) | Display this help message |
| --quiet (-q) | Whether to suppress non-error output |
| --conf | Location of LocalSettings.php, if not at the default location. This setting has no effect on this script and will be ignored. Use --confpath instead.
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| --wiki | For specifying the wiki ID |
| --globals | Output globals at the end of processing for debugging |
| --memory-limit | Set a specific memory limit for the script, "max" for no limit or "default" to avoid changing it |
| --server | The protocol and server name to use in URLs, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org. This is sometimes necessary because server name detection may fail in command line scripts. |
| --profiler | Profiler output format (usually "text") |
Script-dependent parameters
[edit]| --dbuser | The DB user to use for this script. This value appears in LocalSettings.php for $wgDBuser. If --installdbuser and --installdbpass are given, this value will be used to create a new account
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| --dbpass | The password to use for this script. This value appears in LocalSettings.php for $wgDBpassword. If --installdbuser and --installdbpass are given, this value will be used to create a new account
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| --dbgroupdefault | The default database group to use |
Script-specific parameters
[edit]| Name | Description | Default |
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| --confpath | Path to write LocalSettings.php to
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value corresponding to $IP, i.e. the path of your installation's root folder.
You can use |
| --dbname | The database name | my_wiki |
| --dbpassfile | An alternative way to provide dbpass option, as the contents of this file | |
| --dbpath | The path for the SQLite DB | $IP/data
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| --dbport | The database port; only for PostgreSQL | 5432 |
| --dbprefix | Optional database table name prefix (not for SQLite) | |
| --dbschema | The schema for the MediaWiki DB in PostgreSQL/Microsoft SQL Server | mediawiki |
| --dbserver | The database host | localhost |
| --dbtype | The type of database | mysql |
| --env-checks | Run environment checks only, don't change anything | |
| --installdbpass | The password for the DB user to install as | |
| --installdbuser | The user to use for installing | root |
| --lang | The language to use | en |
| --pass | The password for the wiki administrator | |
| --passfile | An alternative way to provide pass option, as the contents of this file | |
| --scriptpath | The relative path of the wiki in the web server | /wiki |
| --skins | Comma-separated list of skins to install | all |
| --with-extensions | Detect and include extensions | |
| --with-developmentsettings | Load DevelopmentSettings.php in LocalSettings.php (Since MW 1.42 Gerrit change 977136) |
Arguments
[edit]| <name> | The name of the wiki |
| <admin> | The username of the wiki administrator |
Examples
[edit]Set up wiki using a user with required permissions in database to create a new database for the wiki called "Wiki Name" and a user called "Admin" to operate the wiki:
php maintenance/install.php --dbname=wikidb --dbserver="localhost" --installdbuser=root --installdbpass=rootpassword --dbuser=dbusername --dbpass=dbuserpassword --server="http://wiki.domain.name/" --scriptpath=/w --lang=en --pass=Adminpassword "Wiki Name" "Admin"