MediaWiki Appliance Updates

New TurnKey MediaWiki version (2009.10)

Liraz Siri — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:35:01 +0000

Appliance:

MediaWiki Appliance

Changes:

Upgraded to MediaWiki 1.15.1
- Upgraded extensions to be compatible with 1.15
- Added AWC forum extension.
Reverted FHS compliance patch (extension directory location).
- Not yet accepted upstream.
- Prioritizing ability to upgrade directly from upstream.
PHPMyAdmin improvements:
- Added pmadb (linked tables) advanced features to PHPMyAdmin (LP#426303).
- Pinned phpmyadmin to update directly from Debian (security).
di-live (installer) MySQL component:
- Added support for complex passwords (LP#416515).
- Added CLI options (user/pass/query/chroot).
Bugfixes:
- Increase PHP memory limit to 32M to match Apache PHP limit (#LP:360606).
- Removed Wikipedia namespace declarations from preloader extension.
- Removed build systems hostname from MySQL user table.
Regenerates all secrets during installation / firstboot (security).

Major component versions

mediawiki	1:1.15.1-1
mysql-server	5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4
apache2	2.2.8-1ubuntu0.11
phpmyadmin	2.11.8.1-5+lenny1

Note: Please refer to turnkey-core's changelog for changes common to all appliances. Here we only describe changes specific to this appliance.

New TurnKey MediaWiki version (2009.04-hardy)

Alon Swartz — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:41:57 +0000

Appliance:

MediaWiki Appliance

Release focus: Bugfix

Changes:

Upgraded FCKeditor extension (fixes LP#358294 - corrupted internal wiki links)

Note: Please refer to turnkey-core's changelog for changes common to all appliances. Here we only describe changes specific to this appliance.

New TurnKey MediaWiki version (2009.03-hardy)

Alon Swartz — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:27:17 +0000

Appliance:

MediaWiki Appliance

Release focus: security, bugfixes and updates

Changes:

Upgraded to MediaWiki version 1.14
MediaWiki extensions:
- Upgraded extensions to be compatible with 1.14
- Patched FCKeditor to fix issues with 1.14
- Removed Universal Edit Button extension (integrated into 1.14 core)
- Moved extensions to /usr/local/share (better compliance with FHS)
Improved MediaWiki passwords/secrets (security):
- MediaWiki database password is now randomly generated, and regenerated during installation
- Better random secret regeneration during installation
Fixed phpmyadmin error: cannot load mcrypt extension (LP#345275)

Major component versions

kernel	2.6.24-23.48
mediawiki	1:1.14.0-1
mysql-server	5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4
apache2	2.2.8-1ubuntu0.5
php5	5.2.4-2ubuntu5.5
phpmyadmin	2.11.8.1-5

Note: please refer to turnkey-core's changelog for changes common to all appliances. Here we only describe changes specific to this appliance.

MediaWiki 1.14 package available

Alon Swartz — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:43:43 +0000

Appliance:

MediaWiki Appliance

We have just finished successfully testing the Debian mediawiki 1.14.0-1 package on the 2009.02 release, and have updated our package archive to include it.

MediaWiki 1.14 is a new upstream release that is not considered a security critical release, so those interested in upgrading should do so manually:

apt-get update
apt-get install mediawiki

Note: This upgrade requires the following manual modifications to be performed after installation.

1. Reconfigure the MediaWiki extensions location (why?)

ln -sf /usr/local/lib/mediawiki/extensions /usr/share/mediawiki/extensions

2. The FCKeditor extension is not compatible with MediaWiki 1.14, so it must either be updated manually or disabled in /etc/mediawiki/extensions.php

New TurnKey MediaWiki version (2009.02-hardy)

Alon Swartz — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:14:06 +0000

Appliance:

MediaWiki Appliance

Release focus: security, usability, bugfixes and updates

Changes:

added SSL support
added postfix MTA (bound to localhost) to allow sending of email from MediaWiki (e.g., password recovery). Also added webmin-postfix module for convenience.
added many popular MediaWiki extensions:
- FCKeditor: WYSIWYG editor for wiki pages
- ParserFunctions: Enhances parser with logical functions
- StringFunctions: Additional set of parser functions that operate on strings
- CategoryTree: Provides a dynamic view of the category structure as a tree
- Renameuser: Special page allowing authorised users to rename user accounts
- Preloader: Populate new pages with template content depending on namespace
- CharInsert: JavaScript character insert boxes used on edit type pages
- ConfirmEdit: Math captcha (by default only if edit includes hyperlink)
- Gadgets: JS/CSS-based gadgets
- SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi: adds tag to present formatted source code
- Cite: Create footnotes
- UniversalEditButton: adds support for the UEB firefox extension
regenerate MediaWiki secret key during installation (security)
improvements to default MediaWiki configuration
- replaced deprecated wgProxyKey with wgSecretKey
- disable experimental charset support (#LP:310627)
- blanked out sitename (was TurnKeyLinux)
- ensure that the wiki outputs clean and compliant HTML ($wgUseTidy)
mysql-related improvements
- include PhpMyAdmin (listening on port 12322 - uses SSL)
- set empty mysql root password in live/demo mode (for convenience)
- support configuring mysql root password during installation

Major component versions

kernel	2.6.24-23.48
mediawiki	1.13.3-1
mysql-server	5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4
apache2	2.2.8-1ubuntu0.3
php5	5.2.4-2ubuntu5.4
phpmyadmin	2.11.8.1-5

Note: please refer to turnkey-core's changelog for changes common to all appliances. Here we only describe changes specific to this appliance.

New TurnKey MediaWiki appliance (2008.10.29-hardy)

Alon Swartz — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:02:04 +0000

Appliance:

MediaWiki Appliance

Release focus: Initial release.

Notes

Mediawiki customization details
- the sitename, and administrative email addresses are set in the file:
  /etc/mediaiwiki/LocalSettings.php
      $wgSitename = "TurnKeyLinux";
      $wgEmergencyContact = webmaster@localhost;
      $wgPasswordSender = webmaster@localhost;
- replace /var/lib/mediawiki/images/logo.png with your own logo (recommended 135x135px)

File uploading an image resizing is supported out of the box (GD library)
- maximum filesize: 2MB
- file types supported: png, gif, jpg, jpeg
This release includes all updates included in the 2008.10.17-hardy-x86 releases, such as the new configuration console, and web management interface.

Known issues

Non-english charater sets results in mysql error "illegal mix of collations" (#LP:310627)

Default credentials (service, username, password)

console, webmin, ssh	root	<blank>
mysql	root	mysqlp4ssw0rd
wiki_db	wiki_user	w1k1p4ssw0rd
mediawiki	admin	turnkey

Major component versions

kernel	2.6.24-21.42
apache2	2.2.8-1ubuntu0.3
mysql-server	5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1
php5	5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3
mediawiki	1.13.2-1

MediaWiki Appliance Updates

New TurnKey MediaWiki version (2009.10)

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New TurnKey MediaWiki version (2009.04-hardy)

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New TurnKey MediaWiki version (2009.03-hardy)

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MediaWiki 1.14 package available

New TurnKey MediaWiki version (2009.02-hardy)

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New TurnKey MediaWiki appliance (2008.10.29-hardy)

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Known issues

Default credentials (service, username, password)

Major component versions

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