ARCHIVED: Install MediaWiki on your Webserve account

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Note:

Due to the evolving coronavirus situation, the retirement of Webserve was delayed until April 16 to allow classes that reference sites on Webserve to continue with minimal disruption.

All remaining Webserve sites were disabled beginning April 16, along with login access to webserve.iu.edu. If you have websites that still need to be moved to IU Sitehosting, you should migrate immediately.

When you install software on Webserve, make sure it follows the guidelines for installing software on IU central accounts and stays up to date.

UITS provides the following instructions to ensure secure use of MediaWiki, not promote its use. This software will be a target for hackers who seek to gain control of your account and use it for unauthorized purposes. Once installed, MediaWiki must be monitored closely or else removed to prevent compromise.

Visit https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki, and then click Download.
Download the most current version of MediaWiki, and then extract the files to the desktop.
Inside the downloaded folder, rename the mediawiki-[version] folder to mediawiki.
Use your preferred SFTP client to connect to Webserve using your Webserve account credentials.
Open the mediawiki folder from the desktop, and then move it to the www folder on your Webserve account.
In a browser, continue installing MediaWiki by visiting the following address; replace account with your Webserve account name (leave the tilde):
```
https://www.indiana.edu/~account/mediawiki/mw-config
```
Name the wiki and provide your email address.
Create an administrator username and password (this should not match your Webserve passphrase).
Connect to your MySQL for Webserve database. Enter mysql.uits.iu.edu:3306.
Provide the username and password for the MySQL user.
Click Install MediaWiki!.