User:Aeric/Old Steps for a New Release

Setup: On Local System

In /{retiredWiki}

1. Edit LocalSettings.php:

   • $wgScriptPath = "/{retiredWiki}"
   • $wgArticlePath = "/{retiredWiki}/$1"
   • Comment out Google analytics in LJ skin. (Leave its variables alone.)

2. Rename robots.txt_ALLOW to robots.txt to disable robots.

In /{newWiki}

1. Edit LocalSettings.php:

   • $wgScriptPath = "/{newWiki}"
   • $wgArticlePath = "/{newWiki}/$1"
   • Uncomment Google analytics in LJ skin. (Leave its variables alone.)

2. Rename robots.txt to robots.txt_ALLOW to enable search robots.

1. In /apache_config:
2. Edit mediawiki.conf_new
3. Change the "wiki" alias to point to the new release:

   Alias /wiki /user/share/mediawiki/{newWiki}

Setup: On the Server

1. Start VPN
2. Login as root using PuTTY or SSHshell

Deploy

Do these steps as close to simultaneously as possible:

In FileZilla, apache_config

1. Get the current configuration file, just in case someone else modified it

   ./get_conf

2. Save the current settings:

   cp mediawiki.conf mediawiki.conf_sav

3. Upload mediawiki.conf_new

In FileZilla, {newWiki}

1. Upload LocalSettings.php
2. Delete robots.txt
3. Upload robots.txt_ALLOW to enable search robots.

In FileZilla, {retiredWiki}/

1. Upload LocalSettings.php
2. Delete robots.txt_ALLOW
3. Uploadrobots.txt to disable robots.

In PuTTY or the SSH shell, load the new settings:

1. pushd /usr/share/mediawiki/apache_conf
2. ./try

The script does a restart. Ignore the error that says "Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name".

Test

Test the new wiki:

1. Go to the wiki without specifying a destination page
   • Ensure that the home page is displayed
2. Click a link
   • Ensure that the page displays
   • Ensure that the link is correct

Repeat the same steps to test the retired wiki.

If all is not well, use ./revert to restore the old settings

If all is well, make backup of mediawiki.conf_new:

cp mediawiki.conf_new mediawiki.conf_{year}_{month}