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 this line to enable search robots on article pages:

   $wgNamespaceRobotPolicies = array( NS_MAIN => 'index,follow' );

   ==>

   #$wgNamespaceRobotPolicies = array( NS_MAIN => 'index,follow' );

   • Comment out Google analytics in rally360 skin. (Leave its variables alone.)

In /{newWiki}

1. Edit LocalSettings.php:

   • $wgScriptPath = "/{newWiki}"
   • $wgArticlePath = "/{newWiki}/$1"
   • Uncomment this line to disable search robots on article pages:

   #$wgNamespaceRobotPolicies = array( NS_MAIN => 'index,follow' );

   ==>

   $wgNamespaceRobotPolicies = array( NS_MAIN => 'index,follow' );

   • Uncomment Google analytics in rally360 skin. (Leave its variables alone.)

In /apache_config:

1. Edit mediawiki.conf_new
2. 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
4. In FileZilla
   • Upload {newWiki}/LocalSettings.php
   • Upload {retiredWiki}/LocalSettings.php

5. In PuTTY or the SSH shell, load the new settings:
   • pushd /usr/share/mediawiki/apache_conf
   • ./try

   The script does a restart. Ignore the error that says

   "Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name".

Finally, Test the Wiki