https://blog.corneschi.ro/tags/apache/Recent content in Apache on Daniel CorneschiHugoenDaniel CorneschiSat, 10 Oct 2026 14:18:50 +0300https://blog.corneschi.ro/posts/mediawiki-installation-ubuntu/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.corneschi.ro/posts/mediawiki-installation-ubuntu/<p>This guide installs MediaWiki with Apache, PHP and MariaDB on Ubuntu 24.04 (PHP 8.3). It covers the firewall, PHP limits for uploads, the database, a Let&rsquo;s Encrypt certificate, and common extensions (MsUpload, VisualEditor, SyntaxHighlight, WikiEditor, PdfHandler).</p> <h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Component</th> <th>Purpose</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Apache (<code>apache2</code>) + <code>libapache2-mod-php</code></td> <td>Web server running PHP</td> </tr> <tr> <td>PHP 8.1+ (8.3 on Ubuntu 24.04)</td> <td>MediaWiki runtime</td> </tr> <tr> <td>MariaDB</td> <td>Database backend</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ImageMagick</td> <td>Thumbnails for uploaded images</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Inkscape</td> <td>Rendering SVG files to PNG</td> </tr> <tr> <td>poppler-utils + Ghostscript</td> <td>PDF metadata and text (poppler) and page thumbnails (Ghostscript) for the PdfHandler extension</td> </tr> <tr> <td>git</td> <td>Installing extensions not bundled with MediaWiki</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Certbot</td> <td>Free HTTPS certificate from Let&rsquo;s Encrypt</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>The examples use <code>/var/www/html/wiki</code>, so the wiki ends up at <code>https://&lt;your-domain&gt;/wiki</code>.</p>