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tfv
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Reputation: 6259

Mediawiki upgrade on Strato webspace to allow use of PHP version newer than 5.3

I am currently trying to upgrade different older mediawiki versions (1.19, 1.21) to a more recent versions since Strato does no longer support PHP version 5.3.

Those mediawiki installations have originally been installed using the Strato App Wizard, which currently would install mediawiki 1.23.14.

I am aware of the following information:

a.) Strato description on updates of apps (only in German, but there is no description on updates of mediawiki)

https://www.strato.de/faq/article/2193/So-nehmen-Sie-ein-manuelles-Update-Ihrer-AppWizard-Anwendung-vor.html

b.) Mediawiki Update guide

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading

c.) Compatibility table between different mediawiki and PHP versions (since my most current need is just to migrate to a newer PHP version which is still supported by Starto)

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compatibility/de#PHP

Does anyboy have experience with mediawiki upgrades at Strato? Is there any easier way to do an upgrade, e.g. using the app wizard?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 718

Answers (2)

tfv
tfv

Reputation: 6259

Since the answer of hirnfred has given some useful hints, but did not work for me, attached is a short bullet point list of the steps which allowed me to upgrade Mediawiki at Strato. The main idea for that solution was to install a new wiki using the built-in AppWizard and then move the contents into the wiki.

  • Install new wiki using the app wizard
  • Copy modifications (e.g. access restrictions, icon path etc) from old LocalSettings.php file to new LocalSettings.php file

  • If applicable, copy old images to new wiki:

    cd wiki_old
tar czvf images.tgz images/
mv wiki_old/images.tgz wiki_new
cd ../wiki_new
tar xzvf images.tgz

  • Use automatically generated sql backups of old database, so let's check which are available (using a ssh connection):

    mysqlbackups Uxxxxxx_old

  • Dump old backup

    mysqldump --add-drop-table -h mysql_30.08.2017-21:00 -u Uxxxxxx_old -p DBxxxxxx_old> mysql_30.08.2017-21:00.sql

    (Password for prompt can be found in old LocalSettings.php file)

  • Delete tables from new sql database. Access Database via Strato Web Interface using phpmyadmin, select "Struktur"-"selecte all" - "delete"

  • Copy SQL data to new database. The new password can be found in the new LocalSettings.php file:

    mysql -h rdbms -u Uxxxx_new -pxxxxxxx_new DBxxxx_new < mysql_30.08.2017-21:00.sql

  • Execute php update via ssh, in wiki_new/maintenance:

    php update.php

Hope that helps.

Upvotes: 0

hirnfred
hirnfred

Reputation: 21

In the mediawiki directory, edit your .htaccess. This is responsible for the php-version in your wiki. You can change the contents of the file to this:

AddType application/x-httpd-php71 .php .php4 .php3 .php5 .php71

Next, to upgrade your Mediawiki version, download and copy newest mediawiki-xyz.tar.gz to the temp directory on Strato (I used filezilla for that)

Assuming the new Mediawiki version is 1.29 and your mediawiki directory at strato is mediawiki-01:

Establish ssh-connection to Strato (I used Putty) and execute at the command-line

tar xzf temp/mediawiki-1.29.1.tar.gz -C mediawiki-01/ --strip-components=1

Then update your new Installation:

cd mediawiki-01/maintenance
php update.php

I was successful today with the described method, but no promises or warranties. And making backups before upgrading is probably a good idea.

Upvotes: 2

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