Difference between revisions of "InstallingAboutUsOnLinux"

What (summary)

Create instructions and mechanisms for interested people to install AboutUs on Linux machines.

Why this is important

• We want to reach to the open source community so that more interested people can become part of the DevelopmentTeam
• We want to on board new hires as seamlessly as possible. New hires often have problems getting their hands ready on the AboutUs version of MediaWiki

DoneDone

• The git repository of the AboutUs version of MediaWiki is publicly available.
• We have instructions set so that sophisticated new development team member can install AboutUs version of MediaWiki

Next

• Attach a GPL to our source
• Expose our GIT repository
• Further develop our instructions.

Instructions

Apache/PHP/MySQL

• Install Apache 2.0+
• Install PHP 5+
• Install MySQL 5.0.22 Ver 8.41

OpenId Installation

sudo pear install --alldeps --force http://www.openidenabled.com/resources/downloads/php-openid/pear/Auth_OpenID-1.2.2.tgz 
sudo pear install gmp
sudo pear install http://www.openidenabled.com/resources/downloads/php-yadis/pear/Services_Yadis-1.0.2.tgz

Gitting the AboutUs repository

git clone nimbus.aboutus.com:/opt/git/aboutus $AboutUsPath/aboutus

Gettings a settings file

svn co https://nimbus.aboutus.com/svn/aboutus_config/trunk $AboutUsPath/aboutus-config vim $AboutUsPath/aboutus-config/LocalSettings.php

1. update $wgEmergencyContact, $wgPasswordSender, $wgDBserver, $wgDBname, $wgDBuser, $wgDBpassword, $wgDBprefix, $wgDBtype

cp $AboutUsPath/aboutus-config/LocalSettings.php $AboutUsPath/aboutus/wiki/

LocalSettings-stephen.php is known to work on OS X; it may need changes to work on Linux.

Copy it to wiki/LocalSettings.php in your checked out Aboutus mediawiki repo.

Apache settings

From the aboutus_config repository above, copy and customize apache/mediawiki.conf.

Put it in /www/conf/sites/mediawiki.conf

Installing gems

• sudo gem install rails
• sudo apt-get install ruby1.8-dev (installs some files required by rcov gem)
• sudo gem install rcov
• sudo gem install ruby-memcache
• sudo gem install json

Getting the AboutUs Dev Mediawiki running