Getting started with the MediaWiki on RHEL 6.3 ZipKit
MediaWiki is a wiki package that was developed originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now also used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. (See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki for details.)
This topic contains the following sections:
Where to download the ZipKit
- Download the MediaWiki ZipKit (Mediawiki_on_RHEL6.3.eZ) from BMC Communities.
- Download following MySQL package for the MediaWiki blueprint from Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.3 64 bit media.
Software package name | Description |
|---|---|
perl-DBD-MySQL-4.013-3.el6_x86_64 | This package is required by MySql-server. |
mysql-5.1.61-4.el6.x86_64 | This package is required by MySql-server. |
mysql-server-5.1.61-4.el6.x86_64 | This package is a MySql-server package. |
- Download the MediaWiki and php-intl software packages from the following locations:
Software name | Location |
|---|---|
MediaWiki | |
php-intl |
- Download the MediaWiki post-installation scripts (NSH scripts) from BMC Communities.
- Download the eZDeploy utility.
What is in the ZipKit
The MediaWiki ZipKit (RHEL6.3_MediaWiki.eZ file) contains the following software:
MediaWiki subpackage | Subpackage content | Description |
|---|---|---|
Blueprint | BlueprintFunctionalModel BlueprintDeploymentModel | This folder contains all the deployment models associated with the blueprint and blueprint options (if any). |
BSA | Softwarepackage Systempackage | This folder contains the software package files and the system package associated with the service blueprint. |
Prerequisites for the ZipKit
- Ensure that you have created a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 (RHEL 6.3) VM template in vCenter.
- While creating the RHEL 6.3 template, you need to choose the following options for RHEL 6.3 operating system:
- Base System - Base, Large Systems Performance and Perl Support
- Development - Development Tools and Development Libraries
- Servers - Server Platform
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