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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Obtain and Install Mediawiki==&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Find latest Mediawiki downloads here: &amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Find latest Ldap Authentication Extension downloads here: &amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor/LdapAuthentication&lt;br /&gt;
*cd /usr/src&lt;br /&gt;
*in a separate browser, navigate to http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor/LdapAuthentication, &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;&amp;lt;= choose a version, then open the snapshot url in lynx:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*lynx https://codeload.github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-LdapAuthentication/legacy.tar.gz/REL1_21 &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;&amp;lt;= Download file as mediawiki-extensions-LdapAuthentication.tar.gz&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*tar zxf mediawiki-extensions-LdapAuthentication.tar.gz&lt;br /&gt;
*wget http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.1.tar.gz&lt;br /&gt;
*tar zxf mediawiki-1.21.1.tar.gz&lt;br /&gt;
*mkdir /Computerisms/sites/wiki.computerisms.com&lt;br /&gt;
*cp -r mediawiki-1.21.1/* /Computerisms/sites/wiki.computerisms.com/&lt;br /&gt;
*cp -r /usr/src/wikimedia-mediawiki-extensions-LdapAuthentication-013532d /Computerisms/sites/wiki.computerisms.com/extensions/LdapAuthentication&lt;br /&gt;
*chown -R wiki:wiki /Computerisms/sites/wiki.computerisms.com/&lt;br /&gt;
*find /Computerisms/sites/wiki.computerisms.com/ -type d -exec chmod 2750 {} \;&lt;br /&gt;
*find /Computerisms/sites/wiki.computerisms.com/ -type f -exec chmod 0640 {} \;&lt;br /&gt;
*chmod 2750 /Computerisms/sites/wiki.computerisms.com/&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Configure Postgres==&lt;br /&gt;
*echo &amp;quot;wikitmp wiki postgres&amp;quot; &amp;gt;&amp;gt; /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_ident.conf&lt;br /&gt;
*sed -i &amp;#039;s/peer/peer map=wikitmp/&amp;#039; /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_hba.conf&lt;br /&gt;
*/etc/init.d/postgresql restart&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Configure Apache==&lt;br /&gt;
*vi [[/etc/apache2/sites-available/wiki.computerisms.com.conf]]&lt;br /&gt;
*mkdir /var/log/apache2/wiki.computerisms.com&lt;br /&gt;
*chown root:adm /var/log/apache2/wiki.computerisms.com/&lt;br /&gt;
*a2ensite wiki.computerisms.com.conf&lt;br /&gt;
*/etc/init.d/apache2 restart&lt;br /&gt;
*samba-tool dns add houselian computerisms.com wiki A 192.168.26.10&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Configure Mediawiki==&lt;br /&gt;
*navigate to https://wiki.computerisms.com and click the link to set up the wiki&lt;br /&gt;
*Select Languages=&amp;gt;Continue=&amp;gt;Continue&lt;br /&gt;
*Select PostgreSQL=&amp;gt;leave host blank=&amp;gt;leave port blank=&amp;gt;Set Database Name helpwiki=&amp;gt;leave schema as mediawiki=&amp;gt;leave database username as postgres=&amp;gt;leave database password blank=&amp;gt;continue&lt;br /&gt;
*Deselect &amp;quot;use the same account...&amp;quot;=&amp;gt;enter username as wiki=&amp;gt;Enter password as DBMinion=&amp;gt;Select create account=&amp;gt;continue&lt;br /&gt;
*For name of wiki enter ComputerismsHelpPages=&amp;gt;Set project namespace to same&lt;br /&gt;
*Under Administrator Account enter name administrator=&amp;gt;enter arbitrary password that you remember=&amp;gt;set email to bob.miller@computerisms.com=&amp;gt;more options=&amp;gt;continue&lt;br /&gt;
*Select Authorized Editors Only=&amp;gt;disable email=&amp;gt;enable file uploads=&amp;gt;set logo=&amp;gt;Select PHP object caching=&amp;gt;continue=&amp;gt;continue=&amp;gt;continue&lt;br /&gt;
*open LocalSettings.php in notepad and highlight/copy it to start the following file:&lt;br /&gt;
*vi [[/Computerisms/sites/wiki.computerisms.com/LocalSettings.php]]&lt;br /&gt;
**sed -i &amp;#039;/^#/d&amp;#039; /Computerisms/sites/wiki.computerisms.com/LocalSettings.php &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;&amp;lt;= Easy cruft removal&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**sed -i &amp;#039;/^$/d&amp;#039; /Computerisms/sites/wiki.computerisms.com/LocalSettings.php &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;&amp;lt;= Easy cruft removal&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;gt; /Computerisms/sites/wiki.computerisms.com/extensions/LdapAuthentication/ldap.sql; vi [[/Computerisms/sites/wiki.computerisms.com/extensions/LdapAuthentication/ldap.sql]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reconfigure Postgres==&lt;br /&gt;
*sed -i &amp;#039;s/peer map=wikitmp/peer/&amp;#039; /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_hba.conf&lt;br /&gt;
*sed -i &amp;#039;/wikitmp/d&amp;#039; /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_ident.conf&lt;br /&gt;
*echo &amp;quot;local helpwiki wiki peer&amp;quot; &amp;gt;&amp;gt; /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_hba.conf&lt;br /&gt;
*/etc/init.d/postgresql restart&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Update Database for LDAP Authentication==&lt;br /&gt;
*su - wiki&lt;br /&gt;
*psql -d helpwiki -f  /Computerisms/sites/wiki.computerisms.com/extensions/LdapAuthentication/ldap.sql&lt;br /&gt;
*exit&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Bob</name></author>
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