MediaWiki On Lightsail
This is intended to document how to install MedaiWiki on Lightsail. It's starting with notes on my attempts and has good intentions to mature into a proper tutorial.
I did a speedrun through the documentation here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_or_Ubuntu
It works nicely on a $5 Lightsail box. No load test or anything yet, but it seemed snappy for a few quick page edits.
The tutorial didn't recommend installing Emacs. Clearly an oversight on their part. :D
The tutorial doesn't have Let's Encrypt steps; I want to interject those before the first login.
To Do
- Document Lightsail Setup
- Port Restrictions
- SSH Login Key
- Distro
- Try out the "Apps + OS" Bitnami LAMP PHP 7.x instance.
- Let's Encrypt
- Backup and Restore
- Database Dump and Import
- LocalSettings.php backup and import
- Periodic Backup
Second Pass: Bitnami LAMP
- It comes with phpMyAdmin - is that a plus, minus, or indifferent?