Mediawiki
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Upgrade Mediawiki
cd /path/to/your/new/installation/ wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.30/mediawiki-1.30.0.tar.gz tar -xvzf mediawiki-1.30.0.tar.gz rm mediawiki-1.30.0.tar.gz
copy Localsettings.php from the old version
copy extentions
copy images (and preserve permissions)
create new symlink in your www folder
- change permissions on the new mediawiki folder
test things out
delete old version
Backing up the mysql database
sudo mysqldump --user=xxxxxxxx --password=xxxxxxx my_wiki > file.sql
sudo mysqldump --user=xxxxxxxx --password=xxxxxxx my_wiki --xml > file.xml
References
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading
