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Admin at 16:45, 2 January 2025

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Admin at 12:31, 15 July 2023

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Admin at 16:30, 3 July 2023

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Admin: /* Update the data */

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Update the data

Admin at 18:54, 10 March 2023

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Admin: /* Install MediaWiki */

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Install MediaWiki

Admin: /* Install MediaWiki */

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Install MediaWiki

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Install MediaWiki

Admin: /* Create MySQL user and database */

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Create MySQL user and database

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Install MediaWiki

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 #Options page.
 #*Read through the options here and select the type of user rights that work for you. Our recommendation is Account creation required. Staff will be able to create accounts, and you can then lock down the wiki before you assign a domain name as bots will find you!
-#*No copyright info is necessary.
+#*Adjust the copyright settings to your preference.
 #*Unless you wish to manage an email server, uncheck enable outbound email to close this section.
 #*Pick a skin for your wiki. Screenshots are available to compare.
-#*Under Extensions, only check Visual Editor.
+#*you wont need to check any extensions as this section will be added manually later to add all the necessary extensions not listed here.
 #*Images and uploads. Enable file uploads so it’s easy to put images on the wiki. Leave the rest blank and unchecked.
 #* Leave the rest of this page alone for now.
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 **rebuildData is picky. You may need to run update.php 3-4 times to get rebuildData to run.
 **Use the up arrow key to quickly re-run commands.
 *Go back to the web interface and click enter your wiki to check all is ok.
 *Proceed to fill in physicians and procedure data.
 ‘’’Congrats! The easy part is done!’’’
-====Create a domain name ($)====
+==Configuring the Wiki for a domain name==
 You will need to log-in to the Unix command-line interface(CLI) to make these changes. When you launched your instance from the AMI, you created a key pair. You will reference this key pair when using SSH to connect.
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 First, change directory (cd) to the web server directory:
-<code> cd /var/www/html </code>
+<code> cd /var/www/html/wiki </code>
 Now, list all the files:
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 If you have never used a simple text editor, you may want to read up on it. Just Google "unix nano".
-Let's change the name of your wiki first. Look for this section near the top:
+If you want to change the displayed name of your wiki, look for this section near the top:
 <pre>$wgSitename = "YourWikiName";
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 </pre>
-This must be changed to the IP address of your server. You can find this on your Instances page in your AWS console. Click on your instance, and the info will show up below it.
+This must be changed to the domain name of your server. If you have followed the instructions on the domain name page, you have purchased a domain name, or set up a sub-domain for an existing domain.
-You can save the file at this point by using ctrl-x and entering a "y" for yes. At this point, your wiki should load if you point your web browser to the ip address. Please note you will have to specify a plain http connection, not https. Your browser will probably warn you the connection is unsecure, it's OK we will change this later to be secure.
+Be sure to use "https" if you have followed the Certbot instructions!
-As long as your wiki page loads, you're good so far! But we're not out of the woods yet, all the passwords and secret stuff needs to be changed as anyone who has this snapshot knows all of your passwords(not secure!)
+You can save the file at this point by using ctrl-x and entering a "y" for yes. At this point, your wiki should load if you point your web browser to the ip address or domain name. Please note you may have to specify a plain http connection, not https. Your browser will probably warn you the connection is insecure, it's OK we will change this later to be secure.
 ==Open your Wiki for new users==

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	==Welcome!==		==Welcome!==

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	==Welcome!==		==Welcome!==
	Welcome to The Interventional Services Wiki Project! This page will walk you through the process of creating your very own wiki for your lab.		Welcome to The Interventional Services Wiki Project! This page will walk you through the process of creating your very own wiki for your lab.

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 **rebuildData is picky. You may need to run update.php 3-4 times to get rebuildData to run.
-{{Note|Use the up arrow key to quickly re-run commands.}}
+**Use the up arrow key to quickly re-run commands.
-*Go back to the web interface and reload the page to confirm all is working.
+*Go back to the web interface and click enter your wiki to check all is ok.
 *Proceed to fill in physicians and procedure data.
 ====Create a domain name ($)====

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 #Click continue to run the installer, and if it completes without errors, click Continue again.
 *When the installer is finished, download the LocalSettings.php file to your local computer.
 *Return to the command line and create the LocalSettings.php file using the nano text editor:
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 *Update the database and Semantic Mediawiki with the data you just imported. (Again, run these one at a time)
-  php /var/www/html/wiki/maintenance/update.php  (run this twice)
+  php /var/www/html/wiki/maintenance/update.php  (run this twice)(wait for the countdown)
   php /var/www/html/wiki/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/maintenance/rebuildData.php
-Go back to the web interface and reload the page to confirm all is working.
+**rebuildData is picky. You may need to run update.php 3-4 times to get rebuildData to run.
-Proceed to fill in physicians and procedure data.
+{{Note|Use the up arrow key to quickly re-run commands.}}
 ====Create a domain name ($)====

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 #This page checks to make sure everything is OK to install, you should have a green message saying it’s ok to install. Click continue at the bottom of the page.
 #Connect to database. Here you will tell MediaWiki what you named the database and how to connect. Fill in the info you entered on the command line. If you didn’t write it down, switch to your terminal program as it should still be there on the screen.
-#*Database host is always localhost
+#*Database host is always localhost.
-#*Database prefix is not needed unless you are running multiple wikis from the same server
+#*Database prefix is not needed unless you are running multiple wikis from the same server.
-#fill in the username and password, then click continue.
+#Fill in the username and password, then click continue.
 #Click continue through this page
 #Name your wiki and provide an Administrator account username and password. Best practice here is to call it something like admin or XYZadmin where XYZ is the short name of your department or facility. Keeping the Admin account generic is good policy. Individual users can have named accounts with appropriate access as needed.
 #*No need to put an email address here, unless you want to subscribe to the MediaWiki mailing list. You can choose not to share anonymous data about the wiki by unclicking the checkbox here.
 #Make sure ask me more questions is selected, and click continue.

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 #Click set up the wiki to begin.
-#Pick your preferred language and localization.
+#Pick your preferred language and localization. Click continue.
-#This page check to make sure everything is OK to install, you should have a green message saying it’s ok to install. Click continue at the bottom of the page.
+#This page checks to make sure everything is OK to install, you should have a green message saying it’s ok to install. Click continue at the bottom of the page.
 #Connect to database. Here you will tell MediaWiki what you named the database and how to connect. Fill in the info you entered on the command line. If you didn’t write it down, switch to your terminal program as it should still be there on the screen.
 #*Database host is always localhost

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 ====Create MySQL user and database====
-{{Warn|If you use the placeholder values below, you will seriously compromise the security of your server!}}
+Write down the database name, username, and password you choose as you will need it in the next section.
 *From the command line launch MySQL with super user privileges.

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 ====Install MediaWiki====
-Now you will access the web site directly. In the AWS Instances dashboard, click the open address link under the Public IPv4 heading. This will open your website in a new window. If it doesn’t, change the protocol in the url to http from https. Please note that you may get a warning that the site is not secure, proceed anyway and open the site. We will set up a self-signed https certificate at a later point. YOu will se a Ubuntu message page that the site is working, now add ‘/wiki’ to the end of the url to access the wiki. This will also change when we set up the domain name to point directly to the wiki.
+Now you will access the web site directly. In the AWS Instances dashboard, click the open address link under the Public IPv4 heading. This will open your website in a new window. If it doesn’t, change the protocol in the url to http from https. Please note that you may get a warning that the site is not secure, proceed anyway and open the site. We will set up a self-signed https certificate at a later point. You will se a Ubuntu message page that the site is working, now add ‘/wiki’ to the end of the url to access the wiki. This will also change when we set up the domain name to point directly to the wiki.
 *Follow the instructions on the installer page to install MediaWiki.