Configuring apache2 for mediawiki

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For mediawiki to work on apache2 a file /etc/apache2/conf/mediawiki is required. Where can I find it?

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pa4080 · Answer 1 · 2019-02-14T07:19:01.590

Good idea is to make a dedicated Virtual Host (who will run separate subdomain) for each MediaWiki on your server. Apache2 virtualhost.conf files are contained in the folder /etc/apache2/sites-available/.

For example, the VH configuration file could be named as follow (note its name must end with .conf): /etc/apache2/sites-available/wiki.example.com.conf. And its sample content should be something like:

<VirtualHost *:80>

    ServerName wiki.example.com
    ServerAdmin admin@wiki.example.com

    # Redirect Requests to SSL
    Redirect permanent "/" "https://wiki.example.com/"

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/wiki.example.com.error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/wiki.example.com.access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>

    <VirtualHost _default_:443>

            ServerName wiki.example.com
            ServerAdmin admin@wiki.example.com
            DocumentRoot /var/www/wiki.example.com

            # According MWiki Manual:Security
            php_flag register_globals off

            ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/wiki.example.com.error.log
            CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/wiki.example.com.access.log combined

            SSLEngine on
            SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/wiki.example.com.crt
            SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/wiki.example.com.key
            SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/ssl/certs/wiki.example.com.root-bundle.crt

            <FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
                    SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
            </FilesMatch>

            <Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin>
                    SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
            </Directory>

            <Directory /var/www/wiki.example.com>
                    Options None FollowSymLinks
                    #Allow .htaccess
                    AllowOverride All
                    Require all granted
                    <IfModule security2_module>
                            SecRuleEngine Off
                            # or disable only problematic rules
                    </IfModule>
            </Directory>

            # According to MWiki Manual:Security
            <Directory /var/www/wiki.example.com/images>
                    # Ignore .htaccess files
                    AllowOverride None
                    # Serve HTML as plaintext, don't execute SHTML
                    AddType text/plain .html .htm .shtml .php .phtml .php5
                    # Don't run arbitrary PHP code.
                    php_admin_flag engine off
                    # If you've other scripting languages, disable them too.
            </Directory>

            #According to MWiki Manual:Security
            <Directory /var/www/wiki.example.com/images/deleted>
                    Deny from all
                    AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
                    Require local
            </Directory>

    </VirtualHost>

</IfModule>

Note that, this example is for configuration with enabled HTTPS/SSL. For pure HTTP it must look like:

<VirtualHost *:80>

    ServerName wiki.example.com
    ServerAdmin admin@wiki.example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/wiki.example.com

    # According MWiki Manual:Security
    php_flag register_globals off

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/wiki.example.com.error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/wiki.example.com.access.log combined

    <FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
            SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
    </FilesMatch>

    <Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin>
            SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
    </Directory>

    <Directory /var/www/wiki.example.com>
            Options None FollowSymLinks
            #Allow .htaccess
            AllowOverride All
            Require all granted
            <IfModule security2_module>
                    SecRuleEngine Off
                    # or disable only problematic rules
            </IfModule>
    </Directory>

    # According to MWiki Manual:Security
    <Directory /var/www/wiki.example.com/images>
            # Ignore .htaccess files
            AllowOverride None
            # Serve HTML as plaintext, don't execute SHTML
            AddType text/plain .html .htm .shtml .php .phtml .php5
            # Don't run arbitrary PHP code.
            php_admin_flag engine off
            # If you've other scripting languages, disable them too.
    </Directory>

    #According to MWiki Manual:Security
    <Directory /var/www/wiki.example.com/images/deleted>
            Deny from all
            AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
            Require local
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

To activate the VirtyalHost you need to run:

sudo a2ensite wiki.example.com.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

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