MAMP PRO (macOS) Documentation

Settings > Hosts > General > Extras > MediaWiki

MAMP PRO offers you the simple possibility to install a current MediaWiki directly from the app for a host.

MediaWiki is a free software open source wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now also used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis. More information about MediaWiki can be found here. You can find more information about your MediaWiki installation in the MediaWiki documentation.

1. On this screen you will enter all information required for the installation of MediaWiki.

   • Name of Wiki:
     Enter the name of your Wiki here.

   • E-mail address:
     Enter your e-mail address here. Please make sure that it is a valid e-mail address.

   • Directory:
     Enter the directory where MediaWiki should be installed. If you leave this field empty, MediaWiki will be installed directly into the document root of your host.

     Note: Do not install over a previous installation of MediaWiki! Files will be overwritten without warning.

   • Table Prefix:
     Specify an table prefix here (for the tables in the MySQL database). MediaWiki offers the ability to manage multiple websites using a single database. The data for the table prefix has already been pre-filled and you can leave it as it is.

   • Database name:
     Enter the name of the database here. This can be a new database or an already existing database. The value for the database name has already been pre-filled and you can leave it as it is.

   • User name:
     The user name of your MediaWiki user. This user is a MediaWiki administrator.

     Note: You will need these to log in to the administration section of your MediaWiki site. Write these down so you do not forget them.

   • Password:
     The password of your MediaWiki user. This user is a MediaWiki administrator.

     Note: You will need these to log in to the administration section of your MediaWiki site. Write these down so you do not forget them.

2. After you have entered all fields, click on the “Install” button in the bottom right corner.

3. Now the required files will be downloaded from our server and the installation of MediaWiki will be performed. This process may take a few seconds. Please be patient.

4. The servers must then be restarted. Confirm this by clicking the “Yes” button in the corresponding dialogue box.

   

5. To open your new MediaWiki site in your default browser, click on the “Open” button to the right of the host name field.

   

6. Your new MediaWiki site now looks like the following screenshot.