Talk:Add a wiki

Explanation of December 2024 changes

The new addWiki.php after T352113 is run after a wiki is configured, so a few things moved around.

Also, I'm trying to make the install stage as simple as possible, so I moved some things to the pre-install stage. In my view, the process should be first to get all your ducks in a line, doing things like uploading Gerrit changes and getting them reviewed, and then the install step should be as simple as pressing a button.

Amir tells me that things like namespace configuration are usually done post-install these days, so I split some things out to an optional configuration section.

The page was very long, so I removed some things that are definitely not needed.

Details:

• Documented MediaWiki config preparation as a pre-install step. Actually deploying the configuration is the install step.
• Split optional configuration into its own section.
• Removed the requirement to check language configuration even when adding a new language.
• Moved addWiki.php to after initial configuration deployment.
• Run addWiki.php via k8s instead of on a deployment server.
• Removed no-op Parsoid and Swift sections.
• Removed Search section, now integrated with addWiki.php
• Moved WikimediaMessages and RESTBase to pre-install. Any configuration change that is harmless if deployed early, and harmful if deployed too late, should be deployed early.
• Trimmed Wikidata documentation and moved it from post-install to install. This is one of the few things that really needs to be simultaneous with installation.

Tim Starling (WMF) (talk) 04:59, 6 December 2024 (UTC)