This actually isn't all that ancient (MediaWiki has unit tests making sure upgrades work from at least 1.15. And really, anything after 1.5 should probably work fine). Normal upgrade procedure should work fine.
-- Brian On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Bakkies Gatvol <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been asked to "make production" an ancient intra-net installation > > > here is the Special:Version info > > Installed software > Product Version > MediaWiki<http://www.mediawiki.org/> 1.18.3 > PHP<http://www.php.net/> 5.3.10 (apache2handler) > MySQL<http://www.mysql.com/> 5.1.62-log > Installed extensions > Special pages > CategoryTree<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTree> > Dynamically navigate the category > structure<http://creswiki.se.fss.aramark.com/wiki/Special:CategoryTree> > Daniel Kinzler > Renameuser<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Renameuser> Adds a > special page<http://creswiki.se.fss.aramark.com/wiki/Special:RenameUser> to > rename a user (need renameuser right) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason and Aaron > Schulz User Merge and > Delete<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:User_Merge_and_Delete> > (Version 1.6.1)Merges references from one user to another > user<http://creswiki.se.fss.aramark.com/wiki/Special:UserMerge> in the wiki > database - will also delete old users following merge. Requires usermerge > privileges Tim Laqua > Parser hooks > CategoryTree<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTree> > Dynamically navigate the category > structure<http://creswiki.se.fss.aramark.com/wiki/Special:CategoryTree> > Daniel Kinzler External > Data<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:External_Data> (Version > 1.3.6)Allows for retrieving structured data from external URLs, databases and > other sources Yaron Koren, Michael Dale and David Macdonald Google > Calendar<http://www.bastianschaefer.org/PHP/MediaWikiExtensions> Display > Google Calendar Bastian Schaefer > ImageMap<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap> Allows client-side > clickable image maps using <imagemap> tag Tim Starling RSS > Reader<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RSS_Reader> (Version > 0.2.5)Adds <rss> tag Artem Kaznatcheev > Other Google Maps > Extension<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_Maps> (Version > 0.9.4)<gm-descs> Evan Miller<http://www.evanmiller.org/> > include<http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:include> This lets you include > static content from a local or remote URL. Noah Spurrier (Patched by Matthieu > Moy) LDAP Authentication > Plugin<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LDAP_Authentication> (Version > 1.2e)LDAP authentication plugin with support for multiple LDAP authentication > methods Ryan Lane > Extension functions efCategoryTree, efRSSReader, wfGoogleCalendar, > wfGoogleMaps_Install and wf_include > Parser extension tags <categorytree>, <gallery>, <googlecalendar>, > <googlemap>, <googlemapkml>, <imagemap>, <include>, <nowiki>, <pre> and <rss> > > > It is probably running under somebody's desk off an ancient PC. > > > the OS is => > > > FreeBSD snokx0fbsd01.fubar.com 8.2-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p4 #0: Mon > Nov 14 17:25:54 MST 2011 > > We are a redhat shop > > > I would much appreciate if the seasoned experts here could suggest the best > way to get from here to anything NOW. > > > We want to put it on a virtual server, which I imagine is fine. > > > I doubt I could upgrade in one go - but how many steps does it take? And what > are they. > > > There appears to be backups made as follows > > > /usr/local/bin/mysqldump -u backup yadda yadda > > > tar -zcf /backups/mediawiki-current.tar.gz mediawiki > > I have worked with other wiki's but not MediaWiki particular. > > > It looks like there are rpms's for redhat - could I use that or do I have to > use the tar ball. I don;t really care - I know how to compile - I just want > to best chance of success. > > > Much appreciate any pointers. > > > BG > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
