Manual:Configuration

The MediaWiki system is made up of many different parts. Once you have installed each of the components, you need to configure them to work together.

Configuring MediaWiki

The main configuration file for the MediaWiki software is LocalSettings.php.

The requirement for AdminSettings.php (along with supporting file AdminSettings.sample) was removed in MediaWiki 1.16. Prior to MediaWiki 1.16, AdminSettings.php was used to store database authentication credentials for maintenance scripts and to control the availability of profileinfo.php. Details can still be found in Manual:AdminSettings.php.

For a list of configuration settings, see:

• Manual:Configuration settings
• Manual:Configuration settings (alphabetical) for an alphabetical list.

To configure specific parts of the software, see:

• Manual:Cache for caching
• Manual:Configuring file uploads for images
• Manual:Short URL for URLs
• Manual:Skin configuration for skins

Configuring Apache, PHP and the Database

If you have downloaded binary packages of MySQL (or Postgres), the Apache HTTP Server, and PHP, chances are that they came with an installation script that set them up for your system. To tweak them further, see:

• Apache configuration
  • Robots.txt
• PHP configuration
• Database
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLite

See also

• Manual:FAQ
• Manual:Errors and Symptoms for troubleshooting.
• Manual:Security
• Manual:System administration