If you need root on the container to install system packages with apt-get for troubleshooting, you can open a shell as root with docker compose exec -user root mediawiki bash. You can override the default services from a file, and make use of those overrides by changing LocalSettings.php.Įxample overrides and configurations can be found under MediaWiki-Docker on .Īfter updating, run docker compose down followed by docker compose up -d for changes to take effect. env file in the root of the MediaWiki core repository, and copy these contents into that file: Follow the instructions to 'Manage Docker as a non-root user'.We recommend installing docker-ce, docker-ce-cli, containerd.io, and docker-compose-plugin by downloading the server releases for your distribution rather than Docker Desktop.Support is available on the Libera IRC network in the #mediawiki channel, and on Phabricator by creating tasks with the MediaWiki-Docker tag. More documentation, examples, and configuration recipes are available at /wiki/MediaWiki-Docker.

This environment provides PHP, Apache, Xdebug and a SQLite database.ĭo not use the development environment to serve a public website! Bad things would happen! MediaWiki provides an extendable local development environment based on Docker Compose.

Welcome to the MediaWiki community! Please see How to become a MediaWiki hacker for general information on contributing to MediaWiki.

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