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sudo mysql -u root -p
Then create a database called mediawiki
- CREATE DATABASE mediawiki;
Create a database user called mediawikiuser with new password
- CREATE USER 'mediawikiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';
Then grant the user full access to the database.
- GRANT ALL ON mediawiki.* TO 'mediawikiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Save and Exit
- FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
- EXIT;

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 * Ubuntu Server 18.04.3 LTS
-* In my install i have all additions enabled.
+* In my install I have all additions enabled.
 * Apache2 Installed
+* Installing and setting up MariaDB for MediaWiki is also covered on this page.
-=== Install Instructions ===
+=== Install MariaDB  ===
+----
+#<code>sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client</code>
+#<code>sudo mysql_secure_installation</code>
+# Restart MariaDB
+#* <code>sudo systemctl restart mariadb.service</code>
+=== Create MediaWiki Database ===
+----
+#<code>sudo mysql -u root -p</code>
+#Then create a database called mediawiki
+#*<code>CREATE DATABASE mediawiki;</code>
+#Create a database user called mediawikiuser with new password
+#*<code>CREATE USER 'mediawikiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';</code>
+#Then grant the user full access to the database.
+#*<code>GRANT ALL ON mediawiki.* TO 'mediawikiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;</code>
+# Save and Exit
+#*<code>FLUSH PRIVILEGES;</code>
+#*<code>EXIT;</code>
+===Install PHP Modules===
+----
+* <code>sudo apt install php7.2 php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xml </code>
+=== Download and Install MediaWiki ===
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-# Install Dependencies
-#* <code>sudo apt install php7.2 php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xml </code>
 # Download and extract [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download Mediawiki] tarball latest stable version 1.34.0 at time of writing
 #* <code>cd /var/www/html</code>