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wolkwitz at fh-swf

Nov 12, 2009, 2:46 AM

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Clearing the mediawiki-database

Hi all,

I'm toying with the idea to set up a new wiki-server for a new wiki by cloning
my existing virtual machine and thus getting all the configuration in one go.

The "only" problem is, that the new wiki should be empty of any content from the
"old" wiki, so I'm looking for a way of cleaning out the entire content and
users from the cloned wiki-installation. Any suggestions?

I know that this approach is rather unusual, because otherwise I'd found more
helpful information via Google ;-), but I think it would save a lot of time in
contrast to starting the new server and mediawiki-installation from scratch.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Katharina Wolkwitz

Fachhochschule Südwestfalen
Hochschulbibliothek
Haldener Straße 182
58095 Hagen
Tel.: 02331/9330-607
FAX: 02331/9330-608

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wolkwitz at fh-swf

Nov 12, 2009, 8:17 AM

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Re: Clearing the mediawiki-database [In reply to]

Hi all,

I've found the solution to my question myself:

after cloning the server I just had to add a new database via phpMyAdmin, Re-run
the installer and change the corresponding entries in LocalSettings.php. :-)

Greetings Katharina

Katharina Wolkwitz schrieb am 12.11.2009 11:46:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm toying with the idea to set up a new wiki-server for a new wiki by cloning
> my existing virtual machine and thus getting all the configuration in one go.
>
> The "only" problem is, that the new wiki should be empty of any content from the
> "old" wiki, so I'm looking for a way of cleaning out the entire content and
> users from the cloned wiki-installation. Any suggestions?
>
> I know that this approach is rather unusual, because otherwise I'd found more
> helpful information via Google ;-), but I think it would save a lot of time in
> contrast to starting the new server and mediawiki-installation from scratch.

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Platonides at gmail

Nov 12, 2009, 12:59 PM

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Re: Clearing the mediawiki-database [In reply to]

Katharina Wolkwitz wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've found the solution to my question myself:
>
> after cloning the server I just had to add a new database via phpMyAdmin, Re-run
> the installer and change the corresponding entries in LocalSettings.php. :-)
>
> Greetings Katharina

Another option would have been to drop the old database. But it isn't
bad idea to have the clone with a different db name, even if you're not
going for now to merge them. You may still want to do it to remove the
old contents that are in the clone (more free space, info from the old
wiki can't be fetched if the new VM is compromised, no option to confuse
the VMs using the clone thinking it's the original).

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wolkwitz at fh-swf

Nov 12, 2009, 11:30 PM

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Re: Clearing the mediawiki-database [In reply to]

Hi Platonides,

thanks for the tipp - I've dropped the old database. :-)

Katharina

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