Extension:MWSearch
From MediaWiki.org
 Release status: stable |
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| Description | Back-end for the MediaWiki Lucene-based search engine |
| Author(s) | Brion Vibber and Kate Turner |
| MediaWiki | 1.13+ |
| Download | SVN (browse) |
| Parameters | $wgLuceneHost $wgLucenePort $wgLuceneDisableSuggestions $wgLuceneDisableTitleMatches |
MWSearch extension is a MediaWiki backend to fetch search results from MediaWiki Lucene-based search engine.
[edit] Installation
1. Download the files from SVN
2. Add the following to your LocalSettings.php:
$wgSearchType = 'LuceneSearch'; $wgLuceneHost = '192.168.0.1'; $wgLucenePort = 8123; require_once("extensions/MWSearch/MWSearch.php");
To load-balance with from multiple servers:
$wgLuceneHost = array( "192.168.0.1", "192.168.0.2" );
3. Installation can now be verified through Special:Version of your wiki
[edit] Installing the search engine
Lucene-search daemon needs to be running on the specified host(s). For instructions see Extension:lucene-search.
This extension is being used on one or more of Wikimedia's wikis. It means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high traffic websites. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki is produced by Special:Version on that wiki.
