Manual:Config script/da

After downloading and extracting MediaWiki on your web server, complete the basic setup by running the configuration script. This script allows you to tell MediaWiki the information it needs in order to get the wiki up and running. The following steps describe how to complete basic setup:

Running the MediaWiki configuration script in the web browser
In the following examples, it is assumed that your website is located at. The physical location on your server depends on your web server software configuration. Adjust the examples as needed.

Click on the link to begin the configuration script. For reference (in case you want to go there directly), this is located in MediaWiki's  directory (so using the example above you would go to  ). contains all the information needed by MediaWiki to run.
 * 1) Open a web browser and browse to the website address or path that you configured for MediaWiki in the web server software.
 * 1) You will see the version of MediaWiki which you extracted and a link to "Please set up the wiki first."
 * 1) After selecting the language, the configuration script performs some environmental checks.
 * 2) If there are problems, refer to  for potential error messages and how to solve them.
 * 3) If there are no problems, the page will display ""
 * 4) Follow the instructions on the next pages to set up database access and to set further settings.
 * 5) The script will populate the database and write a configuration file.
 * 6) After the configuration script has finished, download the generated configuration file   and place the file in the base directory of your MediaWiki installation.



Your wiki should now be ready to use. Browse to the address that you installed MediaWiki to.

Installations fejl
See Manual:Common errors and symptoms.

Configuration errors
See Manual:Common errors and symptoms.

Advanced configuration

 * - to enable image/files upload.
 * See for links to more advanced configuration.

Se også

 * Manual about Errors/Symptoms in MediaWiki