Manual:Configuring MediaWiki

This page provides information on configuring MediaWiki. It assumes you have installed MediaWiki and its prerequisites. For more information see Manual:Installation.

Local settings
After the setup script has finished running, a file called LocalSettings.php is created in the "config" directory. This file contains all the information needed by MediaWiki to run.


 * 1) Move this file to the main wiki directory (if you installed MediaWiki to public_html/wiki, move it there).
 * 2) Set stringent permissions on the LocalSettings.php file. ( chmod 600 and chown )
 * 3) Delete the "config" directory.

Advanced configuration
For help with more advanced technical configuration, see Manual:System administration, m:Help:Configuration, and m:Help:Administration.

For a brief overview that addresses the empty help pages and text and layout modification, see m:Help:Installation-Software_Configuration.