Extension:MWSearch

MWSearch extension is a MediaWiki backend to fetch search results from MediaWiki Lucene-based search engine. You need Extension:lucene-search in order to run this extension.

You need to use the "Download snapshot" link to download MWSearch that matches your MediaWiki version.

Installation
1. Download the files from SVN

2. Add the following to your LocalSettings.php:

To load-balance with from multiple servers: 3. Installation can now be verified through Special:Version of your wiki

If used on a gentoo based Server make sure dev-lang/php was emerged with the curl USE flag set, otherwise search attempts will fail because nothing will be sent to the lsearchd.

Installing the search engine
Lucene-search daemon needs to be running on the specified host(s). For instructions see Extension:lucene-search.