Information Systems:Owl LAMP server

Overview

owl.unipharm.local is a Linux server (VM) that hosts LAMP-stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) software for internal use. Currently, uniPHARM uses the following open-source LAMP-based software:

• Mediawiki (intranet wiki) - migration in progress
• Moodle (eLearning) - to be migrated to this server
• osTicket (IT ticketing software) - to be migrated to this server

The server runs Debian Linux.

Installation Notes

• Installed 09:53, 19 August 2020 (PDT), Linux VM on vmhost03 (should be migrated to vmhost01 or 02)
• SSH and sFTP access similar to UWDOSS
• MariaDB installed
• Installed adminer, mediawiki as Debian packages
• Configured wiki through mysql CLI.
• mysqldump to export from Windows DB then import to new Debian DB
• Looking into AD Authentication via winbindd - deferred to later
• Mediawiki extensions being redownloaded and installed one by one using the strategy of inspecting the LocalSettings.php errors output in the Apache log
• LDAP Authentication (e.g. AD integration) looks more involved but the new solution looks more stable and with official support: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Active_Directory_Integration
• Installed php_ldap
• FTP'ed resources files (e.g. logo) and images
• Installed Elasticsearch 5.6, Elastica, and CirrusSearch to get the search working again (this was a PITA)
• Changed caching to memcached (which was installed as part of mediawiki deb package)

Administration

Generic user
Username: unipharm
Password: visionit

Admin user
Root user: root
Password: visionit

To-do

• Archive installation notes (or branch this off to a new page)
• Document basic Debian administration
• Document MediaWiki extensions