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

Users

Generic user
Username: unipharm
Password: visionit

Admin user
Root user: root
Password: visionit

Mediawiki

LocalSettings.php is located in /etc/mediawiki. To have it in this location is a Debian-specific thing.
Mediawiki extensions are found in /var/lib/mediawiki/extensions. New extensions can be installed here (e.g. via FTP).

To-do

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