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scotjam

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Registered: 8/14/07

MediaWiki on EC2
Posted: Aug 16, 2007 3:01 AM PDT

<pre>I'm considering moving from a dedicated server running Apache, Linux and MediaWiki (the software that runs wikipedia.org) to EC2.

I need to make an informed decision but time is critical so I'm asking everyone here to offer any suggestions on whether to make the switch or not.

Does anyone use MediaWiki on EC2? Good and bad experiences? Performance? Security?

Can anyone recommend an AMI that fits first time and is secure enough for MediaWiki? What timeframe from start to ready for production? Where's the greatest amount of effort spent?

many thanks folks!
J

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Brian

Posts: 67
Registered: 7/25/07

Re: MediaWiki on EC2
Posted: Aug 16, 2007 4:41 AM PDT

in response to: scotjam

Im considering moving from a dedicated server running Apache, Linux and MediaWiki (the software that runs wikipedia.org) to EC2.

Cool.. How much does this cost you currently?

I need to make an informed decision but time is critical so I'm asking everyone here to offer any suggestions on whether to make the switch or not.Does anyone use MediaWiki on EC2? Good and bad experiences? Performance? Security?

I use mediawiki and docuwiki(Which I prefer!), not on ec2 though. But I shouldn't see any problems with perf. or security. Why do you want to move?

Can anyone recommend an AMI that fits first time and is secure enough for MediaWiki? What timeframe from start to ready for production? Where's the greatest amount of effort spent?

many thanks folks!

If your using mysql as the backend then I guess one of the LAMP ami's would be the best.
http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=520&categoryID=101
I actually like using ubuntu Server, and you can grab a good one here:
http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=541&categoryID=101

Regards, Brian

Allen

Posts: 5,320
Registered: 3/19/07

Re: MediaWiki on EC2
Posted: Aug 16, 2007 5:56 AM PDT

in response to: scotjam

Personally I would not host a wiki on EC2. I would find a host where the wiki contents can be stored on a RAID device that is regularly backed up.

Jinesh@AWS

Posts: 15
Registered: 6/20/06

Re: MediaWiki on EC2
Posted: Apr 22, 2008 3:07 PM PDT

in response to: Brian

You could probably try one of the rbuilder-created rpath images -

MediaWiki demo - http://www.rpath.com/corp/amazon.html

Not sure how good it is.

Jin

Eric Hammond

Posts: 1,134
Registered: 7/7/07

Re: MediaWiki on EC2
Posted: Apr 23, 2008 4:13 AM PDT

in response to: scotjam

scotjam wrote:

Can anyone recommend an AMI that fits first time and is secure enough for MediaWiki? What timeframe from start to ready for production? Where's the greatest amount of effort spent?

Another option to get running quickly with updated software:

1. Run an instance of Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy base install AMI
    http://ec2gutsy.notlong.com

2. Follow the instructions to install MediaWiki on this page:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MediaWiki

OR
2. Copy and paste these commands into the instance to install MediaWiki:

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y &&
    curl -O http://ec2ubuntu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/bin/install-mediawiki &&
curl -O http://ec2ubuntu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/bin/install-apache-ssl &&
    chmod 755 install-{mediawiki,apache-ssl} &&
./install-mediawiki

Pay attention to the prompts and in a few minutes you'll have it running.

Of course with any of these options you'll still need to think about persistent storage, backups and the like.

--
Eric Hammond
http://www.anvilon.com

Allen

Posts: 5,320
Registered: 3/19/07

Re: MediaWiki on EC2
Posted: Apr 23, 2008 4:41 AM PDT

in response to: Eric Hammond

One option for persistent storage is to store your MediaWiki files on a PersistentFS mount point, http://www.PersistentFS.com

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