MWStake MediaWiki Manager

What is this about?

  1. Install MediaWiki.
  
  2. Manage (settings), upgrades, extensions, snapshots and content through an independent CLI/API/UI.
  
  3. Put MediaWiki in SafeMode in case of problems.

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  MWM Service Architecture

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  MWM Interaction Logics

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  MWM UI

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  MWM Extensions Store

Development Broadcasting

There are videos about MWStake MWM at dataspects' YouTube channel.

• First glimpse at the idea of an MWStake MediaWiki Manager

Use Cases

Install/upgrade system(s)

Where	How	Why
locally on a single computer	as a containerized app	for personal/private use
in an intranet	as a containerized app on a root server as a containerized app on a PAAS	for corporate internal use
on the internet/in the cloud	on a shared host as a containerized app on a root server as a containerized app on a PAAS		for corporate internal/external/public use

Manage MW

Settings

1. systemSettings.json

Upgrade

1. upgrades.json

Manage MW Extensions (install/enable/disable/upgrade)

1. extensions.json

MediaWiki Stakeholders Group Certified Extensions Service

• Some background:
  • Kick-off MWStake extension stewardship at SMWCon 2019
  • Talk:MWStake_incorporation/Board_meeting
• Format right now: https://github.com/dataspects/mediawiki-manager/blob/main/catalogues/extensions.json
• Management, roles, responsibilities, privileges, processes, QA?
• Hosting?

SafeMode

Idea: if someone corrupts extensions/ and/or LocalSettings.php, then ./start-SAFE-MODE.sh restarts the wiki in safe mode, by falling back to container-internal versions of extensions/ and LocalSettings.php.

MWM Normal Mode	MWM Safe Mode

Manage MW Content (inject/extract/facet/edit)

1. mediawiki-apps.json

Abstraction Layers

ALcontainerization: Podman

1. The mediawiki container image contains a full MediaWiki installation.
2. initialize-persistent-mediawiki-service-volumes.sh will copy the 5 persistence-relevant files/directories out to the host so they can be volumed in when starting the mediawiki container.
3. This shall allow for start-SAFE-MODE.sh.

ALapi: MWM API (Go) wrapping and parametrizing ALcli shell scripts and using MWAPI

https://github.com/dataspects/mwmapi

ALui: MWM UI (React/Material UI) using and parametrizing ALapi endpoints

https://github.com/dataspects/mwmui