1 == MediaWiki Maintenance ==
3 The .sql scripts in this directory are not intended to be run standalone,
4 although this is appropriate in some cases, e.g. manual creation of blank tables
7 Most of the PHP scripts need to be run from the command line. Prior to doing so,
8 ensure that the LocalSettings.php file in the directory above points to the
11 Certain scripts will require elevated access to the database. In order to
12 provide this, first create a MySQL user with "all" permissions on the wiki
13 database, and then place their username and password in an AdminSettings.php
14 file in the directory above. See AdminSettings.sample for specifics on this.
16 === Brief explanation of files ===
18 A lot of the files in this directory are PHP scripts used to perform various
19 maintenance tasks on the wiki database, e.g. rebuilding link tables, updating
20 the search indices, etc. The files in the "archives" directory are used to
21 upgrade the database schema when updating the software. Some schema definitions
22 for alternative (as yet unsupported) database management systems are stored
25 The "storage" directory contains scripts and resources useful for working with
26 external storage clusters, and are not likely to be particularly useful to the
27 vast majority of installations. This directory does contain the compressOld
28 scripts, however, which can be useful for compacting old data.
30 === Maintenance scripts ===
32 As noted above, these should be run from the command line. Not all scripts are
33 listed, as some are Wikimedia-specific, and some are not applicable to most
37 Reset the password of a specified user
40 Mass-revert insertion of linkspam
43 Create a user with administrator (and optionally, bureaucrat) permissions
45 deleteOldRevisions.php
46 Erase old revisions of pages from the database
52 Produce an HTML dump of a wiki
58 Import images into the wiki
61 Import the contents of a text file into a wiki page
64 Wipe a page and all revisions from the database
67 Reassign edits from one user to another
70 Update image metadata records
73 Update the MediaWiki namespace after changing site language
76 Rebuild the fulltext search indices
79 Rebuild the link tables
81 removeUnusedAccounts.php
82 Remove user accounts which have made no edits
85 Immediately complete all jobs in the job queue
88 Check and upgrade the database schema to the current version