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This environment has been built for simple experimentation, development, and testing of proposed changes to MediaWiki core. It is designed to be particularly simple and easy to use, and intended particularly to be a good option for newbies, be they testers, designers, developers, or others who have not yet invested a great deal of their time in setting up local environments. |
This environment has been built for simple experimentation, development, and testing of proposed changes to MediaWiki core. It is designed to be particularly simple and easy to use, and intended particularly to be a good option for newbies, be they testers, designers, developers, or others who have not yet invested a great deal of their time in setting up local environments. |
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To get started please read the instructions in the {{ll|Download from Git#Using Git to download MediaWiki|MediaWiki repo}} in <code>[[gerrit:plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/core/+/master/DEVELOPERS.md|DEVELOPERS.md]]</code>. |
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There are a number of examples on {{ll|MediaWiki-Docker|the tool's page}} which you can explore to see how to set up various settings and extensions. |
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If you run into any issues, please file a task at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mediawiki-docker/. The <code>Dockerfile</code>s and other configuration files used to generate the dev images may be found at [https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/releng/dev-images releng/dev-images] on the Wikimedia {{ll|GitLab}} server. |
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== Official images for production == |
== Official images for production == |
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Latest revision as of 20:23, 18 June 2026
Docker is virtualization software that allows administrators and developers to use "containers" to share environments containing software. These containers are isolated from other software running on the same computer. Docker is one way to deploy and run MediaWiki.
Official environment for simple development
[edit | edit source]MediaWiki-Docker is an official development docker environment for MediaWiki that is included in MediaWiki itself, starting with MediaWiki 1.35.
This environment has been built for simple experimentation, development, and testing of proposed changes to MediaWiki core. It is designed to be particularly simple and easy to use, and intended particularly to be a good option for newbies, be they testers, designers, developers, or others who have not yet invested a great deal of their time in setting up local environments.
Official images for production
[edit | edit source]As of May 2025, there are no official Docker images recommended for hosting a third party MediaWiki production instance.
Wikimedia production is hosted using bespoke Docker images, but these are private (as they contain private settings and security controls) and so are not available (nor particularly useful) for third parties. See MediaWiki on Kubernetes for more information.
Unofficial images for production
[edit | edit source]T318977 requests official images for third parties be produced and distributed, but until it is, all production docker deployments are currently unofficial and done at your own risk.
- There is regularly-updated Docker Hub MediaWiki repository with images intended for production. More information at Docker/Docker Hub.
- The Canasta distribution is also structured as a Docker image.