Usage Guidelines – Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with MediaWiki Server

MediaWiki Server

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

 Connection and configuration of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with MediaWiki Server

      For the VM work, you need to open 80 TCP port in the Azure firewall.

     Creating DNS name:

1. The first step is to create a DNS name that will be used for further connection. You can specify your DNS name (for which an SSL certificate has already been purchased) and skip this step.

2. To create a DNS name through Azure Portal, go to the VM settings in the “Overview” section.

3. Go to “DNS name” settings

4. Fill in the “DNS name label” field (e.g. ‘somelabel’) and click <Save> at the top.

Connection to the VM:

1. To connect to the VM, you need to install the PuTTY application. You can download it at the following link – Download

2. Run PuTTY, enter the VM address in the “Host Name” field, and click “Open” to connect.

3. In the window that appears, click Accept.

4. Enter the username and password that were used to create the virtual machine (the password is not displayed when entering)

5.  The next window is displayed

6. Enter the following commands to set DNS Name:

           sudo su

           domedit ‘somelabel’.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com

Changing user password and language interface:

1. Enter http://‘somelabel’.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com to see the MediaWiki site setup wizard.

2. Firstly, you need to log in through the administrator account. To do this, click on “Log in” at the top right of the page.

3. Use the “mediaadmin” login and the “adminmediawiki” password to authorize

4. Now go to the settings by clicking “Preferences” in the upper right

5. Change the “Language” field to your preferred language.

6. Also, on this page, you can change the password for the account. To do this, click the “Change password” button

7. Enter the new password in the “New password” and “Retype new password” fields. Then click on the “Change credentials” button to complete the password change.