Help:System admin

System Administrator's Handbook

Sysadmin's Guide
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MediaWiki architecture
Database layout
Job queue
Installation
Working with SVN
Installing the SVN tree
OS specific help
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Timezone adjustments
Security `techy`
Security
Securing database passwords
User rights management
Resetting passwords
Configuration
Preventing Access
Configuration
Configuration settings
Apache config
Robots.txt
Shorter URLs
PHP config
MySQL config
PostgreSQL config
Tips and tricks
Customization
Skinning
Set Global Timezone
Localisation
Interwiki links
Custom navigation bar
Custom skins
Custom namespaces
MediaWiki extensions
Manage the database
Move a database
Reduce the size
Lock the database
Performance
PHP caching
File cache
Squid caching
Cache strategy
Wikimedia servers
As your site grows
Maintenance
Maintenance scripts
Upgrade MediaWiki
Math errors
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