⚓ T48076 Make CLI installer interactive


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Make CLI installer interactive

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Currently install.php requires passing a number of arguments to the script. It would be nice if the installer was interactive. A good reference example of interactive setup is composer init

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Some choices to start with:

  • Prompt for which database engine to use
    • if using MySQL, check that connection credentials work
  • Test that provided URL for the wiki works. Offer suggested Apache configuration if Apache is running.
  • If LocalSettings.php exists, prompt for deleting and starting over
  • If LocalSettings.php exists, prompt for adding a new wiki (wiki farm)

Suggest using Symfony Console as something that MW core already ships with, with good support for interactivity.

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 22 2014, 1:14 AM

• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

It should maybe be made more interactive, rather than just a load of command line arguments..

That's what I've been saying since the beginning. Make some generic way to specify arguments (similar to maven's -Dfoo=bar) so we don't have to keep adding arguments, and then prompt for any others.

(In reply to comment #1)

It should maybe be made more interactive, rather than just a load of command
line arguments..

It would be preferable, though, if there were still a way to fully install the wiki without it being interactive (in cases where the wiki will be automatically installed).

Which is why I suggest a hybrid of both...doing it my way means it stays up to date with the core installer and new silly cli-specific things don't need adding :)

• Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Feb 4 2022, 12:24 PM

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