How to stand up a MediaWiki on Windows Server 2012 (10 easy steps with pictures)

Step 1.  Setup Windows Server 2012 (see my build a lab series for that if you don’t know how).

Step 2.  Patch it and name it blah blah.

Step 3.  Download Microsoft Web Platform 4.5:

https://www.bing.com/search?setmkt=en-US&q=microsoft+web+platform+4.5

Step 4.  Run it.

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Step 5.  Click Database, then “MySQL Windows 5.1” and click “Add”

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Step 6.  Click “Applications” and Select “Wiki on the left to sort it, then click “MediaWiki” and click “Add”.

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Step 7.  Click “Install” and let ‘er rip!

Step 8.  Configure Password to a strong password.

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Step 8.  Click Continue and then Check the box, help the people who write code to get feedback on their installers, and hit “I Accept” (or don’t, that’s cool too, you still need to hit “I Accept, but you don’t need to check the box).

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Step 9.  Grab a drink and wait:

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Filling in a pw here (pretty sure this should match what we put above, if not I’ll change it later):

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Whee

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After clicking finish it opens an IE 10 window to local host.  It looks like there was a bug where there were // instead of / after ‘localhost’ so I removed one and hit enter.  Then I got prompted to turn on “Intranet Security” as it was currently disabled on my 2012 Server (action bar at the bottom of the browser window).  After I did that I got this:

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Step 10.  Do wiki stuff!  Share and enjoy!

-The Dude