Creating a Dockerfile for the Wikibase Registry
Currently the Wikibase Registry(setup post) is deployed using the shoehorning approach described in one of my earlier posts. After continued discussion on the Wikibase User Group Telegram chat about different setups and upgrade woes I have decided to convert the Wikibase Registry to use the prefered approach of a custom Dockerfile building a layer on top…
wikibase-docker, Mediawiki & Wikibase update
Today on the Wikibase Community User Group Telegram chat I noticed some people discussing issues with upgrading Mediawiki and Wikibase using the docker images provided for Wikibase. As the wikibase-registry is currently only running Mediawiki 1.30 I should probably update it to 1.31, which is the next long term stable release. This blog post was…
Customizing Wikibase config in the docker-compose example
2019 Edit: If you want to use a Dockerfile and custom image take a look a here. Just over a month ago I setup the Wikibase registry project on Wikimedia Cloud VPS using the docker-compose example provided by Wikibase docker images. The Wikibase registry is the first Wikibase install that I control that uses the…
Wikibase of Wikibases
The Wikibase registry was one of the outcomes of the first in a series of Federated wikibase workshops organised in partnership with the European research council. The aim of the registry is to act as a central point for details of public Wikibase installs hosted around the web. Data held about the installs currently includes…