XLP DevOps Process

Step 1

Upgrade current container to Mediawiki 1.35 to latest stable version [1.37.1]

First attempt, is to update the container image to use available docker image in Mediawiki container in Docker Hub, version 1.37.1; and adjust/upgrade all the related extensions to the version that support Mediawiki 1.37.1. The major extension that is need to be adjusted is Semantic MediaWiki, and MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle (MLEB). The motivation to upgrade to Mediawiki 1.37.1 is to enable the Content Translation Feature, to enable translation process using automatic translation function, the goals can be see in Content Translation Demo page.

Platform compatibility and release status

SMW	PHP	Media Wiki	Released	Status
4.1.X	7.4.0 - 7.4.x	1.35.0 - 1.37.x	-	Development
4.0.X	7.3.0 - 7.4.x	1.35.0 - 1.37.x	2021-01-18	Stable release
3.2.x	7.1.0 - 7.4.x	1.31.0 - 1.35.x	2020-09-07	Obsolete

Based on table above, SMW Version 4.0.X and MediaWiki 1.37.X, runs on PHP 7.4.X is the version combination that we are going to use, and written into DockerFile configuration. To minimized the complexity, decided to remove all other extensions to ensure both SMW and MLEB is running correctly, thus we can localized if we found any of the extensions is having trouble.

Adjustment made on composer.local.json, as shown below

{
    "require": {
        "rht/merkle-tree": "dev-master",
        "mediawiki/maps": "9.0",
        "mediawiki/semantic-media-wiki":"~4.0",
        "mediawiki/semantic-result-formats": "~3.2",
        "mediawiki/semantic-cite": "~2.1",
        "mediawiki/sub-page-list": "~1.4",
        "mediawiki/semantic-scribunto": "~2.2"
    },
    "extra": { 
	 	"merge-plugin": { 
			"include": [ 
				"extensions/OpenIDConnect/composer.json" 
			] 
		}
	}
}

As the docker build process is runned, it shows incompatibility error between Semantic Media Wiki 4.0, Semantic Result Format 3.2, and Semantic Cite 2.1; To make the process running, decided to remove both of extension and the build process is running well. The proceed to add MLEB extension into the container.

Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination

Docker container build error

First attempt on installing the MLEB is through the git, using below command.

for ext in Babel cldr CleanChanges LocalisationUpdate Translate UniversalLanguageSelector
do
  if [ ! -d "$ext" ]
  then
    git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/$ext.git
  fi
  cd $ext; git fetch --tags; git checkout 2022.01; cd ..
done