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MediaWiki

MediaWiki is an extremely powerful, scalable software and a feature-rich wiki implementation that uses PHP to process and display data stored in a database, such as MySQL.

This Helm chart is deprecated

Given the stable deprecation timeline, the Bitnami maintained MediaWiki Helm chart is now located at bitnami/charts.

The Bitnami repository is already included in the Hubs and we will continue providing the same cadence of updates, support, etc that we've been keeping here these years. Installation instructions are very similar, just adding the bitnami repo and using it during the installation (bitnami/<chart> instead of stable/<chart>)

bash
$ helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
$ helm install my-release bitnami/<chart>           # Helm 3
$ helm install --name my-release bitnami/<chart>    # Helm 2

To update an exisiting stable deployment with a chart hosted in the bitnami repository you can execute

bash
$ helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
$ helm upgrade my-release bitnami/<chart>

Issues and PRs related to the chart itself will be redirected to bitnami/charts GitHub repository. In the same way, we'll be happy to answer questions related to this migration process in this issue created as a common place for discussion.

TL;DR;

console
$ helm install my-release stable/mediawiki

Introduction

This chart bootstraps a MediaWiki deployment on a Kubernetes cluster using the Helm package manager.

It also packages the Bitnami MariaDB chart which is required for bootstrapping a MariaDB deployment for the database requirements of the MediaWiki application.

Bitnami charts can be used with Kubeapps for deployment and management of Helm Charts in clusters. This chart has been tested to work with NGINX Ingress, cert-manager, fluentd and Prometheus on top of the BKPR.

Prerequisites

  • Kubernetes 1.12+
  • Helm 2.11+ or Helm 3.0-beta3+
  • PV provisioner support in the underlying infrastructure
  • ReadWriteMany volumes for deployment scaling

Installing the Chart

To install the chart with the release name my-release:

console
$ helm install my-release stable/mediawiki

The command deploys MediaWiki on the Kubernetes cluster in the default configuration. The Parameters section lists the parameters that can be configured during installation.

Tip: List all releases using helm list

Uninstalling the Chart

To uninstall/delete the my-release deployment:

console
$ helm delete my-release

The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and deletes the release.

Parameters

The following table lists the configurable parameters of the MediaWiki chart and their default values.

ParameterDescriptionDefault
global.imageRegistryGlobal Docker image registrynil
global.imagePullSecretsGlobal Docker registry secret names as an array[] (does not add image pull secrets to deployed pods)
global.storageClassGlobal storage class for dynamic provisioningnil
image.registryMediaWiki image registrydocker.io
image.repositoryMediaWiki Image namebitnami/mediawiki
image.tagMediaWiki Image tag{TAG_NAME}
image.pullPolicyImage pull policyIfNotPresent
image.pullSecretsSpecify docker-registry secret names as an array[] (does not add image pull secrets to deployed pods)
nameOverrideString to partially override mediawiki.fullname template with a string (will prepend the release name)nil
fullnameOverrideString to fully override mediawiki.fullname template with a stringnil
mediawikiUserUser of the applicationuser
mediawikiPasswordApplication passwordrandom 10 character long alphanumeric string
mediawikiEmailAdmin email[email protected]
mediawikiNameName for the wikiMy Wiki
mediawikiHostMediawiki host to create application URLsnil
allowEmptyPasswordAllow DB blank passwordsyes
smtpHostSMTP hostnil
smtpPortSMTP portnil
smtpHostIDSMTP host IDnil
smtpUserSMTP usernil
smtpPasswordSMTP passwordnil
externalDatabase.hostHost of the external databasenil
externalDatabase.userExisting username in the external dbbn_mediawiki
externalDatabase.passwordPassword for the above usernamenil
externalDatabase.databaseName of the existing databasebitnami_mediawiki
mariadb.enabledUse or not the mariadb charttrue
mariadb.rootUser.passwordMariaDB admin passwordnil
mariadb.db.nameDatabase name to createbitnami_mediawiki
mariadb.db.userDatabase user to createbn_mediawiki
mariadb.db.passwordPassword for the databaserandom 10 character long alphanumeric string
service.typeKubernetes Service typeLoadBalancer
service.loadBalancerKubernetes LoadBalancerIP to requestnil
service.portService HTTP port80
service.httpsPortService HTTPS port""
service.externalTrafficPolicyEnable client source IP preservationCluster
service.nodePorts.httpKubernetes http node port""
service.nodePorts.httpsKubernetes https node port""
ingress.enabledEnable ingress controller resourcefalse
ingress.hosts[0].nameHostname to your Mediawiki installationmediawiki.local
ingress.hosts[0].pathPath within the url structure/
ingress.hosts[0].tlsUtilize TLS backend in ingressfalse
ingress.hosts[0].certManagerAdd annotations for cert-managerfalse
ingress.hosts[0].tlsSecretTLS Secret (certificates)mediawiki.local-tls-secret
ingress.hosts[0].annotationsAnnotations for this host's ingress record[]
ingress.secrets[0].nameTLS Secret Namenil
ingress.secrets[0].certificateTLS Secret Certificatenil
ingress.secrets[0].keyTLS Secret Keynil
persistence.enabledEnable persistence using PVCtrue
persistence.storageClassPVC Storage Class for MediaWiki volumenil (uses alpha storage class annotation)
persistence.existingClaimAn Existing PVC name for MediaWiki volumenil (uses alpha storage class annotation)
persistence.accessModePVC Access Mode for MediaWiki volumeReadWriteOnce
persistence.sizePVC Storage Request for MediaWiki volume8Gi
resourcesCPU/Memory resource requests/limitsMemory: 512Mi, CPU: 300m
livenessProbe.enabledEnable/disable the liveness probe (ingest nodes pod)true
livenessProbe.initialDelaySecondsDelay before liveness probe is initiated (ingest nodes pod)120
livenessProbe.periodSecondsHow often to perform the probe (ingest nodes pod)10
livenessProbe.timeoutSecondsWhen the probe times out (ingest nodes pod)5
livenessProbe.failureThresholdMinimum consecutive failures to be considered failed6
livenessProbe.successThresholdMinimum consecutive successes to be considered successful1
readinessProbe.enabledwould you like a readinessProbe to be enabledtrue
readinessProbe.initialDelaySecondsDelay before readinessProbe is initiated (ingest nodes pod)30
readinessProbe.periodSeconds How often to perform the probe (ingest nodes pod)10
readinessProbe.timeoutSecondsWhen the probe times out (ingest nodes pod)5
readinessProbe.failureThresholdMinimum consecutive failures to be considered failed6
readinessProbe.successThresholdMinimum consecutive successes to be considered successful1
podAnnotationsPod annotations{}
affinityMap of node/pod affinities{}
metrics.enabledStart a side-car prometheus exporterfalse
metrics.image.registryApache exporter image registrydocker.io
metrics.image.repositoryApache exporter image namebitnami/apache-exporter
metrics.image.tagApache exporter image tag{TAG_NAME}
metrics.image.pullPolicyImage pull policyIfNotPresent
metrics.image.pullSecretsSpecify docker-registry secret names as an array[] (does not add image pull secrets to deployed pods)
metrics.podAnnotationsAdditional annotations for Metrics exporter pod{prometheus.io/scrape: "true", prometheus.io/port: "9117"}
metrics.resourcesExporter resource requests/limit{}

The above parameters map to the env variables defined in bitnami/mediawiki. For more information please refer to the bitnami/mediawiki image documentation.

Note:

For Mediawiki to function correctly, you should specify the mediawikiHost parameter to specify the FQDN (recommended) or the public IP address of the Mediawiki service.

Specify each parameter using the --set key=value[,key=value] argument to helm install. For example,

console
$ helm install my-release \
  --set mediawikiUser=admin,mediawikiPassword=password,mariadb.mariadbRootPassword=secretpassword \
    stable/mediawiki

The above command sets the MediaWiki administrator account username and password to admin and password respectively. Additionally, it sets the MariaDB root user password to secretpassword.

Alternatively, a YAML file that specifies the values for the above parameters can be provided while installing the chart. For example,

console
$ helm install my-release -f values.yaml stable/mediawiki

Tip: You can use the default values.yaml

Configuration and installation details

Rolling VS Immutable tags

It is strongly recommended to use immutable tags in a production environment. This ensures your deployment does not change automatically if the same tag is updated with a different image.

Bitnami will release a new chart updating its containers if a new version of the main container, significant changes, or critical vulnerabilities exist.

Persistence

The Bitnami MediaWiki image stores the MediaWiki data and configurations at the /bitnami/mediawiki path of the container.

Persistent Volume Claims are used to keep the data across deployments. This is known to work in GCE, AWS, and minikube. See the Parameters section to configure the PVC or to disable persistence.

Upgrading

To 9.0.0

Helm performs a lookup for the object based on its group (apps), version (v1), and kind (Deployment). Also known as its GroupVersionKind, or GVK. Changing the GVK is considered a compatibility breaker from Kubernetes' point of view, so you cannot "upgrade" those objects to the new GVK in-place. Earlier versions of Helm 3 did not perform the lookup correctly which has since been fixed to match the spec.

In https://github.com/helm/charts/pull/17300 the apiVersion of the deployment resources was updated to apps/v1 in tune with the api's deprecated, resulting in compatibility breakage.

This major version signifies this change.

To 4.0.0

Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed unless you modify the labels used on the chart's deployments. Use the workaround below to upgrade from versions previous to 4.0.0. The following example assumes that the release name is mediawiki:

console
$ kubectl patch deployment mediawiki-mediawiki --type=json -p='[{"op": "remove", "path": "/spec/selector/matchLabels/chart"}]'
$ kubectl delete statefulset mediawiki-mariadb --cascade=false