MediaWiki Web Hosting

MediaWiki in an open source and free content management system for encyclopedia like style websites, which are managed by the unlimited amount of users. It runs under the GNU license and is absolutely free as well as its majority extensions.
The MediaWiki is a product of the biggest and most famous online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which is considered the No. 1 source of knowledge in the World. Till 2001 Wikipedia was running on Perl based content management system called UseModWiki, which with the rapid growth of Wikipedia became too complicated to use. One German editor of Wikipedia has created a new software based on PHP and databases. During the 2001 he created and English software which could handle trillions of pages and terabytes of information with some caching solutions and simple database management. After the new version was released, other editors-developers helped with their versions. WikiMedia got its name only in 2003 and since then it is a freely distributable content management system for large scale informational projects which are created both publicly and internally used for huge corporations knowledge base.

WikiMedia is still developed by Wikipedia Foundation and releasing it’s new versions.

The main goal of WikiMedia CMS is a fluent co-editing when unlimited amount of editors work with the same information without loosing it. WikiMedia has its own syntax, therefore users must learn using the main text formatting commands as they are not the same as in regular HTML.

What is MediaWiki Hosting

MediaWiki hosting requires some specific server resources and applications installed to be running properly. MediaWiki is buit with PHP and databases, therefore the latest PHP versions and MySQL should be supported. It will run with so called LAMP hosting – Linux OS, Apache server, MySQL database and PHP programming. MediaWiki is a light size application, but with the additional extensions (which are JAVAscript based) the size and resource usage can increase. Therefore Media Wiki hosting solutions should be discussed with professional website administrator first.

WikiMedia hosting should challenge the huge amount of data stored and multiple connections, therefore it is important to have a large HDD and powerful server. It is recommended using dedicated server for public large scale projects built with MediaWiki CMS; and VPS hosting for internal MediaWiki solutions which are mostly used for companies to store their documentation and know-how as well as archiving of information. it involves not only textual information, but also PDF, graphical information storage and even videos.

MediaWiki can be used for community based projects therefore sometimes cloud solution could be the best option.

Shared hosting can be used only for personal Wiki pages with little users and content.

MediaWiki Hosting in Host1Plus

The basic plan for MediaWiki hosting at Host1Plus is Cloud VPS Level 6 with 3.6 GHz dedicated CPU, 1536MB Dedicated RAM, disk space of 60GB, Network speed – 20 Mbps. Of course, some additional parameters may be added as this is the basic Host1Plus offer for a medium size and free MediaWiki hosting. MediaWiki is an open source and free software, therefore the price is only for the hosting services and server features which can be added on demand. The main additional services, which can be ordered on demand is hard disk space. In some cases when usage of the content is frequent, more CPU is needed, but in general 3.6 is enough.

In some cases MediaWiki may require additional security measures. The case could be an internal knowledge base project for an international company which contains secure data. SSL certificate purchase and installation could increase the security level. SSL certificates can be purchased for an additional price. Please contact Host1Plus support for additional details.

Some MediaWiki projects may require dedicated servers. Host1Plus has datacenters in Germany, Lithuania, UK, USA, Netherlands and Singapore, therefore can suggest an acceptable solution for a dedicated server in a location near to the customer, if the project is more local.

MediaWiki hosting is best with Linux VPS hosting and dedicated web hosting solutions. Host1Plus offer the best options for the MediaWiki server hosting, including cloud solutions if necessary.

Features of MediaWiki Hosting

MediaWiki hosting require some specific features and has some specific requirements. MediaWiki has been built using PHP and MySQL database therefore all the hosting features must be compatible with these applications.

Linux VPS hosting and dedicated hosting is the right OS for MediaWiki. If your Wiki project is predicted to be growing fast, Linux cloud hosting solution is recommended to keep it up and running without any incidents.

MediaWiki can be installed to Linux servers.

Features of MediaWiki hosting include (including general features):

• MediaWiki Autoinstaller application which allow easily install and manage th application.

• Easy to use site administration tools (choose on demand as few control panels are available both free and paid).

• Linux OS (Ubuntu x64, CentOS or Debian is recommended).

• PHP 5.0 supported.

• MySQL 4.2 or greater databases.

• Multiple Webmail Applications, POP and IMAP email management together with E-mail AntiVirus Protection and Forwarding & Auto-Responders features.

• Detailed Website Statistics and Raw Error Logs.

• Free SSH (Jailed-Shell) Access.

• Website backup tools.

• Additional security applications.

• SSL Security Certificate Support (for additional price).

• Live support 24/7 in English, Russian and Lithuanian via email, live chat, FAQ and toll-free phone calls in USA and UK.

Additional features such as additional space or network speed can be added for the additional cost on demand any time. Contact our support for help if there are some specific server requirements, not listed in our website.

How to Get Started with MediaWiki Hosting

MediaWiki installation starts with the simple new user registration. New users in the beginning should choose the pricing plan manually by clicking on the plan number. Each plan has a preset values of CPU, RAM, HDD, Network speed. If none of the requirements fit to the needed ones, choose the minimal plan and try adding needed features manually in the order page. Also please choose the VPS server OS. You can find them scrolling in OS list. Then please choose the desired billing period (1, 3, 6, 12, 24 months can be selected). Longer billing period is chosen – less monthly payment. Fill all the rest of the fields with the correct data and click ‘Complete order’ button. Please choose the payment option from the available ones – PayPal, Alipay Payment, Web Money, AlertPay, Skrill (Moneybookers), CashU, Google Checkout. Finalize the payment and proceed to email for the data validation.

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