Difference between revisions of "Opasnet update 2017"

Revision as of 14:41, 12 June 2017

This page contains notes produced while updating Opasnet server systems during the summer of 2017.

RTools server

Key software, upgrade paths and related issues:

• apache 2.2.15 -> 2.2.32 or 2.4.25
  • newer branch not particularly important
• PHP 5.3.3 -> 5.6.x or 7.1.x
  • incompatibilities in mysql functions ***"mysql" -> "mysqli" (5.5)
  • should upgrade to latest version
• MySQL 5.1 -> 5.7
• mongoDB 2.4 -> 3.2
  • should be relatively easy as we are not using sharding etc.
• rtools_server PHP application
  • starts on test server after minor changes
  • further testing needed
• opasnet_base2

Opasnet-wiki server

Key software, upgrade paths and related issues:

• apache 2.2.15 -> 2.2.32 or 2.4.25
• PHP 5.4.28 -> 5.6.x or 7.1.x
  • 5.5.9+ required by currently supported mediawiki releases
  • latest php also supported
  • incompatibilities likely to occur in 5.4->5.5, hence should upgrade to latest
• MySQL 5.5.37 -> 5.5.56 or 5.7.x
• MediaWiki 1.20.0 -> 1.27 (LTS) or 1.28.2 (latest)
  • need to check supported extensions
  • MyExtension.php no longer supported, need extension.json for registering extensions
  • Composer might be useful for managing PHP dependencies
• RTools MediaWiki extension
  • RTools special page class
  • <rcode> tag
  • hooks
    • live code
    • UI?
  • xmlrpc library used for something
  • rtools_client
    • handles connections and job submissions etc. to server
  • separate config file, which is included by RTools instead of rtools_client for some reason
  • javascripts
    • UI?
    • ajax?
• table2base MediaWiki extension