Installing Visual Editor and Parsoid

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Created 2 September 2017 22:03:10
Last Modified 23 August 2018 13:44:50
Tags Parsoid, Visual Editor

Instructions

Minimal Wiki Farm Configuration

PHP:

$wgVirtualRestConfig['modules']['parsoid']['url'] = 'http://localhost:8142';
$wgVirtualRestConfig['modules']['parsoid']['domain'] = $wgSitename; # wiki name
$wgVirtualRestConfig['modules']['parsoid']['forwardCookies'] = true; # for private wikis
wfLoadExtension( 'VisualEditor' );
$wgDefaultUserOptions['visualeditor-enable'] = 1;
$wgHiddenPrefs[] = 'visualeditor-enable';

/etc/mediawiki/parsoid/config.yaml:

mwApis:
          uri: 'http://path/to/my/wiki/api.php'
          domain: 'replace with wiki name'

Caveats

  • It is important that the domain used in /etc/mediawiki/parsoid/config.yaml match the one used in $wgVirtualRestConfig.

Issues

  • Possible errors at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgVirtualRestConfig:
    • I believe that the trailing slashes in the URLs is an error, but I need confirmation.
    • When it says, "These are the default values when Parsoid is registered as a REST service, used when some keys are not defined.", it implies that this value is set somewhere when Parsoid is installed, but I don't believe that is the case.
  • Adding a wiki to a wiki farm requires editing /etc/mediawiki/parsoid/config.yaml and restarting the Parsoid service.