How to configure Mediawiki to authenticate against Active Directory on CentOS

Last modified: [last-modified] This assumes you’ve got a working install of MediaWiki already and just need to tie it into Active Directory. 1. Make sure php-ldap is installed yum install php-ldap.x86_64 2. Configure OpenLDAP on CentOS to ignore your domain controllers certificate validity. We all trust our own domain controllers don’t we? vim /etc/openldap/ldap.conf # … Read more

How to upgrade Gitlab 5.0 to 5.1 on CentOS 6 or RHEL6

Last modified: [last-modified] These are instructions on how to upgrade Gitlab 5.0 to 5.1 on CentOS 6. This guide assumes you already followed my How to install Gitlab 5.0 on CentOS 6 or RHEL6 post. As the root user stop the Gitlab service [root@localhost ~] service gitlab stop # Wait a few moments before continuing. Shutting … Read more

How to install Gitlab 5.0 on CentOS 6 or RHEL6

Last modified: [last-modified] I’ve been eagerly waiting for Gitlab 5.0 to be released so that Gitolite dependency would go away. Well a few days ago I got my wish. I followed the documentation provided by the Gitlab guys at https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/blob/5-0-stable/doc/install/installation.md  and as expected it didn’t quite match up with what needs to be done to deploy on CentOS … Read more

Replace MySQL with MiriaDB on CentOS 6

Last modified: [last-modified] I’m running CentOS 6.3 64-bit and have been for a little while. I decided I wanted to swap out MySQL 5.1.x with MiriaDB 5.3.x. Why? Because I can. Plus I’ve read a bit and it sounds like MiriaDB is better optimized than MySQL. Also Oracle is evil. These instructions are based off … Read more