apache2 url cropped when alias used

Question

I setup my mediawiki server with apache2.

I use alias to redirect my url to the right location: (/etc/apche2/conf-enabled/mediawiki.conf)

Alias /wiki /var/lib/mediawiki
<Directory /var/lib/mediawiki/>
    Options +FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    <IfVersion >= 2.3>
            Require all granted
    </IfVersion>
    <IfVersion < 2.3>
            order allow,deny
            allow from all
    </IfVersion>
</Directory>

Problem is that when I access the wiki, it crops my url somehow, which causes issues:

durban.ucl.tch.edu/wiki becomes durban/wiki

Why would the alias change the url? How can I keep the full url with the alias?

Best, Nicolas

It's nothing in this part of the config. It's possible that MediaWiki has a notion of what the outwards name is, so it can put it in links, and that you need to configure that separately. Or maybe it tries to guess -- can you give us the output of `hostname -f`? It should be `durban.ucl.tch.edu`, I'd guess. — Ulrich Schwarz, Oct 15 '15 at 15:31
yes, hostname -f works as expected (it returns durban.ucl.tch.edu) — Nicolas, Oct 15 '15 at 15:32

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 15 '15 at 15:35

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The mediawiki docs suggests that you can set the $wgServer variable in the mediawiki config like this:

$wgServer = 'http://durban.ucl.tch.edu';

which you may or may not consider a workaround.

answered Oct 15 '15 at 15:35

Ulrich Schwarz

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That fixed it! (configuration file: /usr/share/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php) – Nicolas Oct 15 '15 at 15:42
Best fix is actually just to get rid of this variable. I had it misconfigured. – Nicolas Oct 15 '15 at 15:46

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