Installing Docker

Sunday, Aug 4, 2019

Install Docker

I installed Docker on Mac from the installer. Found here.

After installation, you need to increase the RAM allowable for docker to 4GB. (More would probably be helpful, I just don’t have it on my machine)

After the RAM is increased through the settings in the docker desktop, docker will need to be restarted.

Pull the Docker Image for Wikibase

Installation instructions can be found on the MediaWiki page. I just used a docker install.

The steps are:

1. Grab the docker-compose.yml.

   wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wmde/wikibase-docker/master/docker-compose.yml 
   

2. Pull the image:

   docker-compose pull 
   

3. Start the container:

   docker-compse up
   

I ran all of these inside the directory with the docker-compose.yml

Install WikibaseImport

WikibaseImport is an extension that allows you to clone many of the Wikidata entities and properties, so that you don’t have to recreate them.

To install the image inter the docker container. The general docker container on my machine was called wikibase/wikibase:1.33-bundle.

docker exec -it CONTAINER_ID /bin/bash 

Cloning the Extension if it doesn’t exist

When I ran this, I found that wikibase was already installed in the container. But if you need to install it do the following:

Once inside the container, cd into the extensions directory and clone the wikibaseImport github repo.
git clone https://github.com/filbertkm/WikibaseImport.git

then enable the extension in LocalSettings.php sfLoadExtension( 'WikibaseImport' );

Importing Wikidata Items

Once inside the WikibaseImport extension directory inside the container, you can import the properties with:

php maintenance/importEntities.php --all-properties

I had to run this script multiple times to get the properties to install.

You can allso install a specific entity with:

php maintenance/importEntities.php --entity Q147

Summary

You can log into the local wikibase install through a webbrowser at localhost:8181. You will need to create a local user to edit and correct the data.

Even after installing, not all of the entities are spelled out, and many didn’t import, even after running it multiple times.