diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/defaults/main.yml b/roles/mediawiki/defaults/main.yml
index ccd97b8f3..cb1420648 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-mediawiki_major_version: "1.29"
-mediawiki_minor_version: ".1"
+mediawiki_major_version: "1.30"
+mediawiki_minor_version: "0"
+mediawiki_version: "{{ mediawiki_major_version  }}.{{ mediawiki_minor_version }}"
+
 mediawiki_download_base_url: "https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/{{ mediawiki_major_version }}"
-mediawiki_src: "mediawiki-{{ mediawiki_major_version }}{{ mediawiki_minor_version }}.tar.gz"
+mediawiki_src: "mediawiki-{{ mediawiki_version }}.tar.gz"
 
 mediawiki_db_name: iiab_mediawiki
 mediawiki_db_user: iiab_mediawiki_user
 mediawiki_db_user_password: changeme
 
+mediawiki_admin_user: Admin
+mediawiki_admin_user_password: changeme
+
 mediawiki_site_name: Community Wiki
 
 mediawiki_install: True
 mediawiki_enabled: True
 
 mediawiki_install_path: "{{ content_base }}"
-#mediawiki_install_path: /library
-
-mediawiki_abs_path: "{{ mediawiki_install_path }}/mediawiki"
-#mediawiki_abs_path: /library/mediawiki
+mediawiki_abs_path: "{{ mediawiki_install_path }}/{{ mediawiki_src }}"
 
 mediawiki_url: /mediawiki
-mediawiki_full_url: "http://{{ iiab_hostname }}{{ mediawiki_url }}"
+mediawiki_full_url: "http://{{ iiab_hostname }}.{{ iiab_domain }}/{{ mediawiki_url }}"
diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml
index a2bc95f33..f61b64dff 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   package: name={{ item }}
            state=present
   with_items:
-    - php7.0-intl
-    - php7.0-mbstring
+    - {{ php_version }}-intl
+    - {{ php_version }}-mbstring
   tags:
     - download
 
@@ -17,54 +17,15 @@
   register: mediawiki_download_output
   when: internet_available
 
-- name: Create link /opt/iiab/downloads/mediawiki.tar.gz pointing to {{ mediawiki_download_output.dest }}
-  file:
-    src: "{{ mediawiki_download_output.dest }}"
-    dest: "{{ downloads_dir }}/mediawiki.tar.gz"
-    state: link
-  when: mediawiki_download_output.dest is defined
-
-- name: Check if /opt/iiab/downloads/mediawiki.tar.gz link exists
-  stat:
-    path: "{{ downloads_dir }}/mediawiki.tar.gz"
-  register: mediawiki_link
-
-- name: FAIL (force Ansible to exit) IF /opt/iiab/downloads/mediawiki.tar.gz doesn't exist
-  fail:
-    msg: "{{ downloads_dir }}/mediawiki.tar.gz is REQUIRED in order to install mediawiki."
-  when: not mediawiki_link.stat.exists
-
 - name: Unpack download to permanent location
   unarchive:
-    src: "{{ downloads_dir }}/mediawiki.tar.gz"
+    src: "{{ downloads_dir }}/{{ mediawiki_src }}"
     dest: "{{ mediawiki_install_path }}"
     owner: root
     group: "{{ apache_user }}"
     mode: 0755
     keep_newer: yes
 
-- name: Create link mediawiki to version
-  file:
-    src: "{{ mediawiki_install_path }}/mediawiki-{{ mediawiki_major_version }}{{ mediawiki_minor_version }}"
-    dest: "{{ mediawiki_abs_path }}"
-    owner: root
-    group: "{{ apache_user }}"
-    state: link
-
-# - name: Rename /library/mediawiki* to /library/mediawiki
-#   shell: if [ ! -d {{ mediawiki_abs_path }} ]; then mv {{ mediawiki_abs_path }}* {{ mediawiki_abs_path }}; fi
-
-#- name: Make Apache owner and group, 1st pass permissions set to 0664
-#  file: path={{ mediawiki_abs_path }}
-#        recurse=yes
-#        owner=root
-#        group={{ apache_user }}
-#        mode=0664
-#        state=directory
-
-- name: Make MediaWiki install directories 775 so Apache can traverse and write (most files remain 0664)
-  command: "/usr/bin/find {{ mediawiki_abs_path }} -type d -exec chmod 775 {} +"
-
 - name: MySQL database needs to be running if we are trying to create a new db
   service:
     state: started
@@ -82,6 +43,25 @@
     priv: "{{ mediawiki_db_name }}.*:ALL,GRANT"
     state: present
 
+- name: Configure MediaWiki
+  shell: >
+    php '{{ mediawiki_abs_path }}/maintenance/install.php'
+    --dbname={{ mediawiki_db_name }}
+    --dbserver="localhost"
+    --installdbuser={{ mediawiki_db_user }}
+    --installdbpass={{ mediawiki_db_user_password }}
+    --dbuser={{ mediawiki_db_user }}
+    --dbpass={{ mediawiki_db_user_password }}
+    --server="{{ iiab_hostname }}.{{ iiab_domain }}"
+    --scriptpath=/mediawiki
+    --lang=en
+    --pass={{ mediawiki_admin_user_password }}
+    "{{ mediawiki_site_name }}"
+    "{{ mediawiki_admin_user }}"
+	  args:
+      chdir: "{{ mediawiki_abs_path }}"
+      creates: "{{ mediawiki_abs_path }}/LocalSettings.php"
+
 - name: Copy mediawiki config file
   template:
     src: LocalSettings.php.j2
diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/templates/mediawiki.conf.j2 b/roles/mediawiki/templates/mediawiki.conf.j2
index 347276617..1da5e193b 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/templates/mediawiki.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/templates/mediawiki.conf.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-RewriteEngine on
-
 Alias {{ mediawiki_url }} {{ mediawiki_abs_path }}
 <Directory {{ mediawiki_abs_path }}>
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks