Manual:$wgSharedUploadDBname

Shared uploads: $wgSharedUploadDBname
DB name with metadata about shared directory.
Introduced in version:	1.4.1
Removed in version:	Still in use
Allowed values:	(local path) or false
Default value:	false (1.5+) "commons" (1.4)
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Details

DB name with metadata about shared directory. Set this to false if the uploads do not come from a wiki.

See also

• Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos - a more flexible way of configuring shared upload repositories (and the only way, if you want to set up more than one shared upload source)