Done:
Bought a VPS from OVH.com
installed docker
installed docker compose
installed mediawiki:
https://hub.docker.com/_/mediawiki
(docker compose way)
set it up by visiting the address you hosted it on
download dump from
https://archive.org/details/wiki-practicalplantsorg_w
unpack and move it into the container
import dump and images
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Importing_XML_dumps
install semantic media wiki
install composer in the media wiki container
TODO:
install semantic media wiki