Here's the instructions that Christian gave with some screenshots and discussion: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/Getting_started_with_Tool_Labs

If you're just looking to run a few queries, you might consider http://quarry.wmflabs.org which requires no shell access -- just a Wikimedia sites account.  

-Aaron

On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Christian Aistleitner <christian@quelltextlich.at> wrote:

Hi Neta,

On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 11:28:33AM +0200, Neta Livneh wrote:
> For my project, we will need to sql queries on current wikipedia data
> (mostly revision history table).
>
> I already have a Gerrit account. Can I get SSH access for running such
> queries?

It sounds like the redacted labs databases would nicely fit your use
case. The easiest way to get access there is to apply for Tool Labs [1].

To get access, please file a request through

  https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FormEdit/Tools_Access_Request

(Many parts around the WMF are currently getting migrated to
phabricator.wikimedia.org, so if someone knows a phabricator procedure
for that please chime in!)


Once you've got Tool Labs [1] access you can ssh to

  tools-login.wmflabs.org

and running

  sql enwiki

on that host connects you to labsdb's enwiki database and you can run
your queries there (similar for other wikis).

Have fun,
Christian



[1] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Tool_Labs
has more information and links about Tool Labs.


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