Database HOWTO: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske/Migrating_from_toolse...
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Silke Meyer silke.meyer@wikimedia.dewrote:
Hello to all tool maintainers!
It was good to see several of you in person this weekend! Faces ftw! :)
Here is a status update with what is now working in Tool Labs:
First of all (looking at DaB.s survey and your comments): You _don't_ have to care about virtual instances, puppet or any of this. This is underneath/behind Tool Labs but you can just use the login server without having to know about it.
What you get:
- login server made to resemble the toolserver
- database replicas from s1-s6, s7 is following in June. Access to all
data you can access as a registered, unprivileged user.
- possibility to create your own user databases
- shared project storage, home directories (nfs)
- possibility to add maintainers to your project via the web interface
- possibility to restore your files to the state they were in 1, 2, 3
hours ago, 1, 2, 3 days ago and on the last 2 Sundays.
- infrastructure to run web services
- job system: OpenGridengine
- two different environments to develop tools in: "Tools" project
which is a stable environment, "Bots" project which can be used for experiments with the environment, root access is possible in the latter.
- bug tracking in WMF's Bugzilla (product: Wikimedia Labs, components:
bots and tools for the two projects)
- more stuff that is mentioned in the road map (link below).
What we are still on:
- documentation (let's crowdsource this!)
- make Merlissimo's MerlLinkBot hunt down deprecated weblinks and
point them to your tools' new URL.
Looking for things you can help with?
- Write down you experiences like some already did: Magnus Manske:
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske/Migrating_from_toolse... or Russell Blau:
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Russell_Blau/Using_pywikibot_on_Lab...
- Help to improve the user interface of tools.wmflabs.org! Contact
Coren/Marc-Andre Pelletier.
Links: Tool Labs help: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nova_Resource:Tools/Help FAQ (ongoing collection of what you ask): http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Labs/Migration_of_Toolserver_tools Road map: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Tool_Labs/Roadmap_en (English) and http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Tool_Labs/Roadmap_de (German)
What's next? Please come and try out the new database replication! If your tool is up and running in Tool Labs, _please consider documenting_ what you missed in the docs. By doing so you will help others a lot! Don't hesitate to ask! The best places to ask questions:
- IRC (#wikimedia-labs), where Coren and petan (as Tool Labs admins)
and many other experienced people hang around
- the list labs-l (https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l)
Do your tools need more adaptations than you think you can do? Wouldn't mind a helping hand? Ask me and I'll try to find you a helper!
Best, Silke
-- Silke Meyer Internes IT-Management und Projektmanagement Toolserver
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