Database HOWTO: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Magnus_Manske/Migrating_from_toolserver#Database_access
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Silke Meyer <silke.me...@wikimedia.de>wrote: > 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 > on http://tools.wmflabs.org/ > * 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_toolserver > or Russell Blau: > > https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Russell_Blau/Using_pywikibot_on_Labs > * 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 > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin > Tel. (030) 219 158 260 > > http://wikimedia.de > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg > unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das > Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. > > _______________________________________________ > Toolserver-l mailing list (Toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org) > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l > Posting guidelines for this list: > https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette
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