Wikimedia

Deploy a Wikimedia site configuration change (I)

Prerequisites

  • You must have uploaded a patch against operations/mediawiki-config repository.
  • Install the X-Wikimedia-Debug browser extension (Chrome, Firefox). During deployment, you may need to connect to special debugging servers, which can be done via this extension.

Task

You already submitted a configuration change to Wikimedia Gerrit, which is awaiting deployment. Such deployments happen at certain times (the so-called "SWAT windows"), which occur three times a workday (except Friday).

Steps

  1. Choose a SWAT window (EU Mid-Day SWAT, Morning SWAT or Evening SWAT)
  2. Edit Deployments page at Wikitech and add your patch to the SWAT window of your choice.
  3. Before the window started, join #wikimedia-operations IRC channel.
  4. The deployer will guide you through the process.

Task tags

  • mediawiki
  • configuration
  • php

Students who completed this task

taavi, NicholasG04, Netx

Task type

  • code Code
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2019