Wikibase Docker containers should (optionally) use OAauth2 against Wikipedia
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	Yurik
	Feb 4 2018, 9:38 PM

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I think it would be good for the docker container to (by default) re-use Wikipedia's credentials, instead of maintaining its own user database. This would make user management far easier for the smaller wikis.

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Mentioned Here: T192888: Coordination of authentication mechanisms

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Yurik created this task.Feb 4 2018, 9:38 PM

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Addshore awarded a token.May 28 2018, 4:54 PM

Vaguely related could be T192888: Coordination of authentication mechanisms ? although I am not sure if that was specifically talking about the wikibase docker images.

Addshore moved this task from Backlog to Features on the Wikibase-Docker-2017+ board.May 28 2018, 4:58 PM

We should probably look at the PluggableAuth extensions etc.

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Addshore renamed this task from Wikibase Docker should (optionally) use OAauth2 against WP to Wikibase Docker containers should (optionally) use OAauth2 against Wikipedia.Jun 21 2021, 7:27 AM

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