Fix RESTBase support for wikitech.wikimedia.org
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	• GWicke
	Jun 11 2015, 9:07 PM

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Wikitech does not work in RB yet. Main reasons:

it does not share the same Varnish config, so doesn't pick up the /api/rest_v1/ entry point
the wikitech code does not live on the main app server cluster, which causes even the requests at https://rest.wikimedia.org/wikitech.wikimedia.org/v1/?doc to fail, as those are using the app server LVS IP directly, without going through the Varnish layer

To fix this, we'll have to

add the /api/rest_v1/ entry point in Varnish, and
use the Varnish cluster or a different LVS IP for API requests for wikitech

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		Declined		cscott	T102179 Make OCG work on wikitech
		Declined		None	T102178 Fix RESTBase support for wikitech.wikimedia.org

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• GWicke created this task.Jun 11 2015, 9:07 PM

• GWicke raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.

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• GWicke added projects: wikitech.wikimedia.org, RESTBase.

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cscott mentioned this in T102179: Make OCG work on wikitech.Jun 11 2015, 9:14 PM

cscott added a parent task: T102179: Make OCG work on wikitech.

Krenair added projects: Varnish, Traffic.Jun 12 2015, 1:32 AM

Krenair added a project: acl*sre-team.Jun 13 2015, 4:24 PM

Krenair mentioned this in T75939: Merge as many configuration hacks in wikitech.php configuration file as possible into InitialiseSettings.php.Jun 13 2015, 9:10 PM

Wikitech doesn't even have a varnish layer. It's basically like an independent MediaWiki installation for many purposes, it's not really one of our set of production wikis in any normal sense of clustering or entrypoints (and this is intentional for a variety of reasons).

• GWicke triaged this task as Medium priority.Jun 29 2015, 5:14 PM

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@BBlack, do you think it is feasible / advisable to add a /api/rest_v1/ rewrite in the wikitech nginx config?

• GWicke moved this task from Backlog to Under discussion on the RESTBase board.Jun 29 2015, 6:38 PM

Krenair mentioned this in T108776: Parsoid on wikitech fails.Aug 12 2015, 3:48 AM

BBlack moved this task from Backlog to Radar/Not for service by Traffic on the Traffic board.Oct 4 2016, 1:00 PM

• GWicke added a project: Services.Oct 12 2016, 11:19 PM

Krenair mentioned this in T153821: wikitech.wikimedia.org missing from pageviews API.Dec 21 2016, 10:27 AM

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@Krinkle, your comment sounds like it might have been intended for T133178: RESTBase support for www.wikimedia.org missing.

In T102178#3403100, @GWicke wrote:

@Krinkle, your comment sounds like it might have been intended for T133178: RESTBase support for www.wikimedia.org missing.

Indeed. Thanks.

• GWicke moved this task from Backlog to later on the Services board.Jul 11 2017, 8:53 PM

• GWicke edited projects, added Services (later); removed Services.

• mobrovac edited projects, added Platform Team Legacy (Later); removed Cloud-Services.Dec 20 2018, 12:07 PM

• Phabricator_maintenance moved this task from Backlog to Acknowledged on the SRE board.Jan 26 2019, 8:09 PM

Reedy moved this task from Backlog to Snowflakes on the wikitech.wikimedia.org board.Nov 11 2019, 12:05 AM