Tools created to communicate with swift work well using mediawiki credentials. However, it is dangerous to reuse mw credenctials for backup taking, as a bug on the software could lead to data loss.
Ideally we would use:
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T262668 WMF media storage must be adequately backed up in a remote location | |||
| Open | None | T267338 Depool codfw swift cluster | |||
| Open | jcrespo | T269108 Create a read-only swift identity for backup taking |
^@fgiunchedi this is the task I told you about (pinging on comment because sometimes notifications cannot be seen on creation).
(braindumping) we had a similar case in the past (namely adding an account to mw containers), i.e. thumbor. Steps off the top of my head:
Of course, I hadn't remembered that it should keep working for newly wikis created. Thanks for pointing that. I will have a look at thumbor and try to learn what they did. Will ask for your review on any patch.