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Requesting access to analytics-privatedata-users for johannesrichterwmde
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Description

Requestor provided information and prerequisites

  • Wikimedia developer account username: Johannes Richter WMDE
  • Shell username: johannesrichterwmde
  • Email address: johannes.richter@wikimedia.de
  • SSH public key (must be a separate key from Wikimedia cloud SSH access): –
  • Requested group membership: analytics-privatedata-users (level 1, no kerberos, no ssh)
  • Reason for access: Some TechWish superset boards (e.g. our current one on sub-referencing) require analytics-privatedata-users permissions (level 1)
  • Name of approving party (manager for WMF/WMDE staff): @Tobi_WMDE_SW and @Kris_Litson_WMDE
  • Ensure you have signed the L3 Wikimedia Server Access Responsibilities document: Done (also signed the NDA per T404080#11168866)
  • Please coordinate obtaining a comment of approval on this task from the approving party.

SRE Clinic Duty Confirmation Checklist for Access Requests

This checklist should be used on all access requests to ensure that all steps are covered, including expansion to existing access. Please double check the step has been completed before checking it off.

This section is to be confirmed and completed by a member of the SRE team.

  • - User has signed the L3 Acknowledgement of Wikimedia Server Access Responsibilities Document.
  • - User has a valid NDA on file with WMF legal. (All WMF Staff/Contractor hiring are covered by NDA. Other users can be validated via the NDA tracking sheet)
  • - User has provided the following: developer account username, email address, and full reasoning for access (including what commands and/or tasks they expect to perform)
  • - User has provided a public SSH key. This ssh key pair should only be used for WMF cluster access, and not shared with any other service (this includes not sharing with WMCS access, no shared keys.) {NOT NEEDED}
  • - The provided SSH key has been confirmed out of band and is verified not being used in WMCS. {NOT NEEDED}
  • - access request (or expansion) has sign off of WMF sponsor/manager (sponsor for volunteers, manager for wmf staff)
  • - access request (or expansion) has sign off of group approver indicated by the approval field in data.yaml

For additional details regarding access request requirements, please see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requesting_shell_access

Event Timeline

@Johannes_Richter_WMDE is part of the WMDE TechWish team, and I endorse this request.

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-01-16T07:54:38Z] <mutante> phabricator - addign Johannes_Richter_WMDE to WMF-NDA T414678

@Johannes_Richter_WMDE Yes, that is still common practice. It must have been overlooked back then in that other task (left a comment there). I confirmed you have the NDA and added you to the Phabricator group.

Also added recently NDAed WMDE users @kimpham and @Martyn.ranyard Sorry about missing this at first.

Change #1227809 had a related patch set uploaded (by Federico Ceratto; author: Federico Ceratto):

[operations/puppet@production] admin: Add johannesrichterwmde to analytics-privatedata-users

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1227809

Change #1227809 merged by Federico Ceratto:

[operations/puppet@production] admin: Add johannesrichterwmde to analytics-privatedata-users

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1227809

FCeratto-WMF subscribed.

@Johannes_Richter_WMDE i updated the permissions, can you please confirm that you have access now? Thanks

@Johannes_Richter_WMDE i updated the permissions, can you please confirm that you have access now? Thanks

Thanks, everything works as expected!

FCeratto-WMF claimed this task.

Thanks, closing task.