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= Session= * Track: Deploying and Hosting * Topic: Quo Vadis Beta Cluster? Towards production-like testing and staging environments =Description= So called "beta" and "test" sites are commonly used as testing and staging environment for code changes before these land in production. Both have a problem that they often lack in being "close enough" to production sites, in terms of site configuration, extensions enabled, site content, etc. "Beta" sites have additionally the problem of being hosted on separate, de facto not maintained, infrastructure, not meant for production-like site. In this session we'll look at issues and shortcomings of the current infrastructure, and will look into what needs and wishes we would have for the future pre-production infrastructure =Questions to answer and discuss= **Question:** **Significance:** **Question:** **Significance:** = Related Issues = * ... * ... =Pre-reading for all Participants= * [add links here] ---- =Notes document(s)= [link to notes document (gdoc and / or etherpad)] =Notes and Facilitation guidance= https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2019/NotesandFacilitation ---- =Session Leader(s)= * [name] * [name] =Session Scribes= * [name] * [name] =Session Facilitator= * [name] =Session Style / Format= * [what type of format will this session be?] ---- **Session Leaders** please: [] Add more details to this task description. [] Coordinate any pre-event discussions (here on Phab, IRC, email, hangout, etc). [] Outline the plan for discussing this topic at the event. [] Optionally, include what this session will //not// try to solve. [] Update this task with summaries of any pre-event discussions. [] Include ways for people not attending to be involved in discussions before the event and afterwards. ---- Post-event summary: * ... Post-event action items: * ...

= Session= * Track: Deploying and Hosting * Topic: Quo Vadis Beta Cluster? Towards better testing and staging environments =Description= So called "beta" sites have been commonly used as testing and staging environment for code changes before these are shipped to production. There are several issues with these sites used like a pre-production environment * they are hosted on the de facto not maintained infrastructure * There is no easy automated way to set the configuration (in the sense of extensions and services enabled, features set enabled, and other config options) of the testing/staging site, not to mention being able to launch a pre-produiction environment with the particular configuration and software versions, e.g. when intending to test compatibility of the new feature with different versions of extensions, skins, etc. * They are actual "permanent" sites, i.e. they're not suited for use as mid-/short-term living staging environments In this session we will look into what requirements we would have for the staging environments used in our work, and also see what possible solutions could we see that could replace "beta" sites as testing and staging sites (e.g. using new possibilities allowed with the adoption of container-based solutions). =Questions to answer and discuss= **Question:** **Significance:** **Question:** **Significance:** = Related Issues = * ... * ... =Pre-reading for all Participants= * [add links here] ---- =Notes document(s)= [link to notes document (gdoc and / or etherpad)] =Notes and Facilitation guidance= https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2019/NotesandFacilitation ---- =Session Leader(s)= * [name] * [name] =Session Scribes= * [name] * [name] =Session Facilitator= * [name] =Session Style / Format= * [what type of format will this session be?] ---- **Session Leaders** please: [] Add more details to this task description. [] Coordinate any pre-event discussions (here on Phab, IRC, email, hangout, etc). [] Outline the plan for discussing this topic at the event. [] Optionally, include what this session will //not// try to solve. [] Update this task with summaries of any pre-event discussions. [] Include ways for people not attending to be involved in discussions before the event and afterwards. ---- Post-event summary: * ... Post-event action items: * ...

= Session= * Track: Deploying and Hosting * Topic: Quo Vadis Beta Cluster? Towards production-likebetter testing and staging environments =Description= So called "beta" and "test" sites aresites have been commonly used as testing and staging environment for code changes before these land inare shipped to production. Both have a problem that they often lack in being "close enough" to production sitesThere are several issues with these sites used like a pre-production environment * they are hosted on the de facto not maintained infrastructure * There is no easy automated way to set the configuration (in the sense of extensions and services enabled, in terms of site configurationfeatures set enabled, extensand other config options enabled) of the testing/staging site, site contentnot to mention being able to launch a pre-produiction environment with the particular configuration and software versions, etce.g. "Beta" sites have additionallywhen intending to test compatibility of the problem of being hosted on separatenew feature with different versions of extensions, de facto not maintainedskins, infrastructureetc. * They are actual "permanent" sites, not meant for production-like sitei.e. In this session we'll look at issues and shortcomings of the current infrastructurethey're not suited for use as mid-/short-term living staging environments In this session we will look into what requirements we would have for the staging environments used in our work, and will look into what needs and wishes we would have for the future pre-production infrastructure also see what possible solutions could we see that could replace "beta" sites as testing and staging sites (e.g. using new possibilities allowed with the adoption of container-based solutions). =Questions to answer and discuss= **Question:** **Significance:** **Question:** **Significance:** = Related Issues = * ... * ... =Pre-reading for all Participants= * [add links here] ---- =Notes document(s)= [link to notes document (gdoc and / or etherpad)] =Notes and Facilitation guidance= https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2019/NotesandFacilitation ---- =Session Leader(s)= * [name] * [name] =Session Scribes= * [name] * [name] =Session Facilitator= * [name] =Session Style / Format= * [what type of format will this session be?] ---- **Session Leaders** please: [] Add more details to this task description. [] Coordinate any pre-event discussions (here on Phab, IRC, email, hangout, etc). [] Outline the plan for discussing this topic at the event. [] Optionally, include what this session will //not// try to solve. [] Update this task with summaries of any pre-event discussions. [] Include ways for people not attending to be involved in discussions before the event and afterwards. ---- Post-event summary: * ... Post-event action items: * ...