Portal:Toolforge
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Overview
This page contains links to documentation for tool developers, maintainers, and Toolforge administrators.
Toolforge quickstart
Ready to get started with Toolforge? Follow these steps:
- Create a Wikimedia developer account.
- Create an SSH key and add it to your Wikitech account.
- Submit a Toolforge project membership request and wait for its approval.
- Your request will be reviewed, and you will receive confirmation within a week. You will be notified through your Wikitech user account.
- Once you are added as a Toolforge member, you must logout and then login again at https://toolsadmin.wikimedia.org/
- Doing this is required for your membership to take effect.
- Create a new tool or join an existing Tool account
- Access the Toolforge project and manage your files.
Toolforge documentation
Tool developer/maintainer documentation
- About Toolforge: What is Toolforge? What do you need to know to join the Toolforge community and start developing tools? Learn the basics!
- Toolforge Help: What is a Tool Account? How do you use it to build tools and make contributions to Wikimedia projects? Learn how to follow basic Toolforge workflows to create and maintain tools using Tool Accounts.
Toolforge administration documentation
Documentation for administrators of the Toolforge service itself can be found at Portal:Toolforge/Admin.
Communication and support
Support and administration of the WMCS resources is provided by the Wikimedia Foundation Cloud Services team and Wikimedia movement volunteers. Please reach out with questions and join the conversation:
Discuss and receive general support
- Chat in real time in the IRC channel #wikimedia-cloud connect or the bridged Telegram group
- Discuss via email after you have subscribed to the cloud@ mailing list
Stay aware of critical changes and plans
- Subscribe to the cloud-announce@ mailing list (all messages are also mirrored to the cloud@ list)
- Read the News wiki page
Track work tasks and report bugs
Use a subproject of the #Cloud-Services Phabricator project to track confirmed bug reports and feature requests about the Cloud Services infrastructure itself
Read stories and WMCS blog posts
Read the Cloud Services Blog (for the broader Wikimedia movement, see the Wikimedia Technical Blog)