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Use Cloud Services to host your software tools for the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_movement" class="extiw" title="meta:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia movement">Wikimedia movement</a>, without charge. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?"><span id="What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?"></span>What can you do with Cloud Services?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Host_tools_on_Wikimedia_servers" data-mw-thread-id="h-Host_tools_on_Wikimedia_servers-What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Host_tools_on_Wikimedia_servers-What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?"></span>Host tools on Wikimedia servers<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Host_tools_on_Wikimedia_servers-What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?"></span></h3></div> <p><span id="Toolforge"></span> </p><p>Tools and bots make it easier to edit and maintain Wikimedia projects. For developers who support Wikimedia projects by developing tools and bots, <b><a href="/wiki/Help:Toolforge" title="Help:Toolforge"> Toolforge</a></b> provides the following features: </p> <ul><li>Free, reliable, and scalable shared hosting, including web servers, databases and other data storage</li> <li>A distributed job processing system</li> <li>Support for multiple users to collaboratively maintain and manage tools</li></ul> <p>To use Toolforge you need: </p> <ul><li>Some programming knowledge</li> <li>An understanding of Unix command line</li></ul> <p>To get started, visit <a href="/wiki/Help:Toolforge" title="Help:Toolforge">Help:Toolforge</a>. Or, <a class="external text" href="https://developer.wikimedia.org/build-tools/">learn more about creating bots</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Run_scripts_and_visualize_data" data-mw-thread-id="h-Run_scripts_and_visualize_data-What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Run_scripts_and_visualize_data-What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?"></span>Run scripts and visualize data<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Run_scripts_and_visualize_data-What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?"></span></h3></div> <p><span id="PAWS"></span> <b><a href="/wiki/PAWS" title="PAWS">PAWS</a></b> is a Jupyter notebook installation hosted by Wikimedia. PAWS notebooks can be used for creating tutorials, running live code, creating data visualizations, running basic bots, and more. </p><p>A single PAWS notebook is maintained by a single user, but they can be downloaded and forked by other users. To use PAWS you need only a Wikimedia login and a web browser. Knowledge of Python is helpful, but not required. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administer_servers_for_software_development" data-mw-thread-id="h-Administer_servers_for_software_development-What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Administer_servers_for_software_development-What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?"></span>Administer servers for software development<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Administer_servers_for_software_development-What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?"></span></h3></div> <p><span id="Cloud_VPS"></span> Open source software projects help the Wikimedia movement by improving core infrastructure (like MediaWiki), powering research and analytics, and supporting Wikimedia operations and software development. For advanced projects that aren't viable in the Toolforge environment, <b><a href="/wiki/Help:Cloud_VPS" title="Help:Cloud VPS"> Cloud VPS</a></b> (Virtual Private Server) provides the following features: </p> <ul><li>Free cloud computing environment, powered by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStack" class="extiw" title="w:OpenStack">OpenStack</a></li> <li>Collaboratively-owned collections of virtual private servers, storage, firewall, and HTTPS proxy resources to projects</li> <li>Access to a variety of data services</li> <li>Freedom to install packages not provided by Debian or the Wikimedia Foundation</li></ul> <p>To use Cloud VPS, you need: </p> <ul><li>An open source project that isn't viable in the Toolforge environment, or can't be accomplished using other WMCS offerings</li> <li>One or more active project maintainers who meet basic requirements</li> <li>Advanced programming knowledge</li> <li>Advanced experience with Unix command line</li> <li>The ability to administer your own servers and manage your project's applications, data, runtime, middleware, and operating systems</li></ul> <p>To get started, visit <a href="/wiki/Help:Cloud_VPS" title="Help:Cloud VPS">Help:Cloud VPS</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="What_is_the_difference_between_Cloud_VPS_and_Toolforge?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_is_the_difference_between_Cloud_VPS_and_Toolforge?-Administer_servers_for_software_development"><span id="What_is_the_difference_between_Cloud_VPS_and_Toolforge.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_is_the_difference_between_Cloud_VPS_and_Toolforge?-Administer_servers_for_software_development"></span>What is the difference between Cloud VPS and Toolforge?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_is_the_difference_between_Cloud_VPS_and_Toolforge?-Administer_servers_for_software_development"></span></h4></div> <p>Cloud VPS is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing#Infrastructure_as_a_service_(IaaS)" class="extiw" title="w:Cloud computing">Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)</a> solution. It provides virtual machines, storage, firewall, and HTTPS proxy resources to projects. The members of each individual project are responsible for managing applications, data, runtime, middleware, and operating systems themselves. Cloud VPS projects use the domain <i>wmcloud.org</i> (some older projects use the legacy domain <i>wmflabs.org</i>). </p><p>Toolforge is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing#Platform_as_a_service_(PaaS)" class="extiw" title="w:Cloud computing">Platform as a service (PaaS)</a> solution. It provides <a href="/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Web" title="Help:Toolforge/Web">web servers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Database" title="Help:Toolforge/Database">databases</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Jobs_framework" title="Help:Toolforge/Jobs framework">distributed job processing system</a> as managed services for tool maintainers. Toolforge tools use the domain <i>toolforge.org</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Access_databases_and_data_dumps" data-mw-thread-id="h-Access_databases_and_data_dumps-What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Access_databases_and_data_dumps-What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?"></span>Access databases and data dumps<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Access_databases_and_data_dumps-What_can_you_do_with_Cloud_Services?"></span></h3></div> <p><span id="Data_Services"></span> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r2211903">.mw-parser-output .note{background-position:left 7px top 50%;padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 40px;margin:0.5em 0;overflow:hidden;background-color:#f8f9fa;color:#333;background-repeat:no-repeat;border:1px solid #ddd}.mw-parser-output .note-inline{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .note-info{background-color:#eaf3ff;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/OOjs_UI_icon_information-progressive.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#a3caff;padding-left:40px;min-height:25px}.mw-parser-output .note-reminder{background-color:#fff9ea;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#fc3;min-height:25px}.mw-parser-output .note-warn{background-color:#fff9ea;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/OOjs_UI_icon_alert-warning.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#fc3;min-height:25px}.mw-parser-output .note-error{background-color:#fee7e6;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#c33;min-height:25px}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .note{background-color:transparent;color:inherit}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .note{background-color:transparent;color:inherit}}</style><div role="note" class="note note-info">What is a wiki replica? What's in the dumps? Learn the basics of Wikimedia open data and how to access all available datasets at <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Data" class="extiw" title="meta:Research:Data">Research:Data</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Access_wiki_databases_for_tool_development" data-mw-thread-id="h-Access_wiki_databases_for_tool_development-Access_databases_and_data_dumps"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Access_wiki_databases_for_tool_development-Access_databases_and_data_dumps"></span>Access wiki databases for tool development<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Access_wiki_databases_for_tool_development-Access_databases_and_data_dumps"></span></h4></div> <p>Tools and software hosted on Toolforge and Cloud VPS can directly access public data dumps and production wiki replicas. </p> <ul><li>Learn about <a href="/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Database" title="Help:Toolforge/Database"> accessing wiki replica databases from a tool account</a>.</li> <li>Learn about <a href="/wiki/Help:Shared_storage" title="Help:Shared storage"> accessing dumps through shared storage services for Cloud VPS and Toolforge</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Query_wiki_replicas_and_dumps_in_a_browser" data-mw-thread-id="h-Query_wiki_replicas_and_dumps_in_a_browser-Access_databases_and_data_dumps"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Query_wiki_replicas_and_dumps_in_a_browser-Access_databases_and_data_dumps"></span>Query wiki replicas and dumps in a browser<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Query_wiki_replicas_and_dumps_in_a_browser-Access_databases_and_data_dumps"></span></h4></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/PAWS" title="PAWS">PAWS</a></b> provides a Jupyter notebook environment you can use to query wiki replicas and dumps, create interactive graphs, and use APIs for analysis.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Superset" title="Superset">Superset</a></b> and <b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quarry.wmcloud.org/">Quarry</a></b> are web interfaces for querying live replica SQL databases of public Wikimedia wikis.</li></ul> <p>To use Superset or Quarry you need only a Wikimedia login and a web browser, but you should have a basic understanding of SQL. Learn about <a href="/wiki/Help:MySQL_queries" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:MySQL queries">SQL queries</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Which_service_is_right_for_you?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Which_service_is_right_for_you?"><span id="Which_service_is_right_for_you.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Which_service_is_right_for_you?"></span>Which service is right for you?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Which_service_is_right_for_you?"></span></h2></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Activity / Needs </th> <th>PAWS </th> <th>Superset </th> <th>Toolforge </th> <th>Cloud VPS </th></tr> <tr> <td>Data as a service </td> <td>Data as a service </td> <td>Platform as a service </td> <td>Infrastructure as a service </td></tr> <tr> <td>Write scripts and visualize data </td> <td>✔ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Write queries against wiki replica databases </td> <td>✔ </td> <td>✔ </td> <td>✔ </td> <td>✔ via Toolforge </td></tr> <tr> <td>Access on wiki database dump files </td> <td>✔ </td> <td> </td> <td>✔ </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Write and run bots </td> <td>✔ </td> <td> </td> <td>✔ </td> <td>✔ if not viable on Toolforge </td></tr> <tr> <td>Run web services </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>✔ </td> <td>✔ if not viable on Toolforge </td></tr> <tr> <td>Build tools to improve Wikimedia projects </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>✔ </td> <td>✔ if not viable on Toolforge </td></tr> <tr> <td>Schedule or run continuous jobs </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>✔ </td> <td>✔ if not viable on Toolforge </td></tr> <tr> <td>Need your own subdomain </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>✔ </td> <td>✔ </td></tr> <tr> <td>Work with co-maintainers and co-admins </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>✔ </td> <td>✔ </td></tr> <tr> <td>Install packages not provided by Debian or the Wikimedia Foundation </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>✔ </td></tr> <tr> <td>Administer your own virtual server </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>✔ </td></tr> <tr> <th>Platform / Environment </th> <td>web browser </td> <td>web browser </td> <td>terminal </td> <td>terminal </td></tr> <tr> <th>User knowledge </th> <td>curious—advanced </td> <td>curious—advanced </td> <td>intermediate—advanced </td> <td>advanced </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Before_you_start" data-mw-thread-id="h-Before_you_start"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Before_you_start"></span>Before you start<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Before_you_start"></span></h2></div> <p>To use Cloud Services products, you must first <a href="/wiki/Help:Create_a_Wikimedia_developer_account" title="Help:Create a Wikimedia developer account">create a Wikimedia account and a developer account</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Learn_more" data-mw-thread-id="h-Learn_more"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Learn_more"></span>Learn more<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Learn_more"></span></h2></div> <ul><li>🎬 Video: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-77-wikimedia-cloud-services-introduction">Wikimedia Cloud Services introduction</a> (2019)</li> <li>📣 Slides: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Introduction_to_Wikimedia_Cloud_Services_-_Wikimania_Hackathon_2019_Stockholm_Sweden.pdf" class="extiw" title="commons:File:Introduction to Wikimedia Cloud Services - Wikimania Hackathon 2019 Stockholm Sweden.pdf">An introduction to Cloud Services presentation</a> (2019)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Communication_and_support" data-mw-thread-id="h-Communication_and_support"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Communication_and_support"></span>Communication and support<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Communication_and_support"></span></h2></div> <p>Support and administration of the WMCS resources is provided by the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Cloud_Services_team" class="extiw" title="mw:Wikimedia Cloud Services team">Wikimedia Foundation Cloud Services team</a> and <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement" class="extiw" title="meta:Wikimedia movement">Wikimedia movement volunteers</a>. 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