The QTE, Cloud Services, and Release Engineering team (collectively known
as DevEx, Developer Experience) are kicking off a new project to create an
advanced prototype of an on-demand test environment provisioner called
Catalyst. This tool is a logical successor to Patch Demo
<https://patchdemo.wmflabs.org/>, which could deploy MediaWikis for testing
but not services, and DUCT
<https://people.wikimedia.org/~kindrobot/duct/presentation.html>, which
could deploy Mediawikis and services for testing in Wikifunctions
<http://wikifunctions.org>, but was not scalable to other teams/projects.
We expect the MVP (minimum viable prototype) to be ready in approximately
two months and would be very interested in input/help from the community,
both with the prototype and with where a generally available product might
look like thereafter. More information on the project, its technology
stack, and how to get involved is at
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Catalyst.
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*Stef Dunlap* (she/her)
Staff Software Engineer
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
as DevEx, Developer Experience) are kicking off a new project to create an
advanced prototype of an on-demand test environment provisioner called
Catalyst. This tool is a logical successor to Patch Demo
<https://patchdemo.wmflabs.org/>, which could deploy MediaWikis for testing
but not services, and DUCT
<https://people.wikimedia.org/~kindrobot/duct/presentation.html>, which
could deploy Mediawikis and services for testing in Wikifunctions
<http://wikifunctions.org>, but was not scalable to other teams/projects.
We expect the MVP (minimum viable prototype) to be ready in approximately
two months and would be very interested in input/help from the community,
both with the prototype and with where a generally available product might
look like thereafter. More information on the project, its technology
stack, and how to get involved is at
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Catalyst.
--
*Stef Dunlap* (she/her)
Staff Software Engineer
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>