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Wikimedia FoundationCompany

Nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and its sister projects.

8 things

GitLabSoftware

liked

We're migrating this pipeline to GitLab and seizing the chance to refine our tools.

Wikimedia migrating its Kubernetes image pipeline to GitLab

techblog.wikimedia.org ↗·2022-12-02Wrong?

MariaDBSoftware

liked

The MariaDB team was very responsive and quick to offer solutions, complete with test cases.

Wikimedia on migrating English and German Wikipedia and Wikidata to MariaDB

diff.wikimedia.org ↗·2013-04-22Wrong?

TegolaSoftware

recommended

After multiple assessments, we ended up using Tegola, a Golang-based vector tile server, as well as a new standard for geospatial vector data, working closely with the folks from go-spatial.

Wikimedia on choosing Tegola for serving vector map tiles

diff.wikimedia.org ↗·2022-05-06Wrong?

Apache Traffic ServerSoftware

recommended

ATS allowed us to significantly simplify the CDN architecture, increase our uptime, and accelerate the procedure to switch between our two primary data centers in Virginia and Texas.

Wikimedia on replacing Varnish with Apache Traffic Server in its CDN

diff.wikimedia.org ↗·2020-11-25Wrong?

KubernetesSoftware

uses

On top of that, we moved from using our dedicated Maps server cluster to our production Kubernetes environment for serving vector map tiles.

Wikimedia moving its map tile serving onto its production Kubernetes

diff.wikimedia.org ↗·2022-05-06Wrong?

JenkinsSoftware

mixed

Now we're migrating to GitLab, we’re replacing Jenkins and PipelineLib with a shared GitLab repository called Kokkuri.

Wikimedia replacing Jenkins and PipelineLib with GitLab-based Kokkuri

techblog.wikimedia.org ↗·2022-12-02Wrong?

VarnishSoftware

mixed

The article pointed out a few issues we had with Varnish as the on-disk backend cache software; such issues made us look for alternatives.

Wikimedia on the issues with Varnish as its on-disk CDN cache

diff.wikimedia.org ↗·2020-11-25Wrong?

SquidSoftware

disliked

Squid is the software we were using early on in Wikimedia’s history before moving to Varnish; the main reasons for moving away from it included the difficulty of extending its functionalities, lack of IPv6 support, and sub-optimal CPU usage.

Wikimedia on why it moved from Squid to Varnish early in its history

diff.wikimedia.org ↗·2020-11-25Wrong?

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