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This page contains notes on the architecture that will one day support hundreds of thousands of users in a wiki community.
This page contains notes on the architecture that will one day support hundreds of thousands of users in a wiki community.


Register Domain
=== Register Domain ===
 
Once we decide on a name.
Once we decide on a name.


DNS Hosting
=== DNS Hosting ===
 
I will host in my personal AWS account and transfer to the nonprofit once it exists.
I will host in my personal AWS account and transfer to the nonprofit once it exists.


Database
=== Database ===
 
* Platform: AWS RDS
* Platform: AWS RDS
* Engine: MariaDB (MySQL)
* Engine: MariaDB (MySQL)
* Storage: xx GB (storage can be increased without any downtime)


Upload Storage
=== Upload Storage ===
 
* Platform: AWS S3
* Platform: AWS S3


Web and Application
=== Web and Application ===
 
* Platform: AWS Fargate / ECS
* Platform: AWS Fargate / ECS
* Container image: MediaWiki Docker
* Container image: MediaWiki Docker
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* Multi-AZ: not at first
* Multi-AZ: not at first


Load Balancer
=== Load Balancer ===
* AWS
 
=== Secrets Manager ===
 
* Whenever possible, passwords and secret keys will be kept in AWS Secrets Manager.
 
=== Environments ===
The following environments will be built.
 
* Development
** All new enhancements will be added to the development environment
* Testing
** Completed features will be deployed to the test environment
** A series of test scripts and procedures will be developed to be performed following each new deployment
* Production
** Once a release has passed all tests, it will be deployed to production


* AWS
=== CI/CD Pipeline ===
This procedure will allow multiple developers to author and commit code.  Automated procedures will move releases from Dev to Test, and then to Production.
 
=== Email and Productivity Suite ===
We will use Google G-Suite (~$8 per user per month)

Revision as of 13:22, 22 June 2026

This page contains notes on the architecture that will one day support hundreds of thousands of users in a wiki community.

Register Domain

Once we decide on a name.

DNS Hosting

I will host in my personal AWS account and transfer to the nonprofit once it exists.

Database

  • Platform: AWS RDS
  • Engine: MariaDB (MySQL)
  • Storage: xx GB (storage can be increased without any downtime)

Upload Storage

  • Platform: AWS S3

Web and Application

  • Platform: AWS Fargate / ECS
  • Container image: MediaWiki Docker
  • Instance class:
  • Storage: 50 GB
  • Multi-AZ: not at first

Load Balancer

  • AWS

Secrets Manager

  • Whenever possible, passwords and secret keys will be kept in AWS Secrets Manager.

Environments

The following environments will be built.

  • Development
    • All new enhancements will be added to the development environment
  • Testing
    • Completed features will be deployed to the test environment
    • A series of test scripts and procedures will be developed to be performed following each new deployment
  • Production
    • Once a release has passed all tests, it will be deployed to production

CI/CD Pipeline

This procedure will allow multiple developers to author and commit code. Automated procedures will move releases from Dev to Test, and then to Production.

Email and Productivity Suite

We will use Google G-Suite (~$8 per user per month)