Help:Create a Wikimedia developer account

This page will teach you how to create a Wikimedia developer account. If you plan to access, use, or make contributions via protected services, then a Wikimedia developer account is required in addition to a Wikimedia global account.

Some of the protected services that require both a Wikimedia developer account and a Wikimedia global account include:

Prerequisites

Step 1: Create a Wikimedia global account

Create a Wikimedia global account.

Step 2: Decide which service you need a Wikimedia developer account for

Toolforge users should follow this process to create Wikimedia developer accounts.
VPS and general users should follow this process to create Wikimedia developer accounts.

Toolforge users

Create a Wikimedia developer account

Go to the Toolforge admin console.
In the first box press the Login using Wikimedia account button.
You will be taken to a "Wikimedia account login" screen.
Enter your Wikimedia account username and password.
Once you are logged into your Wikimedia account, you will return to the Toolforge admin console.
You will be prompted to create an LDAP username, a UNIX shell username, and password. You will also be prompted to enter your email address and agree to the terms of service and code of conduct for technical spaces.
- The LDAP username will be used to log in on Wikitech, Gerrit and the Toolforge admin console.
- The UNIX shell username will be used to interact with servers via ssh and for git with Gerrit.
Create your Wikimedia developer account.

VPS and General Users

Create a Wikimedia developer account

Go to the Wikimedia developer account creation page on Wikitech, and fill in the fields.
- The LDAP username will be used to log in on Wikitech, Gerrit and the Toolforge admin console. Consider that this username will be used in some systems like Gitlab as your displayed name, so you may want this to be your full name. You will not be able to change this later!
- The UNIX shell username will be used to interact with servers via ssh and for git with Gerrit.
Create your Wikimedia developer account.

The option for logged in users to generate an account for another user with a randomly generated password that is mailed directly to the new user is not available on Wikitech. Individuals should sign up for their own accounts when possible. When that is not possible, account creators must tell the new account holders to change the initial password set by the account creator.

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, the bridged Telegram group, or the bridged Mattermost channel
Discuss via email after you subscribed to the cloud@ mailing list

Receive mail announcements about critical changes

Subscribe to the cloud-announce@ mailing list (all messages are also mirrored to the cloud@ list)

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

Learn about major near-term plans

Read the News wiki page

Read news and stories about Wikimedia Cloud Services

Read the Cloud Services Blog (for the broader Wikimedia movement, see the Wikimedia Technical Blog)