Add GlobalBlocking extension

[MarcoAurelioWM]

Enables the GlobalBlocking extension on Patch Demo.

GlobalBlocking is in use in WMF wikis and recently it has started to receive many patches. It'd be great to test them in a test environment before they even reach e.g. the Beta Cluster or Production wikis.

[MarcoAurelioWM]

I don't think this needs additional configuration. The "steward" permission comes in with extension.json so I don't think this needs to be configured separately.

[MatmaRex]

Well, unfortunately… https://patchdemo.wmflabs.org/wikis/847b3407a3/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main+Page

#0 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php(956): Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer->reportConnectionError()
#1 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php(928): Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer->getServerConnection(0, 'globalblocking', 0)
#2 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/libs/rdbms/loadbalancer/LoadBalancer.php(1061): Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer->getConnection(-1, Array, 'globalblocking', 0)
#3 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/extensions/GlobalBlocking/includes/GlobalBlocking.php(349): Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer->getConnectionRef(-1, 'globalblocking', 'globalblocking')
#4 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/extensions/GlobalBlocking/includes/GlobalBlocking.php(242): GlobalBlocking::getGlobalBlockingDatabase(-1)
#5 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/extensions/GlobalBlocking/includes/GlobalBlocking.php(85): GlobalBlocking::getGlobalBlockingBlock('172.16.5.238', true)
#6 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/extensions/GlobalBlocking/includes/GlobalBlocking.php(29): GlobalBlocking::getUserBlockDetails(Object(User), '172.16.5.238')
#7 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/extensions/GlobalBlocking/includes/GlobalBlockingHooks.php(147): GlobalBlocking::getUserBlock(Object(User), '172.16.5.238')
#8 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/HookContainer/HookContainer.php(160): GlobalBlockingHooks->onUserIsBlockedGlobally(Object(User), '172.16.5.238', false, NULL)
#9 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/HookContainer/HookRunner.php(4160): MediaWiki\HookContainer\HookContainer->run('UserIsBlockedGl...', Array)
#10 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/user/User.php(1832): MediaWiki\HookContainer\HookRunner->onUserIsBlockedGlobally(Object(User), '172.16.5.238', false, NULL)
#11 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/user/PasswordReset.php(357): User->getGlobalBlock()
#12 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/user/PasswordReset.php(160): PasswordReset->isBlocked(Object(User))
#13 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/user/PasswordReset.php(130): PasswordReset->computeIsAllowed(Object(User))
#14 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/libs/MapCacheLRU.php(274): PasswordReset->{closure}()
#15 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/user/PasswordReset.php(131): MapCacheLRU->getWithSetCallback('172.16.5.238', Object(Closure))
#16 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/specialpage/LoginSignupSpecialPage.php(996): PasswordReset->isAllowed(Object(User))
#17 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/specialpage/LoginSignupSpecialPage.php(707): LoginSignupSpecialPage->getFieldDefinitions()
#18 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/specialpage/AuthManagerSpecialPage.php(678): LoginSignupSpecialPage->onAuthChangeFormFields(Array, Array, Array, 'login')
#19 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/specialpage/LoginSignupSpecialPage.php(662): AuthManagerSpecialPage->fieldInfoToFormDescriptor(Array, Array, 'login')
#20 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/specialpage/AuthManagerSpecialPage.php(419): LoginSignupSpecialPage->getAuthForm(Array, 'login')
#21 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/specialpage/LoginSignupSpecialPage.php(314): AuthManagerSpecialPage->trySubmit()
#22 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/specialpage/SpecialPage.php(671): LoginSignupSpecialPage->execute(NULL)
#23 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/specialpage/SpecialPageFactory.php(1378): SpecialPage->run(NULL)
#24 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/MediaWiki.php(314): MediaWiki\SpecialPage\SpecialPageFactory->executePath('UserLogin', Object(RequestContext))
#25 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/MediaWiki.php(903): MediaWiki->performRequest()
#26 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/includes/MediaWiki.php(563): MediaWiki->main()
#27 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/index.php(53): MediaWiki->run()
#28 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/847b3407a3/w/index.php(46): wfIndexMain()
#29 {main}

[MatmaRex]

I'll update this, we need to set $wgGlobalBlockingDatabase.

Also, there's currently no way to become a steward on Patchdemo wikis, which would limit your testing ;) Never mind, bureaucrats can give steward rights, that's a bit silly, but okay.

[MatmaRex]

Thanks for the patch!

[MarcoAurelioWM]

Thank you! I guess we could add something in this file to assign the globalblocking-related permissions to sysops and unset the steward group to make testing more straightforward. I'll try that.