perftools / perftools/xhgui

Document how to operate a public XHGui instance

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Description

The /import and /delete endpoints are something you generally don't want to leave exposed to the Internet. At Wikimedia, we've turned these off at the web server layer hoping that it can't be bypassed.

That suffices for now, but I'd like to either integrate this into the software, or embrace it as the recommended practice and advertise/document it here so that other people can learn from it, and also so that it will be taken into account when making changes in the future.

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  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the /import and /delete endpoints and the web-server layer mentioned in the issue. Determine whether the project should document disabling them or integrate that restriction; done means the chosen recommendation is recorded for operators and can guide future changes.

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Assessment

Domain
documentation, security
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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