On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 5:11 PM Bryan Davis <[email protected]> wrote:

> Each tool only has a single hostname ($TOOL.toolforge.org) for
> webservice hosting. With manual Kubernetes adjustments it is possible
> to map that frontend webservice (Kubernetes Ingress) to multiple
> backend services, but there is not any tooling for this. It would be a
> very advanced topic to try and cover in a "beginner's workshop".
>
>
Okay makes sense, thanks.

It is possible to build multiple custom containers from the same tool.
> Those containers can be built from arbitrary publically accessible git
> repositories, including other Toolforge tools.
>

So basically we're saying, I can run as many jobs/services as I want
(within some reasonable predefined quota of course) within the same "tool",
but I can only host one webserver?


> > I was thinking it would be easier for all participants to share a tool,
> that way we can all "become" the tool and see what the others are doing and
> provide help and advice.
>
> It might be interesting to structure the event with teams of
> developers as practice for collaboratively working on tool
> maintenance. One way to do this might just be pairing folks off in
> teams of two or three and have them take turns pair programming style
> in running the keyboard during your exercises. Larger groups could
> certainly work too, but might be a bit more complex to structure
> exercises with more task distribution that would likely be needed for
> large groups.
>
>
Yes, pairing in groups of 2 or 3 was exactly the setup I was thinking of!

Thanks again!
-Travis
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