What does this MR do?
It consists of two parts:
- Redirecting users to the configured external storage when requesting a static object (e.g. an archive)
- Allowing the external storage to request the static object(s) on behalf of the user by means of specific tokens
Part of gitlab-com/gl-infra/infrastructure#6829
Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?
Conformity
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Changelog entry for user-facing changes, or community contribution. Check the link for other scenarios. -
Documentation created/updated or follow-up review issue created -
Code review guidelines -
Merge request performance guidelines -
Style guides -
Database guides -
Separation of EE specific content
Performance and testing
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Review and add/update tests for this feature/bug. Consider all test levels. See the Test Planning Process. -
Tested in all supported browsers
Security
If this MR contains changes to processing or storing of credentials or tokens, authorization and authentication methods and other items described in the security review guidelines:
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Label as security and @ mention @gitlab-com/gl-security/appsec -
The MR includes necessary changes to maintain consistency between UI, API, email, or other methods -
Security reports checked/validated by a reviewer from the AppSec team