Add Azure object storage support
Problem to solve
Currently we don't support Azure's object storage
Target audience
GitLab administrators
Proposal
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Gem: Fork fog-azure-rm to pull in updates needed for fog-core v2.1.2: https://github.com/fog/fog-azure-rm/pull/407 -
Gem: Update fog-azure-rm to support direct upload calls -
Rails: Update direct upload code to work with fog-azure-rm: !38882 (merged) -
Rails: Add Azure configuration support: !38882 (merged) -
Rails: Support backups: !41649 (merged), !41626 (merged) -
Monkey patch CarrierWave to pull in Azure fixes: https://github.com/carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave/pull/2375, https://github.com/carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave/issues/2410 -
Workhorse: Refactor S3Objectand related classes to make it easier to add other providers: gitlab-workhorse!551 (merged) -
Workhorse: Add Azure SDK: gitlab-workhorse!555 (merged) -
Workhorse: Add Azure configuration support: gitlab-workhorse!555 (merged) -
Omnibus: Add Azure configuration support: omnibus-gitlab!4505 (merged) -
Charts: Add Azure configuration support: gitlab-org/charts/gitlab!1546 (merged) -
Runner: Add Azure support for cache: gitlab-runner!2366 (merged)
What does success look like, and how can we measure that?
Links / references
ZD https://gitlab.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/110434 (internal)