History:Development/Sandbox

MusicBrainz has a sandbox server, called rika and accessible from subdomains of mbsandbox.org, where MusicBrainz contributors can request an account to show off their work and allow others to test it as part of the code review process.

Status

musicbrainz_db_static

2013-01-12 data dump; connect as user musicbrainz for read/write access (but make your own DB if you're going to do anything dangerous data-wise!)

musicbrainz_db_slave

running as expected; connect as user musicbrainz for read only access

potentially-needed updates

If your server is still running pre-Plack, ping Leftmost to change your config to use FCGI

If you're missing dependencies, run 'carton install --deployment' and it'll likely be fixed

Existing Sandboxes

Sandboxes (potentially) running (these could be running just about anything, though!):

• http://i18n.mbsandbox.org for testing of translations; play with your browser's settings to change languages
• http://ianmcorvidae.mbsandbox.org (User:Ianmcorvidae, editor:ianmcorvidae)
• http://nikki.mbsandbox.org (User:Nikki, editor:nikki)
• http://reosarevok.mbsandbox.org (User:Reosarevok, editor:reosarevok)
• http://navap.mbsandbox.org, http://navap2.mbsandbox.org (User:PavanChander, editor:navap)
• http://murdos.mbsandbox.org (User:murdos, editor:murdos)
• http://warp.mbsandbox.org (User:Kuno, editor:kuno)
• http://demosdemon.mbsandbox.org (User:Demosdemon, editor:demosdemon)
• http://mineo.mbsandbox.org (User:Mineo, editor:mineo)
• http://huesound.mbsandbox.org (User:RobertKaye, editor:rob, for a Music Hack Day Barcelona project)
• http://freso.mbsandbox.org (User:Freso, editor:freso)
• http://musicbottle.mbsandbox.org (User:Freso, editor:freso - running the MusicBottle code)
• http://celes.mbsandbox.org (editor:jesus2099)
• http://leftmost.mbsandbox.org (editor:leftmostcat)
• http://lordsputnik.mbsandbox.org (User:LordSputnik, editor:lordsputnik)
• http://jonnyjd.mbsandbox.org + http://mbsandbox.org/~jonnyjd/swagger/ (User:JonnyJD, editor:JonnyJD)
• http://chirlu.mbsandbox.org/ (User:Chirlu, editor:chirlu)

Getting an account

To get a sandbox of your very own, you should contact Leftmost one of these ways:

• via the MusicBrainz website, editor Leftmost Cat
• via IRC, Leftmost on FreeNode (come say hi in #musicbrainz or #metabrainz, while you're at it!)