Allow raw blobs to be served from an external storage
What does this MR do?
It works the same way as !14846 (merged):
It consists of two parts:
- Redirecting users to the configured external storage
- Allowing the external storage to request the static object(s) on behalf of the user by means of specific tokens
Related to gitlab-com/gl-infra/scalability#4 (closed)
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Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?
Conformity
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Separation of EE specific content
Availability 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
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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
Edited by Ahmad Sherif