[Maria-developers] Volunteer my machine for buildbot and database with test results
To whom it may concern, Per information shown on URL below, with relevant paragraph pasted, I'd love to volunteer to run a build slave and other tests. Let me know how to participate, such as: Will an old laptop work? If so, what do you need? What do I need to do on my side? Does it mean that I need to leave my machine on all the time? What if a reboot happens while it is being used? I am sure more questions as we proceed. Thanks, Haidong "Alex" Ji http://kb.askmonty.org/v/about-buildbot Volunteering to run a build slave Many of our build hosts are run by community members, and we are always looking for additional volunteers to help us cover additional platforms or build options in BuildBot. If you are able to provide a spare machine for this purpose, your help is greatly appreciated! This is a good way to get involved without having to spend a lot of time on it. Get started by writing an email to maria-developers@lists.launchpad.net with an offer to run a BuildBot slave. Database with test results Buildbot saves the results of test runs in a database, to be used for enhanced reporting on web pages without need to change the Buildbot code, and for data mining when investigating test failures. The database schema is documented under Buildbot Database Schema. The schema is likely to evolve as we gradually add more kinds of information. For now, the data is not externally available. But the plan is to set up a slave database to replicate the data, and provide access (eg. remote database accounts) to members of the community with interesting ideas about how to present or mine this data, or who are just curious to play with it. If anyone has an interest in this, or wants to volunteer a slave host for this purpose, please send a mail to maria-developers@lists.launchpad.net. The more people show interest in this, the faster it is likely to happen!
Haidong Ji <haidong.ji@gmail.com> writes:
Per information shown on URL below, with relevant paragraph pasted, I'd love to volunteer to run a build slave and other tests.
Thanks!
Let me know how to participate, such as:
Will an old laptop work?
Yes. Especially if it has good amounts of memory (1GByte is probably minimum).
If so, what do you need? What do I need to do on my side?
You need to install and setup the Buildbot client. There is some documentation for how to do this here: http://kb.askmonty.org/v/buildbot-setup The full Buildbot manual (with tons of detail) is here: http://buildbot.net/buildbot/docs/0.7.12/index.html Send me some details of the machine and operating systems, and I will supply you with login credentials for the client against the Buildbot server.
Does it mean that I need to leave my machine on all the time?
Yes.
What if a reboot happens while it is being used?
Then the active build will fail, with a message that the client disconnected in the middle of the build. It is not a disaster, but it is annoying if it happens frequently. (Our Buildbot does not yet have the ability to automatically retry builds that fail in this way). - Kristian.
Thanks Kristian.
You need to install and setup the Buildbot client. Done. I am running Fedora 13 32-bit, and noticed there is no documentation for Buidbot slave install on KnowledgeBase. I can start one, or add comment to existing one if that is helpful.
Send me some details of the machine and operating systems, and I will supply you with login credentials for the client against the Buildbot server.
[haidong@asusfedora ~]$ uname -a Linux asusfedora 2.6.34.7-61.fc13.i686 #1 SMP Tue Oct 19 04:42:47 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [haidong@asusfedora ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 23 model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU U7300 @ 1.30GHz stepping : 10 cpu MHz : 800.000 cache size : 3072 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority bogomips : 2677.88 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 23 model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU U7300 @ 1.30GHz stepping : 10 cpu MHz : 800.000 cache size : 3072 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority bogomips : 2677.94 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management:
What if a reboot happens while it is being used?
Then the active build will fail, with a message that the client disconnected in the middle of the build. It is not a disaster, but it is annoying if it happens frequently. (Our Buildbot does not yet have the ability to automatically retry builds that fail in this way).
Ok, for the next 3 weeks or so the availability of my machine can be spotty, as I will be travelling to 3 cities in Asia. On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Kristian Nielsen <knielsen@knielsen-hq.org> wrote:
Haidong Ji <haidong.ji@gmail.com> writes:
Per information shown on URL below, with relevant paragraph pasted, I'd love to volunteer to run a build slave and other tests.
Thanks!
Let me know how to participate, such as:
Will an old laptop work?
Yes. Especially if it has good amounts of memory (1GByte is probably minimum).
If so, what do you need? What do I need to do on my side?
You need to install and setup the Buildbot client. There is some documentation for how to do this here:
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/buildbot-setup
The full Buildbot manual (with tons of detail) is here:
http://buildbot.net/buildbot/docs/0.7.12/index.html
Send me some details of the machine and operating systems, and I will supply you with login credentials for the client against the Buildbot server.
Does it mean that I need to leave my machine on all the time?
Yes.
What if a reboot happens while it is being used?
Then the active build will fail, with a message that the client disconnected in the middle of the build. It is not a disaster, but it is annoying if it happens frequently. (Our Buildbot does not yet have the ability to automatically retry builds that fail in this way).
- Kristian.
Haidong "Alex" Ji
Haidong Ji <haidong.ji@gmail.com> writes:
Ok, for the next 3 weeks or so the availability of my machine can be spotty, as I will be travelling to 3 cities in Asia.
Ok, then we should wait, as otherwise there will be annoying build failures resulting from this. - Kristian.
Kristian,
Ok, then we should wait, as otherwise there will be annoying build failures resulting from this.
I am back from my trip now. I can offer my Fedora 13 32-bit and Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit up for build purposes. Like mentioned before, I've got Python buildbot installed on Fedora. I can install and setup buildbot on my Windows machine as well. Thanks, Haidong "Alex" Ji On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:27 AM, Kristian Nielsen <knielsen@knielsen-hq.org> wrote:
Haidong Ji <haidong.ji@gmail.com> writes:
Ok, for the next 3 weeks or so the availability of my machine can be spotty, as I will be travelling to 3 cities in Asia.
Ok, then we should wait, as otherwise there will be annoying build failures resulting from this.
- Kristian.
Haidong Ji <haidong.ji@gmail.com> writes:
I am back from my trip now. I can offer my Fedora 13 32-bit and Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit up for build purposes. Like mentioned before, I've got Python buildbot installed on Fedora. I can install and setup buildbot on my Windows machine as well.
Thanks! I've setup Buildbot for the two new machines and sent you account details (password etc) in private mail. - Kristian.
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