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hopefully fix up git magic --work-tree magic
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1 autobot
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2 =======
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7 What is autobot?
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10 autobot is a continuous integration solution for the Automation and
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11 Tools Team. We have a lot of software. We're really talented, so
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12 usually it doesn't break. But we're not infalliable. Our robot ally,
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13 autobot, is there to test things for us. Let's meet autobot!
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16 Installing autobot
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19 autobot may be installed using the install script::
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21 curl http://k0s.org/mozilla/hg/autobot/raw-file/tip/INSTALL.sh | bash
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23 This will create a virtualenv and install autobot for development
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24 ($VIRTUAL_ENV/src/autobot). You can also use the script as
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25 instructions and install it in the same manner as any other python package.
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28 Setting up a buildmaster and slave
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31 Once you have autobot installed and the virtualenv activated, you'll
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32 want to create a buildmaster and a buildslave.
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34 You can create a master-slave pair by running ``create-autobot`` after
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35 activating the virtualenv. This is mostly useful for autobot
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36 development. The scripts ``create-autobot-master`` and
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37 ``create-autobot-slave`` are also available and are more useful for
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38 production, as normally you will not want to keep the master and the
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39 slave on the same machine except for development and testing. The
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40 scripts will prompt you for a factory or you can specify one or more
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41 from the commandline using ``--factory`` or ``-f``. The factories are
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42 from ``autobot.projects`` and its subdirectories. You can list the
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43 available factories with ``create-autobot --list-factories`` (or
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44 ``create-autobot-master --list-factories``).
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46 Running ``create-autobot --help`` will give the variables you can set
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47 when it makes a new bot for you (``create-autobot-master`` and
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48 ``create-autobot-slave`` also have a ``--help``, the variables in
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49 ``create-autobot`` being a superset of these).
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51 If you don't specify a variable, the default will be used to create
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52 your particular bot. You can change these in the resultant
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53 configuration later.
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56 Using autobot
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57 -------------
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59 The buildmaster and buildslave are started with
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60 ``buildbot start master`` and ``buildslave stop slave`` from the bot's
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61 directories. Respective ``stop`` commands also exist. If you used the
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62 ``create-autobot`` command the generated bot will have a
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63 ``restart_buildbot.py`` script that will stop and start both the
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64 master and slave and (if debug is set) remove the log as well.
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66 The generated ``master.cfg`` file reads values from a ``master.ini``
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67 file in the same directory. The master.ini contains a number of
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68 different sections:
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70 * ``[:master:]`` contains the top level configuration for the master
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71 as well as default settings for slaves
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72 * sections like ``[slave:slavename]`` indicate a slave of name
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73 ``slavename``
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76 The format of the ``.ini`` file is detailed in the subsequent
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79 an .ini file as a driver you can construct the appropriate
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80 configuration therein yourself.
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82 An overview of the build status is detailed at the waterfall display,
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84 click on the desired builder and there will be a force build button
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100 * sections like ``[slave:slavename]`` indicate a slave of name
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104 What goes in each of these?
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106 ``:master:`` The master section contains parameters appropriate to the
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111 * pollInterval: how often to poll the repositories, in seconds [DEFAULT: 60]
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112 * treeStable: how long to wait before the tree settles down before
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115 The other defaults may be seen by running ``create-autobot-master --help``.
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117 Other parameters given in the ``[:master:]`` section are used as the
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118 baseline defaults for each slave. They may be overridden in each
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123 ``slave:`` parameters for each slave:
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125 * password: each slave *must* have a password. Unless there's a
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129 * factories: space-separated list of factories to run on that slave.
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130 If the special value ``*`` is used, all factories will be run. You
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131 can view the factories available with
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132 ``create-autobot --list-factories``. The factory name corresponds to
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133 the directory (or module) name in ``autobot.projects``. If
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134 every slave is meant to run the same factories, you can put this in
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135 the ``:master:`` section
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138 ``win``, or ``mac`` (though see TODO about future use of MozInfo
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139 making this obselescent). You probably *shouldn't* have a default
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140 key for this in the ``:master:`` section (though autobot won't try
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141 to stop you!).
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145 factory sections: All other sections are used to build the factories.
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146 Each parameter in a factory section is used as a constructor
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147 (``__init__``) keyword argument when they are created in the
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148 ``master.cfg``. So a factory section like::
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151 bar = fleem
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152 baz = another parameter
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154 will invoke the foo factory (lets say it maps to ``MyFooFactory``) on
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155 each slave like::
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157 MyFooFactory(**dict(bar='fleem', baz='another parameter'))
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187 ``autobot.process.factory:SourceFactory`` is an abstract base class
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188 for specifying sources. Sources live as a member on the instance, named
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189 (oddly) ``sources``. This is a dict with the key being the source
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190 type and the value being the source to use. Source types are
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191 currently "git" and "hg", though this is easily extensible.
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195 branch. If the branch is ``None`` or not specified, this is assumed
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199 will split into a list of sources. So all of these translate into the
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208 The generated ``master.cfg`` polls for changes on the given source,
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209 then uses ``buildbot.schedulers.filter:Changefilter`` in conjunction
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210 with a ``Scheduler`` to trigger the appropriate builds. This is done
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211 by ``GitPoller`` and ``HgPoller`` in
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212 ``autobot.changes.poller``. Again, more pollers can be added as
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215 While, in general, the canonical sources should be specified at the
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216 class level, if an appropriate argument (e.g. *hg* or *git*) is passed
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217 in to the ``SourceFactory`` constructor, this will override that
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218 source type. This is useful for testing changes on non-canonical URLs
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225 Occassionally, you'll need to add a new project to test. You can add
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226 a ``__init__.py`` file to a directory under ``autobot.projects`` and,
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227 if you have a factory therein, autobot will find it and add it to the
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228 list of factories it knows about.
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230 There is also a script, ``create-autobot-project``, that can create
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236 is the path of the file to create. If output is not specified, it
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237 will find its way to a directory named for the project under
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238 ``autobot.projects``.
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240 Several factories (``BuildFactory`` descendents) are in
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241 ``autobot.process`` to make building a new project easier:
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243 * ``SourceFactory``: as described above, this processes the sources
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244 and gives a method (``checkout()``) for downloading them.
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245 ``master.cfg`` looks in each factory and gleems its needed
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246 repository from its ``sources`` attribute (if any) in the internal
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247 storage mechanism of ``SourceFactory`` and sets up schedulers
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248 accordingly.
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250 * ``VirtualenvFactory``: inherits from ``SourceFactory``. creates a
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251 python virtualenv and provides build properties ``%(virtualenv)s``,
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252 ``%(python)s``, and ``%(scripts)s`` (location of ``bin`` on unix or
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253 ``Scripts`` on windows with respect to the virtualenv. It also has
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254 a ``findScript()`` method which accepts the unix-style script name
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255 (no extension) and returns the path to the script on the platform.
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257 * ``PythonSourceFactory``: inherits from ``VirtualenvFactory``. It
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258 treats *all* (for now, can be changed) sources as sources of python
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259 packages. In addition to checking them out in
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260 ``%(virtualenv)s/src``, it will also install them (using
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261 ``%(python)s setup.py install``)
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263 * ``FirefoxDownloaderFactory``: downloads and unpacks a Firefox
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264 bundle, using
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265 `GetLatestTinderbox <http://hg.mozilla.org/automation/getlatest-tinderbox>`_ .
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266 It also provides three properties: ``%(firefox_url)s``,
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267 ``%(firefox_bundle)s``, and ``%(firefox)s`` -- the last, and most
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268 interesting, being the absolute path to the Firefox executable. You
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269 (currently) *must* pass a ``platform`` argument with
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270 ``platform['os']`` set to "linux", "win", or "mac" in order for
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271 ``FirefoxDownloaderFactory`` to figure out what to do with the thing
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272 that it downloads (though see TODO, in the future it should/could
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273 use MozInfo or guess the OS from the bundle extension...maybe).
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274 Currently, mac is *NOT* supported, though its on my list of things
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275 to do (I'd love advice/help!).
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277 See the ``autobot.process.factory`` file for more details. These
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278 classes are intended as mix-ins (not my favorite pattern, but it seems
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279 to basically be what buildbot wants you to do). More work needs to be
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280 done to provide for the breadth of use-cases, but what exists now is
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281 considered a "good start" versus a "final form". More factories may
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288 Let me know! I'd like to make autobot a solution that works for all
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289 stake-holders, and if you're reading this, that means you!
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300 * get FirefoxDownloaderFactory working on Mac with .dmg files!
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302 * singular checkout of repos on slaves: the slaves should have a
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303 singular master repo that is checked out once for each repo URL,
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304 branch pair. It is then updated as the slaves need and (e.g.)
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305 cloned from there. This should effectively minimize fetch time.
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307 * use (as yet non-existent) MozInfo package on the slave: instead of
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308 specifying the operating system, etc on the master, MozInfo should
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309 determine the applicable information from introspection