Buildbot Setup for MacOSX
Setting up a Buildbot slave on Mac OS X
Install buildbot-slave using macports or buildbot from fink (if you use old version of buildbot/buildbot-slave you should use buildbot command instead of buildslave-2.6 in following instructions).
Add user buildbot:
Make sure that you do not have a buildbot user and group on your system
# Check for group with id 101 id -g -nr 101 # Check for user with id 101 id -u -nr 101
If you do not have the group and user buildbot, then create the group and the user buildbot
# Create group buildbot with group id 101 GROUP="buildbot" dscl . create /groups/$GROUP dscl . create /groups/$GROUP name $GROUP dscl . create /groups/$GROUP passwd "*" dscl . create /groups/$GROUP gid 101 # Create user buildbot with id 101 BUILDSLAVE_HOME=/var/lib/buildslave USER=buildbot mkdir -p $BUILDSLAVE_HOME dscl . -create /Users/$USER dscl . -create /Users/$USER RealName "Buildbot slave" dscl . -create /Users/$USER NFSHomeDirectory $BUILDSLAVE_HOME dscl . -create /Users/$USER UserShell /bin/bash dscl . -create /Users/$USER UniqueID 101 dscl . -create /Users/$USER PrimaryGroupID 101 chown 101:101 $BUILDSLAVE_HOME
To hide the user use:
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array-add buildbot
Prepare environment:
sudo -i -u buildbot buildslave-2.6 create-slave --usepty=0 maria-slave hasky.askmonty.org:9989 <slavename> <passwd> bzr init-repo maria-slave/<slavedirectory> $EDITOR maria-slave/info/admin $EDITOR maria-slave/info/host logout
Buildbot can be started/stopped manually with these commands (it's a good idea to start and stop it to see if it is set up correctly):
If you installed buildbot from fink, please make sure that the buildbot user is using the environment settings. Your .profile should contain follwing line:
sudo - buildbot more .profile test -r /sw/bin/init.sh && . /sw/bin/init.sh
sudo -i -u buildbot
buildslave-2.6 start maria-slave
buildslave-2.6 stop maria-slave
logout
In order to make buildbot start on system boot, you'll need to create /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.sourceforge.buildbot.plist file with the following contents (modified example from buildbot wiki):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>StandardOutPath</key> <string>twistd.log</string> <key>StandardErrorPath</key> <string>twistd-err.log</string> <key>EnvironmentVariables</key> <dict> <key>PATH</key> <string>/opt/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin</string> <key>PYTHONPATH</key> <string>/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages</string> </dict> <key>GroupName</key> <string>daemon</string> <key>KeepAlive</key> <dict> <key>SuccessfulExit</key> <false/> </dict> <key>Label</key> <string>net.sourceforge.buildbot.slave.test</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/opt/local/bin/buildslave-2.6</string> <string>start</string> <string>--nodaemon</string> <string>maria-slave</string> </array> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> <key>UserName</key> <string>buildbot</string> <key>WorkingDirectory</key> <string>/var/lib/buildslave/</string> </dict> </plist>
If you installed buildbot from fink, then you can edit and copy the plist file
$EDITOR /sw/share/doc/buildbot-py26/contrib/os-x/net.sourceforge.buildbot.slave.plist
Your plist file should similar to this one after editing:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd "> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>net.sourceforge.buildbot.slave</string> <!-- Change this to the user you want to run buildbot as --> <key>UserName</key> <string>buildbot</string> <!-- Change this to your buildbot working directory --> <key>WorkingDirectory</key> <string>/Volumes/MiniHD2/ServiceData/buildslave/maria-slave</string> <key>EnvironmentVariables</key> <dict> <key>PATH</key> <string>/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin</string> </dict> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/sw/bin/twistd</string> <string>--nodaemon</string> <string>--python=buildbot.tac</string> <string>--logfile=buildbot.log</string> <string>--prefix=slave</string> </array> <key>KeepAlive</key> <dict> <key>SuccessfulExit</key> <false/> </dict> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> </dict> </plist>
sudo cp /sw/share/doc/buildbot-py26/contrib/os-x/net.sourceforge.buildbot.slave.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/
Note: you have to start your buildslave via launchd, otherwise you will run into several problems. For further details, please refer to Using Launchd