.. _first-run-label: ========= First Run ========= Goal ---- This tutorial will take you from zero to running your first buildbot master and slave as quickly as possible, without changing the default configuration. This tutorial is all about instant gratification and the five minute experience: in five minutes we want to convince you that this project Works, and that you should seriously consider spending some more time learning the system. In this tutorial no configuration or code changes are done. This tutorial assumes that you are running on Unix, but might be adaptable easily to Windows. For the :ref:`fastest way through in Linux `, you can use Docker, the linux container engine. Docker automates all the deployment steps for you. For a more manual approach, you should be able to cut and paste each shell block from this tutorial directly into a terminal. .. _getting-code-label: Getting the code ---------------- There are many ways to get the code on your machine. For this tutorial, we will use easy_install to install and run buildbot. While this isn't the preferred method to install buildbot, it is the simplest one to use for the purposes of this tutorial because it should work on all systems. (The preferred method would be to install buildbot via ``pip``.) To make this work, you will need the following installed: * Python_ and the development packages for it * virtualenv_ * Git_ .. _Python: http://www.python.org/ .. _virtualenv: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv/ .. _Git: http://git-scm.com/ Preferably, use your package installer to install these. You will also need a working Internet connection, as virtualenv and easy_install will need to download other projects from the Internet. .. note:: Buildbot does not require root access. Run the commands in this tutorial as a normal, unprivileged user. Let's dive in by typing at the terminal: .. code-block:: bash cd mkdir -p tmp/buildbot cd tmp/buildbot virtualenv --no-site-packages sandbox source sandbox/bin/activate easy_install sqlalchemy==0.7.10 easy_install buildbot .. note:: The requirement to install SQLAlchemy-0.7.10 is due to a conflict between newer versions of SQLAlchemy and SQLAlchemy-Migrate. Creating a master ----------------- At the terminal, type: .. code-block:: bash buildbot create-master master mv master/master.cfg.sample master/master.cfg Now start it: .. code-block:: bash buildbot start master tail -f master/twistd.log You will now see all of the log information from the master in this terminal. You should see lines like this: .. code-block:: none 2011-12-04 10:04:40-0600 [-] Starting factory 2011-12-04 10:04:40-0600 [-] Setting up http.log rotating 10 files of 10000000 bytes each 2011-12-04 10:04:40-0600 [-] WebStatus using (/home/dustin/tmp/buildbot/master/public_html) 2011-12-04 10:04:40-0600 [-] removing 0 old schedulers, updating 0, and adding 1 2011-12-04 10:04:40-0600 [-] adding 1 new changesources, removing 0 2011-12-04 10:04:40-0600 [-] gitpoller: using workdir '/home/dustin/tmp/buildbot/master/gitpoller-workdir' 2011-12-04 10:04:40-0600 [-] gitpoller: initializing working dir from git://github.com/buildbot/pyflakes.git 2011-12-04 10:04:40-0600 [-] configuration update complete 2011-12-04 10:04:41-0600 [-] gitpoller: checking out master 2011-12-04 10:04:41-0600 [-] gitpoller: finished initializing working dir from git://github.com/buildbot/pyflakes.git at rev 1a4af6ec1dbb724b884ea14f439b272f30439e4d Creating a slave ---------------- Open a new terminal and enter the same sandbox you created before: .. code-block:: bash cd cd tmp/buildbot source sandbox/bin/activate Install the ``buildslave`` command: .. code-block:: bash easy_install buildbot-slave Now, create the slave: .. code-block:: bash buildslave create-slave slave localhost:9989 example-slave pass The user:host pair, username, and password should be the same as the ones in master.cfg; verify this is the case by looking at the section for ``c['slaves']`` and ``c['slavePortnum']``: .. code-block:: bash cat master/master.cfg Now, start the slave: .. code-block:: bash buildslave start slave Check the slave's log: .. code-block:: bash tail -f slave/twistd.log You should see lines like the following at the end of the worker log: .. code-block:: none 2009-07-29 20:59:18+0200 [Broker,client] message from master: attached 2009-07-29 20:59:18+0200 [Broker,client] SlaveBuilder.remote_print(buildbot-full): message from master: attached 2009-07-29 20:59:18+0200 [Broker,client] sending application-level keepalives every 600 seconds Meanwhile, in the other terminal, in the master log, if you tail the log you should see lines like this: .. code-block:: none 2011-03-13 18:46:58-0700 [Broker,1,127.0.0.1] slave 'example-slave' attaching from IPv4Address(TCP, '127.0.0.1', 41306) 2011-03-13 18:46:58-0700 [Broker,1,127.0.0.1] Got slaveinfo from 'example-slave' 2011-03-13 18:46:58-0700 [Broker,1,127.0.0.1] bot attached 2011-03-13 18:46:58-0700 [Broker,1,127.0.0.1] Buildslave example-slave attached to runtests You should now be able to go to http://localhost:8010, where you will see a web page similar to: .. image:: _images/index.png :alt: index page Click on the `Waterfall Display link `_ and you get this: .. image:: _images/waterfall-empty.png :alt: empty waterfall. That's the end of the first tutorial. A bit underwhelming, you say? Well, that was the point! We just wanted to get you to dip your toes in the water. It's easy to take your first steps, but this is about as far as we can go without touching the configuration. You've got a taste now, but you're probably curious for more. Let's step it up a little in the second tutorial by changing the configuration and doing an actual build. Continue on to :ref:`quick-tour-label`.