Buildbot Setup for Ubuntu-Debian

Setting up a Buildbot slave on Ubuntu and Debian

One great way to contribute to MariaDB development is to run a buildbot builder. These builders are used for running automated builds and tests of MariaDB. The instructions on this page should help you get a builder set up on Ubuntu and Debian.

Setting up your MariaDB build environment

For Ubuntu and Debian, a quick way to install much of what you need is:

If you're running a version of Debian or Ubuntu that doesn't have MariaDB, then do the following:

After running one (or both) of the above, run the following to catch things that they may have missed:

After setting up the build environment do a test build to confirm that things are working. First get the source code using the git instructions on the page, then follow the steps on the page for building MariaDB using cmake. If your build succeeds, you're ready to move on to the next step of installing and configuring buildbot.

Do not hesitate to ask for help on the mailing list or on .

Buildbot installation and setup

Using APT

The easiest way to install buildbot on Ubuntu and Debian is to install the buildbot-slave package, like so:

Using Pip

Another way to install buildbot is using the Python pip package manager. Pip can be installed with:

Next install twisted and the buildbot-slave package using pip:

Creating the Buildbot builder

After the buildbot-slave package is installed (either via apt or pip), you need to create the builder using the buildslave create-slave command. As part of this command you will need to specify a name for your buildslave and a password. Both need to be given to the MariaDB Buildbot maintainers so that they can add your builder to the build pool. Ask on the mailing list or on for who these people are.

An example command for creating the slave is:

If you installed buildbot using pip, the convention is to create a buildbot user and then, as that user, create the buildslave in the home directory like so:

Put some appropriate info in info/admin and info/host files that are created, this will display on the information screen about your builder. See here for example:

Submit your builder information to the MariaDB Buildbot admins. Also let them know if your machine can run multiple builds at the same time (and how many). After adding your builder's information to the main buildbot configuration, all that's left is for you to do is to start your builder.

Starting and stopping your builder

If you installed your builder using apt, then you can start and stop it with:

If you installed your buildslave using pip, then do the following as the buildbot user in their home directory:

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