Buildbot Setup for MacOSX

Setting up a Buildbot slave on Mac OS X

Install buildbot using macports or fink.

Add user buildbot:

BUILDSLAVE_HOME=/var/lib/buildslave
mkdir -p $BUILDSLAVE_HOME
dscl . -create /Users/buildbot
dscl . -create /Users/buildbot RealName "Buildbot slave"
dscl . -create /Users/buildbot NFSHomeDirectory $BUILDSLAVE_HOME
dscl . -create /Users/buildbot UserShell /bin/bash
dscl . -create /Users/buildbot UniqueID 101
dscl . -create /Users/buildbot 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
buildbot 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):

sudo -i -u buildbot
buildbot start maria-slave
buildbot 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/buildbot</string>
 		<string>start</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
sudo cp /sw/share/doc/buildbot-py26/contrib/os-x/net.sourceforge.buildbot.slave.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/