Buildbot and EC2
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Project Name
Buildbot and EC2
Project Description
The BuildBot is software for automatically building and testing other software. EC2 is Amazon's "Elastic Compute Cloud", a service that lets you run Virtual Machines on Amazon's computing grid using a web API. It would be awesome if BuildBot had an EC2 module, and could spawn Virtual Machines on-demand to perform tasks. Conveniently, BuildBot is written in Python, and there's a Python library for interfacing with EC2.
References: Amazon EC2 Basics For Python Programmers
Project Leader(s)
Project Contributor(s)
Project Details
Release 0.1
Buildbot and EC2/0.1
Release 0.2
Buildbot and EC2/0.2
Release 0.3
Buildbot and EC2/0.3
Release 0.4
Buildbot and EC2/0.4
Release 0.5
Buildbot and EC2/0.5
Tasks
| Task | Details | Priority | Contributors | Status | Target | Completed | Link(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Load a script on startup in Linux | Make it possible to have a script load when Linux starts | High | Adam Delyea | Done | |||
| Testing | People needed to download the revisions and test them to make sure it works in different environments. Note, this will require you to have your own EC2 account. | Expired | NEEDED! *** Dominic Baranski |
Expired | |||
| Different Builds | Need different projects to try and build, to make sure it works to build projects other than Mozilla | Expired | NEEDED! *** Dominic Baranski |
Expired | |||
| Build Mozilla using an EC2 Instance | Allow Buildbot to successfully build mozilla using a build slave on an EC2 instance | High | Adam Delyea | Done | |||
| Complete Documentation | Medium | Adam Delyea | In Progress | ||||
| Generic EC2 instance for Buildbot Slaves | Making a generic EC2 Instance for Buildbot | Medium | Adam Delyea | Done | |||
| Startup Scripts for making your own EC2 instances | Medium | Adam Delyea | Done |
Contributions
*** Would you like to contribute? Well here's an excellent opportunity for you to do just that! Feel free to e-mail me at <awdelyea@gmail.com>
Project Resources
- Mozilla Buildbot links: docs and code
- EC2 Firefox Extension
- Amazon-ec2-for-people-who-prefer-debian-and-python-over-fedora-and-java
Project News
For a less formal, and more up-to-date view on whats happening, see the BLOG.
2007-09-17: Project claimed!
2007-10-11: Found a python EC2 library that has all of the functions I will need for interacting with EC2. Just need to write a custom build step to run these library functions.
2007-10-12: Release v0.1 is complete and available for download.
2007-10-12: Release v0.2 loosely defined. More detail to follow.
2007-11-17: Release v0.2 is complete and available for download: can start an instance and start an EC2BuildSlave
2007-11-21: Release v0.2.1 is complete and available for download: now to include variable EC2 users, and instances, and DNS'
2007-12-13: Release v0.3 is complete and available for download: easier to install and setup, can use to build projects now
2008-01-14: Release v0.4 Defined. In the process of getting accounts and machines for Try Server Farm.
2008-02-01: Task List and Release News is being moved to individual Release Pages. See individual Releases for more information.
