Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of BuildServerSetup

Timestamp:

Dec 20, 2008, 1:38:27 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

Philip Taylor

Comment:

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BuildServerSetup

@@ -18 +18 @@
  * Install [http://search.cpan.org/~jkim/Net-Amazon-EC2-0.09/ Net::Amazon::EC2].
  * Install the initial part of the build script (that does as little as possible, because it's hard to upgrade).
- * Add that build script into `HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run`.
+ * Make that build script run on startup (before logon), using evil magic.
  * ...anything else?...
  * Bundle the machine into s3://...something.../...something...
@@ -39 +39 @@
  * Call [http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/2008-12-01/DeveloperGuide/index.html?ApiReference-Query-TerminateInstances.html TerminateInstances] to stop the machine.
 
-Also need to run something external to call !TerminateInstances after a suitable timeout, in case the machine gets stuck, so it doesn't end up wasting lots of money.
-
 == Build runner ==
 
  * Runs on same server as SVN.
  * Uses SVN auth info to only allow registered developers to trigger builds (because they cost money).
+ * The server also runs a cron job every 5 minutes, that checks if a build was started more than 50 minutes ago, and calls !TerminateInstances if so. (That should be enough time for a legitimate build to end, and prevents a runaway machine costing lots of money.)
+ * The web interface also provides an admin-only 'down for maintenance' mode that prevents any builds and pauses that cron job, so I can manually run the build server without interference.
 
 == EC2 ==