ReleaseEngineering/Blackbox Sessions/08-15-2014

recording: https://vreplay.mozilla.com/replay/showRecordingExternal.html?key=jO9PyScr9RXKRZA

topics:

• Adding a new slave class to AWS + adding additional capacity to AWS pools
  • wiki: https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReleaseEngineering/How_To/Set_Up_a_New_AWS_Slave_Class
  • implement c3.xlarge slave class for Linux64 test spot instances https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034055
  • Cloud tools configs http://hg.mozilla.org/build/cloud-tools/file/42995d055d41/configs/tst-emulator64
• Puppet cron job to create golden AMIs http://hg.mozilla.org/build/puppet/file/cdd03eb55435/modules/aws_manager/manifests/cron.pp#l115
  • Slave health https://secure.pub.build.mozilla.org/builddata/reports/slave_health/index.html
  • watch_pending.cfg ash http://hg.mozilla.org/build/cloud-tools/rev/aa9f8f58f2dd
  • watch_pending http://hg.mozilla.org/build/cloud-tools/rev/7043f6e2457f
  • update production_config.py for larger pool https://bug1034055.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8456351

• runner. from start to finish.
  • is there a wiki?
  • needs love: https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReleaseEngineering/PuppetAgain/Modules/runner
  • production copy: https://github.com/catlee/runner
  • uses puppet to define which tasks run on a given slave:
    • https://github.com/mozilla/build-puppet/tree/master/modules/runner
    • https://github.com/mozilla/build-puppet/blob/master/modules/runner/manifests/tasks/checkout_tools.pp
    • https://github.com/mozilla/build-puppet/blob/master/modules/runner/templates/tasks/checkout_tools.erb
  • log lives here: /var/log/runner.log