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diff --git a/docs/devel/ci.rst b/docs/devel/ci.rst index 064ffa9..bfedbb1 100644 --- a/docs/devel/ci.rst +++ b/docs/devel/ci.rst @@ -30,3 +30,43 @@ The GitLab CI jobs definition for the custom runners are located under:: Custom runners entail custom machines. To see a list of the machines currently deployed in the QEMU GitLab CI and their maintainers, please refer to the QEMU `wiki <https://wiki.qemu.org/AdminContacts>`__. + +Machine Setup Howto +------------------- + +For all Linux based systems, the setup can be mostly automated by the +execution of two Ansible playbooks. Create an ``inventory`` file +under ``scripts/ci/setup``, such as this:: + + fully.qualified.domain + other.machine.hostname + +You may need to set some variables in the inventory file itself. One +very common need is to tell Ansible to use a Python 3 interpreter on +those hosts. This would look like:: + + fully.qualified.domain ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3 + other.machine.hostname ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3 + +Build environment +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The ``scripts/ci/setup/build-environment.yml`` Ansible playbook will +set up machines with the environment needed to perform builds and run +QEMU tests. This playbook consists on the installation of various +required packages (and a general package update while at it). It +currently covers a number of different Linux distributions, but it can +be expanded to cover other systems. + +The minimum required version of Ansible successfully tested in this +playbook is 2.8.0 (a version check is embedded within the playbook +itself). To run the playbook, execute:: + + cd scripts/ci/setup + ansible-playbook -i inventory build-environment.yml + +Please note that most of the tasks in the playbook require superuser +privileges, such as those from the ``root`` account or those obtained +by ``sudo``. If necessary, please refer to ``ansible-playbook`` +options such as ``--become``, ``--become-method``, ``--become-user`` +and ``--ask-become-pass``. |