Installing Buildbot on Manjaro

Buildbot is a popular Python-based continuous integration and delivery platform. Installing Buildbot on Manjaro can be done by following these steps:

Step 1: Install Python and pip

Python and pip are required to install Buildbot. If you do not have Python and pip installed on your Manjaro machine, you can install them by running the following command:

sudo pacman -S python pip

Step 2: Install Buildbot

You can install Buildbot using pip by running the following command:

pip install buildbot-worker

Step 3: Configure Buildbot

Once Buildbot is installed, you need to configure it by creating a master and defining workers. You can create a new file named master.cfg at a desired location and add the following code:

from buildbot.plugins import *
c = BuildmasterConfig = {}

### WORKERS

c['workers'] = [
    worker.Worker("example-worker", "pass"),
]

### CHANGESOURCES

c['change_source'] = []

### SCHEDULERS

c['schedulers'] = []

### BUILDERS

c['builders'] = []

#### PROJECT IDENTITY (optional)

c['title'] = "My Project"

### DB URL (optional)

c['db'] = {
    # This specifies what database buildbot uses to store its state.  You can leave
    # this at its default for all but the largest installations.
    'db_url': 'sqlite:///state.sqlite',
}

This code defines a worker named example-worker with a password of pass. You may change these values to ones that you prefer. The rest of the code defines placeholders for change_source, schedulers, and builders and also sets the name of the project and the location of the database.

Step 4: Start Buildbot

To start the Buildbot master, navigate to the directory where the master.cfg file is located and run the following command:

buildbot start

This will start the Buildbot master and it should be accessible on port 8010 by default. You can access the Buildbot web interface by navigating to localhost:8010.

Conclusion

With these steps, you were able to install Buildbot on Manjaro, configure a basic master and start the Buildbot service. You can now add more workers, builders, schedulers and plugins to your buildbot configuration.

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