Given the length of time precheckin seems to run, would it make sense to
break it up?

-Sean.

On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Dan Smith <dsm...@pivotal.io> wrote:

> Looks good. Should we go ahead and change this to run precheckin instead of
> build?
>
> -Dan
>
> On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Anthony Baker <aba...@pivotal.io> wrote:
>
> > If you’d like to check this out, here’s the PR containing the pipeline
> and
> > job scripts:
> > https://github.com/apache/geode/pull/1006
> >
> > And the pipeline itself:
> > https://concourse.apachegeode-ci.info
> >
> > There are three pipelines defined:
> >
> > - develop:  runs `gradle build`.  Can be extended to include other
> > precheckin tests based on feedback.
> > - docker-images: builds the container used for the develop pipeline.
> > - meta: watches for changes to the pipeline files and automatically
> > updates the runtime pipelines.
> >
> > Authentication is integrated with GitHub.  If you want the ability to
> > manually stop/start jobs please request on the dev@g.a.o mailing list
> > (same as for Jenkins) and include your GitHub id.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Anthony
> >
> > > On Oct 6, 2017, at 7:08 AM, Anthony Baker <aba...@pivotal.io> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I’d like to propose the following that we switch our continuous
> > > integration (CI) system from Jenkins [1] to Concourse [2].  I suggest
> > > this because we continue to experience a significant number of
> > > environmental-related test failures.
> > >
> > > These issues include CPU interference from other Jenkins jobs on the
> > > same host, running out of disk space, port conflicts, and other
> > > gremlins.  The net effect is that we are only getting 1-2 successful
> > > builds per month.  Certainly not all test failures can be traced back
> > > to environmental issues.  However, internal testing on isolated VM’s
> > > shows a combined success rate of about 3X higher compared to ASF
> > > Jenkins for the same tests.  This is still definitely NotAwesome, but
> > > removing environmental factors will let us focus on stabilizing flaky
> > > tests.
> > >
> > > Concourse is an Apache-licensed open source CI system based on
> > > pipelines.  The pipelines are defined in a YML file containing job
> > > definitions—inputs, outputs, resources, and tasks.  A task is simply a
> > > bash script that returns 0/1 for success/failure.  A web UI displays
> > > build status.  Importantly, each job runs inside an isolated
> > > container.  The containers are load-balanced across a pool of workers.
> > > For an example of a build pipeline, see [3] for the pipeline used to
> > > build concourse itself.
> > >
> > > A Concourse environment is deployed and managed in cloud environments
> > > through bosh [4].  Pivotal has agreed to donate AWS and/or GCP compute
> > > and storage resources as well as manage the infrastructure.  These
> > > project resources would be available for use by all committers and
> > > community members regardless of corporate affiliations.  Note that
> > > AFAIK there is no explicit requirement to host CI on ASF
> > > infrastructure—unlike for critical project resources such as source
> > > code, mailing lists, and issue tracking.
> > >
> > > The source for the pipeline and job scripts would reside within the
> > > geode-* repos.  Geode committers would be able to modify those, same
> > > as with our .travis.yml scripts.  All test results and build artifacts
> > > would be publicly viewable just like with our Jenkins build output
> > > today.  Requests for admin assistance would go through the dev@geode
> > > mailing list.
> > >
> > > Thoughts?  As a first step we could run both CI systems side-by-side
> > > and see how the Concourse approach works for our project.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Anthony
> > >
> > >
> > > [1] https://builds.apache.org/job/Geode-nightly/
> > > [2] https://concourse.ci
> > > [3] https://ci.concourse.ci
> > > [4] https://bosh.io
> >
> >
>

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