buildbot is a continuous integration server that checks the quality of the OpenSRF and Evergreen build trees after every commit.

The build results are visible at http://testing.evergreen-ils.org/buildbot/

1. Install buildbot prereqs: http://buildbot.net/buildbot/docs/current/manual/installation.html
2. Install buildbot with easy_install buildbot (note that some patches are necessary for improved pylint support)
3. Create the buildmaster (skip this if you're just setting up a build slave):
   1. adduser buildmaster
   2. su - buildmaster
   3. Initialize the buildmaster directory (where opensrf-build represents the directory of the build instance): buildbot create-master opensrf-build
   4. cp OpenSRF/examples/buildbot.cfg /home/buildmaster/opensrf-build/master.cfg
   5. set slavePortnum

To start the buildbot master:

1. su - buildmaster
2. Start the build instance, where opensrf-build represents the build directory: buildbot start opensrf-build

If you want to contribute a buildbot slave to the testing pool, contact Dan Scott for the port, buildslave name, and buildslave password that you should use to connect to the buildmaster.

A server with 16 GB of disk space and 512 MB of RAM should be plenty for a buildbot slave.

Your buildbot slave needs to be able to initiate an outbound connection to a port on testing.evergreen-ils.org, but does not need to allow any inbound connections (other than for your own administrative purposes, naturally!).

1. Install git - it's a prerequisite for actually running the builds once the slave is up and running.
2. Download OpenSRF.
   1. (OpenSRF buildslave): Just install the prerequisites from OpenSRF's Makefile.install to satisfy build dependencies.
   2. (Evergreen buildslave): Also configure, build, and install OpenSRF itself.
3. (Evergreen buildslave): Download Evergreen and install the prerequisites from the Makefile.install
4. easy_install buildbot-slave
5. Install pylint (on Debian, "aptitude –without-recommends pylint" to avoid X deps)
6. Create the buildslave (should be slave specific, like "openslave" or "egslave"):
   1. adduser openslave
   2. su - openslave
   3. buildslave create-slave opensrf-slave localhost:<port-number> opensrf-slave <password>
   4. Edit opensrf-slave/info/admin and change the administrator name / email address to your own
   5. buildslave start opensrf-slave