Re: [cbi-dev] Architectures availble to CBI

[Frederic Gurr <frederic.gurr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

To better understand your requirements: for which actions do you require
admin permissions?

Regards,

Fred

On 08.05.19 17:40, Adam Brousseau wrote:
> Great, thanks for the clarification Fred. Configuration as code is
> exciting and something we've been working towards for a while now.
> 
> On Wed, May 8, 2019, 10:52 AM Frederic Gurr
> <frederic.gurr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:frederic.gurr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     In general, we want to avoid handing out admin rights in the future. At
>     the same time, we are planning to allow projects to submit pull requests
>     to our Jiro repo and change the configuration of their CI instance. E.g.
>     adding plugins, etc. This will allow better tracking of configuration
>     changes and rollback in case of issues.
> 
>     We understand that some projects (like OpenJ9) heavily rely on their
>     admin permissions. We will make sure to find an amicable solution.
> 
>     Regards,
> 
>     Fred
> 
>     On 08.05.19 16:06, Adam Brousseau wrote:
>     > Fred,
>     >
>     > I don't mean to hijack this thread but your last comment concerns me a
>     > little.
>     >
>     >> we won't be handing out admin rights for the JIPP
>     >
>     > Do I understand this correctly? Users won't have admin rights on
>     the new
>     > Jenkins instances? If this is true it will greatly impact our work
>     as we
>     > require this level of access almost on a daily basis.
>     >
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     > Adam
>     >
>     > On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 8:47 AM Frederic Gurr
>     > <frederic.gurr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:frederic.gurr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     > <mailto:frederic.gurr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:frederic.gurr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Hi,
>     >
>     >     You can find instructions in the Wiki here:
>     >   
>      https://wiki.eclipse.org/Jenkins#How_to_connect_a_JIPP_to_an_external_slave.3F
>     >
>     >     Since the Codewind JIPP will be set up on our new infra, we
>     won't be
>     >     handing out admin rights for the JIPP though. Therefore the
>     Eclipse
>     >     releng/webmaster team will assist you in setting up the
>     external slaves.
>     >
>     >     Regards,
>     >
>     >     Fred
>     >
>     >     On 08.05.19 13:56, Carl Anderson wrote:
>     >     > Frederic (or anyone else that can answer),
>     >     >
>     >     > Is there a documented process to attach external slave
>     agents to a CI
>     >     > instance? (I don't want to violate any Eclipse standards, and I
>     >     want to
>     >     > set it up properly the first time.)
>     >     >
>     >     > FWIW,
>     >     >
>     >     > - Carl Anderson
>     >     >
>     >     > Inactive hide details for Frederic Gurr ---05/08/2019 05:52:08
>     >     AM---Hi,
>     >     > The Eclipse Foundation's build infrastructure provides
>     Frederic Gurr
>     >     > ---05/08/2019 05:52:08 AM---Hi, The Eclipse Foundation's build
>     >     > infrastructure provides mostly Linux
>     >     >
>     >     > From: Frederic Gurr <frederic.gurr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:frederic.gurr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     >     <mailto:frederic.gurr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:frederic.gurr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>
>     >     > To: cbi-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:cbi-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>     <mailto:cbi-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:cbi-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
>     >     > Date: 05/08/2019 05:52 AM
>     >     > Subject: Re: [cbi-dev] Architectures availble to CBI
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>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >   
>      ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     > Hi,
>     >     >
>     >     > The Eclipse Foundation's build infrastructure provides
>     mostly Linux
>     >     > based x64 machines. We can give projects limited access to
>     Mac and
>     >     > Windows machines. We don't provide Z Series based machines.
>     >     >
>     >     > For unsupported architectures, projects can attach external
>     slave
>     >     agents
>     >     > to their CI instances. For example, the OpenJ9 project utilizes
>     >     external
>     >     > AIX, Windows, Linux and zOS machines
>     (https://ci.eclipse.org/openj9).
>     >     >
>     >     > Hope that helps.
>     >     >
>     >     > Regards,
>     >     >
>     >     > Fred
>     >     >
>     >     > On 08.05.19 03:38, Carl Anderson wrote:
>     >     >> Folks,
>     >     >>
>     >     >> We have proposed a new Eclipse project -
>     >     >>
>     https://projects.eclipse.org/proposals/eclipse-codewind- and are
>     >     >> preparing to set up a build for it using the JIPP that will be
>     >     >> provisioned for the project (and pulling source from
>     GitHub). We
>     >     want to
>     >     >> do builds on various architectures- our top priority for
>     builds, in
>     >     >> order are:
>     >     >>
>     >     >> amd64/x86 64-bit
>     >     >> Power 64
>     >     >> Z Series
>     >     >>
>     >     >> I know that the Eclipse (Platform) project supports the
>     first two
>     >     >> architectures. In my previous duties as the WTP Release
>     Engineer,
>     >     I did
>     >     >> builds on amd64/x86 64-bit. Are there Power 64 machines
>     that the
>     >     >> Codewind JIPP can use for builds? If so, what do we need to
>     >     configure to
>     >     >> utilize them? And, by any chance, do the JIPPs have access to Z
>     >     Series
>     >     >> architecture? Furthermore, are there any other
>     architectures that our
>     >     >> JIPP will have access to?
>     >     >>
>     >     >> Please let me know if you have any
>     questions/comments/concerns, and
>     >     >> thanks in advance for any and all help.
>     >     >>
>     >     >> Sincerely,
>     >     >>
>     >     >> - Carl Anderson
>     >     >>
>     >     >>
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