Hi Lance,

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 10:40:42AM -0700, Lance Albertson via RT wrote:
> On Tue Jun 07 15:25:09 2022, mark@klomp.org wrote:
> > Yes. I didn't know if it was appropriate to include a public list on osuosl
> > tickets. But I added the builder project email address buildbot@sourceware.org
> > to this email.
> 
> We've done it with other projects so it shouldn't be a problem as long as you're
> OK with it.

Yes, this makes sure all builder contributors know what is being setup.

> > Fedora would be fine. But for the other container builders we are actually
> > using Fedora CoreOS, which is an auto updating variant (which is great for our
> > zero maintenance infrastructure). We could install that ourselves. Or go with
> > plain Fedora if we make sure it also autoupdates.
> 
> I haven't had a chance to get in the data center to allocate a system. I'm
> hoping to get to that next week. Sorry for the delay! I'll try and get Fedora
> CoreOS installed.

If you could use something like the attached butane/ignition file that
would be great. You might need to change the disk device name if it
isn't /dev/vda but everything else (except the hostname) is generic
and allows the buildbot to connect to it through ssh directly (might
be on a different port behind NAT).

This is all the state/config needed. Everything else (docker images,
git repos, buildbot workers, builds, etc) can/will be regenerated when
needed. So we don't need any backups, because the whole setup can be
regenerated by this butane.yaml file.

Assuming you are using openstack, see also
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-coreos/provisioning-openstack/

You don't need to use my ssh key for the core user. With this setup I
don't really need access. You can assign a different authorized key if
you want to have access yourself.

But we can also go with plain Fedora and then I'll setup docker and
the builder user up myself.

> > > We typically name systems as <short project name>-<hostname>.osuosl.org. So
> > > I'd assume we'd go with sourceware-<hostname>.osuosl.org. Do you have a
> > > hostname in mind?
> >
> > sourceware-builder.osuosl.org but note that we don't need a public reachable
> > host. All that is needed is a port to access it through ssh, which doesn't
> > need to be port 22.
> 
> I'll likely go with sourceware-builder1.osuosl.org so we can easily increment it
> if we add more hosts.

I like that :)

Thanks,

Mark