Re: [Xen-API] xen-api build and test environment

[Bob Ball <bob.ball@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Celso,

I've been working on a debian fix - see 
https://github.com/xenserver/buildroot/pull/409.

Hopefully this will be very generic; please can we collaborate on this rather 
than having two competing approaches?

Thanks,

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-api-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Scott
> Sent: 29 April 2014 10:50
> To: Celso Fernandes
> Cc: xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-API] xen-api build and test environment
> 
> Hi Celso,
> 
> On 28 Apr 2014, at 23:26, Celso Fernandes <fernandes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > How are you building packages for Debian?
> >
> > I had to hack on
> xenserver:buildroot/blob/master/scripts/deb/configure.sh and some other
> files to be able to build the packages for Debian
> >
> > Is there any other way? Does worth to send a PR with these changes?
> 
> I don't think there's any other way at the moment. Please do send a PR with
> the changes!
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave
> 
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Celso Fernandes
> >
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> >
> > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Dave Scott <Dave.Scott@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Hi Edwin,
> >
> > On 16 Apr 2014, at 11:36, Zhai, Edwin <edwin.zhai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > All,
> > > We are trying to add some new feature in xen-api and test in openstack
> environment. But build xen-api accroding to README.markdown at
> https://github.com/xapi-project/xen-api.git on ubuntu 12.04 always failed.
> There are dependences not in documents, like blktap-dev, and also some
> basic build failure, like obuild.
> > >
> > > Just curious how xen-api developer do the build? Build it stand-alone, or
> with xenserver? Do you have frequent fresh build test?
> >
> > For components like 'xenopsd', 'xcp-networkd' etc I prefer to install all
> the dependencies in CentOS (or Debian) via xenserver-core[1]. I can then
> clone the repo and build the binaries.
> >
> > For 'xapi' itself the xenserver-core .spec file references a branch with a
> couple of build fixes in it. These need to be tidied up and merged to
> master- Bob Ball (cc:d) and I are trying to sort this out.
> >
> > I think we should try to create a 'vagrant box' configuration to help people
> set this up - what do you think?
> >
> > > Another question is how you do the test? Do you have some simple unit
> test tools to verify API function, or you test it in XCP environment?
> >
> > For 'xapi', there are a few unit tests which run as part of the build. 
> > There's
> also a program called 'quicktest' (in the xen-api repo) which can install VMs,
> suspend/resume, migrate etc. After that we normally run system tests via
> xenrt[2]
> >
> > > Do you have plan do do some test in openstack environment? You know,
> libvirt in openstack doesn't support xen well.
> >
> > I think xapi is tested as part of the XenServer openstack CI[3]
> >
> > HTH,
> > Dave
> > [1] https://github.com/xenserver/xenserver-core
> > [2] http://www.xenserver.org/discuss-virtualization/virtualization-
> blog/entry/introducing-open-source-xenrt.html
> > [3] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/XenServer/XenServer_CI
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best Rgds,
> > > Edwin
> > >
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