Buildbot end of life date is March 1, 2019. As of March 1, all Chromium/Chrome builds hosted on chromium.org will be running on LUCI.
Runs builds and tests. Enables Chromium CI and tryserver.
For BuildBot-related issues, please contact an infrastructure team member. To request BuildBot restarts or maintenance, file a trooper bug at g.co/bugatrooper.
Master configurations are stored in build/masters/ and build_internal/masters/
New masters are typically configured using builders.pyl.
Build/test scripts are written using recipes.
Groups of buildbot masters are isolated from each other by VLANs. Buildbot masters and slaves within the same VLAN have network access to each other.
Prior to restarting BuildBot, it is a good practice to drain it first. Draining a BuildBot master instructs it to refrain from scheduling new builds, but allows it to complete any currently-scheduled builds.
Masters are typically drained by master_manager during its restart cycle. First, a master will be drained in an effort to allow existing builds to terminate. If all current builds finish, or if a cutoff threshold has been exceeded, master_manager will restart the master. When it comes back up, any builds that were accumulated during the previous drain will now be candidate for scheduling, and the master will operate normally.
While a BuildBot master is draining, it may appear to be slow or broken. This is an expected behavior if the master is undergoing a restart procedure. Some masters will explicitly note when they are being drained. To determine if a BuildBot master is being drained, visit its /json/accepting_builds?as_text=1 endpoint.
