libvirt/ci/README.rst
Peter Krempa 0fa141376c ci: README: Mention necessary step for cirrus to pick up the github project
Unless you create such an commit, cirrus-ci.com will not pick up the
github project and cirrus-run will fail.

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
2021-04-12 16:38:11 +02:00

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CI for libvirt
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This document provides some information related to the CI capabilities for the
libvirt project.
Cirrus CI integration
=====================
libvirt currently supports three non-Linux operating systems: Windows, FreeBSD
and macOS. Windows cross-builds can be prepared on Linux by using `MinGW`_, but
for both FreeBSD and macOS we need to use the actual operating system, and
unfortunately GitLab shared runners are currently not available for either.
To work around this limitation, we take advantage of `Cirrus CI`_'s free
offering: more specifically, we use the `cirrus-run`_ script to trigger Cirrus
CI jobs from GitLab CI jobs so that the workaround is almost entirely
transparent to users and there's no need to constantly check two separate CI
dashboards.
There is, however, some one-time setup required. If you want FreeBSD and macOS
builds to happen when you push to your GitLab repository, you need to
* set up a GitHub repository for the project, eg. ``yourusername/libvirt``.
This repository needs to exist for cirrus-run to work, but it doesn't need to
be kept up to date, so you can create it and then forget about it;
* enable the `Cirrus CI GitHub app`_ for your GitHub account;
* sign up for Cirrus CI. It's enough to log into the website using your GitHub
account;
* grab an API token from the `Cirrus CI settings`_ page;
* it may be necessary to push an empty ``.cirrus.yml`` file to your github fork
for Cirrus CI to properly recognize the project. You can check whether
Cirrus CI knows about your project by navigating to:
``https://cirrus-ci.com/yourusername/libvirt``
* in the *CI/CD / Variables* section of the settings page for your GitLab
repository, create two new variables:
* ``CIRRUS_GITHUB_REPO``, containing the name of the GitHub repository
created earlier, eg. ``yourusername/libvirt``;
* ``CIRRUS_API_TOKEN``, containing the Cirrus CI API token generated earlier.
This variable **must** be marked as *Masked*, because anyone with knowledge
of it can impersonate you as far as Cirrus CI is concerned.
Neither of these variables should be marked as *Protected*, because in
general you'll want to be able to trigger Cirrus CI builds from non-protected
branches.
Once this one-time setup is complete, you can just keep pushing to your GitLab
repository as usual and you'll automatically get the additional CI coverage.
.. _Cirrus CI GitHub app: https://github.com/marketplace/cirrus-ci
.. _Cirrus CI settings: https://cirrus-ci.com/settings/profile/
.. _Cirrus CI: https://cirrus-ci.com/
.. _MinGW: http://mingw.org/
.. _cirrus-run: https://github.com/sio/cirrus-run/