NAME¶

buildslave - a tool for managing buildbot slave instances

SYNOPSIS¶

buildslave [ global options ] command [ command options ] buildslave create-slave [ -q|--quiet ] [ -f|--force ] [ -r|--relocatable ] [ -n|--no-logrotate ] [ -k|--keepalive TIME ] [ --usepty {0|1} ] [ --umask UMASK ] [ -s|--log-size SIZE ] [ -l|--log-count COUNT ] [ --verbose ] PATH MASTER USERNAME PASSWORD buildslave [ --verbose ] { start|stop|restart } [ PATH ] buildslave [ --verbose ] { --help|--version } buildslave command -h|--help

DESCRIPTION¶

The `buildslave' command-line tool can be used to start or stop a buildslave or create a new buildslave instance.

OPTIONS¶

Commands¶

create-slave

Create and populate a directory for a new buildslave

start

Start a buildslave

stop

Stop a buildslave

restart

Restart a buildslave

Global options¶

-h|--help

Print the list of available commands and global options. All subsequent commands are ignored.

--version

Print twistd and buildslave version. All subsequent commands are ignored.

--verbose

Verbose output.

create-slave command options¶

-f|--force

Re-use an existing directory.

-h|--help

Show help for current command and exit. All subsequent commands are ignored.

-k|--keepalive

Send keepalive requests to buildmaster every TIME seconds. Default value is 600 seconds.

-l|--log-count

Limit the number of kept old twisted log files to COUNT. All files are kept by default.

-q|--quiet

Do not emit the commands being run.

-r|--relocatable

Create a relocatable buildbot.tac.

-n|--no-logrotate

Do not permit buildslave rotate logs by itself.

-s|--log-size

Set size at which twisted lof file is rotated to SIZE bytes. Default value is 1000000 bytes.

--umask

Set umask for files created by buildslave. Default value is 077 which means only owner can access the files. See umask(2) for more details.

--usepty

Set wether child processes should be run in a pty (0 means do not run in a pty). Default value is 0.

PATH

Path to buildslave base directory.

MASTER

Set the host and port of buildbot master to attach to in form HOST:PORT. This should be provided by buildmaster administrator.

USERNAME

Buildslave name to connect with. This should be provided by buildmaster administrator.

PASSWORD

Buildslave password to connect with. This should be provided by buildmaster administrator.

SEE ALSO¶

buildbot(1), umask(2), The complete documentation is available in texinfo format. To use it, run info buildbot.