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BUILDSLAVE(1) User Commands BUILDSLAVE(1)

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 and populate a directory for a new buildslave
Start a buildslave
Stop a buildslave
Restart a buildslave

Global options

Print the list of available commands and global options. All subsequent commands are ignored.
Print twistd and buildslave version. All subsequent commands are ignored.
Verbose output.

create-slave command options

Re-use an existing directory.
Show help for current command and exit. All subsequent commands are ignored.
Send keepalive requests to buildmaster every TIME seconds. Default value is 600 seconds.
Limit the number of kept old twisted log files to COUNT. All files are kept by default.
Do not emit the commands being run.
Create a relocatable buildbot.tac.
Do not permit buildslave rotate logs by itself.
Set size at which twisted lof file is rotated to SIZE bytes. Default value is 1000000 bytes.
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.
Set wether child processes should be run in a pty (0 means do not run in a pty). Default value is 0.
Path to buildslave base directory.
Set the host and port of buildbot master to attach to in form HOST:PORT. This should be provided by buildmaster administrator.
Buildslave name to connect with. This should be provided by buildmaster administrator.
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.

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