677344 - Implement dev/stage/prod channels

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Cloud Services :: Server: Core, defect)

Description

[Tarek Ziadé (:tarek)]

see https://groups.google.com/group/mozilla-services-dev/browse_thread/thread/a61e03289c4a2cf6

Comment 1

[Tarek Ziadé (:tarek)]

Attachment: Introduces the "buildrpms" command in MopyTools

Glue Command tested via the Makefile

Comment 2

[Tarek Ziadé (:tarek)]

Attachment: applied chanhge in server-core

Comment 3

[Tarek Ziadé (:tarek)]

added buildrpm in : https://hg.mozilla.org/services/server-devtools/rev/7d3a88af29ec

Comment 4

[Tarek Ziadé (:tarek)]

added in server-core at: https://hg.mozilla.org/services/server-core/rev/b01c3f1df6ce

Comment 5

[Tarek Ziadé (:tarek)]

Attachment: doc about how to use channels

Comment 7

[Tarek Ziadé (:tarek)]

adding more code + heavy refactoring.

I've started a branch for this in https://hg.mozilla.org/services/server-devtools
called "channels"

Will ask for a post-review once ready

Comment 8

[Tarek Ziadé (:tarek)]

That's how the branch works now:

let's say you are in server-core. You can do:

$ bin/buildapp 
The current channel is prod.
Building the app 
  Updating the repo ..  [ok]
  Building Services dependencies   [ok]
  Building External dependencies   [ok]
  Now building the app itself ..  [ok]
[done]

By default the app is built using the prod channel

You can also build rpms:

$ bin/buildrpms 
The current channel is prod.
Building RPM for cef
...

And also change channels:

$ bin/buildapp -c dev
The current channel is dev.
Building the app 
  Updating the repo ..  [ok]
  Building Services dependencies   [ok]
  Building External dependencies   [ok]
  Now building the app itself ..  [ok]
[done]

The channel stays sticky. so if you try to call a command without a channel, it will use the last used one, and defaults to prod the first time.

Comment 9

[James Bonacci [:jbonacci]]

I think this is a very good idea.
I am looking forward to trying out Sync server installs with the various channel settings.
I would be happy to provide feedback on the results of these tests if you are interested.

Comment 10

[Tarek Ziadé (:tarek)]

Implementation done. Now writing some docs.

Comment 11

[James Bonacci [:jbonacci]]

Tarek - so for very long delay since my last entry.
What is the status of your documentation?
Looking here: http://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-sync.html
I do not see any updates for the new channel option.
Maybe we can pull in some info from your attachment above?
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=551738

Comment 12

[James Bonacci [:jbonacci]]

Talked with Tarek. Channel documentation is actually found here:
http://docs.services.mozilla.com/server-devguide/release.html