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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 11:21:07 +0800
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Subject: Re: Proposal for improvements to Continuum distributed builds
From: Deng Ching <oching@apache.org>
To: dev@continuum.apache.org
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Sure :)

So, what we've talked about in the issue is to start making Continuum
RESTful by adding RESTful access methods for Continuum resources. Maybe we
could start with the distributed builds?

Thanks,
Deng

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Brett Porter <brett@apache.org> wrote:

> +1
>
> Someone mentioned that this might be used for security before. That seems
> overly restrictive - but you might want to consider adding an optional
> shared-secret password that is passed through the build context and compared
> to the agent configuration too. Though I think the best advice at the moment
> is to document "don't make agents public" :)
>
> As an aside, in an issue Deng has since deleted (as the original premise
> wasn't relevant) we were raising some points about the evolution of
> distributed build in general. Deng, did you want to pick up that discussion
> here?
>
> - Brett
>
> On 05/08/2010, at 5:53 PM, Jevica Arianne B. Zurbano wrote:
>
> > In distributed builds, the <continuumServerUrl> in
> $buildagent_home/conf/continuum-buildagent.xml is used for determining where
> the buildagent should return the results to.
> >
> > With the current setup, the <continuumServerUrl> needs to be manually
> configured especially if the the Continuum master runs on different host and
> port other than the default (localhost:8080). Another limitation is that
> only one Continuum instance can use a buildagent.
> >
> > So, I propose to have the continuumServerUrl be configurable through the
> buildContext which is sent by the master to the build agent. With this, the
> <continuumServerUrl> in the continuum-buildagent.xml is still retained. So,
> if the <continuumServerUrl> is not set in the continuum-buildagent.xml, the
> continuumServerUrl from the buildContext is used.
> >
> > In this way, a build agent can be used by multiple Continuum instances.
> And since the continuumServerUrl is in the buildContext, the result is
> guaranteed to be returned to the master who invoked the build.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jev
> >
>
> --
> Brett Porter
> brett@apache.org
> http://brettporter.wordpress.com/
>
>
>
>
>

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