## page was renamed from EC2TestImage ||This page is documentation for updaters of the EC2 test image. || The EC2Test utility uses a special AMI to run the tests on. This image has all the dependencies pre-installed that are needed to run the Launchpad test suite. From time to time this image may need to be updated. = Why update the ec2test image? = A common reason for updating the image is that the launchpad-dependencies have changed and are needed for new branches to successfully pass the test suite. Once the updated dependencies have been uploaded to the LaunchpadPpa, the image needs to be updated to include the latest version. This is less critical than it used to be, because the ec2 process automatically updates apt dependencies, but it can make start-up time faster. Similarly, you might want to update the image to freshen the download-cache, the pre-built eggs, or the sourcecode. The ec2test code always gets the newest versions when it starts an instance, but moving the image forward can speed up this part of the start-up sequence. = How to update the ec2test image = Here are the notes about what I had to do to accomplish this. == Be or become the right person == The file `lib/devscripts/ec2test/account.py` contains a list `VALID_AMI_OWNERS`. You must either be one of those persons or add your account to the list. Only current Canonical staff can be on that list, but they need not be from the Launchpad team. Only images from these account will be used by `bin/ec2`. By adding your account to a branch of yours, you can use your own private images, obviously, but nobody else can until this branch has been merged. Add your [[https://aws-portal.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/account/index.html?action=access-key#account_identifiers|account ID]] as the key to the dictionary `VALID_AMI_OWNERS` and a human-readable identifier as the key. You also need to create a file named `~/.ec2/aws_user` and put your [[https://aws-portal.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/account/index.html?action=access-key#account_identifiers|account ID]] in there. In addition, you need to create a private key and X.509 certificate on the [[http://aws-portal.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/account/index.html?action=access-key|AWS website]] - do this by clicking on the "X.509 Certificates" tab, then click "Create a new Certificate". It will give you the opportunity to download the private key and the certificate files, you need to store both files in `~/.ec2`. You may only have one cert file in the .ec2 directory. == EC2 API tools == Make sure you have the ''ec2-api-tools'' package installed. You will need the ''ec2-register'' command from that package (at least). {{{ sudo apt-get install ec2-api-tools }}} == Update the image == The image is created based on a blank Lucid image. The name that the script will be looking for is ''launchpad-ec2testXXX'', where XXX is a revision counter that you need to increase when creating a new image. The current value can be found by running `bin/ec2 images`. The script will always use the image with the highest revision number it has access to. For example, {{{ % bin/ec2 images Rev AMI Owner ID Owner 520 ami-2b5e9e42 967591634984 jtv 519 ami-15e8287c 292290876294 stevenk 518 ami-92c53efb 424228475252 wallyworld 517 ami-d8cc34b1 507541322704 sinzui }}} The AMI ID (the bits after based-on:) in the command below is for the official Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Server 64-bit AMI found from http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/10.04/release/. We've traditionally used the one marked `us-east-1, 64-bit, instance`. If you want to build an AMI using a different release, just use its ID there. The original description for the image is [[http://aws.amazon.com/amis/4348|Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Server 64-bit AMI]], though that page does not show updates. Based on the above output the command to run in a current ''devel'' branch follows. Note the revision number was increased. Also, the base image might change in the future. Please check if this page is up-to-date. {{{ bin/ec2 update-image --machine based-on:ami-fbbf7892 --public launchpad-ec2test521 }}} The script will run for some time, somewhere between 30-60 minutes. It installs all the dependencies in the base image, creates a new image of the result and uploads and registers it with AWS. A couple of notes: * For some reason, you get asked whether you want to continue without installing GRUB when setting up the image. Just say "Yes" and everything should proceed normally. = Test the new image = The image will be private at first and you will have to set it to public manually to be used by everybody. Before doing that you should test the image. Run {{{bin/ec2 test}}} to ensure the image is good before making it public. = Releasing the image for use = Once the image is made public, and the branch adding your account to `VALID_AMI_OWNERS` has been merged, the image will become the default for the team to use. Run `bin/ec2 images` and look for the ami-XXXXXX for your image in the second column of the output. Replace $ami in the command below with the ID: {{{ ec2-modify-image-attribute $ami --launch-permission -a all -C ~/.ec2/ -K ~/.ec2/ }}} Remember that your account must be in `VALID_AMI_OWNERS` for the script to actually use it. = What else? = == Update buildbot == No use having your branches pass with the updated image but fail in the buildbot run. When the ec2test image is being updated, you need to ensure that the buildbot slaves (pigeonpea and pilinut) have the changes made too; they're not cloud instances, so this needs to be done separately by a LOSA. This usually just consists of ensuring that the right version of launchpad-developer-dependencies is installed. == Misc == Some people have experienced problems when the AMI was being setup (bzr timeouts); if that happens, just retry. == Deleting AMIs == Your AMI will one day become obsolete. If any of your images appear outside of the top 3 returned from `bin/ec2 images` then it's worth deleting it to save a few dollars a month. Here's how: 1. Only the owner can delete his or her AMI. If you're not the owner, pester the owner. 1. Find the bucket that corresponds to your AMI at https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/home. The bucket will have a name of the form launchpad-ec2testXXX. 1. Delete the contents of the bucket. Multiple objects in the bucket can be selected for deletion with a familiar click+shift-click. 1. Delete the bucket. 1. De-register the AMI at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home#s=Images. That's it.