Initial setup

• Alter the following sections of the configuration (configs/development/launchpad-lazr.conf) as shown:

[archivepublisher]
root: /var/tmp/archive
base_url: http://archive.launchpad.dev/ # <- this

[builddmaster]
root: /var/tmp/builddmaster/
uploader: scripts/process-upload.py -Mvv --context buildd # <- and this

• In /etc/hosts, point archive.launchpad.dev at 127.0.0.88 like the rest.

• Add to /etc/apache2/sites-available/local-launchpad:

 <VirtualHost 127.0.0.88:80>
  ServerName archive.launchpad.dev
  LogLevel debug
  DocumentRoot /var/tmp/archive
  <Directory /var/tmp/archive/>
   Order Deny,Allow
   Deny from all
   Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0
   Options Indexes
  </Directory>
 </VirtualHost>

• Grab and run make-ubuntu-sane.py, to set up some Ubuntu series that still exist, along with some state such as permissions.

• Grab and run start-soyuz.sh, which will fire up all Soyuz services. This will eat lots of RAM.

• mkdir -p /var/tmp/zeca /var/tmp/archive /var/tmp/bazaar.launchpad.dev

• chown -R $USER /var/tmp/zeca /var/tmp/archive /var/tmp/bazaar.launchpad.dev

Configure an account and PPA

• make run

• Create an account for yourself (utilities/make-lp-user USERNAME)

• Log in with USERNAME@example.com:test.

• Add your OpenPGP key

  • gpg --keyserver keyserver.launchpad.dev --send-keys DEADBEEF

  • Add it to your Launchpad account, as normal.

  • Check email in root's mailbox, and use it to activate the key.

• Sign the code of conduct.
• Create a PPA.

Set up the PPA

• Log out.

• Log in as admin@canonical.com:test.

• Browse to the new PPA.
• Click "Administer".
  • Ensure that the PPA is allowed to build on non-virtual builders.
  • Add an external dependency so you don't have to import the entire Ubuntu archive just for a PPA to work:

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu %(series) main restricted universe multiverse

Configure a buildd

• aptitude install debhelper python-twisted

• cd lib/canonical/buildd

• dpkg-buildpackage -b

• sudo dpkg -i ../launchpad-buildd_50_all.deb

• Make it work.

  • Add $SUDO cp /etc/resolv.conf /etc/hosts "$HOME/build-$BUILDID/chroot-autobuild/etc" to the end of /usr/share/launchpad-buildd/slavebin/mount-chroot, so name resolution works.

  • Might need to add --umask=022 to twistd args in /etc/init.d/launchpad-buildd, or pkg-create-dbgsym fails obscurely.

  • (>= Karmic) Might need to alter "dpkg-source: extracting" output grepping in sbuild to "dpkg-source: info: extracting"

  • Edit /etc/launchpad-buildd/default and make sure ntphost points to an existing NTP server. You can check the NTP server pool to find one near you.

• Get an Ubuntu buildd chroot by downloading one from LaunchpadLibrarian.net

  • Look for the latest build of your favourite architecture and series at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+builds.

  • Find the chroot SHA1 in the third line of the log.

  • Search for it at http://launchpadlibrarian.net/search?digest=SOMESHA1

  • Grab one of the listed URLs.

    • http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34617356/chroot-ubuntu-lucid-i386.tar.bz2 is the current lucid i386 chroot at the time of writing.

• scripts/ftpmaster-tools/manage-chroot.py -s lucid -a i386 add -f chroot-ubuntu-lucid-i386.tar.bz2

• Mark Bob the Builder as OK (https://launchpad.dev/builders/bob/+edit)

Please note a "builder" and a "chroot" are not the same thing, nor are they "associated" in any way. The logic is as follows:

• PPAs require builders (a machine where to build packages)
• The builder may be virtualized (for instance, launchpad.net uses Xen-virtualized builders) or the same machine where Launchpad (meaning "your launchpad.dev") is running, which is what this page details. Using the very same machine where Launchpad.dev is running limits the architectures you can build for: if you are running on i386, you can't build for PowerPC, for instace.
• A builder needs to setup a bootstrap (what you get with debootstrap) Linux. That bootstrap is what you get in the chroot tarballs mentioned above.
• When you upload a package and tell Launchpad to process it (see below for this), the builder will pick the chroot it needs (for instance, karmic i386), uncompress it and start building the package.
• In summary, there are two lists: a list of builders and a list of chroots.

Upload a source to the PPA

• Run scripts/process-upload.py /var/tmp/poppy (creates hierarchy)

• Add to ~/.dput.cf:

[lpdev]
fqdn = ppa.launchpad.dev:2121
method = ftp
incoming = %(lpdev)s
login = anonymous

• dput lpdev:~USERNAME/PPANAME/ubuntu some_source.changes

• scripts/process-upload.py /var/tmp/poppy # Accept the source upload.

• Within five seconds of upload acceptance, the buildd should start building. Wait until it is complete.

• scripts/process-accepted.py --ppa ubuntu # Create publishings for the binaries.

• scripts/publish-distro.py --ppa # Publish the source and binaries.

  • Note that private archive builds will not be dispatched until their source is published.

Dealing with the primary archive

• Add yourself to ~ubuntu-team.

• dput lpdev:ubuntu some_source.changes

• scripts/process-upload.py /var/tmp/poppy

• Watch the output -- the upload might end up in NEW.
  • If it does, go to the queue and accept it.
• Your builder should now be busy. Once it finishes, the binaries might go into NEW. Accept them if required.

• scripts/process-accepted.py ubuntu

• scripts/publish-distro.py

  • The first time, add -C to ensure a full publication of the archive.