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Request for build servers (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by nutomic@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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We are looking for someone who would be willing to provide a build server for Lemmy's continuous integration. This is used to ensure that new changes and pull requests pass all the checks, and that the code is written well. At the moment we are using a small VPS for this purpose (2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM). This works but is quite slow, and can slow down the development process with unnecessary waiting times.

For this reason we are looking for a community member with a spare server or computer, who would be willing to provide it as a build server. There are no specific hardware requirements, but the faster the better. The build server has to run 24/7 and run the Drone Docker Runner. The setup is very easy, especially if your machine is already running docker. If you have such a server and are willing to provide it, please comment below with the specs.

Additionally we are also looking for an ARM builder, so that we can provide official releases for this platform as well. Note that some Raspberry Pi models seem unable to build Lemmy (our 4GB memory builder failed), so please try if the compilation works on your device. If you can provide an ARM builder, also comment below with the specs.

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[–] ravermeister@lemmy.rimkus.it 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I could provide an arm64 builder running on a rockpro64 but it could be that the specs aren't good enough

[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can test it by installing Rust and running cargo install lemmy_server.

[–] ravermeister@lemmy.rimkus.it 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

is it ok to test it inside a docker image? as i use this machine for my gitlab instance as a runner from time to time, and like to keep the host system clean. In fact only docker and the gitlab-runner is currently installed.

One thing I've forgotten, The Disk Space is not the biggest (therefore I always cleanup my used docker instances in my gitlab-ci build process):

root@virusrockpro2:~# df -h
Dateisystem    Größe Benutzt Verf. Verw% Eingehängt auf
udev            1,9G       0  1,9G    0% /dev
tmpfs           387M     40M  347M   11% /run
/dev/mmcblk1p1  116G     32G   84G   28% /
tmpfs           1,9G       0  1,9G    0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           5,0M    4,0K  5,0M    1% /run/lock
tmpfs           1,9G       0  1,9G    0% /tmp
/dev/zram1      146M     36M  100M   27% /var/log
tmpfs           387M     28K  387M    1% /run/user/1000

will that be enough?

[–] ravermeister@lemmy.rimkus.it 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I ran cargo install lemmy_server in the official Docker Image of Rust:

Memory Usage was ok (approx. 1,5 GB)
CPU Usage was at peak 100% of all Cores.
load average: 6,15, 6,23, 5,84
The command finished in
Finished release [optimized] target(s) in 35m 03s
```
real    35m6.253s
user    179m50.287s
sys     4m23.684s
```

[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That looks good then, I will send you a pm.

[–] ravermeister@lemmy.rimkus.it 3 points 2 years ago

drone seems up and running :)

[–] ravermeister@lemmy.rimkus.it 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe it's worth another call for build servers? By the way, if I should switch to another runner, or adjust the drone runner config, just let me know

[–] fit6529@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Do you receive donations? If no, consider it. It will be simpler to buy what's needed (vps, for example) yourselves.

[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

On this page you donation options. However renting a fast vps is generally very expensive, so selfhosting is much more cost effective. That needs some time and to setup and manage though. As we already host a number of different servers, it would be helpful if someone else could manage this one.

[–] Goodstar1084@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

https://cirrus-ci.com/ has free tier which is pretty good

[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Doesnt look like this can be selfhosted.

[–] ravermeister@lemmy.rimkus.it 1 points 2 years ago

Looks really promising