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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 125e5f0d62..53d29e45be 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7926,6 +7926,7 @@ declaration. * Kerberos Services:: Kerberos services. * Web Services:: Web servers. * Network File System:: NFS related services. +* Continuous Integration:: The Cuirass service. * Miscellaneous Services:: Other services. @end menu @@ -11747,6 +11748,84 @@ If it is @code{#f} then the daemon will use the host's fully qualified domain na @end table @end deftp +@node Continuous Integration +@subsubsection Continuous Integration + +@cindex continuous integration +@uref{https://notabug.org/mthl/cuirass, Cuirass} is a continuous +integration tool for Guix. It can be used both for development and for +providing substitutes to others (@pxref{Substitutes}). + +The @code{(gnu services cuirass)} module provides the following service. + +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} cuirass-service @ + [#:config @code{(cuirass-configuration)}] +Return a service that runs @command{cuirass}. + +The @var{#:config} keyword argument specifies the configuration for +@command{cuirass}, which must be a @code{<cuirass-configuration>} +object, by default it doesn't provide any build job. If you want to +provide your own configuration you will most likely use the +@code{cuirass-configuration} special form which returns such objects. +@end deffn + +In order to add build jobs you will have to set the +@code{specifications} field. Here is an example of a cuirass service +defining a build job based on a specification that can be found in +Cuirass source tree. + +@example +(let ((spec `((#:name . "guix") + (#:url . "git://git.savannah.gnu.org/guix.git") + (#:load-path . ".") + ;; Adapt to a valid absolute file name. + (#:file . "/.../cuirass/tests/gnu-system.scm") + (#:proc . hydra-jobs) + (#:arguments (subset . "hello")) + (#:branch . "master")))) + (cuirass-service #:config (cuirass-configuration + (specifications (list spec))))) +@end example + +While information related to build jobs are located directly in the +specifications, global settings for the @command{cuirass} process are +accessible in other @code{cuirass-configuration} fields. + +@deftp {Data Type} cuirass-configuration +Data type representing the configuration of Cuirass. + +@table @asis +@item @code{cache-directory} (default: @code{""}) +Location of the repository cache. + +@item @code{user} (default: @code{"cuirass"}) +Owner of the @code{cuirass} process. + +@item @code{group} (default: @code{"cuirass"}) +Owner's group of the @code{cuirass} process. + +@item @code{interval} (default: @code{60}) +Number of seconds between the poll of the repositories followed by the +Cuirass jobs. + +@item @code{database} (default: @code{"/var/run/cuirass/cuirass.db"}) +Location of sqlite database which contains the build results and previously +added specifications. + +@item @code{specifications} (default: @code{'()}) +A list of specifications, where a specification is an association list +(@pxref{Associations Lists,,, guile, GNU Guile Reference Manual}) whose +keys are keywords (@code{#:keyword-example}) as shown in the example +above. + +@item @code{use-substitutes?} (default: @code{#f}) +This allows using substitutes to avoid building every dependencies of a job +from source. + +@item @code{one-shot?} (default: @code{#f}) +Only evaluate specifications and build derivations once. +@end table +@end deftp @node Miscellaneous Services @subsubsection Miscellaneous Services |