Continuous Integration using Buildkite

[geigerzaehler]

We can use buildkite with our own machines for CI. This promises to provide faster build times, more control over the process, more security and a generally better development experience.

No use buildkite we need to

• Setup a buildkite project for this repo
• Configure build commands based on what we currently run on circle
• Provide a base image for the build using a dockerfile in the repo

Buildkite is already set up for osrank which we can use as a resource.

@kim set up buildkite and he is our point of contact.

A nice to have would be to build the base image also in CI.

[rockbmb]

@geigerzaehler what is the rationale for doing this?

I am in favor of having less CI services so we can pool different project's resources together.

[geigerzaehler]

@geigerzaehler what is the rationale for doing this?

As I mentioned in the description these are the main reasons:

This promises to provide faster build times, more control over the process, more security and a generally better development experience.

I am in favor of having less CI services so we can pool different project's resources together.

I’m not sure what you mean by pooling resources. We would also ditch Circle CI if buidkite works well.

[rockbmb]

@geigerzaehler by pooling resources I mean we aren't the only team in the organization that needs CI: if we use the same service, it'll be one service to maintain instead of more.

[geigerzaehler]

@geigerzaehler by pooling resources I mean we aren't the only team in the organization that needs CI: if we use the same service, it'll be one service to maintain instead of more.

I understand. Most likely the whole team will be using buidkite. This is a decision that we made when discussing the broom and micro-broom project proposal.s

[rockbmb]

@geigerzaehler do you mind if I give this issue a try?

[geigerzaehler]

Of course not!