BUILDSLAVE(1) User Commands BUILDSLAVE(1)NAMEbuildslave - a tool for managing buildbot slave instances
SYNOPSISbuildslave [ global options ] command [ command options ]
buildslave create-slave [ -q|--quiet ] [ -f|--force ] [ -r|--relocat‐
able ] [ -n|--no-logrotate ] [ -k|--keepalive TIME ] [ --usepty {0|1} ]
[ --umask UMASK ] [ -s|--log-size SIZE ] [ -l|--log-count COUNT ] [
--verbose ] PATH MASTER USERNAME PASSWORD
buildslave [ --verbose ] { start|stop|restart } [ PATH ]
buildslave [ --verbose ] { --help|--version }
buildslave command -h|--help
DESCRIPTION
The `buildslave' command-line tool can be used to start or stop a
buildslave or create a new buildslave instance.
OPTIONS
Commands
create-slave
Create and populate a directory for a new buildslave
start Start a buildslave
stop Stop a buildslave
restart
Restart a buildslave
Global options
-h|--help
Print the list of available commands and global options. All
subsequent commands are ignored.
--version
Print twistd and buildslave version. All subsequent commands
are ignored.
--verbose
Verbose output.
create-slave command options
-f|--force
Re-use an existing directory.
-h|--help
Show help for current command and exit. All subsequent commands
are ignored.
-k|--keepalive
Send keepalive requests to buildmaster every TIME seconds.
Default value is 600 seconds.
-l|--log-count
Limit the number of kept old twisted log files to COUNT. All
files are kept by default.
-q|--quiet
Do not emit the commands being run.
-r|--relocatable
Create a relocatable buildbot.tac.
-n|--no-logrotate
Do not permit buildslave rotate logs by itself.
-s|--log-size
Set size at which twisted lof file is rotated to SIZE bytes.
Default value is 1000000 bytes.
--umask
Set umask for files created by buildslave. Default value is 077
which means only owner can access the files. See umask(2) for
more details.
--usepty
Set wether child processes should be run in a pty (0 means do
not run in a pty). Default value is 0.
PATH Path to buildslave base directory.
MASTER Set the host and port of buildbot master to attach to in form
HOST:PORT. This should be provided by buildmaster administra‐
tor.
USERNAME
Buildslave name to connect with. This should be provided by
buildmaster administrator.
PASSWORD
Buildslave password to connect with. This should be provided by
buildmaster administrator.
SEE ALSObuildbot(1), umask(2),
The complete documentation is available in texinfo format. To use it,
run info buildbot.
Buildbot August 2010 BUILDSLAVE(1)
