Make our CI feedback loop shorter (#16960) · Issues · tails / sysadmin

Make our CI feedback loop shorter

Originally created by @intrigeri on #16960 (Redmine)

This is about the follow-up work to #15501 (closed) that we want to do in 2019-2020, i.e.:

~~Reconsider our options~~ → ditched the “hacker option”
Get in touch with ProfitBricks, that donate crazy amounts of VM “hardware” to the Reproducible Builds project. If they’re happy to give us some, this would be, by far, the simplest and cheapest option. AFAIK that’s a simple “here’s a VM, you’re root” setup so it does not have the drawbacks of more powerful & complex cloud systems, apart of course the fact we don’t run the hardware ourselves.
~~If ProfitBricks is happy to provide what we need: discuss on -summit@ if we want that (mostly a political decision), keeping this in mind: what happens if they suddenly pull the plug?~~
~~Wait for HPE’s answer.~~
If HPE does not sponsor us, request Tails budget for the Bare metal gaming setup in a server housing dedicated to CI
Implement the chosen solution.

Blueprint: https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/hardware_for_automated_tests_take3/

Attachments

benchmarks.ods

Subtasks

tails#17439 (closed)

Related issues

Related to #11680 (closed)
Related to #17216
Related to tails#17361
Related to tails#16959
Blocks #17387
Follows #15501 (closed)

_Originally created by @intrigeri on [#16960 (Redmine)](https://public-redmine-archive.tails.boum.org/code/issues/16960)_

This is about the follow-up work to tails/sysadmin#15501 that we want to do in
2019-2020, i.e.:

1.  ~~Reconsider our options~~ → ditched the “hacker option”
2.  ~~Get in touch with ProfitBricks, that donate crazy amounts of VM
    “hardware” to the Reproducible Builds project. If they’re happy to
    give us some, this would be, by far, the simplest and cheapest
    option. AFAIK that’s a simple “here’s a VM, you’re root” setup so it
    does not have the drawbacks of more powerful & complex cloud
    systems, apart of course the fact we don’t run the hardware
    ourselves.~~
3.  ~~If ProfitBricks is happy to provide what we need: discuss on
    -summit@ if we want that (mostly a political decision), keeping
    this in mind: what happens if they suddenly pull the plug?~~
4.  ~~Wait for HPE’s answer.~~
5.  If HPE does not sponsor us, request Tails budget for the [Bare metal gaming setup in a server housing dedicated to CI](https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/hardware_for_automated_tests_take3/#gamer-option)
6.  Implement the chosen solution.

Blueprint: https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/hardware_for_automated_tests_take3/

### Attachments

* [benchmarks.ods](https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/attachments/download/2586/benchmarks.ods)

### Subtasks

- [x] tails/tails#17439

### Related issues

- **Related to** tails/sysadmin#11680
  - **Related to** tails/sysadmin#17216
  - **Related to** tails/tails#17361
  - **Related to** tails/tails#16959
  - **Blocks** tails/sysadmin#17387
  - **Follows** tails/sysadmin#15501

Edited Jul 10, 2020 by intrigeri

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