jscott/minimal-ci

Barebones, script-based CI server. No JVM, just tests.

Check out Robot Sweatshop instead!

This project was deprecated in early 2015 as it grew into a larger project, Robot Sweatshop. It's more comprehensive than MCI while maintaining the core design and philosophy.

For posterity, here's the original readme:

mci

I was using Jenkins as a glorified script runner, as I'm sure a lot of people are. I just want to run scripts on code that I push. I don't need my CI to assume what repos I use, how I record results, or how to contact people. I certainly don't need it to run on a JVM, have a messy plugin system, or run within virtualization.

MCI is just a barebones, script-based CI server that runs from configuration files. It works exceptionally well in conjunction with other single-purpose tools.

use

Setup:

• Configure your server by creating jobs and modifying config.yaml to your preference
• Run the worker script via ./worker.rb
• Run the publisher via ./server.rb

Then hook into url.com/:tool/payload-for/:job. For example, url.com/bitbucket/payload-for/selenium-tests.

Currently supported tools:

• bitbucket

See ansible-role for an in-depth set up through ansible scripts.

security

Sandbox your process.

useradd --home /opt/minimal-ci ci-bot
su ci-bot -c "./worker.rb"
su ci-bot -c "./server.rb"

Add SSH keys as appropriate.

roadmap

• Use Logger instead of whatever crazy thing I'm trying to do
• 'empty' tool for manual kick off with no payload
• Replace Sidekiq with rabbitmq and either the rcelery or amqp gems
• Enhance support for slaving off script running
• Reload scripts without restarting the server