From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: New Hydra build slaves Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:50:47 +0100 Message-ID: <87ob1lsyag.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87mwh6j4mm.fsf@gnu.org> <53159DC2.2070805@totakura.in> <878usqusiq.fsf@gnu.org> <87ob1m5fk9.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58062) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WKsYR-0000Xc-2h for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:51:00 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WKsYL-0004wI-8E for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:50:55 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a01:474::1]:43460) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WKsYK-0004w2-Vp for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:50:49 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87ob1m5fk9.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Sassmannshausen's message of "Tue, 04 Mar 2014 13:11:34 +0100") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Alex Sassmannshausen Cc: Guix Development Alex Sassmannshausen skribis: > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > >> Sree Harsha Totakura skribis: >> >>> On 03/03/2014 11:31 PM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >>>> BTW, it would be great if someone would volunteer to help with >>>> administration of Hydra and the build machines. So if someone is >>>> interested, please let me know. >>> >>> Since I am here at TUM, I can help with volunteering the server here. >>> How can I help? >> >> [=E2=80=A6] >> >> I was actually thinking of general Hydra administration. Occasionally >> machines may have troubles, like transient errors (networking, disk >> space, random build issues, etc.) requiring manual intervention, or >> occasional Hydra upgrades. >> >> There=E2=80=99s also the problem that our current setup is fairly hackis= h. >> Having scripts to automate some of the tasks would be an improvement. > > I'd be pretty interested in getting involved in the system admin. > > I have experience with scripting and general maintenance of debian based > systems, but no specific experience of working with or administrating > hydra. Willing to learn though. Great, sounds like a plan! That=E2=80=99s definitely enough knowledge to g= et started. I will share the basic info about Hydra. We should discuss the details off-line and probably set up a (private?) mailing list to coordinate efforts. Thank you, Ludo=E2=80=99.