Documentation/4.5/Developers/Tutorials/DashboardSetup
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Prerequisites
Use the latest CMake stable release.
Setup
Disable detachedHead warnings:
git config --global advice.detachedHead false
Follow these instructions to set up dashboard: (by JC, from [1])
$ cd ~ $ mkdir Dashboards $ mkdir DashboardScripts $ cd DashboardScripts $ wget http://svn.slicer.org/Slicer4/trunk/CMake/SlicerDashboardScript.TEMPLATE.cmake $ mv SlicerDashboardScript.TEMPLATE.cmake <MachineName>_<OperatingSystem>-64bits_slicer_release_nightly.cmake
Edit the file <MachineName>_<OperatingSystem>-64bits_slicer_release_nightly.cmake to match
your machine settings. You should update the following variables:
set(MY_OPERATING_SYSTEM "<OperatingSystem>") # Windows, Linux, Darwin...
set(MY_COMPILER "g++4.4.3")
set(MY_QT_VERSION "4.7.4")
set(QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE "$ENV{HOME}/Projects/QtSDK-1.2/Desktop/Qt/474/gcc/bin/qmake")
set(CTEST_SITE "karakoram.kitware")
set(CTEST_DASHBOARD_ROOT "$ENV{HOME}/Dashboards/")
...
set(CTEST_BUILD_CONFIGURATION "Release")
...
set(SCRIPT_MODE "nightly")
If git and svn are not in the path, make sure to set the variables CTEST_SVN_COMMAND and CTEST_GIT_COMMAND.
By default, the following directory will be created:
<CTEST_DASHBOARD_ROOT>/Slicer-<DIRECTORY_IDENTIFIER> # Source directory <CTEST_DASHBOARD_ROOT>/Slicer-<DIRECTORY_IDENTIFIER>-build # Build directory
The associated build options will be combined together to create an empty text file with the following name:
<CTEST_DASHBOARD_ROOT>/Slicer-<DIRECTORY_IDENTIFIER>-build - <BUILD_OPTIONS_STRING>-<CTEST_BUILD_CONFIGURATION>-<SCRIPT_MODE>.txt"
This approach has been implemented to keep build directory short and overcome path length limitation specific to windows.
It means that if you setting up more than on client in a given <CTEST_DASHBOARD_ROOT> folder, you MUST increment the value associated with DIRECTORY_IDENTIFIER variable.
Finally, you can use CTEST_BUILD_FLAGS to set the number of CPUs to be used by make (eg, -j4), and CTEST_PARALLEL_LEVEL to set the number of tests to run in parallel (see comments in the configuration script).
Scheduling on Unix-like
So that your dashboard can automatically start at 11pm daily, you could add an entry similar to the following one in your crontab. (On ubuntu, I am running crontab -e to edit the current user cron list)
0 23 * * * /path/to/cmake-2.8.7/bin/ctest -S /Users/JOE/DashboardScripts/<MachineName>_<OperatingSystem>-64bits_slicer_release_nightly.cmake -VV -O /Users/JOE/Dashboards/Logs/<MachineName>-<OperatingSystem>-64bits_slicer_release_nightly.log
Scheduling on Mac OS X
Mac OS X is deprecating the use of cron in favor of launchd.
Create a file $HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/org.slicer.NightlyDashboard.plist
This is Jim's plist file which has extra EnvironmentVariables to get through his firewall.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.slicer.NightlyDashboard</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/bin/ctest</string>
<string>-S</string>
<string>/Users/millerjv/Projects/Slicer4-Dashboard/SlicerDashboardScript.cmake</string>
</array>
<key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
<dict>
<key>ALL_PROXY</key>
<string>proxy.research.ge.com:8080</string>
<key>http_proxy</key>
<string>proxy.research.ge.com:8080</string>
<key>RSYNC_PROXY</key>
<string>proxy.research.ge.com:8080</string>
</dict>
<key>Nice</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>03</integer>
</dict>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/tmp/org.slicer.NightlyDashboard.err</string>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/tmp/org.slicer.NightlyDashboard.out</string>
</dict>
</plist>
You can manually load this agent using
$ launchctl load $HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/org.slicer.NightlyDashboard.plist
and the agent will be reloaded automatically on a reboot.
It seems I have to be logged onto the console for the launch agent to get installed and run. What I do is log on, then select "Login Window..." so that other people can log onto the console. This is suboptimal as I need to do this after each reboot of the system.
Scheduling on Windows
Create a .bat file that performs the build
For example, a clean nightly build can be performed by a batch file like this:
rmdir /S /Q c:\SAB\Slicer-build-64bit-nightly "c:\Program Files (x86)\CMake 2.8\bin\ctest.exe" -S .\Windows7-64bits_Slicer_Release_Nightly.cmake -VV c:\SAB\Logs\Windows7-64bits_Slicer_Release_Nightly.log -C Release
Create a new scheduled task that runs the .bat file
- Windows XP: Create a new scheduled task at Control Panel / Scheduled Tasks / Add Scheduled
- Windows 7: Task scheduler can be found at Start Menu / All Programs / Accessories / System Tools / Task Scheduler.
Setting up a continuous dashboard
Similarly if you want to setup a continuous dashboard,
$ cp <MachineName>_<OperatingSystem>-64bits_slicer_release_nightly.cmake <MachineName>_<OperatingSystem>-64bits_slicer_release_continuous.cmake
Edit <MachineName>_<OperatingSystem>-64bits_slicer_release_continuous.cmake and set
set(SCRIPT_MODE "*continuous*")
Then add the corresponding entry in crontab so that it starts everyday at 6am:
0 6 * * * /path/to/cmake-2.8.7/bin/ctest -S /Users/JOE/DashboardScripts/<MachineName>_<OperatingSystem>-64bits_slicer_release_continuous.cmake -VV -O /Users/JOE/Dashboards/Logs/<MachineName>_<OperatingSystem>-64bits_slicer_release_nightly.log
The output of the build is contained in ctest_package_make_package_output.txt in your slicer build directory, you can check this file if something went wrong.
Remarks
Setting up a dashboard on a Windows machine
Disabling TortoiseSVN Icon Overlay
If you're using an interface for version control such as TortoiseSVN, make sure in the Icon Overlay settings that the status cache is set to None.
Keep short path
Keep the paths to your Nightly, Continuous, and Experimental directories as terse as possible. A good standard is C:\D for dashboards, and C:\D\<N,C,E> subdirectories for Nightly, Continuous, and Experimental. Otherwise, CMake will choke on the paths.
How can I prevent the “… has stopped working” window
As documented here, set registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\.NETFramework\DbgJITDebugLaunchSetting value to 1.
Value 1 simply return control. This results in a stack dump, after which the process is terminated.
This has been documented while trying to prevent the dialog "Microsoft Visual Studio 8 has stopped working" from appearing when Slicer extensions dashboard were running. The details associated with the dialog were:
Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BEX Application Name: devenv.exe Application Version: 9.0.21022.8 Application Timestamp: 47317b3d Fault Module Name: VCProjectEngine.dll_unloaded Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0 Fault Module Timestamp: 47318038 Exception Offset: 72dbdce0 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Data: 00000008
Reference:
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2507464/how-can-i-prevent-the-has-stopped-working-window-on-my-server-2008-r2-dev
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2ac5yxx6(VS.80).aspx
Lockhunter: Unlock directories or folders
Often on Windows, once a dashboard build is started, it is impossible to delete anything from the source or build directory. Windows will report that this file is currently in use by another program, or "locking" it. For this, we recommend installing Lockhunter.
