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pybit-web(1)


NAME

   pybit-web - buildd server to isuse build jobs to pybit clients.

DESCRIPTION

   pybit-web provides a database connection and the controller to send
   messages to pybit clients to create a specific package build using the
   specified version control system. The client feeds status messages back
   to the controller which are displayed via the web interface.

SETTING UP THE PYBIT-WEB SERVER

   The Debian packaging of pybit-web uses dbconfig-common to configure the
   database.

   For a local postgres instance, choose the unix socket option and the
   default ident authentication, then postgres as the database
   administrative user and www-data as the pybit-web database user. You
   can use whatever name you prefer for the pybit-web database itself.

   Note: Ensure that the www-data user is specified or apache will not be
   granted permission to use the database connection. It's not enough to
   just set the user to www-data in /etc/pybit/web/web.conf - this setting
   is correct but needs postgres to be configured to allow access to
   www-data.

   Also check that the pybit-web database owner is set to www-data and
   that all the tables in the database have the owner set to www-data. Use
   ALTER DATABASE OWNER name TO "www-data" and ALTER TABLE name OWNER to
   "www-data" if necessary.

BLACKLISTING PACKAGES

   Sometimes there will be packages being committed to the VCS with
   updated debian/changelog files but which either cannot or should not be
   built automatically.

   pybit-web supports a postgres table called Blacklist, with fields
   "field" and "regex". Blacklist is used internally by process_job() in
   controller to determine if certain packages are centrally blacklisted
   using regexes. If there is a match on the field in question, pybit-web
   will not issue a build request for this package. process_job() is
   called by both the WebGUI and the VCS hook.

   For example "name" and "(.*-dev)" will mean we do not autobuild any
   development packages, while "vcs_uri" and "(.*/users/*)" will block
   sources from locations such as /repo/users/jamesb/somebadcode

   The controller log will print "BLACKLISTED! - [regex] matches
   [fieldname]:[data]" if a package is blacklisted.

   A 403 will be returned, as well as a False, from process_job to its
   caller (previously it returned void)

SEE ALSO

   The pybit wiki has more information on setting up the server as well as
   the rabbitmq server and the watcher.
   https://github.com/nicholasdavidson/pybit/wiki/Server-Setup

AUTHOR

   This manual page was written by Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org>



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