Hello,

At the LCE13, when we brainstormed solution for private jobs on android-build.linaro.org, it was clear that we won't be able to update web frontend quickly enough (which generally would require big rewrite), given existing projects in the queue. So, instead it was proposed to provide command-line client, especially taking into account regular requests for such (well, maybe not from Android, but from kernel engineers).

Initial version of command-line client is now ready. One of the problem when going from web-based UI to local tool is the need to install it on each and every computer. To ease that somehow, I wrote this initial version as using only Python stdlib. To get the client, download http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~linaro-automation/linaro-android-build-tools/tr... , or "bzr branch lp:linaro-android-build-tools; cd utils/cmdline-client".

Please give it a try and let us know if you find it useful. Currently it provides just the basic functionality which was required to cover original purpose - to create a private job. If you find it useful and more convenient to use, please share your comments and suggestions, and more features can scheduled for implementation.

Further information about configuring and using the client is available in README: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~linaro-automation/linaro-android-build-tools/tr... Which is also pasted below for your convenience:

Basic android-build.linaro.org command-line client ==================================================

This tool provides proof-of-concept command-line client for Linaro Android Build Jenkins master (android-build.linaro.org), as an alternative for existing Web UI interface. One particular feature the command-line client has and Web UI lacks is support for creating completely private builds (such builds are not availabel via Web UI at all). At the same time, this tool is so far in the proof of concept stage and provides only basic job management actions (namely, create a job and schedule its build). If you find this tool useful, please share your comments and suggestion using this bugtracker:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-android-infrastructure

to help its improvement and evolution.

Quick start -----------

1. You should have access to Jenkins at:

http://android-build.linaro.org/jenkins/

(Generally available for Linaro Android team members).

2. Download android-build-client tool. As it is written to depend only on Python standard library, an easy way to get it is to download seperate file via Launchpad BZR viewer:

wget "http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~linaro-automation/linaro-android-build-tools/tr..." chmod +x android-build-client

3. Look up your Jenkins API token by visiting https://android-build.linaro.org/jenkins/me/configure and clicking "Show API Token..." button.

4. Run:

./android-build-client authorize

Enter yous Jenkins username and API token. Note that this will cache these credentials in your home dir, so use this only on your personal well-protected workstation. The alternative is to use --user switch and input API key interactively.

5. To create a new job, prepare an Android job config (see https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/LinaroAndroidBuildService for more info) in a file. Run:

./android-build-client create <job_name> <job_config_file>

Note that job name should conform to Android Build Service naming converntions, see documentation link above for more info. To create a job private for a particular group, pass --private=<group> switch to create command.

6. To schedule a build, run:

./android-build-client build <job_name>

Run ./android-build-client --help to see all options.