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= Gentoaster README =
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Foreword
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Right now I'm developing this on Ubuntu/Debian, so the following instructions are for those platforms. If you install the appropriate prerequisites, it will work on Gentoo too, of course.


Prerequisites
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php5-cli
php5-dev
php5-mysql
gearman-job-server
gearman-php-ext
qemu-utils
extlinux
sfdisk
git

There might be more, I'll update this list at some point. Install these as follows: sudo apt-get install php5-cli php5-dev php5-mysql gearman-job-server qemu-utils extlinux sfdisk git

The Gearman PHP extension has to be installed manually, as follows:

wget http://pecl.php.net/get/gearman-0.7.0.tgz
tar xvf gearman-0.7.0.tgz
cd gearman-0.7.0
phpize
./configure
make
sudo make install

Add "extension=gearman.so" to your php.ini (probably /etc/php5/cli/php.ini)

Installation
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cd /usr/share
git clone http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitroot/proj/gentoaster.git
Configure settings in config.php and web/config.php as appropriate
Run php5 install.php as root
Configure a webserver of your choice to server the web folder on the address you specified

Running
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The installer will start the daemon for you automatically, but if you need to do this yourself later, run the following as root:

/etc/init.d/gentoaster start

The daemon MUST be ran as root for it to work, otherwise all builds will fail.

Now that the daemon is running, you can try a build, using the sample client:

php5 /usr/share/gentoaster/client.php /usr/share/gentoaster/configs/minimal.ini

This will give you some output similar to the following:

Job sent, handle was H:lucidity:3 - hash 6085655f187a8442f82c43ebf98e5fdb

You can check on the status of that build by running the following:

php5 /usr/share/gentoaster/status.php <handle hash>

Where <handle hash> is the hash returned by client.php (for example 6085655f187a8442f82c43ebf98e5fdb)

If the build is still running, you'll get a progress percentage. If it's finished, the return code and result message will be shown.

If you've setup a webserver, you can also use the WebUI at the address you've configured