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diff --git a/docs/hacking/osx-virtualbox.rst b/docs/hacking/osx-virtualbox.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ad300644 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/hacking/osx-virtualbox.rst @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +.. _osx-vms: + +OSX Virtualization +============================================ + +If you have acess to a OSX machine, you can setup virtual machines for setting up a gitlab runner. + +Base Image +---------- + +.. note: convert this to ansible script or similar. + +* Install homebrew (via the curl | sh script). + +Install basic packages:: + + brew install gpg1 wget openssl cryptography python + +* Modify $PATH (.bash_profile), source it or login again to activate the PATH. + +* Add a symlink from gpg1 to ``/usr/bin/gpg`` + +Install tox for the tests:: + + pip install tox + +* Copy ssh keys to access this machine. + +* TODO - install virtualbox guest extensions. + + +Gitlab runner (on host) +----------------------- + +* install gitlab-runner for osx [link] +* install virtualbox in the host machine +* configure ``.gitlab-runner/config.toml`` + +Run:: + gitlab-runner run + +Debug mode:: + gilab-runner --debug run + + +Virtualbox cheatsheet +--------------------- + +Some useful commands:: + + # list + VBoxManage list vms + # only running + VBoxManage list runningvms + # start headless + VBoxManage startvm yosemite --type headless + # poweroff + VBoxManage controlvm yosemite poweroff + +gitlab-runner keeps a snapshot with the name 'Base State', so it seems this is +the one you have to be sure that you modify with all the software you need. +It seems to me that if you just delete the first 'Base State' snapshot in the +snapshot sequence, it take the most recent state (virtualbox does a merge). + +This is how ``gitlab-runner`` accesses ssh:: + + VBoxManage modifyvm yosemite-runner-deadbeef --natpf1 gustssh,tcp,127.0.0.1,99999,,22 + |