Can you or Om pursue that angle?  To me the key things we want are a
Flex-only box so we don't have to worry about pollution from other
projects, and total administration control.  Infra can have admin rights
and can forbid us from doing certain network/security things, but
otherwise, we need to be able to do anything we could do on our MSDN Azure
Vms.

-Alex 

On 4/17/14 12:14 PM, "Nicholas Kwiatkowski" <nicho...@spoon.as> wrote:

>They did say that they have some relationship with Microsoft for Azure
>boxes as well.  Nobody has taken them up on it, but it might be something
>to ask -- that way you don't have to do it on your own dime when we go
>over..
>
>-Nick
>
>
>On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
>
>> OK, so what do others think?  I'm totally fine with taking my Azure VM
>>and
>> turning it into the 'official' Flex CI server.  We can try a 'medium'
>> instance and see if it falls behind as we add more checkintests on the
>> FlexJS side, and if we need to upgrade to 'large' I'll pay for it
>>myself.
>>
>> It just seems like it will take less of our time than working with
>>Apache
>> Builds.  For FlexJS we are probably going to want to install and
>>maintain
>> a variety of browsers.  Right now we've disabled the FlexJS checkintest
>>on
>> Apache Builds because it didn't run and there was no simple way for me
>>to
>> debug it.  I assume we really do want to run some sanity tests for each
>> build, yes?
>>
>> -Alex
>>
>> On 4/17/14 12:00 PM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote:
>>
>> >Max 10 - 20 Euros.
>> >
>> >EdB
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Erik,
>> >>
>> >> If you didn't switch over to medium during the month, what do you
>>think
>> >> you'd end up paying each month?
>> >>
>> >> -Alex
>> >>
>> >> On 4/17/14 11:49 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Nothing.
>> >> >
>> >> >If you run a "medium" instance, it will be more than plenty powerful
>> >>to do
>> >> >all build tasks whenever needed. And with the "free credits" that
>>come
>> >> >with
>> >> >the committer MSDN licences you can run a "medium" instance for
>>about
>> >>1.5
>> >> >months every month ;-)
>> >> >
>> >> >EdB
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com>
>>wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> How much would it cost me to use my Azure VM instead of the Apache
>> >>build
>> >> >> server?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On 4/17/14 11:39 AM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com>
>> >>wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> I guess my question is: what are the tradeoffs of getting a
>> >> >>flex-only CI
>> >> >> >> server on my Azure VM vs relying on Apache?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >One disadvantage is that with Azure VM, we tend to run out of
>>free
>> >> >>credits
>> >> >> >around the 20th of each month.  Erik usually avoids this by
>> >>switching
>> >> >>from
>> >> >> >Large to Medium on a particular date every month.  A medium sized
>> >> >>instance
>> >> >> >cannot run Mustella as fast as a Large instance.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >My plan is to:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Use Apache's build servers to -
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >1.  Run sdk build for every checkin
>> >> >> >2.  Create release artifacts
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Use Azure VMs to -
>> >> >> >1.  Run Mustella tests
>> >> >> >2.  Build a network of slaves to run Mustella faster by
>>distributing
>> >> >>tests
>> >> >> >across slaves.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Thanks,
>> >> >> >Om
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> At Apache, we keep seeing other projects have build issues and
>> >> >>require
>> >> >> >> configuration changes that block us.  And as Om just pointed
>>out,
>> >> >>once
>> >> >> >> Infra has some other fire to fight, we can't get any support
>>from
>> >> >>them.
>> >> >> >> I
>> >> >> >> keep thinking it will be less total energy to use a Flex-only
>> >>Azure
>> >> >>VM.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> -Alex
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> On 4/17/14 11:26 AM, "OmPrakash Muppirala"
>><bigosma...@gmail.com>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Nicholas Kwiatkowski
>> >> >> >> ><nicho...@spoon.as>wrote:
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> I was talking to some of the people at a.o. infra on IRC and
>> >>they
>> >> >> >> >>mentioned
>> >> >> >> >> that they have a new Windows VM that they launched for CI
>> >> >>services...
>> >> >> >> >>They
>> >> >> >> >> are looking for people to help them test it out and get it
>> >>setup.
>> >> >> >>Do we
>> >> >> >> >> have any interest in that?  They would like to get this
>>setup
>> >>to
>> >> >>help
>> >> >> >> >>with
>> >> >> >> >> some of the issues with the current instability of the
>>Windows
>> >>CI
>> >> >> >>server
>> >> >> >> >> that is out there.  They are offering direct access to the
>> >>slave
>> >> >> >> >>servers, I
>> >> >> >> >> believe.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> The contact is gmcdonald.  He can be reached at builds@a.o.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >Yes, I am in the thread with Gavin on builds@a.o.  I popped
>>into
>> >> IRC
>> >> >> >>last
>> >> >> >> >night, they were firefighting the CMS issue, so couldn't start
>> >>the
>> >> >> >> >conversation with him.  I am planning to volunteer my time to
>> >>help
>> >> >>with
>> >> >> >> >this.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >Thanks,
>> >> >> >> >Om
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> -Nick
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >--
>> >> >Ix Multimedia Software
>> >> >
>> >> >Jan Luykenstraat 27
>> >> >3521 VB Utrecht
>> >> >
>> >> >T. 06-51952295
>> >> >I. www.ixsoftware.nl
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Ix Multimedia Software
>> >
>> >Jan Luykenstraat 27
>> >3521 VB Utrecht
>> >
>> >T. 06-51952295
>> >I. www.ixsoftware.nl
>>
>>

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