bran

bran is a tool for building the same source code across multiple remote platforms.

Security Warning

This tool is completely insecure. It currently uses unauthenticated HTTP to send commands to workers.

Simple Usage

On the "master" (a server that your client and all your workers can access):

$ sudo npm install -g bran
$ bran master -p 7777

This will start a "master" node on port 7777.

On each "worker" (a build machine):

$ sudo npm install -g bran
$ cd directory-that-has-space-to-build-in
$ bran worker -n WORKER_1 -p 7777 -m MASTER.DNS.NAME:7777

This will start a "worker" node on port 7777 and specify that it should listen for instructions from the master at MASTER.DNS.NAME:7777. Any commands that the worker is told to run will run in the current working directory that the bran worker command is run from.

On the "client" (where you edit your code):

$ sudo npm install -g bran
$ cd my-code-repo
$ bran init -m MASTER.DNS.NAME:7777

This will create a .bran directory in the directory that bran init is run from, specifying that the master node is MASTER.DNS.NAME:7777. This directory should be the root of your project. Everything under this root will be transferred to the worker when a build is initiated, except exclusions specified in a .gitignore file.

Edit the .bran.yml file:

WORKER_1:
  - make
  - make tests
  
WORKER_2:
  - msbuild MY_PROJECT.sln
  - msbuild MY_TESTS.sln 

Now you're ready to build.

$ bran build
$ bran rebuild