GitLab runner on Windows with bash shell on windows contianer on Docker

As part of your pipeline, you may need to perform browser testing across different platforms/environments. To minimize testing time, it's best to use a consistent shell scripting language across platforms.

One solution is to use the bash shell on Windows with the shell executor, which you can implement by following this guide: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/3503. Alternatively, you can use pwsh across all platforms.

If you plan to use the docker-windows executor, you'll need a GitLab helper container image with bash support. You can create one for yourself by following this guide: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/3779.

For building the application image, consider using the windowscore or windowsserver (for GUI applications) base image. To manage and install applications, use choco.

 

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/powershell:lts-windowsserver-ltsc2022

ARGS CHROME_VERSION=108.0.5359.99

RUN choco install -y google-chrome-stable --version $Env:CHROME_VERSION

glusterfs on fedora on break geo-replication

glusterfs geo-replication break on Fedora

From /var/log/glusterfs/geo-replication/gv0_node1/gsyncd.log

   class Changes(object):
  File "/usr/libexec/glusterfs/python/syncdaemon/libgfchangelog.py", line 19, in Changes
    use_errno=True)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/ctypes/__init__.py", line 361, in __init__
    self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
OSError: libgfchangelog.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

From /usr/libexec/glusterfs/python/syncdaemon/libgfchangelog.py

class Changes(object):
    libgfc = CDLL("/usr/lib64/libgfchangelog.so", mode=RTLD_GLOBAL,
                  use_errno=True)

On Fedora/RHEL , .so symlink is provided by -devel packages. To fix install, install glusterfs-devel package.


reference: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1631595

building Canon MF3010 driver on Fedora25

Building Canon MF3010 driver from source, download the source from http://support-in.canon-asia.com/contents/IN/EN/0100270810.html for UFR II/UFR II LT Printer Driver for Linux V3.20 .

[ritesh@x230t SPECS]$ diff -Naurp cndrvcups-common.spec.orig cndrvcups-common.spec
--- cndrvcups-common.spec.orig 2016-11-16 14:37:13.341877857 +0530
+++ cndrvcups-common.spec 2016-11-16 14:34:40.674461102 +0530
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 %define VERSION 3.60
 %define  RELEASE 1
+%global __requires_exclude ^libcaiousb.so$

 %ifarch x86_64
 %define libs32 /usr/lib
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ Vendor: CANON INC.
 Group: Applications/Publishing

 Source: cndrvcups-common-%{version}-%{release}.tar.gz
+Patch0: cndrvcups-common-gmodule.patch

 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root

@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
 %prep
 %setup -q

+%patch0 -p1
+
 cd buftool
 ./autogen.sh --prefix=%{_prefix} --enable-progpath=%{_bindir} --libdir=%{_libdir} --disable-shared --enable-static

For Fedora25, gmodule needs to be added to build dependency

 

[ritesh@x230t SPECS]$ cat ../SOURCES/cndrvcups-common-gmodule.patch
--- cndrvcups-common-3.60/cngplp/configure.in 2014-12-05 15:26:04.000000000 +0530
+++ cndrvcups-common-3.60/cngplp/configure.in 2016-11-16 14:17:32.517073588 +0530
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ AM_PROG_CC_STDC
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL

-pkg_modules="gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0"
+pkg_modules="gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 gmodule"
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PACKAGE, [$pkg_modules])
 AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_LIBS)

rpmbuild away and install. 

Running Sky from tel.red on Fedora25

On Fedora 25, sky crash up on start in QT.

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
0x00007ffff112692f in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ffff112692f in raise () at /lib64/libc.so.6
#1  0x00007ffff112852a in abort () at /lib64/libc.so.6
#2  0x00007ffff200dcb1 in  () at /usr/lib/sky/lib/libQt5Core.so.5
#3  0x00007ffff24ee835 in QGuiApplicationPrivate::createPlatformIntegration() () at /usr/lib/sky/lib/libQt5Gui.so.5
#4  0x00007ffff24ee955 in QGuiApplicationPrivate::createEventDispatcher() () at /usr/lib/sky/lib/libQt5Gui.so.5
#5  0x00007ffff21cea64 in QCoreApplicationPrivate::init() () at /usr/lib/sky/lib/libQt5Core.so.5
#6  0x00007ffff24f2340 in QGuiApplicationPrivate::init() () at /usr/lib/sky/lib/libQt5Gui.so.5
#7  0x00007ffff2be62b9 in QApplicationPrivate::init() () at /usr/lib/sky/lib/libQt5Widgets.so.5
#8  0x0000000000434e41 in main ()
(gdb) quit
A debugging session is active.

Once workaround, is to let sky use the system provided qt5 libraries. 

$ rpm -q sky
sky-2.1.6327-1.fc24.x86_64
$ cd /usr/lib/sky

$ sudo mkdir old

$ sudo mv libQt5* old

$ sky

Would be nicer, if sky could use system libraries by default.

$ rpm -Uvh sky-system-qt ( meta package,installs sky and qt deps)

$ cat sky.sh

if shibboleet and ~/config/sky/.version is older than install

  use system library and start sky

  if start failed, disable shibboleet

else

  ld library jazz

  sky

fi

installing splunkforwarder using ansible

The vars

---
  splunk_home: /opt/splunkforwarder
  splunk_exec: "{{ splunk_home }}/bin/splunk"

The playbook

---

- name: install splunk forwarder
  yum: name=splunkforwarder
       state=latest
  become: yes

# check for first time run
- stat:
    path: "{{ splunk_home }}/ftr"
  register: result_splunk_ftr_stat

- block:
    - name: setup splunk for first time run
      shell: |
        ps aux|grep splunkd && pkill -9 splunkd || true
        {{ splunk_exec }} start --accept-license --answer-yes --no-prompt
        {{ splunk_exec }} enable boot-start
  when: result_splunk_ftr_stat.stat.exists
  become: yes


# Only add servers which are not in list
# shell: /opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk list forward-server -auth user:pass
# register: current_fwd_list
#- block:
#    shell: "{{ splunk_exec }} add forward-server {{ splunk_server }}:{{ splunk_server_port }} -auth user:pass"
# when: item not in current_fwd_list
#  become: yes
# with_items: splunk_fwd_server

# same logic for adding logs
#    - shell: "{{ splunk_exec }} add monitor {{ item.path }} -index {{ item.idx }} -sourcetype {{ item.path }} || true"
#  with_items:  "{{ splunk_log_files }}"

and profit !

adding authorized keys using ansible

You can use jinja template engine to set this

vars:
  ssh_user_key:
    - user: ritesh
      exclusive: no
      keys:
        - ritesh.centos
        - ritesh.fedora

- name: ssh user key upload
  authorized_key:
    user: "{{ item.user }}"
    exclusive: "{{ item.exclusive if item.exclusive is defined else 'no' }}"
    key: "{% for file_name in item['keys'] %} {{ key|default('') + lookup('file', file_name) }}{% if not loop.last %}{{ '\n' }}{% endif %} {% endfor %}"
  become_user: "{{ item.user }}"
  become: yes

  with_items:
    - "{{ ssh_user_key }}"
  tags:
    - setup-user-ssh-client-key

adding authorized keys using ansible

You can use jinja template engine to set this

vars:
  ssh_user_key:
    - user: ritesh
      exclusive: no
      keys:
        - ritesh.centos
        - ritesh.fedora

- name: ssh user key upload
  authorized_key:
    user: "{{ item.user }}"
    exclusive: "{{ item.exclusive if item.exclusive is defined else 'no' }}"
    key: "{% for file_name in item['keys'] %} {{ key|default('') + lookup('file', file_name) }}{% if not loop.last %}{{ '\n' }}{% endif %} {% endfor %}"
  become_user: "{{ item.user }}"
  become: yes

  with_items:
    - "{{ ssh_user_key }}"
  tags:
    - setup-user-ssh-client-key