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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Currently, getting a developer machine set up to build Firefox OS from source is not an easy task. There are are a bunch of [http://mzl.la/1mEAiz5 prerequisites] and then you have [http://mzl.la/1hmmQN1 clone the code] and set up your [http://mzl.la/1mEArTe build configuration]. All of this makes it difficult for developers to bisect and/or debug bugs in Firefox OS. One way we could greatly ease the setup process is to build a Vagrant provisioning script that targets Docker. On Linux machines, the Vagrant script will initialize a Docker instance with the necessary prerequisites, clone the code, and set up the build configuration correctly. On Mac OS X and Windows, Vagrant will first set up a VirtualBox VM image running Linux before provisioning the Docker image. | Currently, getting a developer machine set up to build Firefox OS from source is not an easy task. There are are a bunch of [http://mzl.la/1mEAiz5 prerequisites] and then you have [http://mzl.la/1hmmQN1 clone the code] and set up your [http://mzl.la/1mEArTe build configuration]. All of this makes it difficult for developers to bisect and/or debug bugs in Firefox OS. One way we could greatly ease the setup process is to build a Vagrant provisioning script that targets Docker. On Linux machines, the Vagrant script will initialize a Docker instance with the necessary prerequisites, clone the code, and set up the build configuration correctly. On Mac OS X and Windows, Vagrant will first set up a VirtualBox VM image running Linux before provisioning the Docker image. | ||
==Project Plan== | ==Project Plan== | ||
We have already gone through the process of setting up Vagrant to provision a development environment for our TreeHerder web app. The documentation on how to install TreeHerder using Vagrant is [https://treeherder-service.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation.html here]. The TreeHerder Vagrant file is [https://github.com/mozilla/treeherder-service/blob/master/Vagrantfile here]. | |||
To be successful in this project, the following has to be accomplished: | |||
# Build a base Vagrant file to provision a Docker instance running Ubuntu 13.04. This will be used as the base for a number of other similar projects. | |||
# Build upon the base Vangrant file to provision the Docker instance with the necessary [http://mzl.la/1mEAiz5 prerequisites] for building Firefox OS. | |||
# Add automation to the provisioning process to clone the [http://bit.ly/SCmEzv Firefox OS repo] | |||
# Write an MDN article documenting how to use Vagrant to provision a Firefox OS development environment. | |||
==Bugs== | |||
{{bug|1007532}} | |||
==Proposal== | |||
[[FirefoxOS/Performance/Using Docker to Ease Debugging Firefox OS|Proposal: Using Docker to Ease Debugging Firefox OS]] | |||
==Contacts== | |||
* [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/dhuseby/ Dave Huseby] | |||
* [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/eli/ Eli Perelman] | |||
* jeads on irc.mozilla.org | |||