Designed to provide full control over a LED-strip as a means of representing a build pipeline and responding to it's changes.
An example in action: http://youtu.be/3Q9-lJn2KD8
####Features
- Fully decoupled from your CI system through queues
- The Pi can run on your local network while CI and the queues can be AWS/SQS-based
- Full control over each LED - all colours, all brightness levels
- A set of LED animations are available (many more are possible)
- Can play a sound (or a random selection from a group of sounds) for each pipleline event - start/end build, success, failure, etc
- Ready to go Jenkins support using this plugin in conjunction with the Build Pipeline Plugin
- Can be driven in many other ways - another example (albeit AWS/SQS again) is this
- Way less hassle and cost than some of the existing build lights.. The entire kit - including the Pi - should only be a bit over $100
- No need for a cumbersome dedicated monitor and all that goes along with it
####What do you need? Raspberry Pi (Type B) running Occidentalis v0.2
Follow the wiring and hardware setup instructions detailed here. Yes, a little soldering may be required, but it takes all of five minutes and it's part of the fun!
Besides the Pi itself, these components or equivalents (which are detailed in the above Adafruit article) are required:
- https://www.adafruit.com/products/306 (Digital RGB LED Weatherproof Strip 32 LED - (1m))
- http://www.adafruit.com/products/914 (Adafruit Pi Cobbler Breakout Kit for Raspberry Pi)
- https://www.adafruit.com/products/276 (5V 2A (2000mA) switching power supply - UL Listed)
- https://www.adafruit.com/products/368 (Female DC Power adapter - 2.1mm jack to screw terminal block)
- http://www.adafruit.com/products/578 (4-pin JST SM Plug + Receptacle Cable Set)
Once you're all soldered up, plugged in and powered on, ssh pi@raspberrypi.local using password raspberry and do some (or all) of the following:
If using AWS/SQS you'll need to:
$ git clone git://github.com/boto/boto.git
$ cd boto
$ sudo python setup.py install
If you want to play sounds at all (mp3's only):
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install alsa-utils
$ sudo apt-get install mpg321
Then:
$ git clone https://github.com/jkelabora/raspberry-pipeline.git
$ cd raspberry-pipeline
$ sudo cp scripts/raspberry-pipeline /etc/init.d/
$ sudo vi /etc/init.d/raspberry-pipeline <-- will expect AWS creds by default.. update or remove as required
$ sudo update-rc.d raspberry-pipeline defaults
$ sudo /etc/init.d/raspberry-pipeline {start|stop}
Then watch (and maybe hear) the fate of each of your builds!