Configuration #

By default, all vieter commands try to read in the TOML file ~/.vieterrc for configuration. The location of this file can be changed by using the -f flag.

If the above file doesn’t exist or you wish to override some of its settings, configuration is also possible using environment variables. Every variable in the config file has a respective environment variable of the following form: say the variable is called api_key, then the respective environment variable would be VIETER_API_KEY. In essence, it’s the variable in uppercase prepended with VIETER_.

If a variable is both present in the config file & as an environment variable, the value in the environment variable is used.

Note All environment variables can also be provided from a file by appending them with _FILE. This for example allows you to provide the API key from a Docker secrets file.

Commands #

The first argument passed to Vieter determines which command you wish to use. Each of these can contain subcommands (e.g. vieter targets list), but all subcommands will use the same configuration. Below you can find the configuration variable required for each command.

vieter server #

• port: HTTP port to run on
  • Default: 8000
• log_level: log verbosity level. Value should be one of FATAL, ERROR, WARN, INFO or DEBUG.
  • Default: WARN
• pkg_dir: where Vieter should store the actual package archives.
• data_dir: where Vieter stores the repositories, log file & database.
• api_key: the API key to use when authenticating requests.
• default_arch: this setting serves two main purposes:
  • Packages with architecture any are always added to this architecture. This prevents the server from being confused when an any package is published as the very first package for a repository.
  • Targets added without an arch value use this value instead.
• global_schedule: build schedule for any target that does not have a schedule defined. For information about this syntax, see here.
  • Default: 0 3 (3AM every night)
• base_image: Docker image to use when building a package. Any Pacman-based distro image should work, as long as /etc/pacman.conf is used & base-devel exists in the repositories. Make sure that the image supports the architecture of your cron daemon.
  • Default: archlinux:base-devel (only works on x86_64). If you require aarch64 support, consider using menci/archlinuxarm:base-devel ( GitHub). This is the image used for the Vieter CI builds.
• max_log_age: maximum age of logs (in days). Logs older than this will get cleaned by the log removal daemon. If set to zero, no logs are ever removed. The age of logs is determined by the time the build was started.
  • Default: 0
• log_removal_schedule: cron schedule defining when to clean old logs.
  • Default: 0 0 (every day at midnight)

vieter cron #

• log_level: log verbosity level. Value should be one of FATAL, ERROR, WARN, INFO or DEBUG.
  • Default: WARN
• log_file: log file to write logs to.
  • Default: vieter.log (in data_dir)
• address: public URL of the Vieter repository server to build for. From this server the list of Git repositories is retrieved. All built packages are published to this server.
• api_key: API key of the above server.
• data_dir: directory to store log file in.
• base_image: Docker image to use when building a package. Any Pacman-based distro image should work, as long as /etc/pacman.conf is used & base-devel exists in the repositories. Make sure that the image supports the architecture of your cron daemon.
  • Default: archlinux:base-devel (only works on x86_64). If you require aarch64 support, consider using menci/archlinuxarm:base-devel ( GitHub). This is the image used for the Vieter CI builds.
• max_concurrent_builds: how many builds to run at the same time.
  • Default: 1
• api_update_frequency: how frequently (in minutes) to poll the Vieter repository server for a new list of Git repositories to build.
  • Default: 15
• image_rebuild_frequency: Vieter periodically builds a builder image using the configured base image. This makes sure build containers do not have to download a lot of packages when updating their system. This setting defines how frequently (in minutes) to rebuild this builder image.
  • Default: 1440 (every 24 hours)
• global_schedule: build schedule for any Git repository that does not have a schedule defined. For information about this syntax, see here.
  • Default: 0 3 (3AM every night)

vieter logs #

• api_key: the API key to use when authenticating requests.
• address: Base URL of your Vieter instance, e.g. https://example.com

vieter targets #

• api_key: the API key to use when authenticating requests.
• address: Base URL of your Vieter instance, e.g. https://example.com
• base_image: image to use when building a package using vieter targets build.
  • Default: archlinux:base-devel

vieter agent #

• log_level: log verbosity level. Value should be one of FATAL, ERROR, WARN, INFO or DEBUG.
  • Default: WARN
• address: public URL of the Vieter repository server to build for. From this server jobs are retrieved. All built packages are published to this server.
• api_key: API key of the above server.
• data_dir: directory to store log file in.
• max_concurrent_builds: how many builds to run at the same time.
  • Default: 1
• polling_frequency: how often (in seconds) to poll the server for new builds. Note that the agent might poll more frequently when it’s actively processing builds.
• image_rebuild_frequency: Vieter periodically builds images that are then used as a basis for running build containers. This is to prevent each build from downloading an entire repository worth of dependencies. This setting defines how frequently (in minutes) to rebuild these images.
  • Default: 1440 (every 24 hours)
• arch: architecture for which this agent should pull down builds (e.g. x86_64)