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Cucumber Linux Build & Distribution Infrastructure
Definitions
Types of Systems
Any system that is part of the build/distribution infrastructure can be classified as one of the following types of systems.
Bootstrap Server
A bootstrap server is a server that is used to bootstrap a new build of Cucumber Linux from Scratch; it is the system doing the initial build, through the end of phase 4.
Build Server
A build server is a server that is used to build updated packages for an existing build of Cucumber Linux. Each Build Server has a staging server that it works with; the build server is responsible for building the updated packages and then uploading them to the appropriate directory on the staging server.
Distribution Server
A distribution server is essentially a mirror server; it holds the binary packages, source code, installer and ports tree for a set of Cucumber Linux versions. The set of versions to mirror may contain one or more versions of Cucumber Linux.
Staging Server
A staging server is basically a special distribution server where changes are initially uploaded for testing. All systems that are testing new changes to ensure they are stable use a staging server as their mirror. Once the changes on the staging server are deemed to be ready for general release, they are “pushed” out to all of the distribution servers that the staging server is responsible for updating; a staging server can be responsible for updating one or more distribution servers.
