The following is the process for deploying a new build server.

1. Edit the /etc/pickle.conf file and set MIRROR variable to point to the staging server.
2. Install the the build server buildtools (substitute the version number of Cucumber Linux you are building in for “x.y”): cd && git clone https://gitlab.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/buildtools.git && cd buildtools && make install-build-server VERSION=x.y.
3. Edit the /opt/buildtools/config file and set the STAGING_SERVER variable to the appropriate value.
4. Edit the /etc/portsync.conf file and set the RSYNC_MIRROR variable to the staging server rsync mirror.
5. Edit the /etc/portmake.conf file and change the BUILD_PREFIX to the build prefix for the version of Cucumber Linux the build server is for. For example, if creating a build server for Cucumber Linux 2.0, which has been code named zaphod, you would set BUILD_PREFIX=zaphod_.
6. Create the ports tree by running portstrap.
7. Set the timestamps on all of the files in /var/log/packages to the time you want to start building from. Any updates to the ports tree that took place after this time will trigger a rebuilding of the affected package. Any updates to the ports tree that took place before it will not.
   1. Alternatively, you can run pickle –update && pickle and install all the available updates. This will cause the build server to build any new updates, but skip any old ones.
8. Run /opt/buildtools/auto_update to update the local files and build any updates.