system-config/doc/source/gerrit.rst
James E. Blair 9ed2be3098 Refactor project infrastructure docs.
The goal is to re-orient the documentation as an introduction for new
contributors and a reference for all contributors.

Change-Id: I8702a5ace908c7618a6451bbfef7fc79b07429ff
Reviewed-on: https://review.openstack.org/30515
Reviewed-by: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph <lyz@princessleia.com>
Reviewed-by: Clark Boylan <clark.boylan@gmail.com>
Approved: Monty Taylor <mordred@inaugust.com>
Reviewed-by: Monty Taylor <mordred@inaugust.com>
Tested-by: Jenkins
2013-05-30 17:27:07 +00:00

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:title: Gerrit
.. _gerrit:
Gerrit
######
Gerrit is the code review system used by the OpenStack project. For a
full description of how the system fits into the OpenStack workflow,
see `the GerritJenkinsGithub wiki article
<https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/GerritJenkinsGithub>`_.
This section describes how Gerrit is configured for use in the
OpenStack project and the tools used to manage that configuration.
At a Glance
===========
:Hosts:
* http://review.openstack.org
* http://review-dev.openstack.org
:Puppet:
* :file:`modules/gerrit`
* :file:`modules/openstack_project/manifests/review.pp`
* :file:`modules/openstack_project/manifests/review_dev.pp`
:Configuration:
* :file:`modules/openstack_project/templates/review.projects.yaml.erb`
:Projects:
* http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/
:Bugs:
* http://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-ci
* http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/list
:Resources:
* `Gerrit Documentation <https://review.openstack.org/Documentation/index.html>`_
Installation
============
Gerrit is installed and configured by Puppet, including specifying the
exact Java WAR file that is used. See :ref:`sysadmin` for how Puppet
is used to manage OpenStack infrastructure systems.
Gerrit Configuration
--------------------
Most of Gerrit's configuration is in configuration files or Git
repositories (and in our case, managed by Puppet), but a few items
must be configured in the database. The following is a record of
these changes:
Add "Approved" review type to gerrit:
.. code-block:: mysql
mysql -u root -p
use reviewdb;
insert into approval_categories values ('Approved', 'A', 2, 'MaxNoBlock', 'N', 'APRV');
insert into approval_category_values values ('No score', 'APRV', 0);
insert into approval_category_values values ('Approved', 'APRV', 1);
update approval_category_values set name = "Looks good to me (core reviewer)" where name="Looks good to me, approved";
Expand "Verified" review type to -2/+2:
.. code-block:: mysql
mysql -u root -p
use reviewdb;
update approval_category_values set value=2
where value=1 and category_id='VRIF';
update approval_category_values set value=-2
where value=-1 and category_id='VRIF';
insert into approval_category_values values
("Doesn't seem to work","VRIF",-1),
("Works for me","VRIF","1");
Reword the default messages that use the word Submit, as they imply that
we're not happy with people for submitting the patch in the first place:
.. code-block:: mysql
mysql -u root -p
use reviewdb;
update approval_category_values set name="Do not merge"
where category_id='CRVW' and value=-2;
update approval_category_values
set name="I would prefer that you didn't merge this"
where category_id='CRVW' and value=-1;
Add information about the CLA:
.. code-block:: mysql
insert into contributor_agreements values (
'Y', 'Y', 'Y', 'ICLA',
'OpenStack Individual Contributor License Agreement',
'static/cla.html', 2);
Groups
------
A number of system-wide groups are configured in Gerrit. These
include `Project Bootstrappers` which grants all the permissions
needed to set up a new project. Normally the OpenStack Project
Creater account is the only member of this group, but members of the
`Administrators` group may temporarily add themselves in order to
correct problems with automatic project creation.
The `External Testing Tools` group is used to grant +/-1 Verified
access to external testing tools.
GitHub Integration
==================
Gerrit replicate to GitHub by pushing to a standard Git remote. The
GitHub projects are configured to allow only the Gerrit user to push.
Pull requests can not be disabled for a project in Github, so instead
we have a script that runs from cron to close any open pull requests
with instructions to use Gerrit.
These are both handled automatically by :ref:`jeepyb`.
Auto Review Expiry
==================
Puppet automatically installs a daily cron job called ``expire-old-reviews``
onto the gerrit servers. This script follows two rules:
#. If the review hasn't been touched in 2 weeks, mark as abandoned.
#. If there is a negative review and it hasn't been touched in 1 week, mark as
abandoned.
If your review gets touched by either of these rules it is possible to
unabandon a review on the gerrit web interface.
This process is managed by the :ref:`jeepyb` openstack-infra project.
Gerrit IRC Bot
==============
Gerritbot consumes the Gerrit event stream and announces relevant
events on IRC. :ref:`gerritbot` is an openstack-infra project and is
also available on Pypi.
Launchpad Bug Integration
=========================
In addition to the hyperlinks provided by the regex in gerrit.config,
we use a Gerrit hook to update Launchpad bugs when changes referencing
them are applied. This is managed by the :ref:`jeepyb`
openstack-infra project.
New Project Creation
====================
Gerrit project creation is now managed through changes to the
openstack-infra/config repository. :ref:`jeepyb` handles
automatically creating any new projects defined in the configuration
files.
Local Git Replica
=================
Gerrit replicates all repos to a local directory so that Apache can
serve the anonymous http requests out directly. This is automatically
configured by :ref:`jeepyb`.
.. _acl:
Access Controls
===============
High level goals:
#. Anonymous users can read all projects.
#. All registered users can perform informational code review (+/-1)
on any project.
#. Jenkins can perform verification (blocking or approving: +/-1).
#. All registered users can create changes.
#. The OpenStack Release Manager and Jenkins can tag releases (push
annotated tags).
#. Members of $PROJECT-core group can perform full code review
(blocking or approving: +/- 2), and submit changes to be merged.
#. Members of openstack-release (Release Manager and PTLs), and
$PROJECT-milestone (PTL and release minded people) exclusively can
perform full code review (blocking or approving: +/- 2), and submit
changes to be merged on milestone-proposed branches.
#. Full code review (+/- 2) of API projects should be available to the
-core group of the corresponding implementation project as well as to
the OpenStack Documentation Coordinators.
#. Full code review of stable branches should be available to the
-core group of the project as well as the openstack-stable-maint
group.
#. Drivers (PTL and delegates) of client library projects should be
able to add tags (which are automatically used to trigger
releases).
To manage API project permissions collectively across projects, API
projects are reparented to the "API-Projects" meta-project instead of
"All-Projects". This causes them to inherit permissions from the
API-Projects project (which, in turn, inherits from All-Projects).
These permissions try to achieve the high level goals::
All Projects (metaproject):
refs/*
read: anonymous
push annotated tag: release managers, ci tools, project bootstrappers
forge author identity: registered users
forge committer identity: project bootstrappers
push (w/ force push): project bootstrappers
create reference: project bootstrappers, release managers
push merge commit: project bootstrappers
refs/for/refs/*
push: registered users
refs/heads/*
label code review:
-1/+1: registered users
-2/+2: project bootstrappers
label verified:
-2/+2: ci tools
-2/+2: project bootstrappers
-1/+1: external tools
label approved 0/+1: project bootstrappers
submit: ci tools
submit: project bootstrappers
refs/heads/milestone-proposed
label code review (exclusive):
-2/+2 openstack-release
-1/+1 registered users
label approved (exclusive): 0/+1: openstack-release
owner: openstack-release
refs/heads/stable/*
label code review (exclusive):
-2/+2 opestack-stable-maint
-1/+1 registered users
label approved (exclusive): 0/+1: opestack-stable-maint
refs/meta/*
push: project bootstrappers
refs/meta/config
read: project bootstrappers
read: project owners
API Projects (metaproject):
refs/*
owner: Administrators
refs/heads/*
label code review -2/+2: openstack-doc-core
label approved 0/+1: openstack-doc-core
project foo:
refs/*
owner: Administrators
create reference: foo-milestone [client library only]
push annotated tag: foo-milestone [client library only]
refs/heads/*
label code review -2/+2: foo-core
label approved 0/+1: foo-core
refs/heads/milestone-proposed
label code review -2/+2: foo-milestone
label approved 0/+1: foo-milestone
Manual Administrative Tasks
===========================
The following sections describe tasks that individuals with root
access may need to perform on rare occations.
Renaming a Project
------------------
Renaming a project is not automated and is disruptive to developers,
so it should be avoided. Allow for an hour of downtime for the
project in question, and about 10 minutes of downtime for all of
Gerrit. All Gerrit changes, merged and open, will carry over, so
in-progress changes do not need to be merged before the move.
To rename a project:
#. Prepare a change to the Puppet configuration which updates
projects.yaml/ACLs and jenkins-job-builder for the new name.
#. Stop puppet on review.openstack.org to prevent your interim
configuration changes from being reset by the project management
routines::
sudo puppetd --disable
#. Make the project inacessible by editing the Access pane. Add a
"read" ACL for "Administrators", and mark it "exclusive". Be sure
to save changes.
#. Update the database on review.openstack.org::
sudo mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf reviewdb
update account_project_watches
set project_name = "openstack/NEW"
where project_name = "openstack/OLD";
update changes
set dest_project_name = "openstack/NEW"
where dest_project_name = "openstack/OLD";
#. Take Jenkins offline through its WebUI.
#. Stop Gerrit on review.openstack.org and move both the Git
repository and the mirror::
sudo invoke-rc.d gerrit stop
sudo mv ~gerrit2/review_site/git/openstack/{OLD,NEW}.git
sudo mv /var/lib/git/openstack/{OLD,NEW}.git
sudo invoke-rc.d gerrit start
#. Bring Jenkins online through its WebUI.
#. Merge the prepared Puppet configuration change, removing the
original Jenkins jobs via the Jenkins WebUI later if needed.
#. Start puppet again on review.openstack.org::
sudo puppetd --enable
#. Rename the project in GitHub or, if this is a move to a new org, let
the project management run create it for you and then remove the
original later (assuming you have sufficient permissions).
#. If this is an org move and the project name itself is not
changing, gate jobs may fail due to outdated remote URLs. Clear
the workspaces on persistent Jenkins slaves to mitigate this::
ssh -t $h.slave.openstack.org 'sudo rm -rf ~jenkins/workspace/*PROJECT*'
#. Again, if this is an org move rather than a rename and the GitHub
project has been created but is empty, trigger replication to
populate it::
ssh -p 29418 review.openstack.org gerrit replicate --all
#. Wait for puppet changes to be applied so that the earlier
restrictive ACL will be reset for you (ending the outage for this
project).
#. Submit a change that updates .gitreview with the new location of the
project.
Developers will either need to re-clone a new copy of the repository,
or manually update their remotes with something like::
git remote set-url origin https://github.com/$ORG/$PROJECT.git
Deleting a User from Gerrit
---------------------------
This isn't normally necessary, but if you find that you need to
completely delete an account from Gerrit, here's how:
.. code-block:: mysql
delete from account_agreements where account_id=NNNN;
delete from account_diff_preferences where id=NNNN;
delete from account_external_ids where account_id=NNNN;
delete from account_group_members where account_id=NNNN;
delete from account_group_members_audit where account_id=NNNN;
delete from account_patch_reviews where account_id=NNNN;
delete from account_project_watches where account_id=NNNN;
delete from account_ssh_keys where account_id=NNNN;
delete from accounts where account_id=NNNN;
.. code-block:: bash
ssh review.openstack.org -p29418 gerrit flush-caches --all