1 # XDS - X(cross) Development System Server
3 `xds-server` is a web server that allows user to remotely cross build applications.
5 The first goal is to provide a multi-platform cross development tool with
6 near-zero installation.
7 The second goal is to keep application sources locally (on user's machine) to
8 make it compatible with existing IT policies (e.g. corporate backup or SCM),
9 and let user to continue to work as usual (use his favorite editor,
10 keep performance while editing/browsing sources).
12 This powerful and portable webserver (written in [Go](https://golang.org))
13 exposes a REST interface over HTTP and also provides a Web dashboard to configure projects and execute _(for now)_ only basics commands.
15 `xds-server` uses [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) tool to synchronize
16 projects files from user machine to build server machine or container.
18 > **NOTE**: For now, only Syncthing sharing method is supported to synchronize
19 projects files. But in a near future and for restricted configurations, `xds-server`
20 will also support "standard" folder sharing (eg. nfs mount points or docker
23 > **SEE ALSO**: [xds-exec](https://github.com/iotbzh/xds-exec),
24 wrappers on `exec` commands that allows you to send commands to `xds-server`
25 and for example build your application from command-line or from your favorite
26 IDE (such as Netbeans or Visual Studio Code) through `xds-server`.
30 `xds-server` has been designed to easily compile and debug
31 [AGL](https://www.automotivelinux.org/) applications. That's why `xds-server` has
32 been integrated into AGL SDK docker container.
34 >**NOTE** For more info about AGL SDK docker container, please refer to
35 [AGL SDK Quick Setup](http://docs.automotivelinux.org/docs/getting_started/en/dev/reference/setup-sdk-environment.html)
39 Load the pre-build AGL SDK docker image including `xds-server`:
41 wget -O - http://iot.bzh/download/public/2017/XDS/docker/docker_agl_worker-xds-latest.tar.xz | docker load
45 You should get `docker.automotivelinux.org/agl/worker-xds:X.Y` image
48 # List image that we just built
49 docker images | grep worker-xds
51 docker.automotivelinux.org/agl/worker-xds 3.2 786d65b2792c 6 days ago 602MB
54 ### Start xds-server within the container
56 Use provided script to create a new docker image and start a new container:
59 wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iotbzh/xds-server/master/scripts/xds-docker-create-container.sh
62 # Create new XDS worker container
63 bash ./xds-docker-create-container.sh 0 docker.automotivelinux.org/agl/worker-xds:3.99.1
66 # Check that new container is running
67 docker ps | grep worker-xds
69 b985d81af40c docker.automotivelinux.org/agl/worker-xds:3.99.1 "/usr/bin/wait_for..." 6 days ago Up 4 hours 0.0.0.0:8000->8000/tcp, 0.0.0.0:69->69/udp, 0.0.0.0:10809->10809/tcp, 0.0.0.0:2222->22/tcp agl-worker-seb-laptop-0-seb
72 This container (ID=0) exposes following ports:
73 - 8000 : `xds-server` to serve XDS Dashboard
77 **`xds-server` is automatically started** as a service on container startup.
79 If the container is running on your localhost, you can access the web interface (what we call the "Dashboard"):
81 xdg-open http://localhost:8000
84 If needed you can status / stop / start it manually using following commands:
86 # Log into docker container
87 ssh -p 2222 devel@localhost
90 sudo systemctl status xds-server.service
93 sudo systemctl stop xds-server.service
96 sudo systemctl start xds-server.service
99 sudo journalctl --unit=xds-server.service --output=cat
100 Starting XDS Server...
101 ### Configuration in config.json:
103 "webAppDir": "/var/www/xds-server",
104 "shareRootDir": "/home/devel/.xds/projects",
105 "sdkRootDir": "/xdt/sdk",
107 "home": "/home/devel/.xds/syncthing-config",
108 "gui-address": "http://localhost:8384"
111 Downloading xds-agent_darwin-amd64-v0.1.0_59b0682.zip... OK
112 Downloading xds-agent_linux-amd64-v0.1.0_59b0682.zip... OK
113 Downloading xds-agent_windows-amd64-v0.1.0_59b0682.zip... OK
115 nohup /usr/local/bin/xds-server --config /home/devel/.xds/config.json -log info > /tmp/xds-server/logs/xds-server.lo
120 ### Manually Start XDS server
122 XDS server is started as a service by Systemd.
124 /lib/systemd/system/xds-server.service
126 This Systemd service starts a bash script `/usr/local/bin/xds-server-start.sh`
128 If you needed you can change default setting by defining specific environment variables in `/etc/default/xds-server`.
129 For example to control log level, just set LOGLEVEL env variable knowing that supported *level* are: panic, fatal, error, warn, info, debug.
131 echo 'LOGLEVEL=debug' | sudo tee --append /etc/default/xds-server > /dev/null
132 sudo systemctl restart xds-server.service
133 tail -f /tmp/xds-server/logs/xds-server.log
136 ### Install SDK cross-toolchain
138 `xds-server` uses cross-toolchain install into directory pointed by `sdkRootDir` setting (see configuration section below for more details).
139 For now, you need to install manually SDK cross toolchain. There are not embedded into docker image by default because the size of these tarballs is too big.
141 Use provided `install-agl-sdks` script, for example to install SDK for ARM64 and Intel corei7-64:
144 # Install ARM64 SDK (automatic download)
145 /usr/local/bin/xds-utils/install-agl-sdks.sh --arch aarch64
147 # Install Intel corei7-64 SDK (using an SDK tarball that has been built or downloaded manually)
148 /usr/local/bin/xds-utils/install-agl-sdks.sh --arch corei7-64 --file /tmp/poky-agl-glibc-x86_64-agl-demo-platform-crosssdk-corei7-64-toolchain-
155 `xds-server` serves a web-application (default port 8000). :
156 [http://localhost:8000](http://localhost:8000) ). So you can now connect your browser to this url and use what we call the **XDS dashboard**.
158 Then follow instructions provided by this dashboard, knowing that the first time
159 you need to download and start `xds-agent` on your local machine.
161 To download this tool, just click on download icon in dashboard configuration page or download one of `xds-agent` released tarball: [https://github.com/iotbzh/xds-agent/releases](https://github.com/iotbzh/xds-agent/releases).
163 See also `xds-agent` [README file](https://github.com/iotbzh/xds-agent) for more details.
165 ## Build xds-server from scratch
169 - Install and setup [Go](https://golang.org/doc/install) version 1.7 or
170 higher to compile this tool.
171 - Install [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/)
172 - Install [gulp](http://gulpjs.com/)
177 sudo apt-get install golang npm curl git zip
178 sudo npm install -g gulp-cli
184 sudo zypper install go npm git curl zip
185 sudo npm install -g gulp-cli
188 Don't forget to open new user session after installing the packages.
194 Create a GOPATH variable(must be a full path):
196 export GOPATH=$(realpath ~/workspace_go)
199 Clone this repo into your `$GOPATH/src/github.com/iotbzh` and use delivered Makefile:
201 mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/iotbzh
202 cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/iotbzh
203 git clone https://github.com/iotbzh/xds-server.git
208 And to install `xds-server` (by default in `/usr/local/bin`):
213 >**NOTE:** Used `DESTDIR` to specify another install directory
215 >make install DESTDIR=$HOME/opt/xds-server
218 #### XDS docker image
220 As an alternative to a pre-build image, you can rebuild the container from scratch.
221 `xds-server` has been integrated as a flavour of AGL SDK docker image.
222 So to rebuild docker image just execute following commands:
225 # Clone docker-worker-generator git repo
226 git clone https://git.automotivelinux.org/AGL/docker-worker-generator
227 # Start build that will create a docker image
228 cd docker-worker-generator
229 make build FLAVOUR=xds
234 `xds-server` configuration is driven by a JSON config file (`config.json`).
236 Here is the logic to determine which `config.json` file will be used:
237 1. from command line option: `--config myConfig.json`
238 2. `$HOME/.xds/config.json` file
239 3. `<current dir>/config.json` file
240 4. `<xds-server executable dir>/config.json` file
242 Supported fields in configuration file are (all fields are optional and listed values are the default values):
246 "webAppDir": "webapp/dist", # location of client dashboard (default: webapp/dist)
247 "shareRootDir": "${HOME}/.xds/projects", # root directory where projects will be copied
248 "logsDir": "/tmp/logs", # directory to store logs (eg. syncthing output)
249 "sdkRootDir": "/xdt/sdk", # root directory where cross SDKs are installed
251 "binDir": "./bin", # syncthing binaries directory (default: executable directory)
252 "home": "${HOME}/.xds/syncthing-config", # syncthing home directory (usually .../syncthing-config)
253 "gui-address": "http://localhost:8384", # syncthing gui url (default http://localhost:8384)
254 "gui-apikey": "123456789", # syncthing api-key to use (default auto-generated)
259 >**NOTE:** environment variables are supported by using `${MY_VAR}` syntax.
264 ### XDS server architecture
266 The server part is written in *Go* and web app / dashboard (client part) in
271 +-- bin/ where xds-server binary file will be built
273 +-- agent-config.json.in example of config.json file
275 +-- glide.yaml Go package dependency file
277 +-- lib/ sources of server part (Go)
279 +-- main.go main entry point of of Web server (Go)
281 +-- Makefile makefile including
283 +-- README.md this readme
285 +-- scripts/ hold various scripts used for installation or startup
287 +-- tools/ temporary directory to hold development tools (like glide)
289 +-- vendor/ temporary directory to hold Go dependencies packages
291 +-- webapp/ source client dashboard (Angular2 app)
294 Visual Studio Code launcher settings can be found into `.vscode/launch.json`.
299 - replace makefile by build.go to make Windows build support easier
301 - add more documentation
302 - add authentication / login (oauth) + HTTPS
303 - enable syncthing user/password + HTTPS