[Buildbot-devel] Buildbot with virtual machines

[Trevor Strohman]

I am building a "virtual" build farm, where almost all of my target  
platforms are virtual machines running on the same hardware.  I  
expect that eventually I will have 10 to 15 operating system images  
on a single dual processor machine (and perhaps more).  This machine  
also needs to have enough spare capacity to run a few other low-load  
services.

Because there are so many virtual machines, I don't want them all to  
run at the same time.  Ideally, when a build is submitted, buildbot  
could launch some of the virtual machines, let them complete the  
build, then shut them down, then start a new batch of machines.

Is this possible?  I don't mind modifying some code since I'll be  
writing my own system if buildbot doesn't work for me.

Trevor