[Buildbot-devel] Buildbot-devel Digest, Vol 19, Issue 4

[Minesh Patel]

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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 17:31:03 +0100
> From: "David Gibb" <degibb at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Buildbot-devel] Help with network problem
> To: Buildbot-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
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> Hi Guys,
>
> I'm having trouble getting buildbot to work, and I was hoping you'd be
> able to give me a hand.
>
> I'm getting errors in my twistd.log of the type:
> 2007/11/07 18:30 +0200 [-] Starting factory
> <buildbot.slave.bot.BotFactory instance at 0x01385A08>
>
> Which seems to indicate that it can't contact the botslave. However,
> as far as I can tell, all the ports are correct:
>
> in buildbot.tac:
> buildmaster_host = 'localhost'
> port = 9989
>
> in master.cfg:
> c['slavePortnum'] = 9989
>
> Also, I can't seem to connect to the webstatus page. If a problem
> connecting to the buildslave were the only problem, wouldn't it at
> least indicate that on the webstatus page? Do you think I have a more
> general problem with twisted?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> David
The webstatus page is defined by the "http_port" in the master.cfg.  
You may have to open up the 9989 port on your firewall to allow the  
slave to communicate with master. Look up iptables.