That is very good news. You might consider using the plugin that automatic labels slaves (and the master). It labels for operating system type, operating system release, and processor type, and spares you the hassle of remembering to apply those types of labels.
Mark Waite >________________________________ > From: Jeff <predato...@gmail.com> >To: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com >Sent: Friday, January 4, 2013 9:53 AM >Subject: Re: Git question... > > >That was it! Thank you! > > >I had the auto installer running "sudo apt-get install git" on nodes labeled >"Linux" but didn't label the master because it wasn't doing builds. It didn't >occur to me that the job configs still needed the tool configured. > > >I added the label "Linux" to the master config and updated the /etc/sudoers >file to allow the tomcat user to run apt-get without password and the error >went away. > > >tomcat7 ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt-get > > >Thanks again! > > > >On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:35 AM, Michaël Pailloncy <mpapo....@gmail.com> wrote: > >Hi, >> >> >>We've faced with the same problem in our company. >> >> >>Do you used an automatic installation for git in the global configuration ? >> >> >>It seems that, the Git plugin uses the first Git installation found in >>Jenkins global configuration (see >>https://github.com/jenkinsci/git-plugin/blob/master/src/main/java/hudson/plugins/git/UserRemoteConfig.java#L73). >>So, If the first git installation found used automatic installation, it seems >>that Jenkins doesn't download/install git before doing the git ls-remote >>(because your Jenkins master doesn't make any build), resulting in : >>Failed to connect to repository : Error performing command: ls-remote -h >>gitolite@mygitrepo:/myproject.git HEAD >> >> >> >>The git executable isn't found here, otherwise we would have : >>Failed to connect to repository : Error performing command: git ls-remote -h >>gitolite@mygitrepo:/myproject.git HEAD >> >> >> >>To solve this problem, I have declared a local git installation for the >>master (not installed automatically) and set it in first in the global >>configuration. >> >> >>I hope this will help you. >> >> >>Michaël Pailloncy >> >> >> >> >> >>2013/1/4 Jeff <predato...@gmail.com> >> >>Thanks for the tips...I'll try and poke around with it tomorrow. I'm finding >>Git to be a pain compared to SVN....ugh...likely loose nut behind the >>keyboard. >>> >>> >>>My Jenkins server has 4GB of RAM and 2.5 GB is dedicated to tomcat running >>>Jenkins but I will triple check the settings as well. We actually have 2 >>>Jenkins masters now experiencing the issue that are identically configured >>>(cloned VM). One is running 40 jobs (3 Git, 37 SVN) on 3 slaves (no jobs >>>run on master). The other running only one Git job on the master (no >>>slaves). >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Mark Waite <markwa...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>>There was a report of the same error message in late November that was due >>>to insufficient memory being available for the Jenkins process. Refer to >>>http://jenkins.361315.n4.nabble.com/Jenkins-GIT-ls-remote-error-td4646903.html >>> for more details on it. I suspect that is not your issue, but it should be >>>easy to check if it is the problem. >>>> >>>> >>>>You could also try configuring a git repository without using gitolite (for >>>>instance, use apt-get to install the git server, publish the repository to >>>>/var/cache/git/repo_name, touch git-daemon-export-ok in that directory, and >>>>then create a job which uses git://yourserver/git/repo_name to checkout. >>>>That idea is suggested in >>>>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12614771/configure-git-repository-in-jenkins >>>> . I don't think that is likely your problem either, but trying the fix >>>>may expose the real problem to you. >>>> >>>> >>>>Mark Waite >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>________________________________ >>>>> From: Jeff <predato...@gmail.com> >>>>>To: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com >>>>>Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2013 5:22 PM >>>>>Subject: Re: Git question... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I didn't even realize those options existed...ack! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I checked and "Fast remote polling" is NOT set. I have not set any other >>>>>options beyond the repo URL. Did I possibly miss something? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Mark Waite <markwa...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>I thought that I had seen that failure when I enabled "fast remote >>>>>polling" and had not yet cloned the git repository. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>My quick web search did not show that as a bug, so I may be wrong, but it >>>>>>won't hurt to try disabling fast remote polling (it is in the Advanced >>>>>>section of the git plugin settings for your job). I tried to duplicate >>>>>>the problem myself and was unable to duplicate it, so I'm probably not >>>>>>using exactly the steps you are using. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Mark Waite >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>________________________________ >>>>>>> From: Jeff <predato...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>To: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2013 1:35 PM >>>>>>>Subject: Git question... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>I have some Git projects (internal gitolite repository) that I'm >>>>>>>configuring and when I put the git repo URL in, it shows this error >>>>>>>below field: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Failed to connect to repository : Error performing command: ls-remote -h gitolite@mygitrepo:/myproject.git HEAD >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>If I login as the user that Jenkins is running as (tomcat7 on Ubuntu >>>>>>>12.10) and type the same command, I don't get an error, but I also don't >>>>>>>see any output of any kind. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>If I leave off the "HEAD" option, I get a response like: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>6156c0bd163a1b9e3a878e889be53c5b80f48c36 refs/heads/master >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Am I doing something wrong? If I just save the job, it seems to clone >>>>>>>and build just fine but I haven't tried any Maven releases yet so I >>>>>>>don't know if that works. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>I can't see in any logs what the specific error might be. Thoughts? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>-- >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Jeff Vincent >>>>>>>predato...@gmail.com >>>>>>>See my LinkedIn profile at: >>>>>>>http://www.linkedin.com/in/rjeffreyvincent >>>>>>>I ♥ DropBox !! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>> >>>>>Jeff Vincent >>>>>predato...@gmail.com >>>>>See my LinkedIn profile at: >>>>>http://www.linkedin.com/in/rjeffreyvincent >>>>>I ♥ DropBox !! >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>> >>>Jeff Vincent >>>predato...@gmail.com >>>See my LinkedIn profile at: >>>http://www.linkedin.com/in/rjeffreyvincent >>>I ♥ DropBox !! >> > > > >-- > >Jeff Vincent >predato...@gmail.com >See my LinkedIn profile at: >http://www.linkedin.com/in/rjeffreyvincent >I ♥ DropBox !! > >
