Server resource request for running Metal3.io CI about cluster

[idvoretskyi]

@kashifest before we'll proceed, can't you use GitHub Actions for the CI purposes instead (as the CIL resources can be limited) - https://github.com/cncf/cluster?tab=readme-ov-file#usage-guidelines

[kashifest]

@kashifest before we'll proceed, can't you use GitHub Actions for the CI purposes instead (as the CIL resources can be limited) - https://github.com/cncf/cluster?tab=readme-ov-file#usage-guidelines

@idvoretskyi we usually run github workflows for smaller jobs, linters etc, usually our CI is resource intensive and thus dedicated hardware would be needed.

P.S: in the link provided, when I click this link I dont see any example as it says see example below. Any idea where can I get more info on this?

[idvoretskyi]

P.S: in the link provided, when I click this link I dont see any example as it says see example below. Any idea where can I get more info on this?

@jeefy may assist here, also an ARC cluster has been spun up that could be used for the similar stuff.

[kashifest]

@jeefy @idvoretskyi we are meanwhile testing the github actions with large runners as you suggested, unfortunately the equinix ones are offline and not usable at the moment. We used the default large runners for one of our e2e tests, we see that the usage shows some billable hours, any idea what does that mean to us? Is the bill going to CNCF since our github org is part of CNCF enterprise and we dont need to worry about it? We are still unsure how much would this be a performance issue once we start putting the e2e PR jobs on these runner cause I can see that getting an available runner is random, For our other repos the e2e tests are bigger in resource requirements so for those we would anyhow need some dedicated resource.

[kashifest]

@jeefy @idvoretskyi any updates?

[idvoretskyi]

@kashifest yep, apologies for the delay. Working on this internally.

[jeefy]

re: earlier comment, no worries about the billable hours with metal3's Org being under the CNCF GH Enterprise license.

The Equinix and Oracle runners should be available for use if you wouldn't mind trying those again. :) If you run into issues or need a different shape/size please let us know.

If those don't work we can set you up in Equinix, we'll just need you to only use resources when needed, so spinning them up/down automatically.

[kashifest]

@jeefy Thanks a lot for replying back.

The Equinix and Oracle runners should be available for use if you wouldn't mind trying those again. :) If you run into issues or need a different shape/size please let us know.

I dont think its working or then I might have configured something wrongly. The job is waiting for 40 minutes or so for runner to become available. Check the attachment

Here is the PR: metal3-io/baremetal-operator#1775

If those don't work we can set you up in Equinix, we'll just need you to only use resources when needed, so spinning them up/down automatically.

I believe this would be needed anyhow for larger e2e jobs in our org anyhow.