Gitian building ================ *Setup instructions for a Gitian build of Monero.* Gitian is the deterministic build process that is used to build the Monero CLI executables. It provides a way to be reasonably sure that the executables are really built from the git source. It also makes sure that the same, tested dependencies are used and statically built into the executable. Multiple developers build the source code by following a specific descriptor ("recipe"), cryptographically sign the result, and upload the resulting signature. These results are compared and only if they match, the build is accepted and provided for download. Gitian runs compilation steps in an isolated container. It is flexible and gives you full control over the build environment, while still ensuring reproducibility and consistent output formats. More independent Gitian builders are needed, which is why this guide exists. It is preferred you follow these steps yourself instead of using someone else's VM image to avoid 'contaminating' the build. Preparing the Gitian builder host --------------------------------- The first step is to prepare the host environment that will be used to perform the Gitian builds. This guide explains how to set up the environment, and how to start the builds. Gitian offers to build with either `kvm`, `docker` or `lxc`. The default build path chosen is `lxc`, but its setup is more complicated. You need to be logged in as the `gitianuser`. If this user does not exist yet on your system, create it. Gitian can use either kvm, lxc or docker as a host environment. This documentation will show how to build with lxc and docker. While the docker setup is easy, the lxc setup is more involved. LXC --- LXC builds should be run on Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic Beaver". Note that a version of `lxc-execute` higher or equal to 2.1.1 is required. You can check the version with `lxc-execute --version`. First we need to set up dependencies. Type/paste the following in the terminal: ```bash sudo apt-get install git ruby apt-cacher-ng qemu-utils debootstrap lxc python-cheetah parted kpartx bridge-utils make ubuntu-archive-keyring curl firewalld ``` Then set up LXC and the rest with the following, which is a complex jumble of settings and workarounds: ```bash sudo -s # the version of lxc-start in Debian needs to run as root, so make sure # that the build script can execute it without providing a password echo "%sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/lxc-start" > /etc/sudoers.d/gitian-lxc echo "%sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/lxc-execute" >> /etc/sudoers.d/gitian-lxc # make /etc/rc.local script that sets up bridge between guest and host echo '#!/bin/sh -e' > /etc/rc.local echo 'brctl addbr br0' >> /etc/rc.local echo 'ip addr add 10.0.3.1/24 broadcast 10.0.3.255 dev br0' >> /etc/rc.local echo 'ip link set br0 up' >> /etc/rc.local echo 'firewall-cmd --zone=trusted --add-interface=br0' >> /etc/rc.local echo 'exit 0' >> /etc/rc.local chmod +x /etc/rc.local # make sure that USE_LXC is always set when logging in as gitianuser, # and configure LXC IP addresses echo 'export USE_LXC=1' >> /home/gitianuser/.profile echo 'export GITIAN_HOST_IP=10.0.3.1' >> /home/gitianuser/.profile echo 'export LXC_GUEST_IP=10.0.3.5' >> /home/gitianuser/.profile reboot ``` This setup is required to enable networking in the container. Docker ------ Building in docker does not require much setup. Install docker on your host, then type the following: ```bash sudo apt-get install git make curl sudo usermod -aG docker gitianuser ``` Manual and Building ------------------- The instructions below use the automated script [gitian-build.py](gitian-build.py) which only works in Ubuntu. It calls all available .yml descriptors, which in turn pass the build configurations for different platforms to gitian. Help for the build steps taken can be accessed with `./gitian-build.py --help`. Initial Gitian Setup -------------------- The `gitian-build.py` script will checkout different release tags, so it's best to copy it to the top level directory: ```bash cp monero/contrib/gitian/gitian-build.py . ``` Setup the required environment, you only need to do this once: ```bash ./gitian-build.py --setup fluffypony v0.14.0 ``` Where `fluffypony` is your Github name and `v0.14.0` is the version tag you want to build. If you are using docker, run it with: ```bash ./gitian-build.py --setup --docker fluffypony v0.14.0 ``` While gitian and this build script does provide a way for you to sign the build directly, it is recommended to sign in a seperate step. This script is only there for convenience. Seperate steps for building can still be taken. In order to sign gitian builds on your host machine, which has your PGP key, fork the gitian.sigs repository and clone it on your host machine, or pass the signed assert file back to your build machine. ```bash git clone git@github.com:monero-project/gitian.sigs.git git remote add fluffypony git@github.com:fluffypony/gitian.sigs.git ``` Build Binaries ----------------------------- To build the most recent tag (pass in `--docker` after setting up with docker): ```bash ./gitian-build.py --detach-sign --no-commit -b fluffypony v0.14.0 ``` To speed up the build, use `-j 5 -m 5000` as the first arguments, where `5` is the number of CPU's you allocated to the VM plus one, and 5000 is a little bit less than then the MB's of RAM you allocated. If there is memory corruption on your machine, try to tweak these values. If all went well, this produces a number of (uncommited) `.assert` files in the gitian.sigs repository. If you do detached, offline signing, you need to copy these uncommited changes to your host machine, where you can sign them. For example: ```bash export NAME=fluffypony export VERSION=v0.14.0 gpg --output $VERSION-linux/$NAME/monero-linux-$VERSION-build.assert.sig --detach-sign $VERSION-linux/$NAME/monero-linux-$VERSION-build.assert gpg --output $VERSION-osx-unsigned/$NAME/monero-osx-$VERSION-build.assert.sig --detach-sign $VERSION-osx-unsigned/$NAME/monero-osx-$VERSION-build.assert gpg --output $VERSION-win-unsigned/$NAME/monero-win-$VERSION-build.assert.sig --detach-sign $VERSION-win-unsigned/$NAME/monero-win-$VERSION-build.assert ``` Make a pull request (both the `.assert` and `.assert.sig` files) to the [monero-project/gitian.sigs](https://github.com/monero-project/gitian.sigs/) repository: ```bash git checkout -b v0.14.0 git commit -S -a -m "Add $NAME v0.14.0" git push --set-upstream $NAME v0.14.0 ``` ```bash gpg --detach-sign ${VERSION}-linux/${SIGNER}/monero-linux-*-build.assert gpg --detach-sign ${VERSION}-win-unsigned/${SIGNER}/monero-win-*-build.assert gpg --detach-sign ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned/${SIGNER}/monero-osx-*-build.assert ``` More Build Options ------------------ You can choose your own remote and commit hash by running for example: ```bash ./gitian-build.py --detach-sign --no-commit --url https://github.com/moneromooo-monero/bitmonero -b moneromooo 1f5680c8db8f4cc7acc04a04c724b832003440fd ``` Note that you won't be able to build commits authored before the gitian scripts were added. Gitian clones the source files from the given url, be sure to push to the remote you provide before building. To get all build options run: ```bash ./gitian-build.py --help ```