Frequently Asked Questions

Here you can find answers to frequently asked questions about Bitten.

Overview

1. General
   1. What is Bitten?
   2. What license governs the use of Bitten?
   3. What software metrics and statistics are collected/displayed, is there a sample to look at?
   4. How is Bitten used in other organizations?
2. Bitten Slave
   1. How do I point the bitten slave to my build configuration?
   2. What options does the Bitten slave support?
3. Bitten Master
   1. My slave connects to the build master, why doesn't it start a build?
   2. How do I add one of those cool over-time charts to my build page?

General

What is Bitten?

Bitten is a ​Trac extension for continuous integration. See the white paper for the original motivation behind the project.

What license governs the use of Bitten?

Bitten is released under the revised BSD license, which is a liberal open source license that has been ​approved by the ​Open Source Initiative (OSI).

What software metrics and statistics are collected/displayed, is there a sample to look at?

You can get an impression of what is possible at the ​Boost Testing Project.

How is Bitten used in other organizations?

An detailed overview of using bitten for the Boost project can be see at ​https://boost-consulting.com/trac/projects/boost/

Bitten Slave

How do I point the bitten slave to my build configuration?

If your trac installation is hosted at trac.xxx.com, and you have a project called my-project in trac, the command line would look like:

bitten-slave ​https://trac.xxx.com/my-project/builds -u <username> -p <password>

What options does the Bitten slave support?

See Bitten Slave Options.

Bitten Master

My slave connects to the build master, why doesn't it start a build?

See Build Won't Start.

How do I add one of those cool over-time charts to my build page?

See this page on Adding Charts to Bitten.