This projects is a collection of scripts used to orchestrate the building, testing and packaging of 3D Slicer and associated extensions on Linux, macOS and Windows dashboard machines.

Ultimately, these scripts and dashboards enable researchers across the world not only to download both stable and preview releases of 3D Slicer application but also to contribute or install more than hundred extensions.

The overall build infrastructure composed of dashboard machines, CDash server used to collect continuous integration results, and also server to host and serve application and extension packages is made possible thanks to the on-going support of Kitware, Inc.

Additionally, this project also provides tooling and instructions to (1) facilitate the maintenance of these script, (2) update and backup associated job scheduling configuration, and (3) update software installed on each dashboards.

• Overview
• Terminology
• Summary of Scheduled Tasks
• Maintenance Guides
• Frequently Asked Question
  • Is this infrastructure required to setup my own dashboard ?

TBD

Software updates:

• Update CMake version used in nightly builds
• Update Slicer Package Manager client
• Update Girder client

Nightly build:

• Re-trigger nightly build skipping SCM update

Release process:

• Rename and update release scripts

Setting up new dashboards:

• Push or pull of crontab settings
• Create scripts for a new dashboard

No. This project only exists to streamline the maintenance of the build infrastructure provided and supported by Kitware, Inc.

If you would like to setup nighly build independently, templates used to create each build scripts are available in the Slicer source repository:

• SlicerDashboardScript.TEMPLATE.cmake
• SlicerExtensionsDashboardScript.TEMPLATE.cmake

Reading the Dashboard Setup tutorial and Developers/FAQ/Dashboard can be helpful to address common pitfall.