[CDash] [EXTERNAL] Re: Reducing upload size

[Ibanez, Daniel Alejandro]

Thanks, David.

We have full control of how to do this, so that’s good.
I’m not familiar with CTestCustom (as opposed to CTestConfig),
but here is my best guess at usage:

1. Create CTestCustom.cmake, put it next to the CTest script.
2. In the CTest script, do

configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CTestCustom.cmake ${CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY}/CTestCustom.cmake COPYONLY)

prior to calling ctest_start().

Does that sound right?
I’ll give it a try.

Dan

On 5/19/17, 1:15 PM, "David Cole" <DLRdave at aol.com> wrote:

    You can set the variable
    https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CTEST_CUSTOM_MAXIMUM_PASSED_TEST_OUTPUT_SIZE.html
    in a CTestCustom file to limit the amount of output which is recorded
    in the uploaded XML files for passed tests. (Typically this output is
    the same from run to run, and does not need to be reported to the
    dashboard.)
    
    Since your project uses the stuff from Trilinos, I suspect there's a
    setting in there somewhere which sets this very high to make it easy
    for your devs to see the test output generated by "other computers".
    If you can find a way to set it in your project's CTestCustom file(s)
    then you should be able to reduce your uploaded volume of data
    significantly.
    
    I think the default value for this parameter is something like 1k.
    (You could check the CMake/CTest source code to verify.)
    
    
    HTH,
    David C.
    
    
    
    On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Ibanez, Daniel Alejandro
    <daibane at sandia.gov> wrote:
    > Hello,
    >
    >
    >
    > We operate the following site:
    >
    >
    >
    > http://my.cdash.org/index.php?project=Albany
    >
    >
    >
    > It seems that we’re exceeding the upload quota.
    >
    > I’m also told that the paid subscription plans are going away or gone.
    >
    > So the first question is:
    >
    >
    >
    > In the long-term is it a good idea for us to plan on hosting our own CDash
    > instance? Will my.cdash.org be around much longer?
    >
    >
    >
    > We control the whole process using the scripting feature of CTest and a
    > fairly elaborate set of scripts, for example see this important file:
    >
    >
    >
    > https://github.com/gahansen/Albany/blob/42f52bb3ab84deab088ef35448658e9aa12cec76/doc/LCM/build/snl_helpers.cmake
    >
    >
    >
    > Ideally, we would like to reduce the amount of information uploaded. My
    > guess is the vast majority of the data is in test output. I know there is a
    > way to stop CTest from printing test output to the console unless the test
    > actually fails, is there an equivalent option that affects the uploaded XML
    > file?
    >
    >
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Dan
    >
    >
    >
    >
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