Automating Yocto Layer Maintenance with Cloud Managed Services - Thomas Roos

Explore an automated approach to Yocto layer maintenance using cloud managed services in this 22-minute conference talk. Learn how to streamline the process of upgrading bitbake recipes, testing, committing changes, and backporting from master to release branches. Discover how GitHub, AWS CodeBuild, and AWS Lambda can be leveraged to create a CI/CD pipeline for Yocto layers, saving time and allowing focus on new features. Gain insights into the challenges faced, including sstate-server issues, and understand the potential for future improvements in this time-saving automation strategy.

Intro
Goal
Tasks
Upgrade
AWS
Our approach: overview diagram
trigger tests
Release -next branch
Start backport via GitHub Action
Screenshot: GitHub pull request
Problems
sstate-server
Numbers
Future work
Conclusion