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<h2>Table of Contents</h2>
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<li><a name="toc_Top" href="index.html#Top">BuildBot</a>
<li><a name="toc_Introduction" href="Introduction.html#Introduction">1 Introduction</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="History-and-Philosophy.html#History-and-Philosophy">1.1 History and Philosophy</a>
<li><a href="System-Architecture.html#System-Architecture">1.2 System Architecture</a>
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<li><a href="BuildSlave-Connections.html#BuildSlave-Connections">1.2.1 BuildSlave Connections</a>
<li><a href="Buildmaster-Architecture.html#Buildmaster-Architecture">1.2.2 Buildmaster Architecture</a>
<li><a href="Status-Delivery-Architecture.html#Status-Delivery-Architecture">1.2.3 Status Delivery Architecture</a>
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<li><a href="Control-Flow.html#Control-Flow">1.3 Control Flow</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a name="toc_Installation" href="Installation.html#Installation">2 Installation</a>
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<li><a href="Buildbot-Components.html#Buildbot-Components">2.1 Buildbot Components</a>
<li><a href="Requirements.html#Requirements">2.2 Requirements</a>
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<li><a href="Common-Requirements.html#Common-Requirements">2.2.1 Common Requirements</a>
<li><a href="Buildmaster-Requirements.html#Buildmaster-Requirements">2.2.2 Buildmaster Requirements</a>
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<li><a href="Installing-the-code.html#Installing-the-code">2.3 Installing the code</a>
<li><a href="Running-Buildbot_0027s-Tests-_0028optional_0029.html#Running-Buildbot_0027s-Tests-_0028optional_0029">2.4 Running Buildbot's Tests (optional)</a>
<li><a href="Creating-a-buildmaster.html#Creating-a-buildmaster">2.5 Creating a buildmaster</a>
<li><a href="Upgrading-an-Existing-Buildmaster.html#Upgrading-an-Existing-Buildmaster">2.6 Upgrading an Existing Buildmaster</a>
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<li><a href="Upgrading-a-Buildmaster-to-Buildbot_002d0_002e7_002e6.html#Upgrading-a-Buildmaster-to-Buildbot_002d0_002e7_002e6">2.6.1 Upgrading a Buildmaster to Buildbot-0.7.6</a>
<li><a href="Upgrading-a-Buildmaster-to-Buildbot_002d0_002e8_002e0.html#Upgrading-a-Buildmaster-to-Buildbot_002d0_002e8_002e0">2.6.2 Upgrading a Buildmaster to Buildbot-0.8.0</a>
<li><a href="Upgrading-a-Buildmaster-to-Later-Versions.html#Upgrading-a-Buildmaster-to-Later-Versions">2.6.3 Upgrading a Buildmaster to Later Versions</a>
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<li><a href="Creating-a-buildslave.html#Creating-a-buildslave">2.7 Creating a buildslave</a>
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<li><a href="Buildslave-Options.html#Buildslave-Options">2.7.1 Buildslave Options</a>
<li><a href="Other-Buildslave-Configuration.html#Other-Buildslave-Configuration">2.7.2 Other Buildslave Configuration</a>
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<li><a href="Upgrading-an-Existing-Buildslave.html#Upgrading-an-Existing-Buildslave">2.8 Upgrading an Existing Buildslave</a>
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<li><a href="Upgrading-a-Buildslave-to-Buildbot_002dslave_002d0_002e8_002e1.html#Upgrading-a-Buildslave-to-Buildbot_002dslave_002d0_002e8_002e1">2.8.1 Upgrading a Buildslave to Buildbot-slave-0.8.1</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Launching-the-daemons.html#Launching-the-daemons">2.9 Launching the daemons</a>
<li><a href="Logfiles.html#Logfiles">2.10 Logfiles</a>
<li><a href="Shutdown.html#Shutdown">2.11 Shutdown</a>
<li><a href="Maintenance.html#Maintenance">2.12 Maintenance</a>
<li><a href="Troubleshooting.html#Troubleshooting">2.13 Troubleshooting</a>
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<li><a href="Starting-the-buildslave.html#Starting-the-buildslave">2.13.1 Starting the buildslave</a>
<li><a href="Connecting-to-the-buildmaster.html#Connecting-to-the-buildmaster">2.13.2 Connecting to the buildmaster</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Contrib-Scripts.html#Contrib-Scripts">2.14 Contrib Scripts</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a name="toc_Concepts" href="Concepts.html#Concepts">3 Concepts</a>
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<li><a href="Version-Control-Systems.html#Version-Control-Systems">3.1 Version Control Systems</a>
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<li><a href="Generalizing-VC-Systems.html#Generalizing-VC-Systems">3.1.1 Generalizing VC Systems</a>
<li><a href="Source-Tree-Specifications.html#Source-Tree-Specifications">3.1.2 Source Tree Specifications</a>
<li><a href="How-Different-VC-Systems-Specify-Sources.html#How-Different-VC-Systems-Specify-Sources">3.1.3 How Different VC Systems Specify Sources</a>
<li><a href="Attributes-of-Changes.html#Attributes-of-Changes">3.1.4 Attributes of Changes</a>
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<li><a href="Scheduling-Builds.html#Scheduling-Builds">3.2 Scheduling Builds</a>
<li><a href="BuildSet.html#BuildSet">3.3 BuildSet</a>
<li><a href="BuildRequest.html#BuildRequest">3.4 BuildRequest</a>
<li><a href="Builder.html#Builder">3.5 Builder</a>
<li><a href="Build.html#Build">3.6 Build</a>
<li><a href="Users.html#Users">3.7 Users</a>
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<li><a href="Doing-Things-With-Users.html#Doing-Things-With-Users">3.7.1 Doing Things With Users</a>
<li><a href="Email-Addresses.html#Email-Addresses">3.7.2 Email Addresses</a>
<li><a href="IRC-Nicknames.html#IRC-Nicknames">3.7.3 IRC Nicknames</a>
<li><a href="Live-Status-Clients.html#Live-Status-Clients">3.7.4 Live Status Clients</a>
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<li><a href="Build-Properties.html#Build-Properties">3.8 Build Properties</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a name="toc_Configuration" href="Configuration.html#Configuration">4 Configuration</a>
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<li><a href="Config-File-Format.html#Config-File-Format">4.1 Config File Format</a>
<li><a href="Predefined-Config-File-Symbols.html#Predefined-Config-File-Symbols">4.2 Predefined Config File Symbols</a>
<li><a href="Testing-the-Config-File.html#Testing-the-Config-File">4.3 Testing the Config File</a>
<li><a href="Loading-the-Config-File.html#Loading-the-Config-File">4.4 Loading the Config File</a>
<li><a href="Reloading-the-Config-File-_0028reconfig_0029.html#Reloading-the-Config-File-_0028reconfig_0029">4.5 Reloading the Config File (reconfig)</a>
<li><a href="Global-Configuration.html#Global-Configuration">4.6 Global Configuration</a>
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<li><a href="Database-Specification.html#Database-Specification">4.6.1 Database Specification</a>
<li><a href="Multi_002dmaster-mode.html#Multi_002dmaster-mode">4.6.2 Multi-master mode</a>
<li><a href="Site-Definition.html#Site-Definition">4.6.3 Site Definition</a>
<li><a href="Log-Handling.html#Log-Handling">4.6.4 Log Handling</a>
<li><a href="Data-Lifetime.html#Data-Lifetime">4.6.5 Data Lifetime</a>
<li><a href="Merging-Build-Requests-_0028global-option_0029.html#Merging-Build-Requests-_0028global-option_0029">4.6.6 Merging Build Requests (global option)</a>
<li><a href="Prioritizing-Builders.html#Prioritizing-Builders">4.6.7 Prioritizing Builders</a>
<li><a href="Setting-the-PB-Port-for-Slaves.html#Setting-the-PB-Port-for-Slaves">4.6.8 Setting the PB Port for Slaves</a>
<li><a href="Defining-Global-Properties.html#Defining-Global-Properties">4.6.9 Defining Global Properties</a>
<li><a href="Debug-Options.html#Debug-Options">4.6.10 Debug Options</a>
<li><a href="Metrics-Options.html#Metrics-Options">4.6.11 Metrics Options</a>
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<li><a href="Change-Sources.html#Change-Sources">4.7 Change Sources</a>
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<li><a href="Choosing-a-Change-Source.html#Choosing-a-Change-Source">4.7.1 Choosing a Change Source</a>
<li><a href="Configuring-Change-Sources.html#Configuring-Change-Sources">4.7.2 Configuring Change Sources</a>
<li><a href="Mail_002dparsing-ChangeSources.html#Mail_002dparsing-ChangeSources">4.7.3 Mail-parsing ChangeSources</a>
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<li><a href="Subscribing-the-Buildmaster.html#Subscribing-the-Buildmaster">4.7.3.1 Subscribing the Buildmaster</a>
<li><a href="Using-Maildirs.html#Using-Maildirs">4.7.3.2 Using Maildirs</a>
<li><a href="Parsing-Email-Change-Messages.html#Parsing-Email-Change-Messages">4.7.3.3 Parsing Email Change Messages</a>
<li><a href="CVSMaildirSource.html#CVSMaildirSource">4.7.3.4 CVSMaildirSource</a>
<li><a href="SVNCommitEmailMaildirSource.html#SVNCommitEmailMaildirSource">4.7.3.5 SVNCommitEmailMaildirSource</a>
<li><a href="BzrLaunchpadEmailMaildirSource.html#BzrLaunchpadEmailMaildirSource">4.7.3.6 BzrLaunchpadEmailMaildirSource</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="PBChangeSource.html#PBChangeSource">4.7.4 PBChangeSource</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Mercurial-Hook.html#Mercurial-Hook">4.7.4.1 Mercurial Hook</a>
<li><a href="Bzr-Hook.html#Bzr-Hook">4.7.4.2 Bzr Hook</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="P4Source.html#P4Source">4.7.5 P4Source</a>
<li><a href="BonsaiPoller.html#BonsaiPoller">4.7.6 BonsaiPoller</a>
<li><a href="SVNPoller.html#SVNPoller">4.7.7 SVNPoller</a>
<li><a href="Bzr-Poller.html#Bzr-Poller">4.7.8 Bzr Poller</a>
<li><a href="GitPoller.html#GitPoller">4.7.9 GitPoller</a>
<li><a href="GerritChangeSource.html#GerritChangeSource">4.7.10 GerritChangeSource</a>
<li><a href="Change-Hooks-_0028HTTP-Notifications_0029.html#Change-Hooks-_0028HTTP-Notifications_0029">4.7.11 Change Hooks (HTTP Notifications)</a>
<li><a href="GoogleCodeAtomPoller.html#GoogleCodeAtomPoller">4.7.12 GoogleCodeAtomPoller</a>
<li><a href="Change-Source-Index.html#Change-Source-Index">4.7.13 Change Source Index</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Schedulers.html#Schedulers">4.8 Schedulers</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Configuring-Schedulers.html#Configuring-Schedulers">4.8.1 Configuring Schedulers</a>
<li><a href="Change-Filters.html#Change-Filters">4.8.2 Change Filters</a>
<li><a href="SingleBranchScheduler.html#SingleBranchScheduler">4.8.3 SingleBranchScheduler</a>
<li><a href="AnyBranchScheduler.html#AnyBranchScheduler">4.8.4 AnyBranchScheduler</a>
<li><a href="Dependent-Scheduler.html#Dependent-Scheduler">4.8.5 Dependent Scheduler</a>
<li><a href="Periodic-Scheduler.html#Periodic-Scheduler">4.8.6 Periodic Scheduler</a>
<li><a href="Nightly-Scheduler.html#Nightly-Scheduler">4.8.7 Nightly Scheduler</a>
<li><a href="Try-Schedulers.html#Try-Schedulers">4.8.8 Try Schedulers</a>
<li><a href="Triggerable-Scheduler.html#Triggerable-Scheduler">4.8.9 Triggerable Scheduler</a>
<li><a href="Scheduler-Index.html#Scheduler-Index">4.8.10 Scheduler Index</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Buildslaves.html#Buildslaves">4.9 Buildslaves</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Master_002dslave-TCP-Keepalive.html#Master_002dslave-TCP-Keepalive">4.9.1 Mater-slave TCP keepalive</a>
<li><a href="When-Buildslaves-Go-Missing.html#When-Buildslaves-Go-Missing">4.9.2 When Buildslaves Go Missing</a>
<li><a href="Latent-Buildslaves.html#Latent-Buildslaves">4.9.3 Latent Buildslaves</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Amazon-Web-Services-Elastic-Compute-Cloud-_0028_0022AWS-EC2_0022_0029.html#Amazon-Web-Services-Elastic-Compute-Cloud-_0028_0022AWS-EC2_0022_0029">4.9.3.1 Amazon Web Services Elastic Compute Cloud ("AWS EC2")</a>
<li><a href="Libvirt.html#Libvirt">4.9.3.2 Libvirt</a>
<li><a href="Dangers-with-Latent-Buildslaves.html#Dangers-with-Latent-Buildslaves">4.9.3.3 Dangers with Latent Buildslaves</a>
<li><a href="Writing-New-Latent-Buildslaves.html#Writing-New-Latent-Buildslaves">4.9.3.4 Writing New Latent Buildslaves</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Builders.html#Builders">4.10 Builders</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Builder-Configuration.html#Builder-Configuration">4.10.1 Builder Configuration</a>
<li><a href="Merging-Build-Requests.html#Merging-Build-Requests">4.10.2 Merging Build Requests</a>
<li><a href="Prioritizing-Builds.html#Prioritizing-Builds">4.10.3 Prioritizing Builds</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Build-Factories.html#Build-Factories">4.11 Build Factories</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="BuildFactory.html#BuildFactory">4.11.1 BuildFactory</a>
<li><a href="GNUAutoconf.html#GNUAutoconf">4.11.2 GNUAutoconf</a>
<li><a href="BasicBuildFactory.html#BasicBuildFactory">4.11.3 BasicBuildFactory</a>
<li><a href="BasicSVN.html#BasicSVN">4.11.4 BasicSVN</a>
<li><a href="QuickBuildFactory.html#QuickBuildFactory">4.11.5 QuickBuildFactory</a>
<li><a href="CPAN.html#CPAN">4.11.6 CPAN</a>
<li><a href="Distutils.html#Distutils">4.11.7 Distutils</a>
<li><a href="Trial-_0028Factory_0029.html#Trial-_0028Factory_0029">4.11.8 Trial</a>
<li><a href="Build-Factory-Index.html#Build-Factory-Index">4.11.9 Build Factory Index</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Build-Steps.html#Build-Steps">4.12 Build Steps</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Common-Parameters.html#Common-Parameters">4.12.1 Common Parameters</a>
<li><a href="Using-Build-Properties.html#Using-Build-Properties">4.12.2 Using Build Properties</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Property.html#Property">4.12.2.1 Property</a>
<li><a href="WithProperties.html#WithProperties">4.12.2.2 WithProperties</a>
<li><a href="Common-Build-Properties.html#Common-Build-Properties">4.12.2.3 Common Build Properties</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Source-Checkout.html#Source-Checkout">4.12.3 Source Checkout</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="CVS.html#CVS">4.12.3.1 CVS</a>
<li><a href="SVN.html#SVN">4.12.3.2 SVN</a>
<li><a href="Darcs.html#Darcs">4.12.3.3 Darcs</a>
<li><a href="Mercurial.html#Mercurial">4.12.3.4 Mercurial</a>
<li><a href="Bzr.html#Bzr">4.12.3.5 Bzr</a>
<li><a href="P4.html#P4">4.12.3.6 P4</a>
<li><a href="Git.html#Git">4.12.3.7 Git</a>
<li><a href="BitKeeper.html#BitKeeper">4.12.3.8 BitKeeper</a>
<li><a href="Repo.html#Repo">4.12.3.9 Repo</a>
<li><a href="Monotone.html#Monotone">4.12.3.10 Monotone</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="ShellCommand.html#ShellCommand">4.12.4 ShellCommand</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Using-ShellCommands.html#Using-ShellCommands">4.12.4.1 Using ShellCommands</a>
<li><a href="Configure.html#Configure">4.12.4.2 Configure</a>
<li><a href="Compile.html#Compile">4.12.4.3 Compile</a>
<li><a href="Visual-C_002b_002b.html#Visual-C_002b_002b">4.12.4.4 Visual C++</a>
<li><a href="Test.html#Test">4.12.4.5 Test</a>
<li><a href="TreeSize.html#TreeSize">4.12.4.6 TreeSize</a>
<li><a href="PerlModuleTest.html#PerlModuleTest">4.12.4.7 PerlModuleTest</a>
<li><a href="Testing-with-mysql_002dtest_002drun.html#Testing-with-mysql_002dtest_002drun">4.12.4.8 Testing with mysql-test-run</a>
<li><a href="SetProperty.html#SetProperty">4.12.4.9 SetProperty</a>
<li><a href="SubunitShellCommand.html#SubunitShellCommand">4.12.4.10 SubunitShellCommand</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Slave-Filesystem-Steps.html#Slave-Filesystem-Steps">4.12.5 Slave Filesystem Steps</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="RemoveDirectory.html#RemoveDirectory">4.12.5.1 RemoveDirectory</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Python-BuildSteps.html#Python-BuildSteps">4.12.6 Python BuildSteps</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="BuildEPYDoc.html#BuildEPYDoc">4.12.6.1 BuildEPYDoc</a>
<li><a href="PyFlakes.html#PyFlakes">4.12.6.2 PyFlakes</a>
<li><a href="PyLint.html#PyLint">4.12.6.3 PyLint</a>
<li><a href="Trial.html#Trial">4.12.6.4 Trial</a>
<li><a href="RemovePYCs.html#RemovePYCs">4.12.6.5 RemovePYCs</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Transferring-Files.html#Transferring-Files">4.12.7 Transferring Files</a>
<li><a href="Transferring-Strings.html#Transferring-Strings">4.12.8 Transferring Strings</a>
<li><a href="Running-Commands-on-the-Master.html#Running-Commands-on-the-Master">4.12.9 Running Commands on the Master</a>
<li><a href="Setting-Properties.html#Setting-Properties">4.12.10 Setting Properties</a>
<li><a href="Triggering-Schedulers.html#Triggering-Schedulers">4.12.11 Triggering Schedulers</a>
<li><a href="Miscellaneous-BuildSteps.html#Miscellaneous-BuildSteps">4.12.12 Miscellaneous BuildSteps</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="HLint.html#HLint">4.12.12.1 HLint</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Writing-New-BuildSteps.html#Writing-New-BuildSteps">4.12.13 Writing New BuildSteps</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Writing-BuildStep-Constructors.html#Writing-BuildStep-Constructors">4.12.13.1 Writing BuildStep Constructors</a>
<li><a href="BuildStep-LogFiles.html#BuildStep-LogFiles">4.12.13.2 BuildStep LogFiles</a>
<li><a href="Reading-Logfiles.html#Reading-Logfiles">4.12.13.3 Reading Logfiles</a>
<li><a href="Adding-LogObservers.html#Adding-LogObservers">4.12.13.4 Adding LogObservers</a>
<li><a href="BuildStep-URLs.html#BuildStep-URLs">4.12.13.5 BuildStep URLs</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Build-Step-Index.html#Build-Step-Index">4.12.14 Build Step Index</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Interlocks.html#Interlocks">4.13 Interlocks</a>
<li><a href="Status-Targets.html#Status-Targets">4.14 Status Targets</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="WebStatus.html#WebStatus">4.14.1 WebStatus</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Buildbot-Web-Resources.html#Buildbot-Web-Resources">4.14.1.1 Buildbot Web Resources</a>
<li><a href="WebStatus-Configuration-Parameters.html#WebStatus-Configuration-Parameters">4.14.1.2 WebStatus Configuration Parameters</a>
<li><a href="Change-Hooks.html#Change-Hooks">4.14.1.3 Change Hooks</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="MailNotifier.html#MailNotifier">4.14.2 MailNotifier</a>
<li><a href="IRC-Bot.html#IRC-Bot">4.14.3 IRC Bot</a>
<li><a href="PBListener.html#PBListener">4.14.4 PBListener</a>
<li><a href="StatusPush.html#StatusPush">4.14.5 StatusPush</a>
<li><a href="HttpStatusPush.html#HttpStatusPush">4.14.6 HttpStatusPush</a>
<li><a href="GerritStatusPush.html#GerritStatusPush">4.14.7 GerritStatusPush</a>
<li><a href="Writing-New-Status-Plugins.html#Writing-New-Status-Plugins">4.14.8 Writing New Status Plugins</a>
<li><a href="Status-Target-Index.html#Status-Target-Index">4.14.9 Status Target Index</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Configuration-Index.html#Configuration-Index">4.15 Configuration Index</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a name="toc_Customization" href="Customization.html#Customization">5 Customization</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Writing-Change-Sources.html#Writing-Change-Sources">5.1 Writing Change Sources</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="Writing-a-Change-Source.html#Writing-a-Change-Source">5.1.1 Writing a Change Source</a>
<li><a href="Writing-a-Change-Poller.html#Writing-a-Change-Poller">5.1.2 Writing a Change Poller</a>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<li><a name="toc_Command_002dline-Tools" href="Command_002dline-Tools.html#Command_002dline-Tools">6 Command-line Tools</a>
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<li><a href="buildbot.html#buildbot">6.1 buildbot</a>
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<li><a href="Administrator-Tools.html#Administrator-Tools">6.1.1 Administrator Tools</a>
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<li><a href="create_002dmaster.html#create_002dmaster">6.1.1.1 create-master</a>
<li><a href="start-_0028buildbot_0029.html#start-_0028buildbot_0029">6.1.1.2 start</a>
<li><a href="stop-_0028buildbot_0029.html#stop-_0028buildbot_0029">6.1.1.3 stop</a>
<li><a href="sighup.html#sighup">6.1.1.4 sighup</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Developer-Tools.html#Developer-Tools">6.1.2 Developer Tools</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="statuslog.html#statuslog">6.1.2.1 statuslog</a>
<li><a href="statusgui.html#statusgui">6.1.2.2 statusgui</a>
<li><a href="try.html#try">6.1.2.3 try</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="Other-Tools.html#Other-Tools">6.1.3 Other Tools</a>
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<li><a href="sendchange.html#sendchange">6.1.3.1 sendchange</a>
<li><a href="debugclient.html#debugclient">6.1.3.2 debugclient</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="_002ebuildbot-config-directory.html#_002ebuildbot-config-directory">6.1.4 .buildbot config directory</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a href="buildslave.html#buildslave">6.2 buildslave</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="create_002dslave.html#create_002dslave">6.2.1 create-slave</a>
<li><a href="start-_0028buildslave_0029.html#start-_0028buildslave_0029">6.2.2 start</a>
<li><a href="stop-_0028buildslave_0029.html#stop-_0028buildslave_0029">6.2.3 stop</a>
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<li><a name="toc_Resources" href="Resources.html#Resources">7 Resources</a>
<li><a name="toc_Developer-Information" href="Developer-Information.html#Developer-Information">8 Developer Information</a>
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<li><a href="Buildmaster-Service-Hierarchy.html#Buildmaster-Service-Hierarchy">8.1 Buildmaster Service Hierarchy</a>
<li><a href="Access-to-Configuration.html#Access-to-Configuration">8.2 Access to Configuration</a>
<li><a href="Utilities.html#Utilities">8.3 Utilities</a>
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<li><a href="buildbot_002eutil_002eeventual.html#buildbot_002eutil_002eeventual">8.3.2 buildbot.util.eventual</a>
<li><a href="buildbot_002eutil_002ejson.html#buildbot_002eutil_002ejson">8.3.3 buildbot.util.json</a>
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<li><a href="Database-Schema.html#Database-Schema">8.4.1 Database Schema</a>
<li><a href="Changing-the-Schema.html#Changing-the-Schema">8.4.2 Changing the Schema</a>
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<li><a href="Jinja-Web-Templates.html#Jinja-Web-Templates">8.6.1 Jinja Web Templates</a>
<li><a href="Web-Authorization-Framework.html#Web-Authorization-Framework">8.6.2 Web Authorization Framework</a>
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<li><a href="Obfuscating-Passwords.html#Obfuscating-Passwords">8.7 Obfuscating Passwords</a>
<li><a href="Master_002dSlave-API.html#Master_002dSlave-API">8.8 Master-Slave API</a>
<li><a href="Twisted-Idioms.html#Twisted-Idioms">8.9 Twisted Idioms</a>
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<li><a href="Toward-Better-Buildbot-Tests.html#Toward-Better-Buildbot-Tests">8.10.1 Toward Better Buildbot Tests</a>
<li><a href="Keeping-State-in-Tests.html#Keeping-State-in-Tests">8.10.2 Keeping State in Tests</a>
<li><a href="Better-Debugging-through-Monkeypatching.html#Better-Debugging-through-Monkeypatching">8.10.3 Better Debugging through Monkeypatching</a>
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<li><a href="Metrics.html#Metrics">8.12 Metrics</a>
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<li><a href="Metric-Events.html#Metric-Events">8.12.1 Metric Events</a>
<li><a href="Metric-Handlers.html#Metric-Handlers">8.12.2 Metric Handlers</a>
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<li><a href="Metric-Helpers.html#Metric-Helpers">8.12.4 Metric Helpers</a>
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