Software defined build infrastructure for hybrid, virtualized and native build environments

A system comprising:

• a computing device;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage device coupled to the computing device and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from a first server node and at a second server node, instructions to boot the second server node from a bootable image instantiated at the first server node, wherein the second server node includes hardware resources for executing a build process on source code using a variant of a build environment as the bootable image, wherein the variant of the build environment includes an operating system and software resources for starting the operating system and executing the build process for the source code at the second server node;
• obtaining, at the second server node, the source code for executing the build process;
• booting, at the second server node, the build environment to execute the build process, wherein the build environment is booted based on the bootable image;
• executing, at the second server node, the build process on the source code within the build environment so that build artifacts as a result of the build process are only stored within the build environment as booted on the second server node;
• and
• responsive to determining that the build process is complete, deleting, at the second server node, the build environment on the second server node.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium coupled to one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a first server node and at a second server node, instructions to boot the second server node from a bootable image instantiated at the first server node, wherein the second server node includes hardware resources for executing a build process on source code using a variant of a build environment as the bootable image, wherein the variant of the build environment includes an operating system and software resources for starting the operating system and executing the build process for the source code at the second server node;
• obtaining, at the second server node, the source code for executing the build process;
• booting, at the second server node, the build environment to execute the build process, wherein the build environment is booted based on the bootable image;
• executing, at the second server node, the build process on the source code within the build environment so that build artifacts as a result of the build process are only stored within the build environment as booted on the second server node;
• and
• responsive to determining that the build process is complete, deleting, at the second server node, the build environment on the second server node.

A circuit comprising:

• a plurality of ports, wherein each port is configured to connect to a corresponding node that includes a build environment for executing a build process on a source code associated with an application;
• a plurality of device-mode-capable controllers, each device-mode-capable controller being connected to a corresponding port of the plurality of ports;
• and
• a switch configured to connect the plurality of device-mode-capable controllers to a motherboard of a computing device that boots from one or more of nodes connected to the plurality of ports and provides hardware resources to execute build processes on corresponding source codes.