iOS simulator tests in macOS VMs - XCUITest simulator tests on Anka Build macOS Cloud
There is some confusion about the feasibility of executing iOS simulator based UI testing in macOS VMs. Anka macOS VMs provide pretty much all capabilities of macOS running on hardware to set up a scalable, agile CI infrastructure for building and testing...
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Container like 'anka run' interface for Anka macOS VM
Anka run command line interface enables command execution inside Anka macOS VMs directly from the host. It’s very similar to container docker run. Why is this interesting – It allows Devops to take their existing container based Linux CI...
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Scaling iOS CI infrastructure with Anka Build
You start with one iOS app and then it morphs into multiple apps, and you are shipping a new version of all these apps frequently to the app store without compromising on quality. How do you do it? First, you build an application architecture that supports...
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macOS VM image management in Anka Build - macOS cloud solution
Anka Build Veertu is a complete software solution to configure a cloud using Apple hardware (on-prem or rented) that manages macOS VMs, similar to containers If you use a container-based CI/CD setup for Linux, you can easily integrate Anka Build...
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Bootstrapping Anka macOS VM for your iOS Build/Test Job
What is Anka Build Anka Build is a solution suite to configure a macOS cloud mac hardware, on which you can provision immutable docker like macOS VMs for iOS and macOS CI jobs. Anka hypervisor enables macOS VMs to run in a very resource efficient manner...
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iOS CI infrastructure - macOS cloud on Mac Pros with Anka Build
In our previous blog post, we discussed setting up macOS cloud for iOS CI on a mac mini cluster. Let’s now look at creating macOS cloud on mac pros for scalable and agile iOS CI. While the CPU on mac minis are much faster(as proven in various benchmarks)...
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Configuring Jenkins Pipeline for iOS CI to run on Anka Build macOS cloud
In this blog, we will describe steps to run Jenkins iOS CI jobs defined as pipelines on macOS slave VMs running on Anka Build Anka Build macOS cloud. One of our previous blog titled “configuring Jenkins iOS CI macOS cloud” covered the basic steps to configure...
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Running a macOS cloud on mac mini cluster for iOS CI
It’s been twelve years since the introduction of the first Mac mini. During these twelve years, there have been multiple updates and new models introduced with the last one in 2014. In 2011 the Mac Mini was updated with the power of i5 and i7 processors,...
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Launching build/test environment for iOS CI jobs at AWS instance launch speeds
In this blog, we will describe how teams can configure a private (on-prem or hosted) cloud and instantaneously launch on-demand, isolated build/test instances to execute their iOS CI jobs, while still meeting the tough demands of the speed of overall...
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Anka Registry available in a Mac Application Package - Store and manage Anka VMs in macOS cloud for CI
Anka Registry enables management and distribution of macOS development environments (macOS VMs) across developers and to macOS cloud for CI, for consistent and repeatable build and test operations. With Anka Registry, you can create macOS image and then...
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