VOLTTRON Bootstrap Script¶

The bootstrap.py Python script in the root directory of the VOLTTRON repository may be used to create VOLTTRON’s Python virtual environment and install or update VOLTTRON dependencies into the virtual environment.

Bootstrapping is broken into two stages. The first stage should only be invoked once per virtual environment. It downloads Virtualenv and creates a virtual Python environment in the virtual environment directory (defaults to a subdirectory named env in the same directory as this script). It then executes stage two using the newly installed virtual environment. Stage two uses the new virtual Python environment to install VOLTTRON and its dependencies.

If a new dependency is added, this script may be run again using the Python executable in the virtual environment to re-run stage two:

env/bin/python bootstrap.py

To speed up bootstrapping in a test environment, use the –wheel feature, which might look something like this:

$ export PIP_WHEEL_DIR=/path/to/cache/wheelhouse $ export PIP_FIND_LINKS=file://$PIP_WHEEL_DIR $ mkdir -p $PIP_WHEEL_DIR $ python2.7 bootstrap.py -o $ env/bin/python bootstrap.py –wheel $ env/bin/python bootstrap.py

Instead of setting the environment variables, a pip configuration file may be used. Look here for more information on configuring pip:

https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide.html#configuration

Bootstrap Options¶

To facilitate bootstrapping the various configurations of the VOLTTRON platform, the bootstrap script provides several options. Options exist for each message bus, specifying a new environment, updating an existing environment, and installing some optional dependencies for features like historians.

These options may be invoked to alter the operation of the bootstrap script.

Optional Arguments¶

These options can be added to the command to run the bootstrap script to cause the process to produce varying levels of output during operation.

Packaging Arguments¶

Packaging arguments can be added to the bootstrap argument list to specify an additional set of packages to install beyond those required for “vanilla” VOLTTRON. Multiple packaging arguments can be specified (e.i. python3 bootstrap.py –testing –databases …)