Fix CI for synapse_port_db (#6276)

* Don't use a virtualenv

* Generate the server's signing key to allow it to start

* Add signing key paths to CI configuration files

* Use a Python script to create the postgresql database

* Improve logging

4 files changed, 51 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/.buildkite/postgres-config.yaml b/.buildkite/postgres-config.yaml
index 23db43fac9..a35fec394d 100644
--- a/.buildkite/postgres-config.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/postgres-config.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # CI's Docker setup at the point where this file is considered.
 server_name: "test"
 
+signing_key_path: "/src/.buildkite/test.signing.key"
+
 report_stats: false
 
 database:
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/create_postgres_db.py b/.buildkite/scripts/create_postgres_db.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..df6082b0ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/create_postgres_db.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import logging
+from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("create_postgres_db")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Create a PostgresEngine.
+    db_engine = create_engine({"name": "psycopg2", "args": {}})
+
+    # Connect to postgres to create the base database.
+    # We use "postgres" as a database because it's bound to exist and the "synapse" one
+    # doesn't exist yet.
+    db_conn = db_engine.module.connect(
+        user="postgres", host="postgres", password="postgres", dbname="postgres"
+    )
+    db_conn.autocommit = True
+    cur = db_conn.cursor()
+    cur.execute("CREATE DATABASE synapse;")
+    cur.close()
+    db_conn.close()
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/test_synapse_port_db.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/test_synapse_port_db.sh
index 7defd47bc6..9ed2177635 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/test_synapse_port_db.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/test_synapse_port_db.sh
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
 set -xe
 cd `dirname $0`/../..
 
-# Create a virtualenv and use it.
-virtualenv env
-source env/bin/activate
+echo "--- Install dependencies"
 
 # Install dependencies for this test.
 pip install psycopg2 coverage coverage-enable-subprocess
@@ -19,11 +17,20 @@ pip install psycopg2 coverage coverage-enable-subprocess
 # Install Synapse itself. This won't update any libraries.
 pip install -e .
 
+echo "--- Generate the signing key"
+
+# Generate the server's signing key.
+python -m synapse.app.homeserver --generate-keys -c .buildkite/sqlite-config.yaml
+
+echo "--- Prepare the databases"
+
 # Make sure the SQLite3 database is using the latest schema and has no pending background update.
 scripts-dev/update_database --database-config .buildkite/sqlite-config.yaml
 
 # Create the PostgreSQL database.
-PGPASSWORD=postgres createdb -h postgres -U postgres synapse
+./.buildkite/scripts/create_postgres_db.py
+
+echo "+++ Run synapse_port_db"
 
 # Run the script
 coverage run scripts/synapse_port_db --sqlite-database .buildkite/test_db.db --postgres-config .buildkite/postgres-config.yaml
diff --git a/.buildkite/sqlite-config.yaml b/.buildkite/sqlite-config.yaml
index 56503cc4ce..635b921764 100644
--- a/.buildkite/sqlite-config.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/sqlite-config.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # schema and run background updates on it.
 server_name: "test"
 
+signing_key_path: "/src/.buildkite/test.signing.key"
+
 report_stats: false
 
 database: