platform_build_soong/docs/rbe.md
Junfeng Wu 90ba586f8b Add RBE environment variables config example and documentation.
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# Build Android Platform on Remote Build Execution
Soong is integrated with Google's Remote Build Execution(RBE) service, which
implements the
[Remote Executaion API](https://github.com/bazelbuild/remote-apis).
With RBE enabled, it can speed up the Android Platform builds by distributing
build actions through a worker pool sharing a central cache of build results.
## Configuration
To enable RBE, you need to set several environment variables before triggering
the build. You can set them through a
[environment variables config file](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/build/soong/+/master/README.md#environment-variables-config-file).
As an example, [build/soong/docs/rbe.json](rbe.json) is a config that enables
RBE in the build. Once the config file is created, you need to let Soong load
the config file by specifying `ANDROID_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG_DIR` environment
variable and `ANDROID_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG` environment variable. The
following command starts Soong with [build/soong/docs/rbe.json](rbe.json)
loaded:
```shell
ANDROID_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG=rbe \
ANDROID_BUILD_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG_DIR=build/soong/doc \
build/soong/soong_ui.bash
```
### Configuration Explanation
Below a brief explanation of each field in
[build/soong/docs/rbe.json](rbe.json):
##### USE\_RBE:
If set to 1, enable RBE for the build.
##### RBE\_CXX\_EXEC\_STRATEGY / RBE\_JAVAC\_EXEC\_STRATEGY / RBE\_R8\_EXEC\_STRATEGY / RBE\_D8\_EXEC\_STRATEGY:
Sets strategies for C++/javac/r8/d8 action types. Available options are
(**Note**: all options will update the remote cache if the right permissions to
update cache are given to the user.):
* **local**: Only execute locally.
* **remote**: Only execute remotely.
* **remote_local_fallback**: Try executing remotely and fall back to local
execution if failed.
* **racing**: Race remote execution and local execution and use the earlier
result.
##### RBE\_JAVAC / RBE\_R8 / RBE\_D8
If set to 1, enable javac/r8/d8 support. C++ compilation is enabled by default.
##### RBE\_service / RBE\_instance
The remote execution service endpoint and instance ID to target when calling
remote execution via gRPC to execute actions.
##### RBE\_DIR
Where to find remote client binaries (rewrapper, reproxy)
##### RBE\_use\_application\_default\_credentials
reclient uses
[application default credentials](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/application-default/login)
for autentication, as generated by `gcloud auth application-default login`
##### RBE\_log\_dir/RBE\_proxy\_log\_dir/RBE\_output\_dir
Logs generated by rewrapper and reproxy will go here.