Add AppVeyor ci config to enable continuous integration tests on Windows

[mvadu]

Required for all non-trivial PRs

• Rebased/mergable
• Tests pass
• CHANGELOG.md updated
• Sign CLA (if not already signed)

This PR adds AppVeyor ci config to enable continuous integration tests on Windows. Refer to #6237 for more info. InfluxData would still need to sign up and integrate with AppVeyor for this config to take effect.

[toddboom]

@mvadu Thanks for getting this together!

What's the reason for having the gdm installation commented out?

[mvadu]

You are welcome @toddboom. About gdm, I could not get gdm to work in windows to begin with. After go get github.com/sparrc/gdm I could do gdm restore in a Linux environment, but in windows I was getting 'gdm' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file., hence decided to use go get -t -v ./... path.

[mei-rune]

gdm will ok while go is v1.6

[e-dard]

@mvadu thanks for this! It's important that the builds test influx built with the correct dependencies. That's what gdm gets for us. Unless @sparrc has some thoughts on getting it to work on Windows, I think you're going to have to manually fetch all the dependencies.

They're listed in the Godeps file (in root of project), along with the correct revisions.

Would be great if we could get this working!

[mvadu]

@e-dard sure, I will take a look tonight. If @runner-mei is right, and gdm works on go1.6, then I can actually pull the dependencies in init phase using the go1.6, and switch over to 1.4.3 during build. Since the AppVeyor host provides both versions, I should be able to do that. I will keep you posted.

[mvadu]

@runner-mei was right, and gdm runs (works) on windows with go1.6. I did a POC of using go1.6 to run gdm, and switching to go1.4.3 to test Influxdb, and it worked :) https://ci.appveyor.com/project/mvadu/influxdb/build/0.11-kqquuyfd. So finally I have a passed InfluxDB build on AppVeyor. I will apply same logic to my PR as well once I go home in next 4 hours.

[e-dard]

👍

[corylanou]

YES!!!! Awesome! 💯

[e-dard]

@mvadu once you get the PR updated with the new gdm steps I'll be happy to merge this!

[mvadu]

@e-dard Edd, its done sir! Same branch was used in another PR (in my fork), and its a pass again :).

[e-dard]

For clarity, go install ./... would be preferable I think.

[mvadu]

go install generates an exe (set of exe's in case of Influxdb) image. For the purpose of running tests, go get / go test are enough. Can you clarify how go install ./... will be more clearer than go get followed by go test ./...?

[e-dard]

@mvadu you're completely right. I'm doing too many things at once today 😄

[mvadu]

@e-dard Please get the integration done on AppVeyor.com, and windows tests can be part of each commit to master. Let me know if you need any help with that, and I can walk you through.

[mark-rushakoff]

I've enabled Appveyor integration.

We'll be tweaking settings a little bit – associating the integration with a company-owned GitHub account and looking into upgrading the plan if it reduces build queueing.

Thanks for getting the ball rolling on this @mvadu!