Build updates. Can now build packages and binaries via build.py

.gitignore

@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ kapacitor
 kapacitord
 kapacitor_linux*
 kapacitord_linux*
+*~
+*#
+kapacitor*.rpm
+kapacitor*.deb
+kapacitor*.tar
+kapacitor*.zip

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -137,21 +137,23 @@ Make sure you have Go installed and the project structure as shown above. To the
 
 ```bash
 cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/influxdb/kapacitor
-make
+go build ./cmd/kapacitor
+go build ./cmd/kapacitord
 ```
 Kapacitor builds two binares is named `kapacitor`, and `kapacitord`.
 
-If you want to build packages run:
+To run the tests, execute the following command:
+
 ```bash
-make dist
+go test ./...
 ```
 
-To run the tests, execute the following command:
-
+If you want to build packages run:
 ```bash
-make test
+./build.py --packages
 ```
 
+
 Profiling
 ---------
 When troubleshooting problems with CPU or memory the Go toolchain can be helpful. You can start InfluxDB with CPU or memory profiling turned on. For example:

Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# This Dockerfile provides the needed environment to build Kapacitor.
+FROM ubuntu:trusty
+
+MAINTAINER [email protected]
+
+# Install deps
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y \
+    make \
+    wget  \
+    git \
+    mercurial \
+    ruby \
+    ruby-dev \
+    rpm \
+    zip \
+    python
+RUN gem install fpm
+
+# Install go
+RUN wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.5.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz; tar -C /usr/local/ -xf /go1.5.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz ; rm /go1.5.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+ENV PATH $PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
+ENV GOPATH /gopath
+ENV PROJECT_PATH $GOPATH/src/github.com/influxdb/kapacitor
+RUN mkdir -p $PROJECT_PATH
+
+WORKDIR $PROJECT_PATH
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/build"]
+CMD []
+
+ADD ./build.py /usr/local/bin/build