project-config/nodepool/elements
Clark Boylan 777ef2221c Convert python2 dib element scripts to python3
As part of the move to zuul jobs building images we've discovered we
have a couple of scripts that are invoked by python2. Python2 isn't
available be default in the test images and python2 is old enough now
that we should just use python3. This change updates things to make it
so.

We also drop initialize-urandom from our arm builds. We haven't used
this with x86 in some time and it was only really an issue for xenial
anyway. If x86 xenial doesn't need it then arm shouldn't either.

Change-Id: I3821336758b13051e9b331b8feb73fb1f8f1184a
2024-09-12 10:33:57 -07:00
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cache-devstack Cache new cirros images 2023-06-01 16:26:54 +00:00
control-plane-minimal Fix new dib-lint errors 2020-03-11 10:10:57 +11:00
infra-package-needs Support Ubuntu 24.04 in nodepool elements 2024-04-17 17:58:28 +00:00
initialize-urandom Convert python2 dib element scripts to python3 2024-09-12 10:33:57 -07:00
nodepool-base Fix unbound setup for ubuntu-noble 2024-05-22 19:35:36 +00:00
openstack-repos Convert python2 dib element scripts to python3 2024-09-12 10:33:57 -07:00
zuul-worker Chown the /opt/git repo cache to zuul:zuul 2024-05-29 14:35:55 -07:00
bindep-fallback.txt Drop libvirt-python from suse in bindep fallback 2023-09-06 15:15:03 +00:00
README.rst Retire devstack-gate 2024-05-14 15:16:58 -07:00

Using diskimage-builder to build opendev-ci nodes

In addition to being able to just download and consume images that are the same as what run devstack, it's easy to make your own for local dev or testing - or just for fun.

Install diskimage-builder

Install the dependencies:

sudo apt-get install kpartx qemu-utils curl python-yaml debootstrap

Install diskimage-builder:

sudo -H pip install diskimage-builder

Build an image

Building an image is simple, we have a script!

bash tools/build-image.sh

See the script for environment variables to set distribution, etc. By default it builds an ubuntu-minimal based image. You should be left with a .qcow2 image file of your selected distribution.

Infra uses the -minimal build type for building Ubuntu/CentOS/Fedora. For example: ubuntu-minimal.

It is a good idea to set TMP_DIR to somewhere with plenty of space to avoid the disappointment of a full-disk mid-way through the script run.

While testing, consider exporting DIB_OFFLINE=true, to skip updating the cache.

Mounting the image

If you would like to examine the contents of the image, you can mount it on a loopback device using qemu-nbd.

sudo apt-get install qemu-utils
sudo modprobe nbd max_part=16
sudo mkdir -p /tmp/newimage
sudo qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd1 /path/to/opendev-ci-node-precise.qcow2
sudo mount /dev/nbd1p1 /tmp/newimage

or use the scripts

sudo apt-get install qemu-utils
sudo modprobe nbd max_part=16
sudo tools/mount-image.sh opendev-ci-node-precise.qcow2
sudo tools/umount-image.sh

Other things

It's a qcow2 image, so you can do tons of things with it. You can upload it to glance, you can boot it using kvm, and you can even copy it to a cloud server, replace the contents of the server with it and kexec the new kernel.