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Container Images
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This repo has several jobs which can form the basis of a system
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supporting a full gating process for continuously deployed container
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images. They can be used to build or test images which rely on other
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images using the full power of Zuul's speculative execution.
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In order to use these jobs to their full potential, the Zuul site
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administrator will need to run a simple but dedicated container image
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registry, and define local versions of the jobs to use it. The
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following sections describe how to define those jobs and how the
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system is intended to work once the jobs are defined.
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.. contents::
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:local:
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Run an Intermediate Container Registry
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A dedicated container registry is required for the use of these jobs.
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It is merely used to temporarily hold images so that they can be
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transferred between jobs running in different projects at different
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times. It does not need to be publicly accessible or particularly
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robust. If its backing storage fails and needs to be replaced, the
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only result is that some jobs running in Zuul may fail and may need to
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be re-run. In this system, it is called the "intermediate registry"
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to distinguish it from other registry services.
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You may run the registry in whatever manner is appropriate for your
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site. The following docker-compose file may be used as an example
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of a working deployment suitable for production:
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.. code-block:: yaml
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services:
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registry:
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restart: always
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image: registry:2
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network_mode: host
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environment:
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REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_CERTIFICATE: /certs/domain.crt
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REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_KEY: /certs/domain.key
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REGISTRY_AUTH: htpasswd
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REGISTRY_AUTH_HTPASSWD_PATH: /auth/htpasswd
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REGISTRY_AUTH_HTPASSWD_REALM: Registry Realm
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volumes:
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- /var/registry/data:/var/lib/registry
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- /var/registry/certs:/certs
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- /var/registry/auth:/auth
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You will need to provide the SSL certificate and key values, as well
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as the htpassword file with a user and password already present.
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Once that service is running, create the following four jobs in a
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Zuul config-project:
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Create Parent Jobs
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------------------
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.. _yoursite-buildset-registry:
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yoursite-buildset-registry
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This job is used to provide a temporary "buildset registry" to jobs
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running in your system; it communicates with the "intermediate"
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registry described above.
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.. code-block:: yaml
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:caption: zuul.yaml
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- secret:
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name: yoursite-intermediate-registry
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data:
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host: insecure-ci-registry.example.org
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port: 5000
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username: zuul
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password: !encrypted/pkcs1-oaep
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- ...
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- job:
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name: yoursite-buildset-registry
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pre-run: playbooks/buildset-registry/pre.yaml
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run: playbooks/buildset-registry/run.yaml
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post-run: playbooks/buildset-registry/post.yaml
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secrets:
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- secret: yoursite-intermediate-registry
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name: intermediate_registry
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requires: docker-image
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The credentials in the secret should match those you supplied when
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creating the intermediate registry.
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The ``requires: docker-image`` attribute means that whenever this job
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(or any jobs which inherit from it) run, Zuul will search ahead of the
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change in the dependency graph to find any jobs which produce
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docker-images and tell this job about them. This allows the job to
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pull images from the intermediate registry into the buildset registry.
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.. code-block:: yaml
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:caption: playbooks/buildset-registry/pre.yaml
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- hosts: all
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tasks:
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- name: Install docker
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include_role:
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name: install-docker
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- name: Run buildset registry (if not already running)
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when: buildset_registry is not defined
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include_role:
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name: run-buildset-registry
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- name: Use buildset registry
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include_role:
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name: use-buildset-registry
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- hosts: localhost
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roles:
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- pull-from-intermediate-registry
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This playbook runs a buildset registry if one isn't already running.
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It returns the connection information back to Zuul in a variable
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called ``buildset_registry``. Other jobs will use that to learn how
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to connect to the registry, and we can use that here to find out if
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one was already started in a previous job. We will use that facility
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in the :ref:`yoursite-build-docker-image` job below.
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.. code-block:: yaml
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:caption: playbooks/buildset-registry/run.yaml
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- hosts: localhost
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tasks:
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- name: Pause the job
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zuul_return:
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data:
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zuul:
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pause: true
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The ``pause`` causes the job to wait until all jobs which depend on
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this one are completed.
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.. code-block:: yaml
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:caption: playbooks/buildset-registry/post.yaml
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- hosts: localhost
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roles:
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- push-to-intermediate-registry
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.. _yoursite-build-docker-image:
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yoursite-build-docker-image
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This job builds one or more docker images and interacts with the
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buildset and intermediate registries.
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.. code-block:: yaml
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:caption: zuul.yaml
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- job:
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name: yoursite-build-docker-image
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parent: yoursite-buildset-registry
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run: playbooks/docker-image/run.yaml
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provides: docker-image
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Note that the parent of this job is :ref:`yoursite-buildset-registry`.
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This means that a simple repo that only needs to support one image
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building job and doesn't have any other jobs which require a buildset
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registry can just add this job alone and it will run a buildset
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registry on the build host. More complex scenarios would run the
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:ref:`yoursite-buildset-registry` job on its own and construct a job
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graph that depends on it. Because the pre-run playbook in the
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buildset-registry job only runs a buildset registry if one isn't
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already running, it can be used for both cases. And because the run
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playbook which pauses the job is overridden in this job, this job will
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not pause.
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.. code-block:: yaml
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:caption: playbooks/docker-image/run.yaml
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- hosts: all
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roles:
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- build-docker-image
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.. _yoursite-upload-docker-image:
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yoursite-upload-docker-image
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This job further builds on the :ref:`yoursite-build-docker-image` job
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and additionally uploads the image to Docker Hub. Depending on the
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situation, you could encode the Docker Hub credentials into this job
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as a secret, or you could allow other users to provide them via the
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`pass-to-parent <https://zuul-ci.org/docs/zuul/user/config.html#attr-job.secrets.pass-to-parent>`_ feature of secrets.
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.. code-block:: yaml
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:caption: zuul.yaml
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- job:
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name: yoursite-upload-docker-image
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parent: yoursite-build-docker-image
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post-run: playbooks/docker-image/upload.yaml
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.. code-block:: yaml
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:caption: playbooks/docker-image/upload.yaml
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- hosts: all
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roles:
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- upload-docker-image
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.. _yoursite-promote-docker-image:
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yoursite-promote-docker-image
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This job does nothing that the :zuul:job:`promote-docker-image` job in
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this repo doesn't already do, but since you created local versions of
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the other two jobs, you should make one of this as well for
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consistency. If you chose to add Docker Hub credentials to the
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:ref:`yoursite-upload-docker-image` job, you should do that here as
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well.
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.. code-block:: yaml
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:caption: zuul.yaml
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- job:
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name: yoursite-promote-docker-image
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parent: promote-docker-image
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System Architecture
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-------------------
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Now that those jobs are defined, this section describes how they work
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together.
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There are a few key concepts to keep in mind:
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A *buildset* is a group of jobs all running on the same change.
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A *buildset registry* is a container image registry which is used to
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store speculatively built images for the use of jobs in a single
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buildset. It holds the differences between the current state of the
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world and the future state if the change in question (and all of its
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dependent changes) were to merge. It must be started by one of the
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jobs in a buildset, and it ceases to exist once that job is complete.
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An *intermediate registry* is a long-running registry that is used to
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store images created for unmerged changes for use by other unmerged
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changes. It is not publicly accessible and is intended only to be
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used by Zuul in order to transfer artifacts from one buildset to
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another.
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With these concepts in mind, the jobs described above implement the
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following workflow for a single change:
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.. _buildset_image_transfer:
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.. seqdiag::
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:caption: Buildset registry image transfer
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seqdiag image_transfer {
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Ireg [label="Intermediate\nRegistry"];
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Breg [label="Buildset\nRegistry"];
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Bjob [label="Image Build Job"];
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Djob [label="Deployment Test Job"];
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Ireg -> Breg [label='Images from previous changes'];
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Breg -> Bjob [label='Images from previous changes'];
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Breg <- Bjob [label='Current image'];
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Ireg <- Breg [noactivate, label='Current image'];
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Breg -> Djob [label='Current and previous images'];
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Breg <- Djob [style=none];
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Ireg <- Breg [style=none];
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}
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The intermediate registry is always running and the buildset registry
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is started by a job running on a change. The "Image Build" and
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"Deployment Test" jobs are example jobs which might be running on a
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change. Essentially, these are image producer or consumer jobs
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respectively.
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Using the Jobs
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--------------
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There are two ways to use the jobs described above:
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A Repository with Producers and Consumers
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The first is in a repository where images are both produced and
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consumed. In this case, we can expect that there will be at least one
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image build job, and at least one job which uses that image (for
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example, by performing a test deployment of the image). In this case
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we need to construct a job graph with dependencies as follows:
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.. blockdiag::
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blockdiag dependencies {
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obr [label='yoursite-\nbuildset-registry'];
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bi [label='build-image'];
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ti [label='test-image'];
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obr <- bi <- ti;
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}
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The :ref:`yoursite-buildset-registry` job will run first and
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automatically start a buildset registry populated with images built
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from any changes which appear ahead of the current change. It will
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then return its connection information to Zuul and pause and continue
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running until the completion of the build and test jobs.
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The build-image job should inherit from
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:ref:`yoursite-build-docker-image`, which will ensure that it is
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automatically configured to use the buildset registry.
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The test-image job is something that you will create yourself. There
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is no standard way to test or deploy an image, that depends on your
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application. However, there is one thing you will need to do in your
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job to take advantage of the buildset registry. In a pre-run playbook,
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use the `use-buildset-registry
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<https://zuul-ci.org/docs/zuul-jobs/roles.html#role-use-buildset-registry>`_
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role:
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.. code-block:: yaml
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- hosts: all
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roles:
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- use-buildset-registry
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That will configure the docker daemon on the host to use the buildset
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registry so that it will use the newly built version of any required
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images.
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A Repository with Only Producers
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The second way to use these jobs is in a repository where an image is
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merely built, but not deployed. In this case, there are no consumers
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of the buildset registry other than the image build job, and so the
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registry can be run on the job itself. In this case, you may omit the
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:ref:`yoursite-buildset-registry` job and run only the
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:ref:`yoursite-build-docker-image` job.
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Publishing an Image
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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So far we've covered the image building process. This system also
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provides two more jobs that are used in publishing images to Docker
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Hub.
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The :ref:`yoursite-upload-docker-image` job does everything the
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:ref:`yoursite-build-docker-image` job does, but it also uploads
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the built image to Docker Hub using an automatically-generated and
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temporary tag. The "build" job is designed to be used in the
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*check* pipeline, while the "upload" job is designed to take its
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place in the *gate* pipeline. By front-loading the upload to Docker
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Hub, we reduce the chance that a credential or network error will
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prevent us from publishing an image after a change lands.
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The :ref:`yoursite-promote-docker-image` job is designed to be
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used in the *promote* pipeline and simply re-tags the image on Docker
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Hub after the change lands.
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Keeping in mind that everything described above in
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:ref:`buildset_image_transfer` applies to the
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:ref:`yoursite-upload-docker-image` job, the following illustrates
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the additional tasks performed by the "upload" and "promote" jobs:
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.. seqdiag::
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seqdiag image_transfer {
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DH [activated, label="Docker Hub"];
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Ujob [label="upload-image"];
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Pjob [label="promote-image"];
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DH -> Ujob [style=none];
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DH <- Ujob [label='Current image with temporary tag'];
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DH -> Pjob [label='Current image manifest with temporary tag',
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note='Only the manifest
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is transferred,
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not the actual
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image layers.'];
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DH <- Pjob [label='Current image manifest with final tag'];
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}
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