Sorry I missed this today, I am in Denver. Can you point me at the repo you are working in please? On 09/10/2018 09:02 AM, McKenna, Jason wrote:
Hi build team,
Many thanks for the demo today, I think we’re on the right track. As promised, here are a few feedback points on the demo, from the perspective of a developer:
-I really like how the creation of the docker image is streamlined.
-The system as currently demo’d as two copies of the repos. One in /(developers_path)/, and a second in /(developers_path)/stx-tools/(docker_image_root_dir)/localdisk/designer/builder/starlingx/. There should only one repo downloaded.
oAs a related point, a developer working on changes to a file would expect to make their changes to the repo in /(developers_path)/, rather than to the version in the docker image’s filesystem. If I edited a puppet manifest (for example) /(developers_path)/cgcs-root/stx/stx-config/…/ then I would expect the build command to detect and use my changes if I do a build.
-I’m a bit confused on the syntax regarding specifying and using localized mirrors, specifically with the –n and –p options. Would you provide examples of what commands I’d execute for use cases 1 and 2 below? I’m pretty sure these usages are supported, but am just seeking clarification.
-Very happy do see it down to 1 docker image, rather than 2 J
-Native build – Being able to build in a docker image is great, but the would ideally be an option to perform a native build, rather than have to use a container
-Minor nit - logs should be in a user directory (like $MY_REPO_ROOT_DIR/logs/) rather than in /var/log, as a non-privileged user wouldn’t be able to log to /var/log.
-Question – what privileges are required to create the docker image? Does the script assume the user has sudo privileges?
-I’m unclear on what would happen with use cases 3-5 below. Have these types of uses been considered yet?
Jason, Thanks for this feedback and the use case suggestions below, see additional comments.
Thanks again for the demo,
-Jason
Use Case 1:
I am an organization with a site who is working with StarlingX. I want to provide a local mirror for my employees to use so they don’t have to download all artifacts from the external internet every time. I want to create an automated job which I will run daily to download all artifacts from the Internet (if they do not already exist) and place them in directory /export/mirrors/starlingx. Assume the user running the automated job has permissions to write to /export/mirrors/starlingx
Based on your usage of /export and /import below, /export is on a server machine and /import is on the local developer build machine, just for clarification. Also, this job would run native on the host Linux OS not containerized?
Use Case 2:
I am a developer within an organization which has a local mirror of artifacts available in /import/mirrors/starlingx. I want to build a StarlingX ISO without downloading rpms or src.rpms from the external internet.
To further clarify this one, the remote mirror could contain all binary rpms along with their cooresponding src rpm, such that if no changes all the building of an ISO would be done from the mirror rpms, no actual local rpm build required unless it changes (use case 4/5 below).
Use Case 3A:
After doing a build, I just performed a repo sync, and the .lst files were not updated. If I perform another build of the ISO, will the system attempt to redownload external artifacts, even though nothing has changed?
Use Case 3B:
After doing a build, I just performed a repo sync, and noticed that the .lst files have been updated. If I perform another build of the ISO, will the stale mirror content be detected and the new additions downloaded (while not re-downloading anything which has not changed)?
Use Case 4:
I have manually made a change to a puppet manifest in sysinv (stx-config git) but want to test before I commit anything. How can I build a new ISO with my changes incorporated?
I would say not just puppet manifest, but any change to files in the repos.
Use Case 5:
I want to test StarlingX with my own additional program (foobar.x86_64.rpm) on the ISO. How would I perform a build with this file added?
I look forward to seeing the demo also. Sau!
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