podman-remote build

add the ability to build images using files local to the remote-client
but over a varlink interface to a "remote" server.

Signed-off-by: baude <bbaude@redhat.com>

8 files changed, 424 insertions, 204 deletions

diff --git a/API.md b/API.md
index 54f7d0101..e44862c3f 100755
--- a/API.md
+++ b/API.md
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ in the [API.md](https://github.com/containers/libpod/blob/master/API.md) file in
 
 [type BuildInfo](#BuildInfo)
 
+[type BuildOptions](#BuildOptions)
+
 [type Container](#Container)
 
 [type ContainerChanges](#ContainerChanges)
@@ -972,53 +974,84 @@ a [ContainerNotFound](#ContainerNotFound) error is returned.
 
 BuildInfo is used to describe user input for building images
 
-dockerfile [[]string](#[]string)
+additionalTags [[]string](#[]string)
 
-tags [[]string](#[]string)
+annotations [[]string](#[]string)
 
-add_hosts [[]string](#[]string)
+buildArgs [map[string]](#map[string])
 
-cgroup_parent [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
+buildOptions [BuildOptions](#BuildOptions)
 
-cpu_period [int](https://godoc.org/builtin#int)
+cniConfigDir [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
 
-cpu_quota [int](https://godoc.org/builtin#int)
+cniPluginDir [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
 
-cpu_shares [int](https://godoc.org/builtin#int)
+compression [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
 
-cpuset_cpus [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
+contextDir [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
 
-cpuset_mems [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
+defaultsMountFilePath [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
 
-memory [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
+dockerfiles [[]string](#[]string)
 
-memory_swap [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
+err [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
 
-security_opts [[]string](#[]string)
+forceRmIntermediateCtrs [bool](https://godoc.org/builtin#bool)
 
-shm_size [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
+iidfile [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
 
-ulimit [[]string](#[]string)
+label [[]string](#[]string)
 
-volume [[]string](#[]string)
+layers [bool](https://godoc.org/builtin#bool)
+
+nocache [bool](https://godoc.org/builtin#bool)
+
+out [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
+
+output [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
+
+outputFormat [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
+
+pullPolicy [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
+
+quiet [bool](https://godoc.org/builtin#bool)
+
+remoteIntermediateCtrs [bool](https://godoc.org/builtin#bool)
+
+reportWriter [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
+
+runtimeArgs [[]string](#[]string)
+
+signaturePolicyPath [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
 
 squash [bool](https://godoc.org/builtin#bool)
+### <a name="BuildOptions"></a>type BuildOptions
 
-pull [bool](https://godoc.org/builtin#bool)
+BuildOptions are are used to describe describe physical attributes of the build
 
-pull_always [bool](https://godoc.org/builtin#bool)
+addHosts [[]string](#[]string)
 
-force_rm [bool](https://godoc.org/builtin#bool)
+cgroupParent [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
 
-rm [bool](https://godoc.org/builtin#bool)
+cpuPeriod [int](https://godoc.org/builtin#int)
 
-label [[]string](#[]string)
+cpuQuota [int](https://godoc.org/builtin#int)
 
-annotations [[]string](#[]string)
+cpuShares [int](https://godoc.org/builtin#int)
+
+cpusetCpus [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
+
+cpusetMems [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
+
+memory [int](https://godoc.org/builtin#int)
 
-build_args [map[string]](#map[string])
+memorySwap [int](https://godoc.org/builtin#int)
 
-image_format [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
+shmSize [string](https://godoc.org/builtin#string)
+
+ulimit [[]string](#[]string)
+
+volume [[]string](#[]string)
 ### <a name="Container"></a>type Container
 
 
diff --git a/cmd/podman/build.go b/cmd/podman/build.go
index fef93ac47..30a734377 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/build.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/build.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -9,10 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/buildah"
 	"github.com/containers/buildah/imagebuildah"
 	buildahcli "github.com/containers/buildah/pkg/cli"
-	"github.com/containers/buildah/pkg/parse"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/cliconfig"
-	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/libpodruntime"
-	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/rootless"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod/adapter"
+	"github.com/docker/go-units"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ func getDockerfiles(files []string) []string {
 func buildCmd(c *cliconfig.BuildValues) error {
 	// The following was taken directly from containers/buildah/cmd/bud.go
 	// TODO Find a away to vendor more of this in rather than copy from bud
-
 	output := ""
 	tags := []string{}
 	if c.Flag("tag").Changed {
@@ -86,6 +83,7 @@ func buildCmd(c *cliconfig.BuildValues) error {
 			tags = tags[1:]
 		}
 	}
+
 	pullPolicy := imagebuildah.PullNever
 	if c.Pull {
 		pullPolicy = imagebuildah.PullIfMissing
@@ -173,16 +171,17 @@ func buildCmd(c *cliconfig.BuildValues) error {
 		dockerfiles = append(dockerfiles, filepath.Join(contextDir, "Dockerfile"))
 	}
 
+	runtime, err := adapter.GetRuntime(&c.PodmanCommand)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "could not get runtime")
+	}
+
 	runtimeFlags := []string{}
 	for _, arg := range c.RuntimeOpts {
 		runtimeFlags = append(runtimeFlags, "--"+arg)
 	}
 	// end from buildah
 
-	runtime, err := libpodruntime.GetRuntime(&c.PodmanCommand)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "could not get runtime")
-	}
 	defer runtime.Shutdown(false)
 
 	var stdout, stderr, reporter *os.File
@@ -201,72 +200,64 @@ func buildCmd(c *cliconfig.BuildValues) error {
 		reporter = f
 	}
 
-	systemContext, err := parse.SystemContextFromOptions(c.PodmanCommand.Command)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error building system context")
-	}
-	systemContext.AuthFilePath = getAuthFile(c.Authfile)
-	commonOpts, err := parse.CommonBuildOptions(c.PodmanCommand.Command)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	var memoryLimit, memorySwap int64
+	if c.Flags().Changed("memory") {
+		memoryLimit, err = units.RAMInBytes(c.Memory)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
-	namespaceOptions, networkPolicy, err := parse.NamespaceOptions(c.PodmanCommand.Command)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error parsing namespace-related options")
-	}
-	usernsOption, idmappingOptions, err := parse.IDMappingOptions(c.PodmanCommand.Command)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error parsing ID mapping options")
+	if c.Flags().Changed("memory-swap") {
+		memorySwap, err = units.RAMInBytes(c.MemorySwap)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
-	namespaceOptions.AddOrReplace(usernsOption...)
 
-	ociruntime := runtime.GetOCIRuntimePath()
-	if c.Flag("runtime").Changed {
-		ociruntime = c.Runtime
+	buildOpts := buildah.CommonBuildOptions{
+		AddHost:      c.AddHost,
+		CgroupParent: c.CgroupParent,
+		CPUPeriod:    c.CPUPeriod,
+		CPUQuota:     c.CPUQuota,
+		CPUShares:    c.CPUShares,
+		CPUSetCPUs:   c.CPUSetCPUs,
+		CPUSetMems:   c.CPUSetMems,
+		Memory:       memoryLimit,
+		MemorySwap:   memorySwap,
+		ShmSize:      c.ShmSize,
+		Ulimit:       c.Ulimit,
+		Volumes:      c.Volume,
 	}
+
 	options := imagebuildah.BuildOptions{
-		ContextDirectory:        contextDir,
-		PullPolicy:              pullPolicy,
-		Compression:             imagebuildah.Gzip,
-		Quiet:                   c.Quiet,
-		SignaturePolicyPath:     c.SignaturePolicy,
-		Args:                    args,
-		Output:                  output,
+		CommonBuildOpts:         &buildOpts,
 		AdditionalTags:          tags,
-		Out:                     stdout,
-		Err:                     stderr,
-		ReportWriter:            reporter,
-		Runtime:                 ociruntime,
-		RuntimeArgs:             runtimeFlags,
-		OutputFormat:            format,
-		SystemContext:           systemContext,
-		NamespaceOptions:        namespaceOptions,
-		ConfigureNetwork:        networkPolicy,
-		CNIPluginPath:           c.CNIPlugInPath,
+		Annotations:             c.Annotation,
+		Args:                    args,
 		CNIConfigDir:            c.CNIConfigDir,
-		IDMappingOptions:        idmappingOptions,
-		CommonBuildOpts:         commonOpts,
+		CNIPluginPath:           c.CNIPlugInPath,
+		Compression:             imagebuildah.Gzip,
+		ContextDirectory:        contextDir,
 		DefaultMountsFilePath:   c.GlobalFlags.DefaultMountsFile,
+		Err:                     stderr,
+		ForceRmIntermediateCtrs: c.ForceRm,
 		IIDFile:                 c.Iidfile,
-		Squash:                  c.Squash,
 		Labels:                  c.Label,
-		Annotations:             c.Annotation,
 		Layers:                  layers,
 		NoCache:                 c.NoCache,
+		Out:                     stdout,
+		Output:                  output,
+		OutputFormat:            format,
+		PullPolicy:              pullPolicy,
+		Quiet:                   c.Quiet,
 		RemoveIntermediateCtrs:  c.Rm,
-		ForceRmIntermediateCtrs: c.ForceRm,
-	}
-
-	if c.Quiet {
-		options.ReportWriter = ioutil.Discard
-	}
-
-	if rootless.IsRootless() {
-		options.Isolation = buildah.IsolationOCIRootless
+		ReportWriter:            reporter,
+		RuntimeArgs:             runtimeFlags,
+		SignaturePolicyPath:     c.SignaturePolicy,
+		Squash:                  c.Squash,
 	}
-
-	return runtime.Build(getContext(), options, dockerfiles...)
+	return runtime.Build(getContext(), c, options, dockerfiles)
 }
 
 // Tail returns a string slice after the first element unless there are
diff --git a/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink b/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
index 03ea06dfc..dc6a25c44 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
+++ b/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
@@ -311,33 +311,50 @@ type IDMap (
     size: int
 )
 
+# BuildOptions are are used to describe describe physical attributes of the build
+type BuildOptions (
+    addHosts: []string,
+    cgroupParent: string,
+    cpuPeriod: int,
+    cpuQuota: int,
+    cpuShares: int,
+    cpusetCpus: string,
+    cpusetMems: string,
+    memory: int,
+    memorySwap: int,
+    shmSize: string,
+    ulimit: []string,
+    volume: []string
+)
+
 # BuildInfo is used to describe user input for building images
 type BuildInfo (
-    # paths to one or more dockerfiles
-    dockerfile: []string,
-    tags: []string,
-    add_hosts: []string,
-    cgroup_parent: string,
-    cpu_period: int,
-    cpu_quota: int,
-    cpu_shares: int,
-    cpuset_cpus: string,
-    cpuset_mems: string,
-    memory: string,
-    memory_swap: string,
-    security_opts: []string,
-    shm_size: string,
-    ulimit: []string,
-    volume: []string,
-    squash: bool,
-    pull: bool,
-    pull_always: bool,
-    force_rm: bool,
-    rm: bool,
-    label: []string,
+    additionalTags: []string,
     annotations: []string,
-    build_args: [string]string,
-    image_format: string
+    buildArgs: [string]string,
+    buildOptions: BuildOptions,
+    cniConfigDir: string,
+    cniPluginDir: string,
+    compression: string,
+    contextDir: string,
+    defaultsMountFilePath: string,
+    dockerfiles: []string,
+    err: string,
+    forceRmIntermediateCtrs: bool,
+    iidfile: string,
+    label: []string,
+    layers: bool,
+    nocache: bool,
+    out: string,
+    output: string,
+    outputFormat: string,
+    pullPolicy: string,
+    quiet: bool,
+    remoteIntermediateCtrs: bool,
+    reportWriter: string,
+    runtimeArgs: []string,
+    signaturePolicyPath: string,
+    squash: bool
 )
 
 # MoreResponse is a struct for when responses from varlink requires longer output
diff --git a/libpod/adapter/runtime.go b/libpod/adapter/runtime.go
index 7dd845616..3146cf5db 100644
--- a/libpod/adapter/runtime.go
+++ b/libpod/adapter/runtime.go
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"github.com/containers/buildah"
+	"github.com/containers/buildah/imagebuildah"
+	"github.com/containers/buildah/pkg/parse"
 	"github.com/containers/image/docker/reference"
 	"github.com/containers/image/types"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/cliconfig"
@@ -254,3 +257,51 @@ func libpodVolumeToVolume(volumes []*libpod.Volume) []*Volume {
 	}
 	return vols
 }
+
+// Build is the wrapper to build images
+func (r *LocalRuntime) Build(ctx context.Context, c *cliconfig.BuildValues, options imagebuildah.BuildOptions, dockerfiles []string) error {
+	namespaceOptions, networkPolicy, err := parse.NamespaceOptions(c.PodmanCommand.Command)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error parsing namespace-related options")
+	}
+	usernsOption, idmappingOptions, err := parse.IDMappingOptions(c.PodmanCommand.Command)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error parsing ID mapping options")
+	}
+	namespaceOptions.AddOrReplace(usernsOption...)
+
+	systemContext, err := parse.SystemContextFromOptions(c.PodmanCommand.Command)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error building system context")
+	}
+
+	authfile := c.Authfile
+	if len(c.Authfile) == 0 {
+		authfile = os.Getenv("REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE")
+	}
+
+	systemContext.AuthFilePath = authfile
+	commonOpts, err := parse.CommonBuildOptions(c.PodmanCommand.Command)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	options.NamespaceOptions = namespaceOptions
+	options.ConfigureNetwork = networkPolicy
+	options.IDMappingOptions = idmappingOptions
+	options.CommonBuildOpts = commonOpts
+	options.SystemContext = systemContext
+
+	if c.Flag("runtime").Changed {
+		options.Runtime = r.GetOCIRuntimePath()
+	}
+	if c.Quiet {
+		options.ReportWriter = ioutil.Discard
+	}
+
+	if rootless.IsRootless() {
+		options.Isolation = buildah.IsolationOCIRootless
+	}
+
+	return r.Runtime.Build(ctx, options, dockerfiles...)
+}
diff --git a/libpod/adapter/runtime_remote.go b/libpod/adapter/runtime_remote.go
index d0d827582..66ff5ed51 100644
--- a/libpod/adapter/runtime_remote.go
+++ b/libpod/adapter/runtime_remote.go
@@ -7,19 +7,22 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/containers/buildah/imagebuildah"
 	"github.com/containers/image/docker/reference"
 	"github.com/containers/image/types"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/cliconfig"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/varlink"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod/image"
+	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/archive"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/varlink/go/varlink"
 )
@@ -376,6 +379,108 @@ func (r *LocalRuntime) Export(name string, path string) error {
 // Import implements the remote calls required to import a container image to the store
 func (r *LocalRuntime) Import(ctx context.Context, source, reference string, changes []string, history string, quiet bool) (string, error) {
 	// First we send the file to the host
+	tempFile, err := r.SendFileOverVarlink(source)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return iopodman.ImportImage().Call(r.Conn, strings.TrimRight(tempFile, ":"), reference, history, changes, true)
+}
+
+func (r *LocalRuntime) Build(ctx context.Context, c *cliconfig.BuildValues, options imagebuildah.BuildOptions, dockerfiles []string) error {
+	buildOptions := iopodman.BuildOptions{
+		AddHosts:     options.CommonBuildOpts.AddHost,
+		CgroupParent: options.CommonBuildOpts.CgroupParent,
+		CpuPeriod:    int64(options.CommonBuildOpts.CPUPeriod),
+		CpuQuota:     options.CommonBuildOpts.CPUQuota,
+		CpuShares:    int64(options.CommonBuildOpts.CPUShares),
+		CpusetCpus:   options.CommonBuildOpts.CPUSetMems,
+		CpusetMems:   options.CommonBuildOpts.CPUSetMems,
+		Memory:       options.CommonBuildOpts.Memory,
+		MemorySwap:   options.CommonBuildOpts.MemorySwap,
+		ShmSize:      options.CommonBuildOpts.ShmSize,
+		Ulimit:       options.CommonBuildOpts.Ulimit,
+		Volume:       options.CommonBuildOpts.Volumes,
+	}
+
+	buildinfo := iopodman.BuildInfo{
+		AdditionalTags:        options.AdditionalTags,
+		Annotations:           options.Annotations,
+		BuildArgs:             options.Args,
+		BuildOptions:          buildOptions,
+		CniConfigDir:          options.CNIConfigDir,
+		CniPluginDir:          options.CNIPluginPath,
+		Compression:           string(options.Compression),
+		DefaultsMountFilePath: options.DefaultMountsFilePath,
+		Dockerfiles:           dockerfiles,
+		//Err: string(options.Err),
+		ForceRmIntermediateCtrs: options.ForceRmIntermediateCtrs,
+		Iidfile:                 options.IIDFile,
+		Label:                   options.Labels,
+		Layers:                  options.Layers,
+		Nocache:                 options.NoCache,
+		//Out:
+		Output:                 options.Output,
+		OutputFormat:           options.OutputFormat,
+		PullPolicy:             options.PullPolicy.String(),
+		Quiet:                  options.Quiet,
+		RemoteIntermediateCtrs: options.RemoveIntermediateCtrs,
+		//ReportWriter:
+		RuntimeArgs:         options.RuntimeArgs,
+		SignaturePolicyPath: options.SignaturePolicyPath,
+		Squash:              options.Squash,
+	}
+	// tar the file
+	logrus.Debugf("creating tarball of context dir %s", options.ContextDirectory)
+	input, err := archive.Tar(options.ContextDirectory, archive.Uncompressed)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to create tarball of context dir %s", options.ContextDirectory)
+	}
+
+	// Write the tarball to the fs
+	// TODO we might considering sending this without writing to the fs for the sake of performance
+	// under given conditions like memory availability.
+	outputFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "varlink_tar_send")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer outputFile.Close()
+	logrus.Debugf("writing context dir tarball to %s", outputFile.Name())
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(outputFile, input)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	logrus.Debugf("completed writing context dir tarball %s", outputFile.Name())
+	// Send the context dir tarball over varlink.
+	tempFile, err := r.SendFileOverVarlink(outputFile.Name())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	buildinfo.ContextDir = strings.Replace(tempFile, ":", "", -1)
+
+	reply, err := iopodman.BuildImage().Send(r.Conn, varlink.More, buildinfo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for {
+		responses, flags, err := reply()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		for _, line := range responses.Logs {
+			fmt.Print(line)
+		}
+		if flags&varlink.Continues == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+// SendFileOverVarlink sends a file over varlink in an upgraded connection
+func (r *LocalRuntime) SendFileOverVarlink(source string) (string, error) {
 	fs, err := os.Open(source)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -385,6 +490,7 @@ func (r *LocalRuntime) Import(ctx context.Context, source, reference string, cha
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
+	logrus.Debugf("sending %s over varlink connection", source)
 	reply, err := iopodman.SendFile().Send(r.Conn, varlink.Upgrade, "", int64(fileInfo.Size()))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -399,6 +505,7 @@ func (r *LocalRuntime) Import(ctx context.Context, source, reference string, cha
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
+	logrus.Debugf("file transfer complete for %s", source)
 	r.Conn.Writer.Flush()
 
 	// All was sent, wait for the ACK from the server
@@ -412,7 +519,8 @@ func (r *LocalRuntime) Import(ctx context.Context, source, reference string, cha
 		return "", err
 
 	}
-	return iopodman.ImportImage().Call(r.Conn, strings.TrimRight(tempFile, ":"), reference, history, changes, true)
+
+	return tempFile, nil
 }
 
 // GetAllVolumes retrieves all the volumes
diff --git a/pkg/varlinkapi/images.go b/pkg/varlinkapi/images.go
index ca920dfeb..534419f6f 100644
--- a/pkg/varlinkapi/images.go
+++ b/pkg/varlinkapi/images.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	sysreg "github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/registries"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/utils"
-	"github.com/docker/go-units"
+	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/archive"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -110,83 +111,46 @@ func (i *LibpodAPI) GetImage(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, id string) error {
 // BuildImage ...
 func (i *LibpodAPI) BuildImage(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, config iopodman.BuildInfo) error {
 	var (
-		memoryLimit int64
-		memorySwap  int64
-		namespace   []buildah.NamespaceOption
-		err         error
+		namespace []buildah.NamespaceOption
+		err       error
 	)
 
 	systemContext := types.SystemContext{}
-	dockerfiles := config.Dockerfile
-	contextDir := ""
-
-	for i := range dockerfiles {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(dockerfiles[i], "http://") ||
-			strings.HasPrefix(dockerfiles[i], "https://") ||
-			strings.HasPrefix(dockerfiles[i], "git://") ||
-			strings.HasPrefix(dockerfiles[i], "github.com/") {
-			continue
-		}
-		absFile, err := filepath.Abs(dockerfiles[i])
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "error determining path to file %q", dockerfiles[i])
-		}
-		contextDir = filepath.Dir(absFile)
-		dockerfiles[i], err = filepath.Rel(contextDir, absFile)
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "error determining path to file %q", dockerfiles[i])
-		}
-		break
-	}
-
-	pullPolicy := imagebuildah.PullNever
-	if config.Pull {
-		pullPolicy = imagebuildah.PullIfMissing
-	}
-
-	if config.Pull_always {
-		pullPolicy = imagebuildah.PullAlways
-	}
-	manifestType := "oci" //nolint
-	if config.Image_format != "" {
-		manifestType = config.Image_format
-	}
+	contextDir := config.ContextDir
 
-	if strings.HasPrefix(manifestType, "oci") {
-		manifestType = buildah.OCIv1ImageManifest
-	} else if strings.HasPrefix(manifestType, "docker") {
-		manifestType = buildah.Dockerv2ImageManifest
-	} else {
-		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(fmt.Sprintf("unrecognized image type %q", manifestType))
+	newContextDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "buildTarball")
+	if err != nil {
+		call.ReplyErrorOccurred("unable to create tempdir")
 	}
+	logrus.Debugf("created new context dir at %s", newContextDir)
 
-	if config.Memory != "" {
-		memoryLimit, err = units.RAMInBytes(config.Memory)
-		if err != nil {
-			return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(err.Error())
-		}
+	reader, err := os.Open(contextDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Errorf("failed to open the context dir tar file %s", contextDir)
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(fmt.Sprintf("unable to open context dir tar file %s", contextDir))
 	}
-
-	if config.Memory_swap != "" {
-		memorySwap, err = units.RAMInBytes(config.Memory_swap)
-		if err != nil {
-			return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(err.Error())
-		}
+	defer reader.Close()
+	if err := archive.Untar(reader, newContextDir, &archive.TarOptions{}); err != nil {
+		logrus.Errorf("fail to untar the context dir tarball (%s) to the context dir (%s)", contextDir, newContextDir)
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(fmt.Sprintf("unable to untar context dir %s", contextDir))
 	}
+	logrus.Debugf("untar of %s successful", contextDir)
 
+	// All output (stdout, stderr) is captured in output as well
 	output := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
+
 	commonOpts := &buildah.CommonBuildOptions{
-		AddHost:      config.Add_hosts,
-		CgroupParent: config.Cgroup_parent,
-		CPUPeriod:    uint64(config.Cpu_period),
-		CPUQuota:     config.Cpu_quota,
-		CPUSetCPUs:   config.Cpuset_cpus,
-		CPUSetMems:   config.Cpuset_mems,
-		Memory:       memoryLimit,
-		MemorySwap:   memorySwap,
-		ShmSize:      config.Shm_size,
-		Ulimit:       config.Ulimit,
-		Volumes:      config.Volume,
+		AddHost:      config.BuildOptions.AddHosts,
+		CgroupParent: config.BuildOptions.CgroupParent,
+		CPUPeriod:    uint64(config.BuildOptions.CpuPeriod),
+		CPUQuota:     config.BuildOptions.CpuQuota,
+		CPUSetCPUs:   config.BuildOptions.CpusetCpus,
+		CPUSetMems:   config.BuildOptions.CpusetMems,
+		Memory:       config.BuildOptions.Memory,
+		MemorySwap:   config.BuildOptions.MemorySwap,
+		ShmSize:      config.BuildOptions.ShmSize,
+		Ulimit:       config.BuildOptions.Ulimit,
+		Volumes:      config.BuildOptions.Volume,
 	}
 
 	hostNetwork := buildah.NamespaceOption{
@@ -197,37 +161,68 @@ func (i *LibpodAPI) BuildImage(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, config iopodman.BuildI
 	namespace = append(namespace, hostNetwork)
 
 	options := imagebuildah.BuildOptions{
-		ContextDirectory: contextDir,
-		PullPolicy:       pullPolicy,
-		Compression:      imagebuildah.Gzip,
-		Quiet:            false,
-		//SignaturePolicyPath:
-		Args: config.Build_args,
-		//Output:
-		AdditionalTags: config.Tags,
-		//Runtime: runtime.
-		//RuntimeArgs: ,
-		OutputFormat:     manifestType,
-		SystemContext:    &systemContext,
-		CommonBuildOpts:  commonOpts,
-		Squash:           config.Squash,
-		Labels:           config.Label,
-		Annotations:      config.Annotations,
-		ReportWriter:     output,
-		NamespaceOptions: namespace,
+		CommonBuildOpts:         commonOpts,
+		AdditionalTags:          config.AdditionalTags,
+		Annotations:             config.Annotations,
+		Args:                    config.BuildArgs,
+		CNIConfigDir:            config.CniConfigDir,
+		CNIPluginPath:           config.CniPluginDir,
+		Compression:             stringCompressionToArchiveType(config.Compression),
+		ContextDirectory:        newContextDir,
+		DefaultMountsFilePath:   config.DefaultsMountFilePath,
+		Err:                     output,
+		ForceRmIntermediateCtrs: config.ForceRmIntermediateCtrs,
+		IIDFile:                 config.Iidfile,
+		Labels:                  config.Label,
+		Layers:                  config.Layers,
+		NoCache:                 config.Nocache,
+		Out:                     output,
+		Output:                  config.Output,
+		NamespaceOptions:        namespace,
+		OutputFormat:            config.OutputFormat,
+		PullPolicy:              stringPullPolicyToType(config.PullPolicy),
+		Quiet:                   config.Quiet,
+		RemoveIntermediateCtrs:  config.RemoteIntermediateCtrs,
+		ReportWriter:            output,
+		RuntimeArgs:             config.RuntimeArgs,
+		SignaturePolicyPath:     config.SignaturePolicyPath,
+		Squash:                  config.Squash,
+		SystemContext:           &systemContext,
 	}
 
 	if call.WantsMore() {
 		call.Continues = true
 	}
 
-	c := build(i.Runtime, options, config.Dockerfile)
+	var newPathDockerFiles []string
+
+	for _, d := range config.Dockerfiles {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(d, "http://") ||
+			strings.HasPrefix(d, "https://") ||
+			strings.HasPrefix(d, "git://") ||
+			strings.HasPrefix(d, "github.com/") {
+			newPathDockerFiles = append(newPathDockerFiles, d)
+			continue
+		}
+		base := filepath.Base(d)
+		newPathDockerFiles = append(newPathDockerFiles, filepath.Join(newContextDir, base))
+	}
+
+	c := build(i.Runtime, options, newPathDockerFiles)
 	var log []string
 	done := false
 	for {
-		line, err := output.ReadString('\n')
+		outputLine, err := output.ReadString('\n')
 		if err == nil {
-			log = append(log, line)
+			log = append(log, outputLine)
+			if call.WantsMore() {
+				//	 we want to reply with what we have
+				br := iopodman.MoreResponse{
+					Logs: log,
+				}
+				call.ReplyBuildImage(br)
+				log = []string{}
+			}
 			continue
 		} else if err == io.EOF {
 			select {
@@ -237,15 +232,10 @@ func (i *LibpodAPI) BuildImage(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, config iopodman.BuildI
 				}
 				done = true
 			default:
-				if !call.WantsMore() {
+				if call.WantsMore() {
 					time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 					break
 				}
-				br := iopodman.MoreResponse{
-					Logs: log,
-				}
-				call.ReplyBuildImage(br)
-				log = []string{}
 			}
 		} else {
 			return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(err.Error())
@@ -255,7 +245,8 @@ func (i *LibpodAPI) BuildImage(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, config iopodman.BuildI
 		}
 	}
 	call.Continues = false
-	newImage, err := i.Runtime.ImageRuntime().NewFromLocal(config.Tags[0])
+
+	newImage, err := i.Runtime.ImageRuntime().NewFromLocal(config.Output)
 	if err != nil {
 		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/varlinkapi/transfers.go b/pkg/varlinkapi/transfers.go
index 0cb7e5e2e..9a97bc810 100644
--- a/pkg/varlinkapi/transfers.go
+++ b/pkg/varlinkapi/transfers.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/varlink"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // SendFile allows a client to send a file to the varlink server
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ func (i *LibpodAPI) SendFile(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, ftype string, length int
 		return err
 	}
 
+	logrus.Debugf("successfully received %s", outputFile.Name())
 	// Send an ACK to the client
 	call.Call.Writer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s:", outputFile.Name()))
 	call.Call.Writer.Flush()
diff --git a/pkg/varlinkapi/util.go b/pkg/varlinkapi/util.go
index 7f6f95d3b..7e487c03a 100644
--- a/pkg/varlinkapi/util.go
+++ b/pkg/varlinkapi/util.go
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ package varlinkapi
 import (
 	"context"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/containers/buildah"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/shared"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/varlink"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
+	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/archive"
 )
 
 // getContext returns a non-nil, empty context
@@ -133,3 +136,27 @@ func handlePodCall(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, pod *libpod.Pod, ctrErrs map[strin
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func stringCompressionToArchiveType(s string) archive.Compression {
+	switch strings.ToUpper(s) {
+	case "BZIP2":
+		return archive.Bzip2
+	case "GZIP":
+		return archive.Gzip
+	case "XZ":
+		return archive.Xz
+	}
+	return archive.Uncompressed
+}
+
+func stringPullPolicyToType(s string) buildah.PullPolicy {
+	switch strings.ToUpper(s) {
+	case "PULLIFMISSING":
+		return buildah.PullIfMissing
+	case "PULLALWAYS":
+		return buildah.PullAlways
+	case "PULLNEVER":
+		return buildah.PullNever
+	}
+	return buildah.PullIfMissing
+}