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author | Chris Evich <cevich@redhat.com> | 2018-12-10 16:01:56 -0500 |
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committer | Chris Evich <cevich@redhat.com> | 2018-12-10 16:03:37 -0500 |
commit | ac7ddc189ead33ac28ec32805379c0383980fbff (patch) | |
tree | 20b3da41aad40159b1fb5c35807dfd8d7c97f5a5 /contrib | |
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Cirrus: Update base-image build docs
Mostly minor tweaks and clarifications. Though there was
one missing (required) make value I fixed.
Signed-off-by: Chris Evich <cevich@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib')
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/README.md b/contrib/cirrus/README.md index c5c976358..436dc5257 100644 --- a/contrib/cirrus/README.md +++ b/contrib/cirrus/README.md @@ -142,38 +142,50 @@ the ``cache_images`` Task) some input parameters are required: to limit the base-images produced. For example, ``PACKER_BUILDS=fedora,image-builder-image``. -The following process should be performed on a bare-metal CentOS 7 machine -with network access to GCE. Software dependencies can be obtained from -the ``packer/image-builder-image_base_setup.sh`` script. - -Alternatively, an existing image-builder-image may be used from within GCE. -However it must be created with elevated cloud privileges. For example, +If there is an existing 'image-builder-image' within GCE, it may be utilized +to produce base-images (in addition to cache-images). However it must be +created with support for nested-virtualization, and with elevated cloud +privileges (to access GCE, from within the GCE VM). For example: ``` $ alias pgcloud='sudo podman run -it --rm -e AS_ID=$UID - -e AS_USER=$USER -v /home/$USER:/home/$USER:z cevich/gcloud_centos:latest' + -e AS_USER=$USER -v $HOME:$HOME:z quay.io/cevich/gcloud_centos:latest' $ URL=https://www.googleapis.com/auth $ SCOPES=$URL/userinfo.email,$URL/compute,$URL/devstorage.full_control +# The --min-cpu-platform is critical for nested-virt. $ pgcloud compute instances create $USER-making-images \ --image-family image-builder-image \ --boot-disk-size "200GB" \ --min-cpu-platform "Intel Haswell" \ --machine-type n1-standard-2 \ --scopes $SCOPES +``` + +Alternatively, if there is no image-builder-image available yet, a bare-metal +CentOS 7 machine with network access to GCE is required. Software dependencies +can be obtained from the ``packer/image-builder-image_base_setup.sh`` script. -$ pgcloud compute ssh centos@$USER-making-images +In both cases, the following can be used to setup and build base-images. + +``` +$ IP_ADDRESS=1.2.3.4 # EXTERNAL_IP from command output above +$ rsync -av $PWD centos@$IP_ADDRESS:. +$ scp $GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS centos@$IP_ADDRESS:. +$ ssh centos@$IP_ADDRESS ... ``` -When ready, change to the ``packer`` sub-directory, and run: +When ready, change to the ``packer`` sub-directory, and build the images: ``` +$ cd libpod/contrib/cirrus/packer $ make libpod_base_images GCP_PROJECT_ID=<VALUE> \ GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=<VALUE> \ RHEL_IMAGE_FILE=<VALUE> \ RHEL_CSUM_FILE=<VALUE> \ + RHSM_COMMAND=<VALUE> \ PACKER_BUILDS=<OPTIONAL> ``` @@ -182,9 +194,9 @@ produce a ``packer-manifest.json`` output file. This contains the base-image names suitable for updating in ``.cirrus.yml``, `env` keys ``*_BASE_IMAGE``. On failure, it should be possible to determine the problem from the packer -output. The only exception is for the Fedora and FAH builds, which utilize -local qemu-kvm virtualisation. To observe the serial-port output from those -builds, set the ``TTYDEV`` parameter to your current device. For example: +output. Sometimes that means setting `PACKER_LOG=1` and troubleshooting +the nested virt calls. It's also possible to observe the (nested) qemu-kvm +console output. Simply set the ``TTYDEV`` parameter, for example: ``` $ make libpod_base_images ... TTYDEV=$(tty) |