[rdo-dev] [infra][tripleoci] ppc64le container images in registry.rdoproject.org

Michael Turek mjturek at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Mar 21 19:16:50 UTC 2019


Hi Wes,

On 3/21/19 2:36 PM, Wesley Hayutin wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 12:20 PM Trevor Vardeman <tvardema at redhat.com 
> <mailto:tvardema at redhat.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     > On Mar 21, 2019, at 1:12 PM, Wesley Hayutin <whayutin at redhat.com
>     <mailto:whayutin at redhat.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 12:03 PM Trevor Vardeman
>     <tvardema at redhat.com <mailto:tvardema at redhat.com>> wrote:
>     > I've been working with mjturek and baha on this a bit. I've
>     responded inline below, but also want to clarify on the desired
>     workflow.
>     >
>     > TL;DR: The desired workflow is to have ppc64le and x86_64
>     seamlessly integrated and uploaded.  This can be done with docker
>     manifest list images.
>     >
>     > The following link explains in greater detail:
>     https://docs.docker.com/registry/spec/manifest-v2-2/
>     >
>     > The process boils down to the following steps:
>     >
>     > 1) Upload an image of the first architecture  (ex:
>     image1:x86_64_01012019)
>     > 2) Upload an image of the second architecture  (ex:
>     image1:ppc64le_01012019)
>     > 3) Upload manifest list image of the image  (ex: image1:01012019)
>     >
>     >
>     > I think this is implying we upload x86_64, and PPC containers to
>     the rdo registry together.  We specifically do NOT want to do
>     that.  One set of images should not be blocked by the other at
>     this stage of the testing.
>
>     That's not quite right, the images can be uploaded separately, but
>     for the manifest list image to function properly you'd need both
>     images uploaded.  Also, as for the tagging, I wasn't suggesting a
>     change to how images are tagged save for potentially modifying it
>     such that the manifest list image is the default tag, versus the
>     x86_64 image.
>
>
> OK.. thanks Trevor for the explanation.  Since you are executing in 
> ci.centos and not via Zuul I can see how you are having to readdress a 
> lot of the infrastructure bits like uploading to the registry.
>
> If we can get you on the zuul platform you won't have to rework or 
> redo at least some of that work. In zuul we have some post playbooks 
> that execute after the build job [1]. I think you'll be able to find 
> just about everything we do w/ containers here [2] now.

This is non-trivial as we do not have access to power hardware in RDO 
CI. The reason we are using ci.centos is because it has access to cico, 
which has ppc64le hardware to use.

>
> Perhaps you can join the tripleo community sync on Tuesdays directly 
> after the TripleO upstream community meeting on #tripleo so we can get 
> you introduced to some folks who may not have met you yet.
>
> Thanks
>
> [1] 
> https://github.com/openstack-infra/tripleo-ci/blob/master/playbooks/tripleo-buildcontainers/tag.yaml
> [2] 
> https://github.com/openstack-infra/tripleo-ci/tree/master/playbooks/tripleo-buildcontainers
>
>     >
>     > I only just read through the manifest doc, so I may be
>     misunderstanding something.
>     > Any container built w/ tripleo should be tagged w/ the dlrn_hash
>     used while building so if we needed some containers from x86_64
>     and some from PPC that should be relatively simple.
>     >
>     >
>     > Step 3 is essentially just pushing a JSON body that has
>     descriptors and references to the other two images, such that when
>     someone does a pull request of the manifest list image, it will
>     gather the appropriate architecture for that image based on the
>     host's architecture.
>     >
>     > -Trevor
>     >
>     > PS. If I've missed something important with the overall concerns
>     here I apologize, but thought it necessary to spell out the goal
>     as I understand it.
>     >
>     > > On Mar 21, 2019, at 12:28 PM, Javier Pena <jpena at redhat.com
>     <mailto:jpena at redhat.com>> wrote:
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > ----- Original Message -----
>     > >> Hi all,
>     > >>
>     > >> Over the last few weeks, mjturek and baha have been busy
>     working on a set of
>     > >> periodic jobs to build TripleO images for the ppc64le arch [1].
>     > >>
>     > >> The current missing step is publishing those images, and they
>     are proposing
>     > >> to push those to the RDO Registry instance at
>     registry.rdoproject.org <http://registry.rdoproject.org>, just
>     > >> like we do with our TripleO images. I have tried to
>     understand the
>     > >> requirements, and would like to get input on the following
>     topics:
>     > >>
>     > >> - Which namespace would these images use? Based on some logs
>     [2] it looks
>     > >> like they use tripleomaster-ppc64le, will they also push the
>     images to that
>     > >> namespace?
>     >
>     > I have no experience in namespaces inside of a registry or how
>     that differentiates images from one another, but the images should
>     be pushed (in my opinion) to the same location in which the x86
>     images reside.
>     >
>     > >> - Could this create any conflicts with our current promotion
>     pipeline?
>     >
>     > This should not cause conflicts in current promotion pipeline,
>     as the process should be an extension to existing functionality.
>     >
>     > >> - Is registry.rdo the right place for those images? I'm not
>     familiar with the
>     > >> next steps for ppc64le images after that (will it then go
>     through a
>     > >> promotion pipeline?), so that might affect.
>     >
>     > If the x86 images exist in registry.rdo, then the ppc64le (and
>     any other architecture image) should exist there as well.  I can't
>     think of a reason to differentiate between architectures when the
>     desired result is parity and support of more architectures.
>     >
>     > >>
>     > >> If we decide to upload the images to images.rdo, we'll need
>     to do the
>     > >
>     > > Correction: this should read "registry.rdo"
>     > >
>     > >> following:
>     > >>
>     > >> - Create the tripleomaster-ppc64le namespace in registry.rdo,
>     following a
>     > >> similar pattern to [3].
>     > >> - Schedule a short registry downtime to increase its disk
>     space, since it is
>     > >> currently near its limit.
>     >
>     > This is definitely necessary, given the capacity requirement
>     will double, give or take, to support the additional architecture.
>     >
>     > >> - Update the job at ci.centos to include the
>     REGISTRY_PASSWORD environment
>     > >> variable with the right token (see [4]). This is missing
>     today, and causing
>     > >> the job failure.
>     > >>
>     > >> Once we get input from all interested parties, we will decide
>     on the next
>     > >> steps.
>     > >>
>     > >> Thanks,
>     > >> Javier
>     > >>
>     > >>
>     > >> [1] -
>     > >>
>     https://ci.centos.org/job/tripleo-upstream-containers-build-master-ppc64le/
>     > >> [2] -
>     > >>
>     https://centos.logs.rdoproject.org/tripleo-upstream-containers-build-master-ppc64le/422/logs/logs/000_FAILED_tripleoclient.log
>     > >> [3] - https://review.rdoproject.org/r/19063
>     > >> [4] -
>     > >>
>     https://github.com/rdo-infra/review.rdoproject.org-config/blob/master/playbooks/tripleo-ci-periodic-base/containers-build.yaml#L12-L20
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