constellation/image/README.md
Malte Poll c88dc8f59a Write images README with instructions on how to build constellation images locally (#181)
Write images README with instructions on how to build constellation images locally

Co-authored-by: Daniel Weiße <66256922+daniel-weisse@users.noreply.github.com>
2022-05-30 11:38:06 +02:00

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# Constellation images
We use the [Fedora CoreOS Assembler](https://coreos.github.io/coreos-assembler/) to build the base image for Constellation nodes.
## Setup
1. Install prerequisites:
- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) or [Podman](https://podman.io/getting-started/installation)
- [Azure CLI](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-linux)
- [azcopy](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-use-azcopy-v10)
- [Google Cloud CLI](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install)
- [gsutil](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil_install#linux)
- Ubuntu:
```shell-session
sudo apt install -y bash coreutils cryptsetup-bin grep libguestfs-tools make parted pv qemu-system qemu-utils sed tar util-linux wget
```
2. Log in to GCP and Azure
```shell-session
gcloud auth login
az login
```
3. [Log in to the ghcr.io package registry](https://docs.github.com/en/packages/working-with-a-github-packages-registry/working-with-the-container-registry#authenticating-to-the-container-registry)
4. Ensure read and write access to `/dev/kvm` (and repeat after every reboot)
```shell-session
sudo chmod 666 /dev/kvm
```
## Configuration
Create a configuration file in `image/config.mk` to override any of the variables found at the top of the [Makefile](Makefile).
Important settings are:
- `COORDINATOR_BINARY`: path to a coordinator binary. Can be substituted with a path to a `debugd` binary if a debug image should be built. The binary has to be built before!
- `CONTAINER_ENGINE`: container engine used to run COSA. either `podman` or `docker`.
- `COSA_INIT_REPO`: Git repository containing CoreOS config. Cloned in `cosa-init` target.
- `COSA_INIT_BRANCH`: Git branch checked out from `COSA_INIT_REPO`. Can be used to test out changes on another branch before merging.
- `NETRC` path to a netrc file containing a GitHub PAT. Used to authenticate to GitHub from within the COSA container.
- `GCP_IMAGE_NAME`: Image name for the GCP image. Set to include a timestamp when using the build pipeline. Can be set to a custom value if you wat to upload a custom image for testing on GCP.
- `AZURE_IMAGE_NAME`: Image name for the Azure image. Can be set to a custom value if you wat to upload a custom image for testing on Azure.
Example `config.mk` to create a debug image with docker and name it `my-custom-image`:
```Makefile
COORDINATOR_BINARY = ../build/debugd
CONTAINER_ENGINE = docker
GCP_IMAGE_NAME = my-custom-image
AZURE_IMAGE_NAME = my-custom-image
```
## Build an image
> It is always advisable to create an image from a clean `build` dir.
Clean up the `build` dir and remove old images (⚠ this will undo any local changes to the CoreOS configuration!):
```shell-session
sudo make clean
```
- Build QEMU image (for local testing only)
```shell-session
make coreos
```
- Build Azure image (without upload)
```shell-session
make image-azure
```
- Build Azure image (with upload)
```shell-session
make image-azure upload-azure
```
- Build GCP image (without upload)
```shell-session
make image-gcp
```
- Build GCP image (with upload)
```shell-session
make image-gcp upload-gcp
```
Resulting images for the CSPs can be found under [images](images/). QEMU images are stored at `build/builds/latest/` with a name ending in `.qcow2`.