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Support --in-vm in image-builder (HMS-10299) #485

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Containerfile
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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /etc/containers/networks
# Fast-track osbuild so we don't depend on the "slow" Fedora release process to implement new features in bib
RUN dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core \
&& dnf copr enable -y @osbuild/osbuild \
&& dnf install -y libxcrypt-compat wget osbuild osbuild-ostree osbuild-depsolve-dnf osbuild-lvm2 openssl subscription-manager \
&& dnf install -y libxcrypt-compat wget osbuild osbuild-ostree osbuild-depsolve-dnf osbuild-lvm2 osbuild-virt-deps openssl subscription-manager \
&& dnf clean all

COPY --from=builder /build/bin/image-builder /usr/bin/
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions cmd/image-builder/build.go
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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type buildOptions struct {
OutputDir string
StoreDir string
OutputBasename string
InVm []string

WriteManifest bool
WriteBuildlog bool
Expand All @@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ func buildImage(pbar progress.ProgressBar, res *imagefilter.Result, osbuildManif
StoreDir: opts.StoreDir,
OutputDir: opts.OutputDir,
Metrics: opts.Metrics,
InVm: opts.InVm,
}
if opts.WriteBuildlog {
if err := os.MkdirAll(opts.OutputDir, 0755); err != nil {
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15 changes: 14 additions & 1 deletion cmd/image-builder/main.go
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Expand Up @@ -415,15 +415,23 @@ func cmdBuild(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
if err != nil {
return err
}
runInVm, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("in-vm")
if err != nil {
return err
}
// XXX: check env here, i.e. if user is root and osbuild is installed

// Setup osbuild environment if running in a container
if setup.IsContainer() {
if err := setup.EnsureEnvironment(cacheDir, false); err != nil {
if err := setup.EnsureEnvironment(cacheDir, runInVm); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("entrypoint setup failed: %w", err)
}
}

if runInVm && !setup.IsContainer() {
return fmt.Errorf("running in VM outside container is not supported yet")
}
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Forward looking statement warning :-) I mean, it is good to be positive I guess so why not...


pbar, err := progressFromCmd(cmd)
if err != nil {
return err
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -475,6 +483,9 @@ func cmdBuild(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
WriteBuildlog: withBuildlog,
Metrics: withMetrics,
}
if runInVm {
buildOpts.InVm = []string{"image"}
}
pbar.SetPulseMsgf("Image building step")
imagePath, err := buildImage(pbar, res, mf.Bytes(), buildOpts)
if err != nil {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -663,6 +674,7 @@ operating systems like Fedora, CentOS and RHEL with easy customizations support.
buildCmd.Flags().String("progress", "auto", "type of progress bar to use (e.g. verbose,term)")
buildCmd.Flags().Bool("with-metrics", false, `print timing information at the end of the build`)
buildCmd.Flags().String("output-name", "", "set specific output basename")
buildCmd.Flags().Bool("in-vm", false, `run the osbuild pipeline in a virtual machine`)
rootCmd.AddCommand(buildCmd)
buildCmd.Flags().AddFlagSet(uploadCmd.Flags())
// add after the rest of the uploadCmd flag set is added to avoid
Expand All @@ -681,6 +693,7 @@ operating systems like Fedora, CentOS and RHEL with easy customizations support.
}
describeImgCmd.Flags().String("arch", "", `use the different architecture`)
describeImgCmd.Flags().String("distro", "", `build manifest for a different distroname (e.g. centos-9)`)
describeImgCmd.Flags().Bool("in-vm", false, `run container in a virtual machine`)

rootCmd.AddCommand(describeImgCmd)

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